Politics: Current Law
| Name | Dates and Status | Details |
| MRA Database | Spring 2005-present; functional and securely maintained. | In spring 2005, bidding on the contract to develop a database which would catalogue mutants and their mutations, as well as several other variables, begins. This contract is won by Mus Musculus, a company run by Allison Pellegrini. They are responsible for creating and maintaining the MRA database. Allison works under contract to Emma Frost. |
| Voluntary Registration | July 2005-present; active law. | Through June and July of 2005, legislation which would allow registration centers to open in the US and would provide for the voluntary registration by mutants who so chose was debated. It sets up the confines within which the information gathered may be used. The information in the MRA database is not publicly accessible. Only those with top security clearance have access, and they are able to provide information contained within to others, including local law enforcement, after the appropriate channels have been taken. The Voluntary Registration Act passed and was signed into law in mid July of 2005. |
| Registration Centers | August 9, 2005-present; several hundred now open across the country. | The first mutant registration centers open in 14 major cities (including New York) on August 9, 2005. They are housed in DMVs and BMVs. Warren Worthington's mutant safehouses also serve as registration centers. No one may use any of the safehouses' facilities or services without first registering themselves as a mutant. |
Mandatory Mutant Criminal Registration |
November 15, 2005-present; active law. |
In late August of 2005, the US Senate introduces a bill that would require all convicted criminals who are known mutants to be registered without their consent. Several Senators decide to filibuster this bill, and the filibuster continues for several days before an attack on the Senate floor ends it. On November 11, the bill passes Congress, and President Lowe signs it into law in a dramatic gesture at a memorial service for the victims of the 11/9 Purity Massacre on November 15, 2005. This bill allows law enforcement agents to test convicted criminals who they suspect of being mutants and of registering their information. As before, the details in the database are not publicly accessible, and no one who has not been convicted of a crime may be registered or tested without their permission. |
| Sensitive Positions | July 17, 2006-present; active law. | On March 3, 2006, a bill is introduce to committee in the Senate which would allow for employers to test those in 'sensitive positions' for the X-factor. Support for this bill is in part spurred by the belief that Erik Lensherr's escape from a federal prison may have been aided by an employee inside the prison. The bill is signed into law on July 17, 2006. Some positions, such as military and intelligence personnel above a certain rank, require a 'mutant test,' while others such as members of police and fire departments, medical workers, and public teachers can be tested should their supervisor demonstrate reasonable suspicion. Employers will be able to terminate employees who test positive for a mutation deemed to be 'dangerous' in their field of work, as well as employees who refuse to be tested. The 'list' of positions is a vague thing, left that way intentionally so it can fit RP as we want it. In general, consider that the upper ranks of military, intelligence, and law-enforcement personnel are required to be tested. In middling ranks, they may be tested if their supervisor deems it necessary. In lower ranks, their supervisor must prove reasonable suspicion that they are a mutant who would be a danger in their specific job to a court before they can require a test. Teachers and firefighters function the same as those lower levels. We can add some groups (like airline pilots) in here somewhere if and when RP needs it. |