Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Bill

About this bill

This bill would allow people to transfer between the Māori and general electoral rolls at nearly any time, and as many times as they wish.

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: Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Electoral (Māori Electoral Option) Legislation Act 2022 (legislation.govt.nz)

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Member responsible

Kiritapu Allan

Former Labour MP for East Coast

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

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 00:02 GMT+00:00)