Bills and votes

See bills' progress through Parliament, and how your representatives have voted with respect to those bills.

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Bill	Status	Last Activity	MP responsible
Food (Continuation of Dietary Supplements Regulations) Amendment Bill This bill extends the expiry date of the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 by 5 years, from 1 Ma…	In progress	17 December 2020	Damien O'Connor Labour
Social Security (Financial Assistance for Caregivers) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Social Security Act 2018 in order to implement two initiatives that improve fi…	In progress	16 December 2020	Kelvin Davis Labour
Water Services Bill This omnibus bill will implement the Government's decision to comprehensively reform the drinking w…	In progress	14 December 2020	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Maori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Amendment Bill The objective of this bill is to improve the allocation and transfer process provided in the Maori …	In progress	14 December 2020	David Parker Labour
Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill (No 5) This bill's purpose is to prevent the revocation of certain subordinate legislation that by virtue …	Enacted	11 December 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Family Court (Supporting Children in Court) Legislation Bill This omnibus bill amends the Care of Children Act 2004 and the Family Dispute Resolution Act 2013 t…	In progress	10 December 2020	Kris Faafoi Labour
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bill This bill provides for the objectives and functions of the Reserve Bank and its governance, account…	In progress	09 December 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Holidays (Increasing Sick Leave) Amendment Bill The main purpose of this bill is to increase the availability of employer-funded sick leave for emp…	In progress	09 December 2020	Michael Wood Labour
COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to amend the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 to ensure the Act…	Enacted	08 December 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill This omnibus bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 and the Psychoactive Substances Act 2013 to t…	Enacted	08 December 2020	Andrew Little Labour
Taxation (Income Tax Rate and Other Amendments) Bill This bill introduces amendments to the Income Tax Act 2007 and the Tax Administration Act 1994 to i…	Enacted	08 December 2020	David Parker Labour
Gas (Information Disclosure and Penalties) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Gas Act 1992 to provide for enhanced information disclosure requirements for t…	In progress	03 December 2020	Megan Woods Labour
Thames–Coromandel District Council and Hauraki District Council Mangrove Management Bill This bill empowers the Thames–Coromandel District Council and Hauraki District Council to prepare a…	Withdrawn	26 November 2020	Scott Simpson National
Autonomous Sanctions Bill This bill establishes a framework for the implementation of autonomous sanctions by New Zealand.	Lapsed	06 September 2020	Winston Peters NZ First
Fuel Industry Bill This bill introduces changes to wholesale market arrangements in the fuel sector to improve transpa…	Enacted	11 August 2020	Megan Woods Labour
Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Vaping) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 to bring the provisions of the Act up to date…	Enacted	11 August 2020	Jenny Salesa Labour
Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill This bill proposes that drivers who fail two consecutive oral fluid tests would incur an infringeme…	In progress	11 August 2020	Michael Wood Labour
New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Bill The objective of this bill is to repeal Part 4A of the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act…	Enacted	11 August 2020	Jenny Salesa Labour
Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill This bill makes a range of changes to make the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 fit for modern rentin…	Enacted	11 August 2020	Kris Faafoi Labour
Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill This settlement bill records the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Ahuriri Hapū in…	In progress	10 August 2020	Andrew Little Labour
Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 to ensure that certain financial institutio…	In progress	07 August 2020	David Clark Labour
Forests (Regulation of Log Traders and Forestry Advisers) Amendment Bill This bill establishes a registration system for log traders and forestry advisers that strengthens …	Enacted	06 August 2020	Shane Jones NZ First
Rates Rebate (Statutory Declarations) Amendment Bill The objectives of this bill are to make it easier for eligible applicants to apply for a rates reba…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Land Transport (NZTA) Legislation Amendment Bill This is an omnibus Bill amending the Land Transport Management Act 2003, the Land Transport Act 199…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Phil Twyford Labour
