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This is interesting, but really needs to be taken a bit further. For example, the commit https://github.com/Br3nda/legislation/commit/ed9e389c5573c98ce8e3b7a3a
by caf 14y ago
This is interesting, but really needs to be taken a bit further. For example, the commit https://github.com/Br3nda/legislation/commit/ed9e389c5573c98ce8e3b7a3a07c614469303da4 https://github.com/Br3nda/legislation/commit/ed9e389c5573c98... adds the Animal Welfare Treatment of Animals Amendment Bill - but the effect of this Bill is actually to amend the Animal Welfare Act 1999. In other words, this Bill is a legal patch, so it should probably be shown as a git branch that contains a commit modifying the Animal Welfare Act 1999 as well as adding the Amendment bill.
As a sidebar, it's interesting that the Statute of Marlborough (1267) is still in force in NZ.
- peeters 14y agoI completely agree. I'd love for somebody to maintain a repository that follows in parallel the real life of a bill. Introducing it to Parliament is like creating a branch, then debating and process can further amend the branch/bill, then passing the bill and submitting it for royal assent is like submitting a pull request. I'm sick of 3-page bills whose entire purpose is to remove a word or two from existing legislation. A diff is a much more powerful tool of examining the impact of a bill. Edit: "Aaron's Law" is a good example: > —Section 1030(e)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking "alter;" and inserting the following: "alter, but does not include access in violation of an agreement..." Tell me a diff doesn't say that better.
- chad_oliver 14y agoSorry for nitpicking, but the Statue of Marlborough was repealed in 2008: http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/imperial/1267/0023/latest/DLM10901.html http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/imperial/1267/0023/latest...