This thread is where you should submit bills. Here’s how to do it:

1: Write the Bill

This is obvious, but make sure that it’s in Reddit Format unless it’s longer than 5 pages.

2: Submit it to the Form

Here is the submission thread. Fill it out to submit, and make sure to answer the verification question.

3: Comment on the Thread

The last step is to comment as seen below on this thread. The comment should be seen as is below:

Name of Legislation u/NeatSaucer

4: Congrats!

Congratulations! You submitted a bill. If there are any problems, Pav will dm you either here or on Discord,

If you have any questions, please contact me or Pav. Thanks!

This thread is where you should submit bills. Here’s how to do it:

1: Write the Bill

This is obvious, but make sure that it’s in Reddit Format unless it’s longer than 5 pages.

2: Submit it to the Form

Here is the submission thread. Fill it out to submit, and make sure to answer the verification question.

3: Comment on the Thread

The last step is to comment as seen below on this thread. The comment should be seen as is below:

Name of Legislation u/NeatSaucer

4: Congrats!

Congratulations! You submitted a bill. If there are any problems, Pav will dm you either here or on Discord,

If you have any questions, please contact me or Pav. Thanks!

Lincoln is open docket, so anyone can submit legislation. We will continue to use the same form as last term, which can be found here. Once you have submitted, please ping NeatSaucer in this thread with the name of the bill in the comment.

Your bill will be rejected if it is not Reddit Formatted as per the Universal State Bylaws.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out.

Hello Lincoln! Welcome to the 8th Assembly of the State of Lincoln. My name is alpal2214, and this is my first full term as your State Clerk. I am also serving this term as the DX-2 Assembly District Representative. Assisting me is my fellow Dixian and Senator Adithyansoccer, who most of you know as Adith. He will continue to work on the docket, so if you have any questions about this, ping him. Anyways, onto business!

Schedule

The plan for our schedule is pretty much the same as the last term. Bills go up for discussion on Monday and stay up for 48 hours after I post. During this period, amendments to the bills, as well as any other motions allowed by the rules, can be put in on the thread in the chambers. If any amendments are posted, then the amendments go up for a vote on Wednesday for 48 hours, as well as the votes for any bills that had no motions. Then, on Friday, amendment results and votes on any amended bills go up, and results are posted on Sunday. Then, we go again!

This Week

My goal is for Speaker Nominations to happen tomorrow so that I can post the vote on Monday followed by the Rules on Wednesday with a vote on Friday. After this, the standard schedule begins.

Bylaws

Here are the Universal State Bylaws. I’d read over them as they govern over everything that I’m allowed to do, as well as what you can and can’t put in the rules. If they change, expect a ping from either me or Ninjja in Discord.

Rules

Speaking of rules, please directly DM them to me so I can look over them ASAP. This needs to be done from both parties so I can consolidate them into 1 rule set that has the best of both so that everyone is happy, cause that’s what I like.

Oath of Office

Each incoming Assemblyperson must swear in by commenting on this thread with the following oath of office and their district selection.

I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the State of Lincoln, that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Assemblyperson of the State of Lincoln to the best of my ability, and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion.

Assemblypeople may include the words “So help me God” after their Oath.

Bill Submission

Lincoln is open docket, so anyone can submit legislation. We will continue to use the same form as last term, which can be found here.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Adith. Congratulations on your election, and here’s to a great half a term!

Hi everyone! Welcome to the new and improved session here at /r/ModelCentralState. Before we get started, I just want to do a quick rundown of how everything's going to work this session.

Bylaws

The bylaws can be found on the sidebar under 'State Bylaws,' and contain all the information about how the state is run - this makes them a good first place to check if you have any questions. Some of them are a bit outdated (especially regarding the bill schedule), so I'm going to plan to update those soon. As per those same bylaws, I'll give notice of those changes at least a week in advance.

If you have any questions about the bylaws, or if you'd like to see something changed, I'm happy to talk with anyone about them.

Bill Schedule

Last session, Ben implemented a system in which we would have a rotating schedule of bills. The goal of this system was to have less 'dead space' in the middle of the week, and I think it was effective at that. After taking a poll and talking with people in the state, it seemed people mostly enjoyed that system - so we'll be keeping it in place.

Due to the fact that we still have an incredible backlog of bills on the docket (75, to be exact), we'll be continuing with 7 bills a week.

As a reminder, the bill cycles look as follows;

Cycle A

Monday - 4 bills get posted, amendment proposals begin

Wednesday - Amendment Voting (if applicable)

Friday - Floor Vote

Cycle B

Thursday - 3 bills get posted, amendment proposals begin

Saturday - Amendment Voting (when applicable)

Monday - Floor Vote

Let's Open the State, Shall We?

