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.
The purpose of this bill is to put in place a modern framework of basic legal, governance, and accountability obligations for incorporated societies and those who run them.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill enables a confidential reserve price to be set for auctions in the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme to ensure units sold at auction cannot be sold significantly below the prevailing secondary market price.
Last activity over 2 years agoThe amendments proposed by this bill in relation to the COVID-19 resurgence support payments scheme are aimed at assisting with the impacts of further COVID-19 outbreaks. This bill also sets the minimum family tax credit threshold for the 2021-22 and later tax years.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill confirms the Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2020, which was made under section 26A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill requires the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to recommend the setting of mandatory regulation under section 29 of the Fair Trading Act 1986 prescribing a product safety standard for sunscreen products.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends the Holidays Act 2003 to allow workers with children to take leave to attend parent-teacher interviews.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends the Commerce Act 1986 to strengthen the prohibition against misuse of market power and make other changes to improve the functioning of the Act.
Last activity over 2 years agoThe intention of this bill is to improve the protection of individual rights and the safety of patients and the public, and to enable a more effective application of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member’s bill amends the Biosecurity Act 1993 to require that all craft coming to New Zealand are required to provide biosecurity information to the persons on board by means of an audio-visual recording and writing.
Last activity over 2 years agoCurrently some retailers are openly advertising and selling synthetic urine to cheat a drug test. This Member’s bill seeks to prohibit the importation, supply and acquisition of synthetic urine to pass a workplace drug test.
Last activity over 2 years ago