Sixth Discord Act

Sixth Discord Act

Passed by the Senate and signed by the President on 9 July 2025.

Whereas

the organization of the Discord is constructed through dozens of scattered and incoherent laws, Executive Orders, and traditional feelings,

Believing

the core of our democracy ought to have a standardized and codified structure,

Recognizing

the tradition of Discord Acts stretching back to the early days of the Republic,

Hoping

that this law shall serve to carry on said tradition to a new generation,

Speculating

that the supplanting of some bills will be met with ecstasy from the general public,

I, Justice Ivy Cactus NC, hereby propose the following bill:

Part 1 — The Discord

Article 1 — Guiding Principles

§1. The people of SimDemocracy shall have the proper roles, channels, and permissions on the discord for the proper participation in their freedoms and responsibilities. This includes, but is not limited to:

§1.1. At minimum, the President, Discord Supervisor, Reddit Supervisor, and Election Supervisor shall be allowed to speak in an official announcements channel.

§1.2. All people, unless otherwise legally restricted, shall have access to a general chat channel.

§1.3. The Senate, Judiciary, Executive Offices, Supervisors, and all other parts of the Government shall have role(s) and channel(s) that allow them to execute their responsibilities effectively.

§1.4. Parties and businesses may have their own channel(s) on the Discord, in a manner specified by further legislation.

§2. The people of SimDemocracy shall have certain discord rights, including:

§2.1. All people shall be allowed to see the Audit Log.

§2.2. All people shall be allowed full discretion over their nickname, unless said name is otherwise illegal.

§2.3. Nobody may unwillingly be kicked or banned from the server unless it is otherwise legally permitted.

Article 2 — Positions

§1. Organization of the Discord shall be executed on behalf of the President, absent of further legislation otherwise.

§1.1. It shall be the Discord Supervisor's duty to execute the President’s will, when legally applicable.

§2. Executive Officers and heads of other governmental bodies may control the discord roles and channels associated with the bodies they oversee, unless specified otherwise in further legislation.

§2.1. The heads of each branch of government may control their sections of the Discord, unless specified otherwise by further legislation.

§3. The President shall retain the ability to pin posts, remove messages that violate the law, manage emojis, and manage user roles.

Article 3 — Roles

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Article 3 - Roles

§1. Roles shall be created by the Discord Supervisor at the direction of relevant government officials, or as specified in legislation, in order to assist with the operations of government.

§2. Cosmetic roles may be created at the direction of the executive, as specified by Executive Order or further legislation.

§2.1. A cosmetic role may only be created or approved if at least five (5) unique citizens request to hold the role at the time of its creation.

§2.2. Any existing cosmetic role that drops below five (5) active holders for more than seven (7) consecutive days shall be subject to review and deletion by the Secretary of Expansion.

§2.3. People affected by a role deletion shall receive a full refund of three-hundred (300) tau from the Government Reserve tau account.

§2.4. The Secretary of Expansion, in cooperation with the President, may grant exceptions for event-related roles under special circumstances.

§3. A role shall be created within the Discord server called “Duck”.

§3.1. The role shall have the hex color code #fee781.

§3.2. The role must be placed above whichever is higher, “Court Registrar” or “Senate Clerk”.

§3.3. The role shall have “Display role members separately from online members” set to true.

§3.4. The role shall be given to any member of SimDemocracy with “duck” in their username per request of the user. This shall not apply to display names/nicknames unless they meet the previous criteria of the username.

<ref name="quadsreformact">Quads Discord Reform Act</ref> §1. Roles on the discord server of SimDemocracy shall be created by the Discord Supervisor, or an authorized government official, at the discretion of the provisions laid out in this Article or further legislation.

§2. There shall exist two categories of roles:

§2.1. Publicly owned roles, that are owned by the government, and

§2.2. Privately owned roles, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§3. Publicly owned roles shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§4. There shall at all times exist a publicly owned role named “Duck” with the hex colour code #fee781, and which shall have “Display role members separately from online members” set to true, and which shall be given to any member of SimDemocracy with the word “duck” in their username at their discretion.

§5. Citizens of SimDemocracy or validly registered corporations shall have the ability to buy privately owned roles from the government.

§5.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of privately owned roles.

§6. The price for privately owned roles shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§7. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of one of the roles they owned shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the role, unless such an involuntary deletion is due to §9 of this Article.

§8. A fee shall be required to be paid by all owners of a privately owned role every two months, within the first week of every month whose enumeration is an uneven number.

