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1. This bill shall be cited as the Omnibus Procedural Rules of the Underhusen Amendment XV.

Amendments to the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen

2. Section 3(b) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(b) A motion to Extend Debate may include a time period shorter or longer than 48 hours, but is not shorter than 4 hours and is not longer than 1 week. Should no time period be given or should the time period be shorter or longer than what is allowed, the extension shall be 48 hours. If little to no active discussion has happened by the deadline of the first extension, the ability to extend debate/discussion shall be relinquished and a Skrifa other than the Speaker must motion to vote or table the bill. Active discussion shall be defined as any debate or discussion on a bill or its merits with significant or productive contributions from a majority (50% or more) of Skrifa.

3. Section 5(c) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(c) Abstain, indicating that the representative is voting neither in favor of nor against the proposal but wishes his or her vote to be recorded.

4. Section 10(c) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(c) The Speaker may close a vote but leave the record open to allow other Skrifa to record their votes.  Votes cast after the vote has been closed will not affect the result of the vote.

5. Section 12(b) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(b) The Speaker pro tempore, whenever he or she is presiding over the Underhusen, shall assume all of the responsibilities of the Speaker as listed in relevant law and shall be subject to the same constitutional and statutory restraints placed upon the Speaker.

6. Section 16(a) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

16. (a)The Speaker (or standing Speaker) may deem members of the Underhusen "inactive" if they are not present for a prolonged period of time; this status can be ignored if supplanted by either the "inactive" member stating they are no longer inactive in the Underhusen or by majority vote of all current Skrifa. This status must be noted and maintained in a public listing in the Underhusen.

7. Section 16(d) of the Procedural Rules of the Underhusen shall be amended to read:

(d) If all Skrifa bar the Speaker (or standing Speaker) are deemed "inactive" then the session will be immediately suspended until either 1] The Skrifa return, or 2] The session ends. During this suspension, no proposals may be introduced, motioned on, or voted on in the Underhusen.

I present this to the Underhusen for debate. You can find more details about the specific changes here.

I'm on my phone, so quoting and editing can be a nightmare, so:

3b runs on a bit.  After "Not longer than 1 week" it should be ended.  Aka "...not longer than 1 week.  Should no time..."

That's all I see so far.

I'm on my phone, so quoting and editing can be a nightmare, so:

3b runs on a bit.  After "Not longer than 1 week" it should be ended.  Aka "...not longer than 1 week.  Should no time..."

That's all I see so far.

I just didn't want to make it look like I was omitting the rest of that section.

I'm on my phone, so quoting and editing can be a nightmare, so:

3b runs on a bit.  After "Not longer than 1 week" it should be ended.  Aka "...not longer than 1 week.  Should no time..."

That's all I see so far.

I just didn't want to make it look like I was omitting the rest of that section.

Oh no, I didn't mean erasing/omitting anything.  I meant purely changing the comma in that part into a period, and the next part being a new sentence.

I'm on my phone, so quoting and editing can be a nightmare, so:

3b runs on a bit.  After "Not longer than 1 week" it should be ended.  Aka "...not longer than 1 week.  Should no time..."

That's all I see so far.

I just didn't want to make it look like I was omitting the rest of that section.

Oh no, I didn't mean erasing/omitting anything.  I meant purely changing the comma in that part into a period, and the next part being a new sentence.

I see what you're talking about now. But if I changed that, wouldn't I have to start a new topic and reset the debate period?

I'm on my phone, so quoting and editing can be a nightmare, so:

3b runs on a bit.  After "Not longer than 1 week" it should be ended.  Aka "...not longer than 1 week.  Should no time..."

That's all I see so far.

I just didn't want to make it look like I was omitting the rest of that section.

Oh no, I didn't mean erasing/omitting anything.  I meant purely changing the comma in that part into a period, and the next part being a new sentence.

I see what you're talking about now. But if I changed that, wouldn't I have to start a new topic and reset the debate period?

No.  Since this is the discussion, you're allowed to make suggested changes.  It's only when it's in the voting phase that you'd have to do that...and only if it's agreed and voted down by the majority.

I see no problem with this other than one thing.

For 2. Section 3b, I'm not to keen on it having such vauge descriptions. What is considered "little" discussion or a "significant" or "productive" contribution?

I didn't notice that since I was looking purely at grammatical issues.   

Well, its just that with such a subjective description the door is open to people misunderstanding or even intentionally ignoring the rule.

It's been over 24 hours, so this and the other three amendments are open for motions.

We have only heard yours, Pengu's and my opinion though.

While that's true, a motion would still have to be made at this point.

It could be a motion to extend debate, if that's what you want to do.

While that's true, a motion would still have to be made at this point.

Am I allowed to motion?

Yes.  If the rules are as I remember, any Skrifa aside from the Speaker can make a motion.

Motion to extend debate then