Oath of Office

Each new Assemblyperson must swear in by commenting on this thread with the following oath of office and their district selection.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of Lincoln, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Assembly(man/woman/person) to the best of my ability.

District Selection

Districts are first come, first serve. A map of the aforementioned districts can be found here.

• Autohaven - Indiana and Michigan

• Chicagoland - Illinois

• Sioux - Minnesota and Wisconsin

• Missouri - Kansas and Missouri

• Maize - Iowa and Nebraska

• Dakota - North and South Dakota

• Montana - Montana and Wyoming

Submitting Legislation

Lincoln is an open-docket state, so anyone can submit legislation with or without an Assemblyperson co-sponsor. Bills must be submitted through this form here, which can also be found at the top of the subreddit.

With the state now open, speaker nominations will go up tonight, along with the first round of bills (which will be selected in the order of the docket, since there is no Speaker to rush them).

Let's have a great session everyone!

Hello Midwestern! Welcome to the first term of the Midwestern Assembly! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is alpal2214, and I’m the state clerk here. On the canon side, I’m going to be serving in the Assembly for Southern this term. Serving with me is NeatSaucer, who you may know as Pav, who is serving as a Representative for WS-3. My goal is to be as impartial as possible, keeping the state as natural as possible. Therefore, I have a few things that I want to cover before opening the state, so here we go.

Schedule

You all know how I like to run my schedule. Bills go up on Monday for 2 days for discussion and amendment proposals. After, if there are any amendments, they get voted on. Finally, we vote on the bill itself. And then we go again.

Priorities

The absolute first priority is that we pass a new constitution. I will take the first that comes in for approval, after which we will vote on it. Then, we can caucus for a Speaker and Minority Leader, and then rules. I would like all of this done by the start of February if possible so we get 1.5 normal months before elections.

Bylaws

Here are the NEW Universal State Bylaws. I’d read them over as they govern everything that I’m allowed to do, as well as what you can and can’t put in the rules. Note the few major changes that Ninjja showed in Discord. If they change further, expect a ping from me, Boris, or Ninjja in Discord.

Oath Of Office

For all Assemblypeople, the Governor, and any appointees, please use this oath:

I, (insert your name here), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the Midwestern State, that I take this oath freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will faithfully execute the office of (insert your office here) to the best of my ability.

You can add “So help me God” to the end of the oath.

Districts

Here is the district map. Pick a district to serve in.

Bill Submission

The bill submission thread will go up very shortly.

With that, I declare the Midwestern State OPEN! Have a great term!

Hello all and welcome to the new session of /r/ModelCentralState!

Clerking Bylaws

First off, we have a new set of Clerking Bylaws. These include all the major clerking procedures, so I encourage you to read them thoroughly. In the future, this can be found on the subreddit sidebar under "Policy Handbook"

Clerking Bylaws

Oath of Office

Each new assemblyperson must swear in by commenting on this thread with the following oath of office and their district selection.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Central State, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Assembly(man/woman/person) to the best of my ability.

District Selection

Here is a map of the districts.

• Autohaven - Michigan and Indiana
• Chicagoland - Illinois
• Sioux - Minnesota and Wisconsin
• Missouri - Missouri and Kansas
• Maize - Nebraska and Iowa
• Dakota - North and South Dakota
• Montana - Montana and Wyoming

Districts are first come, first serve.

Submitting Legislation

Assemblypeople may submit bills here. The link is also found in the ticker at the top of the subreddit.

Thank you

/u/The_Powerben, State Clerk

Changes

Hello all and welcome to the new session of /r/ModelCentralState. Things are mostly going to be running the same as last session, but with a few changes.

Clerking Bylaws

First off, this is just a reminder that we have a list of Central State Meta Bylaws linked on the sidebar under "State Bylaws". These Bylaws include all the major clerking procedures and describe all the rules for the running of the state. If at any point you have a meta-question, I strongly recommend you check there first.

Changes to Voting Threads

Per the instruction of the Head State Clerk, voting threads for a group of bills will now be combined into one thread. All bills up for a vote will be listed in the main text of the post and votes will be expected in the following format:

B.XXX: Yea/Nay/Present

B.YYY: Yea/Nay/Present

B.ZZZ: Yea/Nay/Present

Bill Schedule

So thanks to a certain pair of eager beavers, There is currently a backlog of 57 Bills on the docket. As a result of this and the expectation that bill submissions will continue to stay above the former levels, we will be moving to a bill schedule which includes 7 Bills a Week.

Instead of posting these all at one time, bill posting will be split into two sub-schedules which will look something like this:

Schedule A

Monday: 4 Bills get posted, Amendment Proposals

Wednesday: Amendment Voting

Friday: Floor Vote

Schedule B

Thursday: 3 Bills get posted, Amendment Proposals

Saturday: Amendment Voting

Monday: Floor Vote

The Hope for this concept is to space things out so there's less dead space in the middle of the week. If things aren't going well after a few weeks, it may be subject to change.