§8.1. The size of the fee shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§9. When the aforementioned fee is not paid by the owner of a role within the specified timeframe, their role must be deleted. They shall not receive compensation as per §7 of this Article.

Replaced through the Quads Role Order Act
<ref name="quardsroleorder">Quads Role Order Act</ref> §10. In the discord role list, all privately owned roles shall be grouped next to one another.

§10.1. Privately owned roles shall always be as close as possible to the bottom of the discord role list.

§10. The roles within the SimDemocracy Discord server shall be placed in an order according to Section two (2) of the Appendix.

§10.1. When it is unclear where in the order a role should fall, the President may decide.<ref name="quardsroleorder" />

§11. The owners of a privately owned role shall be given broad discretion over the attributes of their role, including but not limited to, its colour, its name, and its role icon.

Note: Repealed by the Senate and Signed by the President on the 8th of September, 2025

§11.1. The text “(Privately Owned Role)” shall be added as a suffix to the name of every privately owned role.

§12. The owner of a privately owned role shall be able to request the relevant government agency to give it to any person they desire it to be given to. Such a request must always be followed by the relevant government agency, unless the individual whom the role should be given to actively disagrees.

§13. Owners of a privately owned role shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their role at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the role.

Article 4 — Channels and Categories

§1. There shall be logs on the Discord server, which are to be used to track of at least joining persons, leaving persons, edited messages, and deleted messages.

§1.1. The log of edited and deleted messages in the official SimDemocracy Discord server shall not be public, but may be made available to government offices at the discretion of the executive.

§1.2. The log of joining and leaving persons shall be public, with the general populace able to view but not speak in the channel that contains said logs.

§2. Channels that are no longer in use may be archived, which shall entail said channel being moved to a category containing only archived channels, made so no one can speak in them, and removed from public viewing.

§2.1. The Discord Supervisor or their assistants shall archive a channel at the command of an Executive Order or legislation, or when otherwise directed by the channel's owner.

<ref name="wagrotuc">We Are Getting Rid Of These Useless Channels Act (WAGROTUC) passed and signed on 3 November 2025.</ref>§2.2 If a channel has been archived for a continuous period of 1 year and if it’s been considered as externally archived by the Archives Commission for everyone to see, with the possibility of downloading the contents of these channels for any citizen of SimDemocracy ensured, then a channel may be deleted by order of the President from the Discord.

§3. The categories within the SimDemocracy Discord server shall be placed in an order according to Section one (1) of the Appendix.

§3.1. When it is unclear where in the order a category should fall, the President may decide.

<ref name="quadsreformact" />§4. There shall exist two categories of channels:

§4.1. Publicly owned channels, that are owned by the government, and

§4.1.1. Publicly owned channels shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§4.2. Privately owned channels, that are owned by individuals, corporations, or political parties.

§5. Privately owned channels shall further be divided into three subcategories:

§5.1. Member fun channels,

§5.2. Business channels, and

§5.3. Party channels.

§5.3.1. Party channels shall be created by the Electoral Commission or the relevant government agency they delegate this task to and shall always be placed within the “Political Parties” category of the discord server.

§5.3.2. Party channels shall be deleted upon the political party that owned them ceasing to exist.

§5.3.3. Party channels may only be owned by validly registered political parties.

§6. Member fun channels shall always be placed in the “Member Fun” category of the discord server, whereas business channels shall always be placed in either the “News” or “Business Park” category of the discord server.

§6.1. Citizens who buy a business channel shall be able to choose in which category their channel shall initially be in.

§7. Citizens of SimDemocracy or validly registered corporations shall have the ability to buy privately owned channels from the government.

§7.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of member fun channels and business channels.

§7.2. The Electoral Commission shall be responsible for the creation and management of party channels.

§8. The price for member fun channels and business channels shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy. The price for party channels shall be set via internal Electoral Commission policy.

§9. Changing a privately owned channel’s channel type shall incur a fee, even if the channel type is being changed to “Text” paid to the Department of Expansion. Only the owner of a privately owned channel shall be able to request such a change of a channel’s type.

§9.1. The size of the fee shall be determined via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§10. Changing the category a channel is located within shall incur a fee paid to the Department of Expansion. Only the owner of a channel shall be able to request such a change of a channel’s category.

§10.1. The size of the fee shall be determined via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§10.2. Party channels shall always be of the channel type “Text”.

§11. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion or archival of one of the channels they owned shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the channel, unless such an involuntary deletion is due to §13 of this Article.

