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 add World Heritage Sites to Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act 1991, which will provide them with protection from mining.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends the Electoral Act 1993 to allow unregistered voters to register by completing a special vote and so ensure that their votes are counted.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill proposes that all international treaties shall be approved by Parliament prior to the treaty being signed.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill repeals or partially repeals 132 Acts that are no longer needed because they no longer have any actual effect, have very limited effect, or are designed to achieve regulatory outcomes that are no longer relevant
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Bill introduces a public interest test into New Zealand's anti-dumping and countervailing duties regime; it introduces a provision allowing for an anti-dumping and a countervailing duty to be deferred if users of the goods have been significantly impacted by a natural disaster or other emergency; and it makes a number of other minor and technical changes.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends Part 2A of the Health Act 1956 by inserting a power for DHBs to make decisions and give directions about the fluoridation of drinking water supplies in their areas.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill will confirm the Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2016, confirm unappropriated expenditure incurred for the 2015/16 financial year, and validate certain unappropriated expenditure.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends the Education Act 1989, and sets out objectives to guide the education system in the early childhood and schooling sectors. These objectives inform the setting of the Government’s priorities for these sectors through the statement of National Education and Learning Priorities, which will establish a clear strategic direction that allows a focus on children and young people and their educational outcomes.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis Bill repeals the two Acts governing fire services, the Fire Service Act 1975 and the Forest and Rural Fires Act 1977, to give effect to a single, unified fire services organisation for New Zealand.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill is an omnibus Bill that amends the Maori Purposes Act 1991, which governs the Wi Pere Trust and the Maori Trust Boards (Transitional Provisions) Order 2012.
Last activity over 2 years ago