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 is an omnibus Bill introduced in accordance with Standing Order 263(a). The Bill makes improvements and enhancements to three Acts governing the food safety system, improving their alignment, operation, and design so as to better protect human health, and maintain and strengthen New Zealand's reputation as a supplier of safe and suitable food both domestically and internationally.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill clarifies the law to ensure that persons who obstruct council enforcement officers or local authority agents from performing their duties, or fail to give true and sufficiently particular details when required by the Bill, are liable to be arrested without a warrant, and widens the scope in which an enforcement officer may remove and seize property.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Bill amends the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to prevent the expiry of certain provisions in May 2018.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill provides that where a local alcohol policy is in place under the provisions of the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 any renewal of a licence under the Act must not be inconsistent with the provisions of that local alcohol policy.
Last activity over 2 years agoThe purpose of this bill is to amend the definition of supplier in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 to exclude a lender who is an unrelated party from the definition of a supplier.
Last activity over 2 years agoThe purpose of this bill is to make it legal for New Zealanders who are suffering from terminal illness or any debilitating condition to use cannabis or cannabis products with the support of a registered medical practitioner.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill makes domestic violence an aggravating factor at the time of sentencing.
Last activity over 2 years agoThe purpose of this bill is to facilitate the reinstatement of the Christ Church Cathedral.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill gives effect to policy changes that form a Family Package of changes to income tax and benefits. The Families Package replaces part of the earlier Budget 2017 Family Incomes Package, which mostly enacted in the Taxation (Budget Measures: Family Incomes Package) Act 2017.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis is a bill to restate and reform the law relating to Māori land.
Last activity over 2 years ago