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 establishes an Artist Resale Royalty scheme in New Zealand. The scheme provides a mandatory resale right to eligible visual artists that entitles them to receive a royalty payment when their qualifying artwork sells on the secondary art market.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill proposes a statutory framework for the reporting of tax information based on core taxation principles, intended to increase the availability of information about the operation of the tax system and contribute to an improved understanding of tax policy among the general public, and would allow for the observation of trends and provide insights into how the tax system is developing and responding to external challenges.
Last activity over 2 years agoThe single broad policy and purpose of this omnibus bill is to improve the processes by which individuals and communities are represented through, and can participate in, local government elections.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill amends provisions in the Climate Change Response Act 2022 relating to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. It updates the penalty for participants with low-volume liabilities of less than 25,000 units on average per year from forestry activities, occurring from 1 January 2025, who fail to surrender or repay units by the due date. The bill also updates industrial allocation settings.
Last activity over 2 years 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 2023/24 Estimates were closed off and to meet contingencies in excess of the amounts provided in the Appropriation (2023/24 Estimates) Bill.
Last activity over 2 years 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 2024.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill repeals and replaces the Resource Management Act 1991, working in tandem with the Spatial Planning Bill.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill establishes a new independent Crown entity called the Integrity Sport and Recreation Commission. The Commission's key functions will be to promote, advise, and educate on integrity issues within the sector, engage with participants within the sector on integrity issues, develop and issue integrity codes, prescribe policies and procedures for complaints and disputes, implement the World Anti-Doping Code, and investigate suspected breaches of integrity codes and threats to integrity.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill provides for the development and implementation of long-term, strategic spatial planning across New Zealand through the development of regional spatial strategies.
Last activity over 2 years agoThis bill requires the Registrar-General to enter the details of Susan Mary Cox and Scott Geoffrey Sinel in place of the names of her adoptive parents, on the registration of the birth of Ann Joy Marshall.
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