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Organic Products and Production Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This objectives of this bill are to increase consumer confidence in purchasing organic products, increase certainty for businesses making claims that their products are organic, and facilitate international trade in organic products.
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.
    Learn more about urgency
  • Extended sittings used: This bill was progressed during one or more extended sittings of the House of Representatives. This enables MPs to meet for longer than normal to consider legislation. It does not alter the stages that a bill must pass through to become law.
    Learn more about extended sittings
Read the bill
Bill text: Organic Products and Production Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Member responsible

Damien O'Connor
Damien O'Connor

Labour List MP

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
19 March 2020

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
27 October 2022

108

Ayes

10

Noes

0

Abst.

1

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
28 March 2023

107

Ayes

10

Noes

0

Abst.

3

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.
(5 April 2023 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)

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