Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill

This omnibus bill reinstates the legislative regime for sentencing repeat serious offenders known as the three-strikes law.

Voting method

Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.

Procedural notes

• Urgency used: This bill was progressed through one or more stages using urgency. Urgency allows the Government to fast-track the legislative process by extending the sitting hours of the House of Representatives and skipping the select committee stage of a bill, and allows bills to pass through more than one stage per sitting day.
  Learn more about urgency

Read the bill

Bill text: Sentencing (Reinstating Three Strikes) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)

---