§12. A fee shall be required to be paid by all owners of a privately owned channel every two months, within the first week of every month whose enumeration is an uneven number, unless that channel is a party channel.

§12.1. The size of the fee shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

Repealed<ref name="tears">No more Tears in Rain Amendment 2025 passed and signed 13 January 2026.</ref>

§13. When the aforementioned fee is not paid by the owner of a channel within the specified timeframe, their privately owned channel must be deleted. They shall not receive compensation as per §11 of this Article.

<ref name="tears" />§13. When the aforementioned fee is not paid by the owner of a channel within the specified timeframe, their privately owned channel must be archived. They shall not receive compensation as per §11 of this Article.

§14. The owners of a privately owned channel shall be given broad discretion over the attributes of their channel, including but not limited to, its permissions, its name, and its other settings.

§15. Owners of a privately owned channel shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion or archival of their channel at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the channel.

§16. Persons who previously owned a privately owned channel that has since been archived shall be able to buy that channel back for a price, thus unarchiving it.

§16.1. The price for unarchiving a channel shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

Article 5 — Pings

§1. “Everyone” or “Here” pings shall not be used for routine or recurring events.

§1.1. The Electoral Commission may use such pings to ensure public participation in elections.

§2. Government Pings lacking a clearly defined purpose or being overly vague shall be removed.

§3. The government may create self-assignable pingable roles which shall be used by different bodies within the government to organize events, make announcements, or otherwise communicate with those who retain said role.

Article 6 — Emojis

§1. Emojis and Stickers may be added or removed from the Discord at the direction of the President, absent of further legislation.

§2. There shall be a channel created called “starboard” which shall use a bot to repost messages that obtain five (5) or more reactions with the “star” emoji to that channel.

§3. Every person shall have the right to use the Risistas emoji and to experience the feeling of Risistas.

§3.1. There shall be a channel above that described in Section two (2) named “risistasboard”, which shall use a bot to repost messages that obtain five (5) or more reactions with the “risistas” emoji to that channel.

<ref name="quadsreformact" /> §4. There shall exist three categories of emojis:

§4.1. Publicly owned emojis, that are owned by the government,

§4.1.1. The Electoral Commission shall create a party emoji for every existing party. The icon shall be the logo of the party.

§4.2. Party emojis, that are owned by a political party, and

§4.2.1. The Electoral Commission shall create a party emoji for every existing party. The icon shall be the logo of the party.

§4.3. Privately owned emojis, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§5. Citizens of SimDemocracy shall have the ability to buy privately owned emojis from the government.

§5.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of emojis.

§6. The price for emojis shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§7. The Department of Expansion shall, at its own discretion, delete emojis that have not been used for a long time.

§8. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of one of the emojis they owned as per §7 of this Article or otherwise shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the emoji.

§9. Owners of a privately owned emoji shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their emoji at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the emoji.

Article 7 - Stickers

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§1. There shall exist two categories of stickers:

§1.1. Publicly owned stickers, that are owned by the government,

§1.1.1. Publicly owned stickers shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§1.2. Privately owned stickers, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§2. Citizens of SimDemocracy shall have the ability to buy privately owned stickers from the government.

§2.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of stickers.

§3. The price of a sticker shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§4. The Department of Expansion shall, at its own discretion, delete stickers that have not been used for a long time.

§5. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of a sticker they owned as per §7 of this Article or otherwise shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the sticker.

§6. Owners of a privately owned sticker shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their sticker at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the sticker.

Article 8 - Soundboard Sounds

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§1. There shall exist two categories of soundboard sounds:

§1.1. Publicly owned soundboard sounds, that are owned by the government,

§1.2. Privately owned soundboard sounds, that are owned by individuals or corporations.

§2. Publicly owned soundboard sounds shall be able to be created via executive order by the President, or in special cases via executive order by an Executive Officer, or via legislation.

§3. Citizens of SimDemocracy shall have the ability to buy privately owned soundboard sounds from the government.

§3.1. The Department of Expansion shall be responsible for the creation and management of soundboard sounds.

§4. The price of a soundboard sound shall be set via internal Department of Expansion policy.

§5. The Department of Expansion shall, at its own discretion, delete soundboard sounds that have not been used for a long time.

§6. Persons affected by the involuntary deletion of a soundboard sound they owned as per §7 of this Article or otherwise shall be entitled to a compensation equal to the price they paid for the soundboard sound.

§7. Owners of a privately owned soundboard sound shall have the right to request the (voluntary) deletion of their soundboard sound at any time. Such a request must be followed by the relevant government agency. They shall be given pecuniary compensation equal to the price they paid for the soundboard sound.

