Legislative Initiative
Description
The Legislative Initiative dataset contains information on all Bills presented either by MPs, the Government, Regional Legislative Assemblies or citizens since the II legislature.
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Reference
De Giorgi, Elisabetta and Dias, António Luís (2019) Portuguese Observatory on Parliamentary Dynamics database (POPaD): Information on legislative process, scrutiny activity and speeches in the Portuguese parliament. (Development version) [Datafile and Codebook]. Retrieved from https://popad.org
Variables
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
Origin |
Entity who introduced the proposal. Can be MPs (“Deputados” or “Grupos Parlamnetares”), the Government (“Governo),the Regional Legislative Assemblies (“Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma dos Açores” or “Assembleia Legislativa da Região Autónoma da Madeira”) or Citizens (“Cidadãos”). | Categorical String |
IntroDate |
Date in which the proposal was introduced in parliament in a Year-Month-Day format. | Date String |
ID |
Unique ID given to every proposal. | Numeric |
Legislature |
Number of Legislature during which the proposal was introduced. | Numeric |
Link |
URL link to the text of the proposal. | URL String |
Initiator |
Lists all MPs that introduced the proposal divided by commas. | String |
LINr |
Number of the proposal. | Numeric |
PPG |
Political Party Groups that introduced the proposal, if more than one separated by commas. | String |
Approved |
A categorical variable that indicates whether the proposed law was approved in the final voting process (“Yes”) or not (“No”). | Categorical String |
Session |
Number of Session during which the proposal was introduced. | Numeric |
Title |
Title of the proposal | String |
Type |
Type of the proposal. There are two types: Projeto de Lei, proposed by MPs and Citizens; and Propostas de Lei, proposed by the Government and Regional Legislative Assemblies. | Categorical String |
Year |
Year during which the proposal was introduced. | Numerical |
Vote Date |
Date of the final voting of the proposal. Presented in a Year-Month-Day format. | Date String |
Party_Fav |
Name of the Party Groups that voted favourably to the proposal during final voting, separated by commas. If not all members of the party group voted in the same way a number and a dash precedes the name of the party. If there is no record of party group, only total number of votes is presented. | String |
Party_Aga |
Name of the Party Groups that voted against the proposal during final voting, separated by commas. If not all members of the party group voted in the same way a number and a dash precedes the name of the party. If there is no record of party group, only total number of votes is presented. | String |
Party_Abs |
Name of the Party Groups that abstained the proposal during final voting, separated by commas. If not all members of the party group voted in the same way a number and a dash precedes the name of the party. If there is no record of party group, only total number of votes is presented. | String |
Party_Mis |
Name of the Party Groups that were not in parliamentduring final voting, separated by commas. If not all members of the party group voted in the same way a number and a dash precedes the name of the party. If there is no record of party group, only total number of votes is presented. | String |
Votes_Fav |
Total number of votes favourable to the proposal during final vote. See codebook for further information. | Numeric |
Votes_Aga |
Total number of votes against the proposal during final vote. See codebook for further information. | Numeric |
Votes_Abs |
Total number of abstentions during final vote. See codebook for further information. | Numeric |
Votes_Mis |
Total number of missing votes during final vote. See codebook for further information. | Numeric |
Comissions |
List of comissions through which the proposal passed, separated by commas. | String |
NrCommissions |
Number of commissionsthrough which the proposal passed. | Numeric |
Entities |
List of entities heard in a comission about the proposal, separated by commas. | String |
NrHearings |
Number of entities heard in commission about the proposal. | Numeric |
