diff --git a/app/controllers/legislation/proposals_controller.rb b/app/controllers/legislation/proposals_controller.rb
index ee4d10c06..6aec36057 100644
--- a/app/controllers/legislation/proposals_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/legislation/proposals_controller.rb
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ class Legislation::ProposalsController < Legislation::BaseController
   private
 
     def proposal_params
-      params.require(:legislation_proposal).permit(:legislation_process_id, :title, :question, :summary, :description, :external_url, :video_url,
-                                       :responsible_name, :tag_list, :terms_of_service, :geozone_id,
-                                       documents_attributes: [:id, :title, :attachment, :cached_attachment, :user_id] )
+      params.require(:legislation_proposal).permit(:legislation_process_id, :title,
+                    :question, :summary, :description,  :video_url, :tag_list,
+                    :terms_of_service, :geozone_id,
+                    documents_attributes: [:id, :title, :attachment, :cached_attachment, :user_id] )
     end
 
     def resource_model
diff --git a/app/models/legislation/proposal.rb b/app/models/legislation/proposal.rb
index 32badbb46..ec3dc6410 100644
--- a/app/models/legislation/proposal.rb
+++ b/app/models/legislation/proposal.rb
@@ -25,15 +25,11 @@ class Legislation::Proposal < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :comments, as: :commentable
 
   validates :title, presence: true
-  validates :question, presence: true
   validates :summary, presence: true
   validates :author, presence: true
-  validates :responsible_name, presence: true
 
   validates :title, length: { in: 4..Legislation::Proposal.title_max_length }
   validates :description, length: { maximum: Legislation::Proposal.description_max_length }
-  validates :question, length: { in: 10..Legislation::Proposal.question_max_length }
-  validates :responsible_name, length: { in: 6..Legislation::Proposal.responsible_name_max_length }
 
   validates :terms_of_service, acceptance: { allow_nil: false }, on: :create