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Juries (Age of Excusal) Amendment Bill

Member's bill

About this bill

The purpose of this bill is to increase the age at which the Registrar has the discretion and duty to excuse a person summoned to attend as a juror.
Voting method
Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.
Read the bill
Bill text: Juries (Age of Excusal) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
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Member responsible

Carl Bates
Carl Bates

National MP for Whanganui

Progress

In progress

This Bill passed its first reading on 9 April 2025. The Select Committee is due to report back on 8 October 2025. Following this, the Bill will be ready for its second reading. Public submissions are due on 21 May 2025.

Votes

1st reading
Passed
9 April 2025

102

Ayes

21

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
2nd reading
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3rd reading
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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.

Bill details last synced with the Parliament website about 6 hours ago.
(17 May 2025 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)

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