Part 1a - Recordkeeping

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§1. The Department of Expansion shall maintain records of all channels, roles, stickers, emojis, and soundboard sounds that are privately owned.

§2. These records shall be publicly available to any citizen of SimDemocracy.

Part 2 — Bots

Article 1 — Definitions

§1. Bots are to be defined as any discord account that has the bot tag, and is used to automatically respond to commands, phrases, or other actions.

§2. All bots have to obey the laws of SimDemocracy, as if they were an ordinary citizen.

§2.1. If a bot is found guilty of having committed a crime that the presiding judge deems to be worthy of a mute or a ban for a duration longer than twenty-four (24) hours, the bot must be altered so that the crime can’t be repeated.

§2.2. If the bot can’t be altered to prevent new crimes of this magnitude, the bot shall be removed from the server.

§2.3. If the bot has committed a lesser crime not worthy of a mute or a ban for a duration longer than twenty four (24) hours, the bot may be removed by court order.

§3. Bots can be abused, harassed, or otherwise harmed freely and no one who has committed a crime against a bot may be prosecuted or otherwise sanctioned.

Article 2 — Adding and Removing Bots

§1. The addition of a bot to the server shall be voted on by the Senate in a simple majority vote.

§1.1. A Senator, the President, the Vice President, or the Discord supervisor can sponsor the addition of a new bot.

§1.2. Bots shall be removed in the same way they are added, or by court order.

§2. No bots within the Discord server at the time of this bill’s passage shall need an additional vote to affirm their presence.

Article 3 — Security Bots

§1. The bot Wick(premium), with the Discord user ID 548410451818708993, with the Discord account Wick#4943, shall be the principal security bot of SimDemocracy, although other bots may be used to assist in its use.

§1.1. If Wick(premium) is not available, the bot Wick, with the Discord user ID 536991182035746816, with the Discord account Wick#3938, shall be the principal security bot of SimDemocracy, although other bots may be used to assist in its use.

Repealed<ref name="counter">Counter Strike Act passed and signed on 24 September 2025.</ref>

§2. The Double Counter is designated as a Security Bot.

§2.1. The Discord Supervisor is directed to set up the Double Counter bot in the SimDemocracy Discord server to alert competent law enforcement authorities of suspected alternate accounts, but not to ban such accounts. Only members who have been determined not to be an alternate account may be allowed to access the whole server.

§2. Competent law enforcement authorities may advise the Discord Supervisor on certain settings for the effective usage of the bot.

Part 3 — Appendix

§1. The order of the categories within the Discord shall be:

§1.1. Information

§1.2. Border <ref name="quadsreformact" />

§1.3. General

§1.4. News

§1.5. Legislative Categories

§1.6. Judicial Categories

§1.7. Executive Categories

§1.8. Miscellaneous Categories

§1.9. Business Park

§1.10. Other Economy-Related Categories

§1.11. Member Fun

<ref name="refine2" />§1.12. Extras

§1.13. Administrative categories

§1.14. Archival categories

§2. The order of the roles within the Discord role list shall be:

§2.1. All other roles not listed here

§2.2. All privately owned roles that aren’t party roles

§2.3. Party roles

<ref name="refine2">Channel and Role Refinement, Removal and Re-ordering Act 2.0 passed and signed 18 December 2025.</ref>§2.4. Medal roles

§2.5. Roles indicating voter registration or verification status

§2.6. Pronoun roles

§2.7. Ping roles

Part 4 — Repeals

§1. Article two (2) of the Ducks Constitution is hereby supplanted and abrogated.

§2. Article one (1) of the Tricky Wicky and Warranted Warrants Amendment is hereby supplanted and abrogated.

§3. The More Effective Alerts Act is hereby supplanted and abrogated in its entirety.

§4. The Category Rearrangement Act 2025 is hereby supplanted and abrogated in its entirety.

§5. The Discord Role Regulation Act is hereby supplanted and abrogated in its entirety.

§6. The Presidential Moderation Authority Enhancement Act 2024 is hereby supplanted and abrogated in its entirety.

§7. Article three (3) of the Supervisors and Moderators Act 2023 is hereby supplanted and abrogated.

§8. The Alternate Account Prevention and Tracking Act is hereby supplanted and abrogated in its entirety.

§9. EO 120-01 “Category Capitalisation Order” is hereby supplanted and nullified.

§10. The Risistas Act is hereby supplanted and abrogated in its entirety.

Citations

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