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 provides for the objectives and functions of the Reserve Bank and its governance, accountability, transparency, and funding arrangements. This bill also increases coordination between public agencies responsible for the financial system and creates a new framework to better manage the use of New Zealand's foreign exchange reserves.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member’s bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 by providing a medicinal cannabis scheme that will license high-quality domestic medicinal cannabis production, regulate health practitioner controlled gateway access, and facilitate pharmacist dispensing.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member’s bill provides a regulation-making power to set up safe areas around specific abortion facilities on a case-by-case basis.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member’s bill amends the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 to allow a lawyer who is an employee to do free legal work other than for the lawyer’s employer on conditions set by the New Zealand Law Society.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member’s bill seeks to ensure that when a sex offender is placed in a community, the principals of the local schools are notified of this placement.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member’s bill rectifies an anomaly between the Companies Act 1993 and the Limited Partnerships Act 2008 in relation to identical or nearly identical names across entity types.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill aims to support a public health response to COVID-19 by enabling the Government to recoup some of the costs of maintaining managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) services to ensure they can continue.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends the Social Security Act 2018 in order to implement two initiatives that improve financial assistance for caregivers who receive the orphan's benefit and unsupported child's benefit.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill establishes a roadside oral fluid testing regime to test for recent drug use, and proposes that drivers who fail two consecutive oral fluid tests would incur an infringement penalty.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Member's bill seeks to allow the Director-General of Conservation to grant access for removal of specified trees, irreversibly damaged by an adverse weather event from certain conservation areas.
Last activity over 2 years ago