Te Ture Whenua Maori (Succession, Dispute Resolution, and Related Matters) Amendment Bill This omnibus bill includes a suite of amendments to Te Ture Whenua Maori Act designed to: enhance t…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Public Service Legislation Bill This omnibus bill, which repeals the State Sector Act 1988 and makes a small number of related amen…	Divided	06 August 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
International Crimes and International Criminal Court Amendment Bill This bill amends the International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000 to incorporate …	Enacted	06 August 2020	Winston Peters NZ First
Urban Development Bill This omnibus bill provides for functions, powers, rights, and duties of the Crown entity Kāinga Ora…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Phil Twyford Labour
Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Commercial Video on-Demand) Amendment Bill The objective of this bill is to reduce the potential for harm to consumers from viewing inappropri…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Tracey Martin NZ First
Taumata Arowai—the Water Services Regulator Bill This bill establishes Taumata Arowai—the Water Services Regulator as a new Crown agent and provides…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Infrastructure Funding and Financing Bill This omnibus bill aims to provide a funding and financing model to support the provision of infrast…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Phil Twyford Labour
Equal Pay Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to improve the process for raising and progressing pay equity claims, a…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Andrew Little Labour
Appropriation (2020/21 Estimates) Bill This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations contained in The Estim…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Veterans' Support Amendment Bill (No 2) This bill proposes to implement recommendations made by the Paterson Report. It focuses on improvin…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Ron Mark NZ First
Electoral (Integrity Repeal) Amendment Bill This bill reverses the changes made to the Electoral Act 1993 by the Electoral (Integrity) Amendmen…	In progress	06 August 2020	Nick Smith National
Public Service Bill	Enacted	06 August 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Public Finance Amendment Bill	Enacted	06 August 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill This bill aims to support a public health response to COVID-19 by enabling the Government to recoup…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Megan Woods Labour
COVID-19 Response (Further Management Measures) Legislation Bill (No 2) This omnibus bill has a single broad policy to make amendments relating to administrative matters, …	Enacted	06 August 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Imprest Supply (Second for 2020/21) Bill This bill ensures that the Government has sufficient supply to implement Cabinet decisions made or …	Enacted	06 August 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Dairy Industry Restructuring Amendment Bill (No 3) This bill amends the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to remove some regulatory requirements t…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Damien O'Connor Labour
Screen Industry Workers Bill This bill introduces a workplace relations framework that will provide clarity about the employment…	In progress	06 August 2020	Michael Wood Labour
Crimes (Definition of Female Genital Mutilation) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Crimes Act 1961 to update the definition of female genital mutilation (FGM) to…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Jenny Marcroft NZ First
Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Bill This bill gives effect to elements of the agreement in respect of vocational and disability support…	Enacted	06 August 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Financial Market Infrastructures Bill This bill establishes a new regulatory regime for financial market infrastructures (FMI), and also …	In progress	04 August 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Education and Training Bill This bill establishes and regulates an education system to provide New Zealanders with lifelong lea…	Enacted	03 August 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill The objective of this omnibus bill is to maintain the effectiveness and efficiency of the regulator…	In progress	03 August 2020	Michael Wood Labour
Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill The intentions of this bill are to support the development of, and provision of housing on Māori la…	In progress	03 August 2020	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Oranga Tamariki (Youth Justice Demerit Points) Amendment Bill This bill introduces structured interventions intended to improve behaviours and increase accountab…	In progress	31 July 2020	Mark Mitchell National
District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill This bill amends the District Court Act 2016 to prohibit the seizure of goods of a judgment debtor …	In progress	30 July 2020	Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki Labour
Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill This omnibus bill amends the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 and the Land Act 1948, with a single broa…	In progress	30 July 2020	Damien O'Connor Labour
Adverse Weather-affected Timber Recovery on Conservation Lands Bill This Member's bill seeks to allow the Director-General of Conservation to grant access for removal …	In progress	30 July 2020	Maureen Pugh National
Accident Compensation (Notice of Decisions) Amendment Bill This Member's bill amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001 to broaden the range of circumstances …	In progress	30 July 2020	Chris Penk National
Arms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill (No 2) This bill provides new powers for Police to make sure the most dangerous gang members don't have fi…	In progress	30 July 2020	Brett Hudson National
Local Government (Customer Focus) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Local Government Act 2002 to require that local authorities promote a customer…	Defeated	29 July 2020	Jacqui Dean National
Harmful Digital Communications (Unauthorised Posting of Intimate Visual Recording) Amendment Bill This bill makes it an offence for a person to post a digital communication comprising intimate visu…	In progress	29 July 2020	Louisa Wall Labour
Holidays (Bereavement Leave for Miscarriage) Amendment Bill (No 2) This bill makes it clear that the unplanned end of a pregnancy by miscarriage or still-birth consti…	In progress	29 July 2020	Ginny Andersen Labour
Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill (No 2) This Member’s bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 by providing a medicinal cannabis scheme tha…	In progress	28 July 2020	Shane Reti National
Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion (Safe Areas) Amendment Bill This Member’s bill provides a regulation-making power to set up safe areas around specific abortion…	In progress	28 July 2020	Louisa Wall Labour
Lawyers and Conveyancers (Employed Lawyers Providing Free Legal Services) Amendment Bill This Member’s bill amends the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 to allow a lawyer who is an employe…	In progress	28 July 2020	Chris Bishop National
Corrections (School Notification of Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill This Member’s bill seeks to ensure that when a sex offender is placed in a community, the principal…	In progress	28 July 2020	Matt Doocey National
Companies (Limited Partnerships Identical Names Prohibition) Amendment Bill This Member’s bill rectifies an anomaly between the Companies Act 1993 and the Limited Partnerships…	In progress	28 July 2020	Chris Penk National
New Zealand Superannuation and Veteran’s Pension Legislation Amendment Bill This omnibus bill deals with social assistance for older people. The single broad policy is to mode…	Enacted	24 July 2020	Carmel Sepuloni Labour
New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute Vesting Bill This bill provides for the assets and liabilities of the New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institut…	Enacted	24 July 2020	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Child Support Amendment Bill This bill amends the Child Support Act 1991 by simplifying penalty rules, introducing payment of fi…	In progress	23 July 2020	David Parker Labour
Insurance (Prompt Settlement of Claims for Uninhabitable Residential Property) Bill The purpose of this bill is to facilitate the swift resolution of uninhabitable property claims lod…	In progress	22 July 2020	Stuart Smith National
Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill This bill gives effect to certain matters contained in the deed of settlement signed on 4 May 2019 …	In progress	21 July 2020	Andrew Little Labour
COVID-19 Recovery (Fast-track Consenting) Bill The bill is intended to urgently promote employment growth to support New Zealand's recovery from C…	Enacted	09 July 2020	David Parker Labour
New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Fair Residency) Amendment Bill This bill raises the minimum residency qualification for New Zealand Superannuation from 10 years t…	In progress	08 July 2020	Andrew Bayly National
Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to remove from the Auckland Regional Amenities Funding Act 2008 the req…	Enacted	06 July 2020	Parmjeet Parmar National
Education (Strengthening Second Language Learning in Primary and Intermediate Schools) Amendment Bill This bill aims to strengthen primary and intermediate schools’, including Communities of Learning, …	In progress	02 July 2020	Paul Goldsmith National
Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill (No 2) This bill amends the Electoral Act 1993 to remedy inconsistencies in its provisions about enrolment…	Enacted	02 July 2020	Andrew Little Labour
Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Bill This bill replaces the Protected Disclosures Act 2000. This bill clarifies the definition of serio…	In progress	02 July 2020	Chris Hipkins Labour
Unit Titles (Strengthening Body Corporate Governance and Other Matters) Amendment Bill This bill is a response to a recent examination of the Unit Titles Act 2010 and includes amendments…	In progress	02 July 2020	Nicola Willis National
Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill This bill changes the formal finding of the court to provide victims with the acknowledgment that t…	In progress	02 July 2020	Louise Upston National
Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill This bill introduces new protections for first responders, who are defined as staff from the police…	In progress	01 July 2020	Mark Mitchell National
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020-21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial Matters) Bill This taxation omnibus bill sets the annual rates of income tax for the 2020-21 tax year, and has a …	In progress	01 July 2020	David Parker Labour
Public Finance (Wellbeing) Amendment Bill This bill introduces new requirements for the Government to report annually on its wellbeing object…	Enacted	30 June 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Resource Management Amendment Bill The objectives of this bill are to reduce complexity, increase certainty, restore public participat…	Enacted	30 June 2020	David Parker Labour
Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission Bill The objective of this bill is to establish a Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission that will contr…	Enacted	30 June 2020	David Clark Labour
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC 2021) Bill The policy objectives of this bill are to support safe and secure Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…	Withdrawn	30 June 2020	Winston Peters NZ First
Land Transport (Rail) Legislation Bill This is an omnibus bill amending the Land Transport Management Act 2003 and the Land Transport Act …	Enacted	30 June 2020	Phil Twyford Labour
Racing Industry Bill This bill finalises the post-transition governance structure of the racing industry, creates a legi…	Enacted	30 June 2020	Winston Peters NZ First
Privacy Bill This bill repeals and replaces the Privacy Act 1993, as recommended by the Law Commission's 2011 re…	Enacted	30 June 2020	Andrew Little Labour
Greater Christchurch Regeneration Amendment Bill This bill amends the Greater Christchurch Regeneration Act 2016 by repealing specific provisions ea…	Enacted	29 June 2020	Megan Woods Labour
Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Electoral Act 1993 to enfranchise people who are serving a sentence of impriso…	Enacted	29 June 2020	Andrew Little Labour
Appropriation (2019/20 Supplementary Estimates) Bill This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations, and changes to indivi…	Enacted	29 June 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Imprest Supply (First for 2020/21) Bill This bill provides the Government with the authority to incur expenses and capital expenditure in a…	Enacted	29 June 2020	Grant Robertson Labour
Arms Legislation Bill The amendments in this omnibus bill deal with an inter-related topic that can be regarded as implem…	Enacted	25 June 2020	Stuart Nash Labour
Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Reform) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Climate Change Response Act 2002 to improve certainty for businesses, make the…	Enacted	23 June 2020	James Shaw Green
Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill This bill creates a new offence that would allow for a specific "king-hit" or "coward's punch" type…	Defeated	17 June 2020	Matt King National
Shark Cage Diving (Permitting and Safety) Bill The purpose of this bill is to regulate commercial shark cage diving operations.	Defeated	17 June 2020	Sarah Dowie National
High-power Laser Pointer Offences and Penalties Bill This bill amends existing offence provisions and increases penalties for the use and possession of …	Defeated	17 June 2020	Hamish Walker National
New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill This bill helps provide a mechanism for the Executive and the House of Representatives to consider,…	In progress	16 June 2020	Kris Faafoi Labour
Secondary Legislation Bill This bill improves and supports the law relating to the making of secondary legislation by applying…	In progress	10 June 2020	David Parker Labour
Sexual Violence Legislation Bill This bill amends the Evidence Act 2006, Victims’ Rights Act 2002, and Criminal Procedure Act 2011 t…	In progress	09 June 2020	Kris Faafoi Labour
Building (Building Products and Methods, Modular Components, and Other Matters) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Building Act 2004, by contributing to a programme of reforms to the building r…	In progress	04 June 2020	Poto Williams Labour
Social Security (COVID-19 Income Relief Payment to be Income) Amendment Bill This bill ensures that a payment received by a person under the COVID-19 Income Relief Payment Prog…	Enacted	02 June 2020	Carmel Sepuloni Labour
Overseas Investment (Urgent Measures) Amendment Bill This omnibus bill is 1 of 2 bills introduced as a package to replace the Overseas Investment Amendm…	Enacted	02 June 2020	David Parker Labour
Smoke-free Environments (Prohibiting Smoking in Motor Vehicles Carrying Children) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Smoke-free Environments Act 1990 to prohibit smoking in motor vehicles carryin…	Enacted	29 May 2020	Jenny Salesa Labour