Social Security Amendment Bill
Government bill
About this bill
This bill seeks to ensure the welfare system is focused on enhancing and extending welfare benefit settings to support people into employment and off benefits.
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.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Social Security Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)Member responsible
Progress
Passed
This Bill has been passed by Parliament, but hasn't been given Royal Assent by the Governor-General. Once this happens, the Bill will become law.
Votes
1st reading
Passed
12 December 2024
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2nd reading
Passed
8 May 2025
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Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.
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(17 May 2025 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)