Legislative Bill · Solania
Passed

Public Broadcasting Funding Reform of 2019

Proposed by Compassionate Collective · fronted by Josefina Torres
Passing
in the National Congress
Opened
17 Dec 2019
Voting closes
15 Feb 2020
Chambers
1 legislature
Articles
1 change

Rationale

Strengthen public broadcasting to ensure high-quality, ad-free, multi-channel content accessible to all, funded fairly by general taxation. This would help bolster the entertainment industry for both Solanians and foreigners to enjoy, while increasing competition for domestic firms to innovate.

Proposed Changes

1

Public Broadcasting Funding
Previous law
Limited public broadcaster (news/education remit; funded by small household levy)
Major public broadcaster (multi-channel; ad-free; funded by general taxation)

Timeline

  • Draft
    31 October 2019


  • Vote Open
    17 December 2019


  • Vote Closed
    15 February 2020


  • Became Law
    15 February 2020

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

National Congress

Passed
216Yes 0No 84Not voted 300 seats

For: 216 / 300 seats (72.0%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 84

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)
Party Seats Vote
Compassionate Collective Proposer 51 Yes
National Moderation League 29 Yes
New Peoples’ Alliance 136 Yes
Empty seats 94 Not voted

President of the Republic

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
New Peoples’ Alliance 1 Yes

Voting record

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

New Peoples’ Alliance
Voted Dec. 26, 2019
Yes

“A strong unbiased and uninfluenced news channel would allow better knowledge of internal affairs among our people”

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