[SOA-2026-37] HOGS Amendment to the Standing Orders

Ladona · June 25, 2026, 2:10pm

Deputy Provost @Ladona has proposed amending the Standing Orders of the Magisterium. This was motioned to vote by @Ladona on Thursday, June 25, 2026 1:57 PM and seconded by Magister @Ulmer on Friday, June 19, 2026 2:02 PM.

The details of the proposal are:

Section I. DEFINITIONS

A “Bill” consists of the following categories:
…1. A Law (L), which, upon passing, forms part of the binding body of law of the East Pacific.
…2. A Resolution (R), which, upon passing, outlines a non-binding opinion of the Magisterium.
…3. An Amendment (A), which, upon passing, forms a binding change to a Law or a Resolution.
…4. A Concordat Amendment (CA), which, upon passing, forms a binding change to the Concordat of the East Pacific.
…5. A Repeal (RP), which, upon passing, revokes an Act, Resolution, Treaty, or Declaration of War.
…6. A Removal (RM), which, upon passing, exercises the Magisterium’s ability to: suspend or remove a public official; or remove an award granted under an Act.
…7. An Override (OVR), which, upon passing, exercises the Magisterium’s ability to override: a veto decision by the DelegateArchon; or a previous decision by the Magisterium to suspend a public official.
…8. A Treaty (T), which, upon passing, enacts or amends a treaty as defined by the Concordat.
…9. A Declaration of War (W), which, upon passing, enacts or amends a declaration of war as defined by the Concordat.

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A “closed session” is used for discussions that should only be visible to the Magisterium, or the Foreign Policy Committee.
…1. The purpose of the Foreign Policy Committee is to have politically sensitive discussions on foreign policy. The Foreign Policy Committee consists of every Magister, the DelegateArchon, and any Minister(s) designated by the DelegateArchon.

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Section III. VOTING PROCEDURE

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Once passed:
…1. The Office of the Provost shall lock the discussion topic. These topics can be reopened upon a reasoned request by any Magister.
…2. If the Proposal is a Law, a Treaty, a Declaration of War; or an Amendment to a Law, a Treaty, or a Declaration of War; or the repeal of a Law, a Treaty, or a Declaration of War, the Office of the Provost must notify the Executive within the appropriate forum topic. Once the DelegateArchon signs the Proposal, or if it has been ten (10) days since the voting period ended, the Office of the Provost shall use Codex Memorial Garden > Laws of the East Pacific to implement or amend the Act.
…3. If the Proposal is a Concordat Amendment, the Conclave must be notified, as Concordat Amendments must pass a referendum of the Citizens of the East Pacific before it can be enacted or enforced.
…4. Any Amendment shall be logged within the Proposal target’s topic. A rewrite is treated a an amendment and will replace the previous version of the Proposal target.
…5. If the Proposal is a repeal, then the Proposal’s target will be moved to Laws of the East Pacific > Repealed Laws

If the Proposal is a Law, a Treaty, a Declaration of War; or an Amendment to a Law, a Treaty, or a Declaration of War; or the repeal of a Law, a Treaty, or a Declaration of War, and the DelegateArchon vetoes the pProposal within the ten-day window after the voting period ends, the Proposal will immediately return to debate for a minimum of three (3) days. Once the debate period ends, the Proposal may be moved to an Override vote.
…1. An Override vote may only be motioned by a Sponsor of the original Proposal. A Sponsor of the original Proposal may not second an Override vote.

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Section V. CLOSED SESSIONS

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The DelegateArchon or the Provost may initiate a meeting of the Foreign Policy Committee to discuss foreign policy matters as a closed session meeting of the Magisterium without a Closed Session Discussion vote.

INFORMATION

This amendment needs a majority of voting Magisters and a 50% quorum to pass.

IMPORTANT

A one week voting period will occur between the following period:
Thursday, June 25, 2026 2:10 PM UTC→Thursday, July 2, 2026 2:10 PM UTC

Choices for voting: Vote AYE or FOR if you are in favor.
Vote NAY or AGAINST if you are against.
Vote PRESENT or ABSTAIN if you cannot make a decision.

Vote:

AYE | FOR
NAY | AGAINST
PRESENT | ABSTAIN

0 voters

List of Active Magisters - 22

#	Forum Name	TEP Name
1	AC5230	ArenaC
2	Aggie	Eunopiar
3	American-Cascadia	American-Cascadia
4	Aurora_Yukihime	Albrook
5	burgerkingfootlettuce	Estande
6	Cappedore	Cappedore
7	Cretox	Cretox State
8	CyberiumShadow	Cyberstrom
9	Daravon	Daravon
10	Dimitri	Waterfall State
11	Dio	Flame of Dio
12	Domais	New Domais
13	krill6034	Kriilatia
14	Ladona	Ladonatalacton
15	lime_30000	Jakun
16	Lucklife	Lucklife
17	Mangegneithe	Aivintis
18	Merlo	Merlovich
19	rudak	Rudastan
20	Sammy23	New Leganes
21	Ulmer	Lionsroar
22	Zukchiva	Zukchiva

List of Inactive Magisters - 0

#	Forum Name	TEP Name	Notes

system · July 2, 2026, 2:10pm

This topic was automatically closed after 7 days. New replies are no longer allowed.

Ladona · July 2, 2026, 2:17pm

This vote automatically closed at Thursday, July 2, 2026 2:10 PM

18 of the 20 active Magisters have voted making this vote QUORATE.

Vote Breakdown

FOR (18)	AGAINST (0)	ABSTAIN (0)
AC5230
American-Cascadia
Aurora_Yukihime
Cappedore
CyberiumShadow
Daravon
Dimitri
Dio
Domais
krill6034
Ladona
lime_30000
Lucklife
Merlo
rudak
Sammy23
Ulmer
Zukchiva
Total: 100.0%	Total: 0.0%

REMINDER

Abstentions only count towards determining if a quorum was reached; they are not counted in the final result. Invalid votes according to the Standing Orders of the Magisterium are not counted at all.

Results

With 100.0% voting FOR, this amendment has PASSED.

List of Slackers

burgerkingfootlettuce
Cretox
Aggie