Bill: Proposed Parliamentary Playtime Amendment

[lao19]

Sponsor: lao19
Type: Amendment to an Act

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BILL
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AMEND THE PARLIAMENTARY NORMS AND PROCEDURES ACT TO REVISE PARLIAMENTARY PLAYTIME REQUIREMENTS​

Preamble: This bill revises and increases the parliamentary playtime requirements to facilitate a more active parliament.

1. Short Title and Enactment
(a) This Act comes into force immediately upon passage
(b) This act may be cited as the "Parliamentary Playtime Amendment"


2. Amendments
(a) The Parliamentary Norms and Procedures Act Section 12 shall be amended as follows:

(a) Activity requirements and violations
(i) Members must have at least four hours of active playtime each week, measured by the weekly playtime in /profile.
(ii) The Speaker must check each Member's playtime weekly, issue an activity violation for each failure to meet the requirement, and publish all activity violations.
(iii) The first and second activity violations shall be warnings.
(iv) A Member's third and each later activity violation shall require an expulsion proceeding under section 9. The proceeding should begin as soon as Parliament may begin disciplinary business, and shall begin no later than 24 hours after that time.
(v) The Speaker may correct an activity violation issued in error.
(vi) Activity violations shall expire at dissolution.
(a) Activity requirements and violations
(i) Members must have at least four hours of active playtime each week, measured by the weekly playtime in /profile.
(ii) Every week, The Speaker must check each Member's playtime, issue any due activity violations, and publish all playtimes of Members with activity violations included.
(iii) During the weekly check, The Speaker shall total the playtime missed by every Member and include it in their weekly playtime post.
(iv) Once a Member's missed playtime reaches 90 minutes an activity violation will be issued and their missed playtime shall be reduced by 90 minutes.
(v) The first and second activity violations shall be warnings.
(vi) A Member's third and each later activity violation shall require an expulsion proceeding under section 9. The proceeding should begin as soon as Parliament may begin disciplinary business, and shall begin no later than 24 hours after that time.
(vii) The Speaker may correct an activity violation issued in error.
(ix) Activity violations and missing playtime shall expire at dissolution.