Legislative Bill · Broadlands
Passed

Law and Order Response Bill of 2020

Proposed by Pax Americana · fronted by Andrew Douglas
Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
19 Dec 2020
Voting closes
17 Feb 2021
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
3 changes

Rationale

These changes prioritize public safety by focusing resources on serious crimes, reducing repeat offenses, and ensuring balanced surveillance while raising criminal responsibility to better protect youth.

Proposed Changes

1

Police Powers
Previous law
Community policing focused on prevention
Focus on highest impact crimes

2

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

3

Age of Criminal Responsibility
Previous law
From age 12
From age 14

Timeline

  • Draft
    19 December 2020


  • Vote Open
    19 December 2020


  • Vote Closed
    17 February 2021


  • Became Law
    17 February 2021

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

House of Representatives

Passed
321Yes 8No 106Not voted 435 seats

For: 321 / 435 seats (73.8%)

Against: 8 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 106

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 97.6%)
Party Seats Vote
Free People Liberals 8 No
Homeland Union 85 Yes
Pax Americana Proposer 189 Yes
Progressive Reform 34 Yes
Socialist Broadlands Union Technocrats 13 Yes

Senate

Passed
64Yes 0No 36Not voted 100 seats

For: 64 / 100 seats (64.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 36

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Free People Liberals 0 No
Homeland Union 8 Yes
Pax Americana Proposer 46 Yes
Progressive Reform 6 Yes
Socialist Broadlands Union Technocrats 4 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
Homeland Union 1 Yes

Voting record

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

Homeland Union
Voted Dec. 20, 2020
Yes

“Good proposal to prevent crimes and for law and order”

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