Legislative Bill · Avalon
Passed

Privacy And Policing Modernisation Act of 2020

Proposed by Democratic Group · fronted by Bernadette Livingston
Passing
in the Parliament
Opened
15 Sep 2020
Voting closes
14 Nov 2020
Chambers
1 legislature
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

These changes protect civil liberties by ensuring citizens cannot be unjustly monitored, and ensures that the focus of the police continues to be prevention of crime rather than unnecessarily arming officers and consuming resources in doing so.

Proposed Changes

1

State Surveillance Powers
Previous law
Targeted surveillance (court order required; independent oversight commissioner)
Strict privacy protections (right to encryption; no bulk data collection; facial recognition banned)

2

Armed Police
Previous law
All frontline officers routinely armed
Mostly unarmed; specialist armed units on call

Timeline

  • Draft
    8 September 2020


  • Vote Open
    15 September 2020


  • Vote Closed
    14 November 2020


  • Became Law
    14 November 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Parliament

Passed
60Yes 3No 37Not voted 100 seats

For: 60 / 100 seats (60.0%)

Against: 3 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 37

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 95.2%)
Party Seats Vote
Centrist Zone 29 Yes
Democratic Group Proposer 20 Yes
Goats 0 No
Religious People Alliance 3 No
Right Liberal Front 0 No
The Gaia Syndicate 11 Yes

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

Centrist Zone
Voted Sept. 28, 2020
Yes

“We support these measures to increase individual liberty”

Goats
Voted Sept. 15, 2020
No

“We can not have officers unarmed, this a threat to public safety”

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