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 require judges to make returns of pecuniary interests to provide greater transparency and avoid conflicts of interest in the judicial role.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThe purpose of this bill is to authorise the Auckland Council to make bylaws prohibiting the business of prostitution or commercial sexual services in specified public places.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill proposes amendments to the Parole Act 2002 to reduce the number of parole hearings where the offender has little prospect of release.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis Bill amends the Education Act 1989 to provide for the introduction of fully State funded breakfast and lunch programmes into all decile 1 and 2 schools and other designated schools in New Zealand. The meals will be available to all enrolled students in these schools free of charge, and will be required to meet Ministry of Health nutritional guidelines.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill has the purpose of ensuring that every rental home in New Zealand meets minimum standards of heating and insulation.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill would validate a number of rates and penalties for non-payment that have been collected where irregularities occurred in the resolutions setting the Council's rates for the financial years 2003/2004 to 2012/2013.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThe key purpose of this Bill is to make additional funding available, through the telecommunications development levy applied to the telecommunications industry, for the Government’s policy of extending the Rural Broadband Initiative and establishing a Mobile Black Spots Fund. To achieve that, this Bill resets the telecommunications development levy amounts prescribed in Schedule 3B of the Telecommunications Act 2001 for 2016/17 and beyond.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis Bill amends the Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act 1992 to allow the social housing agency (currently the Ministry of Social Development) to enter into more flexible and innovative purchasing arrangements for social housing. It creates a ministerial direction power for the Minister responsible for the agency that enables the agency to enter into tailored agreements with social housing providers.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill proposes to give the unsupported child or orphan clothing allowance parity with the foster child.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis Bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes contained in The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the year ending 30 June 2015 (B.7) (the Supplementary Estimates) presented to the House of Representatives on 21 May 2015.
Last activity almost 3 years ago