Before any bill becomes law, there are three main votes it must pass: these are the first, second and third readings. For most bills, there is a chance for members of the public to make submissions at the select committee stage, which happens between the first and second readings.
After a bill passes its third reading vote, it is granted Royal Assent by the Governor-General and becomes law, subject to any commencement provisions contained within the bill.
WhereTheyStand contains all bills from the 51st Parliament and later (2014—present). These are imported from Parliament's own website on a regular basis and are automatically linked with voting records and MPs' profiles to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for.
This bill repeals the Plain Language Act 2022 to remove the compliance-based administrative requirements the Act places on public service agencies.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill amends the Retail Payment System Act 2022 to ban payment surcharges on certain in-store transactions.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill seeks to strengthen New Zealand's criminal law to better prevent and respond to foreign interference targetting New Zealand.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill seeks to support the Chief of Defence Force in managing their workforce when New Zealand Defence Force civilian staff take industrial action, and to ensure that processes for authorising the Armed Forces to conduct the work of public service employees who are taking industrial action are fit for purpose.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill is intended to improve the transport system in Auckland by establishing the Auckland Regional Transport Committee to undertake strategic transport planning, transferring most transport functions from Auckland Transport to Auckland Council, allocating decision making for local transport functions to Auckland local boards, and reforming the role and functions of Auckland Transport.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill makes temporary amendments to the Adoption Act 1955 with the aim of preventing harm to children and young people adopted overseas and brought to New Zealand to live.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill will repeal sections 47 and 48 of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 to allow licensed businesses already permitted to open on ANZAC Day morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day to sell alcohol under their usual licence conditions.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations contained in The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2026.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis bill is required to ensure that the Government has sufficient supply to implement Cabinet decisions made or otherwise finalised after the contents of the 2025/26 Estimates were closed off and to meet contingencies in excess of the amounts provided in the Appropriation (2025/26 Estimates) Bill.
Last activity about 1 month agoThis is an omnibus bill that sets the annual rates of income tax for the 2025–26 tax year and contains proposals aimed at improving current settings within a broad-base, low-rate framework and improving settings for tax administration, GST, KiwiSaver, and social policy rules.
Last activity about 1 month ago