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Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This bill amends and updates Part 6 of the Broadcasting Act 1989, which regulates election programmes on television and radio, to enable political parties to communicate with voters through digital media more flexibly and cost-effectively, while maintaining existing safeguards and restrictions.
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: Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Broadcasting (Election Programmes and Election Advertising) Amendment Act 2017 (legislation.govt.nz)
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Member responsible

Mark Mitchell
Mark Mitchell

National MP for Whangaparāoa

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
3 November 2016

104

Ayes

12

Noes

0

Abst.

4

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
14 February 2017

WhereTheyStand has no totals for this vote. It might have been a voice vote, or there might have been an import error.
3rd reading
Passed
15 March 2017

WhereTheyStand has no totals for this vote. It might have been a voice vote, or there might have been an import error.

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 00:01 GMT+00:00)

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