Animal Welfare And Education Reform Act of 2013 - Charlemont

Rationale

To modernize laws for stronger animal protection, inclusive education, and digital freedom while aligning with public values and reducing unnecessary state control.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Animal Welfare Standards	Regulated farming standards and anti-cruelty laws	Strict welfare (ban factory farming; mandatory free-range; fur farming banned)
2	Religious Education in Schools	Strictly secular education	Optional religious classes
3	Internet Freedom	Light-touch regulation (net neutrality; limited takedown orders for serious crime only)	Light-touch regulation (net neutrality; limited takedown orders for serious crime only)

1

Animal Welfare Standards

Previous law

Regulated farming standards and anti-cruelty laws

Strict welfare (ban factory farming; mandatory free-range; fur farming banned)

2

Religious Education in Schools

Previous law

Strictly secular education

Optional religious classes

3

Internet Freedom

Previous law

Light-touch regulation (net neutrality; limited takedown orders for serious crime only)

Proposer

Party

Christian Distributists

This party embodies Christian values and the distributist economic system.

Core pillars

RM

Rémi Mathieu

Activist · Age 48

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Timeline

Draft

2 June 2013
Vote Open

10 August 2013
Vote Closed

9 October 2013
Became Law

9 October 2013

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Passed

85Yes 0No 263Not voted 348 seats

For: 85 / 348 seats (24.4%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 263

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
ALAYON	35	Yes	No reason given
Christian Distributists Proposer	50	Yes	No reason given
Conservative Peoples Union	0	Yes	No reason given
Democratic Union	0	Abstain	No reason given
Noble Unity	0	No	No reason given
Empty seats	14	Not voted

National Assembly

Passed

312Yes 2No 263Not voted 577 seats

For: 312 / 577 seats (54.1%)

Against: 2 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 263

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 99.4%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
ALAYON	213	Yes	No reason given
Christian Distributists Proposer	84	Yes	No reason given
Conservative Peoples Union	15	Yes	No reason given
Democratic Union	0	Abstain	No reason given
Noble Unity	2	No	No reason given
Empty seats	17	Not voted

Presidency

Passed

0Yes 0No 1Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 1

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

Voting record

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