Legislative Bill · Columbia
Failed

Consumer And Market Reform Act of 2020

Failing
blocked by Presidency
Opened
9 May 2020
Voting closes
8 Jul 2020
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

These changes target weak consumer protections and monopolistic practices, ensuring fair markets and safer products for all.

Proposed Changes

1

Consumer Protection
Previous law
Lifetime right to repair, mandatory long warranties, automatic recalls, class actions, a regulator that fines and bans products
Multi-year warranties, no-quibble refunds for faulty goods, enforced safety standards

2

Competition & Monopolies
Previous law
Active competition enforcement
Proactively break up dominant firms

Timeline

  • Draft
    9 May 2020


  • Vote Open
    9 May 2020


  • Vote Closed
    8 July 2020


  • Did Not Become Law
    8 July 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Failed
0Yes 87No 13Not voted 100 seats

For: 0 / 100 seats (0.0%)

Against: 87 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 13

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 0.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) 79 No
Free Citizens Alliance 8 No
Labour 0 Yes
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance Proposer 0 Yes
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia 0 Yes
Empty seats 26 Not voted

House of Representatives

Failed
59Yes 170No 206Not voted 435 seats

For: 59 / 435 seats (13.6%)

Against: 170 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 206

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 25.8%)
Party Seats Vote
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) 76 No
Free Citizens Alliance 94 No
Labour 0 Yes
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance Proposer 59 Yes
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia 0 Yes
Empty seats 103 Not voted

Presidency

Failed
0Yes 1No 0Not voted 1 seat

For: 0 / 1 seats (0.0%)

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

Passes unless the office holder votes against (abstention counts as pass)
Party Seats Vote
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) 1 No

Voting record

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

Labour
Voted June 24, 2020
Yes

“market regulation and state intervention is good for ensuring product quality and market fairness”

Free Citizens Alliance
Voted May 10, 2020
No

“While we support the first article, we cannot support the government regularly intervening in the economy”

“We can't destroy the economy using the basis of breaking up dominant firms. These firms invest in their selves which helps them to perform well in the markets. Thereby increasing our economic growth. Left wing right wing, ehat matters is the economic growth of this country”

Yes Changed vote

“Protecting Consumers and encourage competitiveness is important and will strengthens consumer spending and will boost our economy.”

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