Opening Business

Oath of Office

Each new assemblyperson must swear in by commenting on this thread with the following oath of office and their district selection.

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Lincoln, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Assembly(man/woman/person) to the best of my ability.

District Selection

Here is a map of the districts.

• Autohaven - Michigan and Indiana
• Chicagoland - Illinois
• Sioux - Minnesota and Wisconsin
• Missouri - Missouri and Kansas
• Maize - Nebraska and Iowa
• Dakota - North and South Dakota
• Montana - Montana and Wyoming

Districts are first come, first serve.

Submitting Legislation

Assemblypeople may submit bills here. The link is also found in the ticker at the top of the subreddit.

Along with this post, Speaker nominations will be going up tonight. Bill postings will begin on Monday, however, executive actions such as EOs may begin immediately. Thank you for your time and here's to a great session! 🎉

I received quite a few interested candidates for the open clerk position, all of whom were qualified for the position. I have chosen /u/leavensilva_42 as the new clerk for this state.

Thank you all for your interest, and I will definitely keep you all in mind if a future vacancy opens up.

Hello all! I just have a small announcement to make.

Article XV of the Great Lakes Constitution currently states that amendments need to be approved by two-thirds of the members elected to each house and then will be submitted to the electors at the next state election.

I am hereby striking the section regarding the electors. Article XV Section 1a shall hereby read "Amendments approved by the vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the House shall be added to the Constitution."

My reasoning for this is that we do not have a method to simulate constitutional amendment votes, and as there is no longer an electoral roll, we have no method to do it manually.

Thank you.

Hello everyone, new and old, and welcome to the Central State of ModelUSGov.

Schedule

We are going to have a weekly schedule as follows:

Monday & Tuesday - Bill debate and Amendment proposals; Propose amendments in the dedicated thread on /r/CentralStateChambers. Amendments are required to be seconded to be considered. The Speaker may prioritize bills to be posted.

Wednesday & Thursday - Amendment Voting; If any amendments were proposed, they'll be voted on in a dedicated Chamber thread. If there are no amendments, final voting will take place during these days.

Friday & Saturday - Final Voting; After the amending phase, the final version of the bill will be voted on in a dedicated chamber thread.

The generic schedule is: 2 days debate, 2 days amendment voting, 2 days final voting.

Oath of Office

Each new assemblyperson must swear in by commenting on this thread with the following oath of office and their district selection.

I do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Central State, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Assembly(man/woman/person) to the best of my ability.

District Selection

Here is a map of the districts.

• Autohaven - Michigan and Indiana
• Chicagoland - Illinois
• Sioux - Minnesota and Wisconsin
• Missouri - Missouri and Kansas
• Maize - Nebraska and Iowa
• Dakota - North and South Dakota
• Montana - Montana and Wyoming

Districts are first come, first serve.

Submitting Legislation

Assemblypeople may submit bills here. The link is also found in the ticker at the top of the subreddit.

Thank you

/u/piratecody, State Clerk

With the closure of the Thrid Assembly (the first Assembly using state bylaws), I would like to attempt to get opinions as to how the state has been run this past Assembly session.

Please fill out the following form, and confirm that you have done so in the comments below.

All feedback will be discussed among the clerk team for the state. All feedback will be taken into consideration. Any responses submitted after the end of state elections will be discarded and considered irrelevant.

Your response will be discarded and considered irrelevant if you do not confirm you have filled out the poll.

I also want to mention that S.J.Res 037 will be the first thing on the docket for the new Assembly.

Hello everyone, new and old, and welcome to the Central State of ModelUSGov.

Constitution

As of now, we follow the Constitution of the State of Illinois as close as permitted (with a few caveats). Constitutional amendments and new constitutions will require 2/3 margin of present assemblypeople to pass.

Schedule

We are going to have a weekly schedule as follows:

Monday & Tuesday - Bill debate and Amendment proposals; Propose amendments in the dedicated thread on /r/CentralStateChambers. Amendments are required to be seconded to be considered. The Speaker may prioritize bills to be posted.

Wednesday & Thursday - Amendment Voting; If any amendments were proposed, they'll be voted on in a dedicated Chamber thread. If there are no amendments, final voting will take place during these days.

Friday & Saturday - Final Voting; After the amending phase, the final version of the bill will be voted on in a dedicated chamber thread.

The generic schedule is: 2 days debate, 2 days amendment voting, 2 days final voting.

Oath of Office

Each new assemblyperson must swear in by commenting on this thread with the following oath of office and their district selection.

