Legislative Bill · Columbia
Passed

Press Regulation Reform Act of 2020

Proposed by Free Citizens Alliance · fronted by Samuel Dalton
Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
26 Apr 2020
Voting closes
25 Jun 2020
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
1 change

Rationale

This change protects press freedom by removing state influence, ensuring ethical journalism remains driven by industry standards rather than government oversight.

Proposed Changes

1

Press Regulation
Previous law
State-recognised self-regulation
Purely voluntary self-regulation

Timeline

  • Draft
    26 April 2020


  • Vote Open
    26 April 2020


  • Vote Closed
    25 June 2020


  • Became Law
    25 June 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Passed
87Yes 0No 13Not voted 100 seats

For: 87 / 100 seats (87.0%)

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

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) 79 Yes
Free Citizens Alliance Proposer 8 Yes
Labour 0 Yes
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance 0 Yes
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia 0 Yes
Empty seats 26 Not voted

House of Representatives

Passed
229Yes 0No 206Not voted 435 seats

For: 229 / 435 seats (52.6%)

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

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) 76 Yes
Free Citizens Alliance Proposer 94 Yes
Labour 0 Yes
Peoples Columbian Socialist Alliance 59 Yes
Socialism Alliance Of Columbia 0 Yes
Empty seats 103 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
Conservative Alliance Of Columbia (CAC) 1 Yes

Voting record

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

Labour
Voted June 24, 2020
Yes

“it makes press much more independent”

“While self regulation in general will cause more harm then good but freedom of speech and press is important and the state should not touch journalism.”

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