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Social Welfare And Moral Restrictions …

Legislative Bill · Götaland

Social Welfare And Moral Restrictions Act of 2020

Proposed by Götalands Arbetarparti · fronted by Hildegard Weiß

Opened

9 May 2020

Voting closes

8 Jul 2020

Chambers

1 legislature

Articles

5 changes

Rationale

These reforms prioritise human dignity and reduce societal harm by addressing structural inequalities and exploitative industries.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	Welfare Conditionality	Light conditions, few sanctions	Unconditional benefits
2	Homelessness	Shelters and support services	Guaranteed housing-first support
3	Adult Content	Legal with strict age verification	Heavily restricted distribution
4	Gambling Regulation	State-licensed casinos and lottery only	State-run lottery only; all other gambling illegal
5	Sex Work	Selling legal, buying criminalised	Selling legal, buying criminalised

1

Welfare Conditionality

Previous law

Light conditions, few sanctions

Unconditional benefits

2

Homelessness

Previous law

Shelters and support services

Guaranteed housing-first support

3

Adult Content

Previous law

Legal with strict age verification

Heavily restricted distribution

4

Gambling Regulation

Previous law

State-licensed casinos and lottery only

State-run lottery only; all other gambling illegal

5

Sex Work

Previous law

Selling legal, buying criminalised

Proposer

Party

Götalands Arbetarparti

The party of workers and dreamers that builds bridges with iron will and hearts of gold

Core pillars

Hildegard Weiß

Activist · Age 46

89,534 social followers

Once a corporate strategy consultant, Hildegard Weiß walked away from the boardroom after uncovering fraudulent labor practices in a multinational client’s supply chain.

🔬 Analytical 🌍 Outsider 🔥 Firebrand

Timeline

Draft

3 May 2020
Vote Open

9 May 2020
Vote Closed

8 July 2020
Became Law

8 July 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Rikstag

Passed

530Yes 469No 0Not voted 349 seats

For: 530 / 349 seats (151.9%)

Against: 469 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 0

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 53.1%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Götalands Arbetarparti Proposer	530	Yes	No reason given
Moderata Samlingspartiet	469	No	Compassion must go hand in hand with responsibility. We support helping the vulnerable and protecting those exploited by crime, but we cannot support unconditional welfare or unnecessary bans on lawful activities. Moderata Samlingspartiet votes against this proposal.

Voting record

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

Moderata Samlingspartiet

Voted May 14, 2020

“Compassion must go hand in hand with responsibility. We support helping the vulnerable and protecting those exploited by crime, but we cannot support unconditional welfare or unnecessary bans on lawful activities. Moderata Samlingspartiet votes against this proposal.”