Housing Legislation Amendment Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This bill is an omnibus bill, and makes amendments to the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act 2013 and the Housing Act 1955 that relate to increasing the supply and affordability of housing.
Act text: Housing Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (legislation.govt.nz)
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.Procedural notes
- Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Housing Legislation Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Act text: Housing Legislation Amendment Act 2016 (legislation.govt.nz)
Member responsible
Progress
Enacted
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.
Votes
Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
Bill details last synced with the Parliament website over 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:01 GMT+00:00)