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.
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Last activity almost 3 years agoThe purpose of this bill is to amend the Public Works Act 1981 to protect Māori freehold and Māori customary land from being acquired by a Minister or local authority for public works. This would mean that no Māori land can be taken without consent.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill establishes a Child Sex Offender Register that aims to reduce sexual reoffending against child victims, and the risk posed by serious child sex offenders by providing government agencies with the information needed to monitor child sex offenders in the community and providing up-to-date information that assists the Police to more rapidly resolve cases of child sex offending.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill would introduce a plain packaging regime for tobacco products.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill is an omnibus bill, and makes amendments to the Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Act 2013 and the Housing Act 1955 that relate to increasing the supply and affordability of housing.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill will repeal the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind Act 2002, which is now spent.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill amends the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal Act 1990 to grant territorial authorities a limited power to create bylaws that allow shop trading on Easter Sunday, and enable shop workers to refuse work on Easter Sunday.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill clarifies the law relating to locating legal property boundaries on land affected by movement resulting from the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury earthquake sequences, and provides for guidelines to assist with boundary determinations in greater Christchurch and for more general use in future.
Last activity almost 3 years agoThis bill amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996 to make goods produced in whole or in part by slave labour a prohibited import.
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