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National Broadband Network Establishment Act …

Legislative Bill · Broadlands

National Broadband Network Establishment Act of 2024

Proposed by Progressive Reform · fronted by Martin Chapman

Opened

3 Sep 2024

Voting closes

2 Nov 2024

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

1 change

Rationale

Centralizing broadband into a state-owned network ensures universal, reliable access and reduces private-sector inefficiencies to meet public needs.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Broadband & Digital Access	Subsidies for rural and hard-to-reach areas		State-owned national broadband network

1

Broadband & Digital Access

Previous law

Subsidies for rural and hard-to-reach areas

State-owned national broadband network

Proposer

Party

Progressive Reform

The Progressive Reform Party plants seeds of justice for workers young and old nurturing tomorrow’s roots today

Core pillars

Martin Chapman

Candidate for Presidency · Age 50

317,273 social followers

Martin Chapman traded his military uniform for a political stage, using his disciplined mind and media savvy to bridge the gap between grassroots idealism and institutional power.

🎖️ Former Military 🌟 Idealist 📺 Media Savvy 🌍 Outsider

Timeline

Draft

3 September 2024
Vote Open

3 September 2024
Vote Closed

2 November 2024
Did Not Become Law

2 November 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Failed

198Yes 237No 0Not voted 435 seats

For: 198 / 435 seats (45.5%)

Against: 237 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 45.5%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Broadlands People's Alliance	2	No	We support a universal service obligation, but government owned broadband requires a huge investment and continuous upgradation. We need to maintain private sector competition in technological sector but not reduce it
Green Social Union	82	Yes	This would allow everyone to connect and interact with the internet, which is now the backbone of modern society.
Homeland Union	126	No	Can´t go with this because we want a liberal economy
Pax Americana	109	No	this gives a -1.5 malus to the tech sector
People's Revolutionary Communist Front	54	Yes	We support this bill
Progressive Reform Proposer	62	Yes	No reason given

Senate

Failed

42Yes 52No 6Not voted 100 seats

For: 42 / 100 seats (42.0%)

Against: 52 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 6

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 44.7%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Broadlands People's Alliance	0	No	We support a universal service obligation, but government owned broadband requires a huge investment and continuous upgradation. We need to maintain private sector competition in technological sector but not reduce it
Green Social Union	14	Yes	This would allow everyone to connect and interact with the internet, which is now the backbone of modern society.
Homeland Union	23	No	Can´t go with this because we want a liberal economy
Pax Americana	29	No	this gives a -1.5 malus to the tech sector
People's Revolutionary Communist Front	13	Yes	We support this bill
Progressive Reform Proposer	15	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	6	Not voted

Presidency

Passed

1Yes 0No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 1 / 1 seats (100.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Bernard Blake	1	Yes	No reason given

Voting record

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

Broadlands People's Alliance

Voted Oct. 18, 2024

“We support a universal service obligation, but government owned broadband requires a huge investment and continuous upgradation. We need to maintain private sector competition in technological sector but not reduce it”

Pax Americana

Voted Sept. 23, 2024

“this gives a -1.5 malus to the tech sector”

Green Social Union

Voted Sept. 11, 2024

Yes

“This would allow everyone to connect and interact with the internet, which is now the backbone of modern society.”

Homeland Union

Voted Sept. 7, 2024

“Can´t go with this because we want a liberal economy”

People's Revolutionary Communist Front

Voted Sept. 6, 2024

Yes

“We support this bill”