Legislative Bill · Broadlands
Failed

Freedom of Information Act of 2024

Proposed by Green Social Union · fronted by Dakota O'Brien
Failing
passing in 0 of 2 chambers
Opened
13 Mar 2024
Voting closes
12 May 2024
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

All Broadlanders should be able to access free and accurate information and news.

Proposed Changes

1

Public Broadcasting Funding
Previous law
No public broadcaster (privatize existing assets; advertising-only market)
Major public broadcaster (multi-channel; ad-free; funded by general taxation)

2

Broadband & Digital Access
Previous law
Subsidies for rural and hard-to-reach areas
Universal service obligation; every home entitled to a connection

Timeline

  • Draft
    13 March 2024


  • Vote Open
    13 March 2024


  • Vote Closed
    12 May 2024


  • Did Not Become Law
    12 May 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Failed
176Yes 238No 21Not voted 435 seats

For: 176 / 435 seats (40.5%)

Against: 238 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 21

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 42.5%)
Party Seats Vote
Broadlands Social Democrats 35 No
Green Social Union Proposer 25 Yes
Homeland Union 83 No
Pax Americana 120 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front 94 Yes
Progressive Reform 57 Yes

Senate

Failed
37Yes 44No 19Not voted 100 seats

For: 37 / 100 seats (37.0%)

Against: 44 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 19

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 45.7%)
Party Seats Vote
Broadlands Social Democrats 0 No
Green Social Union Proposer 0 Yes
Homeland Union 20 No
Pax Americana 24 No
People's Revolutionary Communist Front 16 Yes
Progressive Reform 21 Yes
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
Progressive Reform 1 Yes

Voting record

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

Pax Americana
Voted March 25, 2024
No

“Nobody is entitled to a utility, there are tradeoffs to consider”

Homeland Union
Voted March 14, 2024
No

“Article 1 reduces the free market massively”

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