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Social Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This bill is an omnibus bill intended to address the double subsidisation of housing subsidies and ensuring households are treated more equitably when calculating housing subsidies, the income-related rent subsidy, or other assistance.
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 Assistance Legislation (Accommodation Supplement and Income-related Rent) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Member responsible

Louise Upston
Louise Upston

National MP for Taupō

Progress

Enacted

This Bill has been passed by Parliament, and signed into law by the Governor-General in a step called Royal Assent. This doesn't mean that everything the Act implements has come into force yet, but it does mean that the Act is on the statute books.

Votes

1st reading
Passed
22 May 2025

68

Ayes

55

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
22 May 2025

68

Ayes

49

Noes

0

Abst.

6

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
22 May 2025

68

Ayes

55

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.

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 7 days ago.
(29 May 2025 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)

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