Public Safety & New Policing Reform Act of 2013

Proposed by Union Blue & Rouge

Opened

9 Nov 2013

Voting closes

8 Jan 2014

Chambers

2 legislatures

Articles

1 change

Rationale

Reallocating police resources to highest-impact crimes maximizes public safety by targeting the most harmful offenses, improving community trust and outcomes.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous		Proposed
1	Police Powers	Community policing focused on prevention		Focus on highest impact crimes

1

Police Powers

Previous law

Community policing focused on prevention

Focus on highest impact crimes

Timeline

Draft

9 November 2013
Vote Open

9 November 2013
Vote Closed

8 January 2014
Did Not Become Law

8 January 2014

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Senate

Passed

174Yes 159No 15Not voted 348 seats

For: 174 / 348 seats (50.0%)

Against: 159 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 15

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 52.3%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Reformed Populist	27	Yes	No reason given
Socialist Front	61	No	No reason given
The Greens Of Marianne	98	No	No reason given
Union Blue & Rouge Proposer	147	Yes	No reason given

National Assembly

Failed

259Yes 275No 43Not voted 577 seats

For: 259 / 577 seats (44.9%)

Against: 275 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 43

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 48.5%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Reformed Populist	2	Yes	No reason given
Socialist Front	51	No	No reason given
The Greens Of Marianne	224	No	No reason given
Union Blue & Rouge Proposer	257	Yes	No reason given
Empty seats	218	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	Reason
Union Blue & Rouge Proposer	1	Yes	No reason given

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