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Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill

Government bill

About this bill

The single broad policy and purpose of this omnibus bill is to improve the processes by which individuals and communities are represented through, and can participate in, local government elections.
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
Read the bill
Bill text: Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Member responsible

Kieran McAnulty
Kieran McAnulty

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
2 August 2022

77

Ayes

43

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
4 April 2023

76

Ayes

44

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
22 August 2023

75

Ayes

44

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 over 1 year ago.
(30 August 2023 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)

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