Psychoactive Substances (Increasing Penalty for Supply and Distribution) Amendment Bill

Member's bill

About this bill

The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 to increase the penalty for selling or supplying psychoactive substances that are not approved products.
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: Psychoactive Substances (Increasing Penalty for Supply and Distribution) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
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Member responsible

Simeon Brown
Simeon Brown

National MP for Pakuranga

Progress

Defeated

This Bill has been defeated in a vote of MPs, which means that it will not be progressing and will not become law.

Votes

1st reading
Passed
21 March 2018

65

Ayes

55

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
17 October 2018

64

Ayes

55

Noes

0

Abst.

1

Abse.
3rd reading
Defeated
22 May 2019

56

Ayes

64

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 6 months ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)