Modern Services Expansion Act of 2024 - Saxenheim

Rationale

More comprehensive broadband and public healthcare ensures everyone can access essential services. And allowing any 'reasonable' adult to adopt children ensures that more children have loving homes, and more single adults can choose to adopt.

Proposed Changes

	Law	Previous	Proposed
1	What Public Healthcare Covers	Core medical care; dental and optical private	Universal cover including dental and optical
2	Broadband & Digital Access	Subsidies for rural and hard-to-reach areas	Universal service obligation; every home entitled to a connection
3	Adoption & Fostering	Married couples and single parents	Any adult who passes assessment

1

What Public Healthcare Covers

Previous law

Core medical care; dental and optical private

Universal cover including dental and optical

2

Broadband & Digital Access

Previous law

Subsidies for rural and hard-to-reach areas

Universal service obligation; every home entitled to a connection

3

Adoption & Fostering

Previous law

Married couples and single parents

Any adult who passes assessment

Timeline

Draft

14 February 2024
Vote Open

14 February 2024
Vote Closed

14 April 2024
Became Law

14 April 2024

Vote tally

Live tally across each chamber. Weighted by seats held.

Bundesrat

Passed

39Yes 0No 20Abstained 10Not voted 69 seats

For: 39 / 69 seats (56.5%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 20 · Not voted: 10

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights	31	Yes	We fully support expanding healthcare so as to cover dental and optical care, as well as strengthening broadband access, as digitalisation is one of our core pillars. Concerning adoption, we're a bit skeptic, as we'd rather have children adopted by married couples, but we'll nonetheless vote for it to see which effects the reform will bring about. We'll closely monitor and check with the social services department.
Alliance23 Proposer	8	Yes	No reason given
Saxenheim Workers’ Union	20	Abstain	No reason given
Empty seats	5	Not voted

Bundestag

Passed

361Yes 0No 187Abstained 102Not voted 650 seats

For: 361 / 650 seats (55.5%)

Against: 0 · Abstained: 187 · Not voted: 102

50.1% of those voting must vote in favour (actual = 100.0%)

Party	Seats	Vote	Reason
Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights	286	Yes	We fully support expanding healthcare so as to cover dental and optical care, as well as strengthening broadband access, as digitalisation is one of our core pillars. Concerning adoption, we're a bit skeptic, as we'd rather have children adopted by married couples, but we'll nonetheless vote for it to see which effects the reform will bring about. We'll closely monitor and check with the social services department.
Alliance23 Proposer	75	Yes	No reason given
Saxenheim Workers’ Union	187	Abstain	No reason given
Empty seats	52	Not voted

Voting record

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

Saxenheim Workers’ Union

Voted March 15, 2024

Abstain

Alliance For Digital Freedom And Rights

Voted March 12, 2024

Yes

“We fully support expanding healthcare so as to cover dental and optical care, as well as strengthening broadband access, as digitalisation is one of our core pillars. Concerning adoption, we're a bit skeptic, as we'd rather have children adopted by married couples, but we'll nonetheless vote for it to see which effects the reform will bring about. We'll closely monitor and check with the social services department.”