Legislative Bill · Port Avalon
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Free Markets and Consumer Choice Act of 2022

Proposed by Avalonian Foundations · fronted by Adelaide Montgomery
Passing
in all 2 chambers
Opened
30 Dec 2022
Voting closes
28 Feb 2023
Chambers
2 legislatures
Articles
2 changes

Rationale

Repeals competition controls and scales back expansive warranty and recall mandates, reducing state interference and giving firms and consumers greater freedom to set terms in the marketplace.

Proposed Changes

1

Competition & Monopolies
Previous law
Permissive on mergers and scale
No competition intervention

2

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

Timeline

  • Draft
    30 December 2022


  • Vote Open
    30 December 2022


  • Vote Closed
    28 February 2023


  • Did Not Become Law
    28 February 2023

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

City Assembly

Passed
24Yes 7No 89Not voted 120 seats

For: 24 / 120 seats (20.0%)

Against: 7 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 89

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 77.4%)
Party Seats Vote
Avalonian Foundations Proposer 24 Yes
Common Sense 7 No

Harbor Council

Passed
7Yes 2No 6Not voted 15 seats

For: 7 / 15 seats (46.7%)

Against: 2 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 6

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 77.8%)
Party Seats Vote
Avalonian Foundations Proposer 7 Yes
Common Sense 2 No
Empty seats 7 Not voted

Governor of Port Avalon

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
Avalonian Foundations Proposer 1 Yes

Voting record

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

Common Sense
Voted Jan. 20, 2023
No

“This bill is obviously a gift to corporations, and taking away consumer rights of the average man.”

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