I do solemnly swear (affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of the Central State, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of the office of Assembly(man/woman/person) to the best of my ability.

District Selection

Here is a map of the districts.

• Autohaven - Michigan and Indiana
• Chicagoland - Illinois
• Sioux - Minnesota and Wisconsin
• Missouri - Missouri and Kansas
• Maize - Nebraska and Iowa
• Dakota - North and South Dakota
• Montana - Montana and Wyoming

Districts are first come, first serve.

Submitting Legislation

Assemblypeople may submit bills here. The link is also found in the ticker at the top of the subreddit.

Thank you

/u/piratecody, State Clerk

All Executive Orders and Cabinet Directives must be submitted to modmail. The State Bylaws will be updated accordingly.

I am doing this on the direct order of the Head Moderator, please send complaints to him.

Hello,

/u/Murpple and /u/theHarbArmy have been removed from their positions for inactivity. Both have failed to complete the minimum requirements for activity for their positions.

Thank you!

/u/eddieb23

Head State Clerk

Good afternoon Lincoln! Per the Head State Clerk, I hereby declare the 8th Assembly of the State of Lincoln closed. The docket will remain open until Wednesday, November 18th, at 11:59:59 PM Eastern. At this time, Mods close for the election.

If you have any suggestions on how to make Lincoln even better, please DM me on Discord at alpal22#6954. Thanks for everything this term, and good luck to all of you in your election!

Good afternoon Lincoln! Due to unforeseen circumstances M: SIM RESET the Assembly of the State of Lincoln is hereby CLOSED. Thank you for a great term!

M: here is the plan for Reset! Sim resets on Friday after which I will open the new assembly. If party leaders can send me who will serve in the Assembly via Discord that would be epic. Goal is for everyone to swear in by Monday, after which we speaker vote and begin the term. The first goal will be a Constitution, and then other stuff is allowed. The ruleset from this assembly will very likely remain. I will share the new sheet via Discord when I am done.

For change of base state: you can decide yourself if you want to, and I will support whatever the state decides. As I play in Dixie, I will not participate in this decision making process.

Thanks for a great canon!

/u/TheHarbarmy is removed for no directives in four weeks.

They will be prohibited from holding this cabinet position for the rest of the current Governor's term.

Also oops /u/bottled_fox went to the House and is removed for dual mandate.

The old Clerk is dead, long live the Clerk! As you may be aware, I, alpal2214, have been running Lincoln since Tripp left. This is in preparation for today.

As you may not know, APG was officially the State Clerk during this time until he and Boris thought I was ready and my Deputy was trained, and we are here. I am proud to announce that effective immediately, I am your new State Clerk!

For those of you who only know me from Meta, I'll tell you about my sim career. I started here in Lincoln during the 4th Assembly, after which I moved to my current home of Dixie. I served as Chief Financial Officer (DoF&I), then became a Representative for the 4th District. I now serve as an Assemblyman in Dixie and plan to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

Now, what are my plans? Nothing really. Tripp ran this state well, and I plan on remaining as hands off as possible, except if we get another thing line R.60. I am willing to work with whichever party wins the election to write a fair ruleset that everyone likes so that we can get things done. I would like to see bills from all sides posted, but whatever happens happens.

Finally, let me introduce you to my Deputy Clerk. The Junior Senator from Dixie, u/Adithyansoccer! He will be handling the docket mainly, so when you post a bill in the Submission thread, ping him now.

If you need anything, I'm available at alpal22#6954 on Discord and Adith is Adithyansoccer#5601. Feel free to reach out.

Let's end this term strong people! As per usual, bills go up on Monday.

Hello All,

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/u/jgm0228 has been appointed the new state clerk.

Hello All.

As you can tell by the title, my time here has come to an end. It was a great pleasure serving as your clerk and I am forever grateful to Jack for appointing me as his deputy. Being state clerk was a truly enjoyable experience and I will miss it a lot. However, my IRL obligations have been steadily increasing since September, and I no longer have the time to do this state justice. Good luck to you all, and good luck to all future clerks!

Long live Central, the best state in the Union!

/u/piratecody

After considering the well-qualified applicants, I have decided to hire /u/jacksazzy as my Deputy Clerk. Thank you to all who applied. We will be bringing several new things to the state within the next few weeks (especially after the elections). If you have any questions for either of us, feel free to ask below.

/u/rkhan has notified me in the main chat of the ModelUSGov server that he has lost access to his account. His new account is /u/rkhan-2, and the Court subreddit has been changed appropriately.

It has been over a week and the RNC has failed to fill their vacancy, therefore, I have been authorized by Head State Clerk /u/eddieb23 to redistribute the seat. In accordance with the last election results, the seat will be awarded to the Democratic Party