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 proposes to give the unsupported child or orphan clothing allowance parity with the foster child.
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 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.
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Last activity almost 3 years agoThis Bill amends the Biosecurity Act 1993 and the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to introduce levies to fund the direct and indirect costs of activities carried out by the Ministry for Primary Industries and the New Zealand Customs Service relating to the processing of people arriving in and departing from New Zealand.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill seeks to give effect to the Government's policy on portability of New Zealand superannuation and the veteran's pension to the Cook Islands, Niue, and Tokelau.
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