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Urban Development Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This omnibus bill provides for functions, powers, rights, and duties of the Crown entity Kāinga Ora—Homes and Communities, to enable it to undertake its urban development functions.
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: Urban Development Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Urban Development Act 2020 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Member responsible

Phil Twyford
Phil Twyford

Labour MP for Te Atatū

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
10 December 2019

WhereTheyStand has no totals for this vote. It might have been a voice vote, or there might have been an import error.
2nd reading
Passed
24 June 2020

62

Ayes

39

Noes

0

Abst.

19

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
22 July 2020

63

Ayes

54

Noes

0

Abst.

2

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 about 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)

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