The following are model pieces of legislation that have been proposed by assorted individuals, legislators, learned researchers, and others who have brought forward these ideas for introduction at the county, state and federal level.
The goal of any legislation should be to address a concern of government. The proposal must be within the scope of that government’s right to legislate, to solve some identifiable problem, or fill a gap not otherwise provided for by existing law. With every model bill comes the need for it to be reviewed and customized legally within the scope of the rules of the jurisdiction wherein the model is to be introduced.
A "bill" is a "law" that has some power of government attached to it. A "resolution" expresses some sense of the legislature that calls for some other action to take place for that sentiment it to be implemented.
For example, calling for a Constitutional Convention generally implies a resolution to pass expressing that it is the will of the legislature of a given state to participate in one. When the requisite number of states pass these resolutions, then an Act of Congress (bill) is required to be passed to implement the sense of the states, to set forth the date of the opening of the convention, etc.
To have any of these ideas introduced at the levels of government they were written for, the first goal must be to find an elected official, at that level, willing to introduce it. From that point, support must be shown at each step of the legislative process by enough lawmakers to enable it to be enacted. For more information about the procedural requirements of your jurisdiction, proper format for proposals to get introduced, etc., contact your elected official(s).
Where known, the author of the proposal, along with brief synopsis of the scope of the proposal has been identified at the beginning of the item. Following the proposals are additional position papers by learned legislative activists in support of their suggested proposals. or identified needs.
