Now that I’m kicking off a ‘State House Bills I Find Interesting’ series in addition to the ‘State Senate Bills I Find Interesting’ series, this is a good time to introduce a new feature: a bill ranking system to complement the ‘SUPPORT’/'OPPOSE’. This will better note the level to which I like or dislike a bill, even though the ‘SUPPORT’ or ‘OPPOSE’ is how I would ultimately vote on it if I were a member of the General Assembly.
1: Strenuously OPPOSE. There is NO justifiable reason for this bill, and it should not have even been introduced. It is not salvageable in any form.
2: Strongly OPPOSE. This bill may have some small glimmer I can agree with other than the boilerplate, but otherwise should never have been introduced. It is salvageable only if reduced to the small glimmer or something similar.
3: Moderately OPPOSE. This bill does have SOME things I could agree with, and could be salvaged if significantly altered.
4: Slightly OPPOSE. This bill has a lot of stuff I like, but there are a few clauses that I so strongly object to that I must OPPOSE the bill simply to kill those clauses. If the clauses in question were removed, my vote could be changed.
5: OPPOSE. This is my default where I don’t really understand the bill, but would rather keep things as they are than risk things getting worse.
6: SUPPORT. I understand this bill and don’t really like it per se, I just don’t have a solid reason for opposing it.
7. Slightly SUPPORT. I understand this bill, and while I may have a slight objection, I can still support this bill because of its overall nature. For example, bills allowing locals to vote on tax increases or other local legislation such as staggering the terms of the local school board would apply here.
8. Moderately SUPPORT. This bill may not be everything that I’d like, but it is a step in the right direction.
9. Strongly SUPPORT. This bill has much of what I’d like, and little to none of things I don’t like. Not quite perfect, but decently close.
10. Completely SUPPORT. Perfect. Exactly what I want to see, and I see no flaws.
[...] by Jeff on May 27, 2009 – 5:25 pm Conclusions: HB 1: OPPOSE Rating: 3 HB 2: OPPOSE Rating: 2 HB 3: OPPOSE Rating: 1 HB 4: SUPPORT Rating: 8 HB 5: SUPPORT Rating: 7 HB 6: SUPPORT Rating: 8 HB [...]
[...] HB 11: OPPOSE Rating: 5 HB 12: OPPOSE Rating: 1 HB 13: OPPOSE Rating: 1 HB 14: SUPPORT Rating: 10 HB 15: SUPPORT Rating: 9 [...]
[...] HB 41: OPPOSE Rating: 3 HB 42: SUPPORT Rating: [...]
[...] HB 51: OPPOSE Rating: 4 HB 52: OPPOSE Rating: 2 HB 53: OPPOSE Rating: 4 HB 54: OPPOSE Rating: 5 HB 55: SUPPORT Rating: 10 HB 56: OPPOSE Rating: 4 HB [...]
[...] HB 61: SUPPORT Rating: 9 HB 62: OPPOSE Rating: 2 HB 63: OPPOSE Rating: 5 HB 64: SUPPORT Rating: 10 HB 65: OPPOSE Rating: 1 [...]
[...] HB 71: SUPPORT Rating: 8 HB 72: SUPPORT Rating: 10 HB 73: OPPOSE Rating: 5 HB 74: OPPOSE Rating: 5 HB 75: SUPPORT Rating: 10 [...]
[...] HB 81: SUPPORT Rating: 9 HB 82: OPPOSE Rating: 2 HB 83: SUPPORT Rating: 9 HB 84: SUPPORT Rating: 9 HB 85: SUPPORT Rating: 10 HB 86: SUPPORT Rating: 10 [...]
[...] HB 91: SUPPORT Rating: 9 HB 92: OPPOSE Rating: 1 HB 93: SUPPORT Rating: 6 HB 94: SUPPORT Rating: 9 HB [...]
[...] There are no calls for “states rights”, “10th Amendment”, “nullification”, or any other such thing in this bill – though the first two were mentioned at a press conference last week, by both Hill and Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers (R-Woodstock). As far as commentary on the bill itself goes, Paragraph 2 is the “meat” of the bill (Paragraph 1 is the definitions), and section a) I absolutely love. It basically says that government cannot compel you in any way to participate in any health care system and that government cannot penalize you or your employer if you or your employer choose to pay for health care directly (ie, no insurance company involved in any way). If this bill were just section a), it would whole-heartedly get a “SUPPORT” with a 10 ranking. [...]