Bills and votes

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

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Showing 100 of 912 bills:

Bill	Status	Last Activity	MP responsible
Self-contained Motor Vehicles Legislation Bill The single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to improve the management of vehicle-based freedom …	In progress	01 September 2022	Stuart Nash Labour
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022-23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Bill Policy proposals in this omnibus bill fall into three categories; the first category is to set the …	Withdrawn	01 September 2022	David Parker Labour
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System and Children and Young People's Commission Bill This bill provides for independent monitoring and complaints oversight for Oranga Tamariki, and gre…	Divided	30 August 2022	Carmel Sepuloni Labour
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,…	Enacted	30 August 2022	Kris Faafoi Labour
Oversight of Oranga Tamariki System Bill	Enacted	30 August 2022	Carmel Sepuloni Labour
Children and Young People's Commission Bill	Enacted	30 August 2022	Carmel Sepuloni Labour
Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Construction Contracts Act 2002 to strengthen and clarify the retention money …	In progress	23 August 2022	Megan Woods Labour
Three Strikes Legislation Repeal Bill The policy implemented by this omnibus bill is the repeal of the elements of the Sentencing and Par…	Enacted	16 August 2022	Kris Faafoi Labour
Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Bill The single broad policy implemented by the amendments in this omnibus bill is to improve public saf…	Enacted	16 August 2022	Chris Hipkins Labour
Overseas Investment (Forestry) Amendment Bill This bill aims to ensure that overseas investments that result in the conversion of farm land or ot…	Enacted	16 August 2022	David Parker Labour
Accessibility for New Zealanders Bill This bill establishes a new legislative framework that addresses systemic accessibility barriers th…	In progress	15 August 2022	Poto Williams Labour
Crown Minerals (Prohibition of Mining) Amendment Bill The bill amends the Crown Minerals Act 1991 to prohibit the Minister of Energy or their delegate gr…	In progress	11 August 2022	Eugenie Sage Green
Data and Statistics Bill This bill repeals the Statistics Act 1975 and is informed by a review of statistics legislation and…	Enacted	09 August 2022	David Clark Labour
Canterbury Regional Council (Ngāi Tahu Representation) Bill This bill would reinstate direct Ngāi Tahu representation on the Canterbury Regional Council.	Enacted	09 August 2022	Rino Tirikatene Labour
Customs and Excise (Child Sex Offender Register Information Sharing) Amendment Bill The purpose of the bill is to protect vulnerable children and young people from harm.	Withdrawn	08 August 2022	Erica Stanford National
Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) (Overseas Travel Reporting) Amendment Bill This Bill amends the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Register) Act 2016 to r…	In progress	04 August 2022	Greg O'Connor Labour
Housing Infrastructure (GST-sharing) Bill This bill introduces a GST-sharing scheme to fund infrastructure across New Zealand.	In progress	04 August 2022	Brooke van Velden ACT
Prohibition on Seabed Mining Legislation Amendment Bill This bill puts in place a nationwide ban on seabed mining consents within the Exclusive Economic Zo…	In progress	04 August 2022	Debbie Ngarewa-Packer Māori
Repeal of Good Friday and Easter Sunday as Restricted Trading Days (Shop Trading and Sale of Alcohol) Amendment Bill This bill seeks to remove an extra burden on businesses by removing the restriction on trading and …	Defeated	03 August 2022	Chris Baillie ACT
Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) The purpose of this bill is to make amendments across a range of matters in the Education and Train…	Enacted	29 July 2022	Chris Hipkins Labour
Commerce (Grocery Sector Covenants) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Commerce Act 1986, adding a new section 28A that will apply to covenants that …	Enacted	29 June 2022	David Clark Labour
Appropriation (2021/22 Supplementary Estimates) Bill This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes to individ…	Enacted	29 June 2022	Grant Robertson Labour
Local Electoral (Advertising) Amendment Bill This bill would amend the Local Electoral Act 2001 to address concerns around candidate safety by l…	Enacted	29 June 2022	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Support Workers (Pay Equity) Settlements Amendment Bill This bill would increase the minimum wage rates that apply to support workers covered by the princi…	Enacted	29 June 2022	Andrew Little Labour
Imprest Supply (First for 2022/23) Bill This bill will provide the sole financial authority from the start of the 2022/23 financial year un…	Enacted	29 June 2022	Grant Robertson Labour
Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 to ensure that certain financial institutio…	Enacted	29 June 2022	David Clark Labour
Medicines Amendment Bill (No 2) This bill would amend the Medicines Act to allow for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be lawful…	Enacted	22 June 2022	Andrew Little Labour
Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill This bill provides for a new structure and new accountability arrangements for the publicly-funded …	Enacted	14 June 2022	Andrew Little Labour
Improving Arrangements for Surrogacy Bill This bill simplifies surrogacy arrangements, ensures completeness of birth certificate information,…	In progress	08 June 2022	Tamati Coffey Labour
Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill This bill seeks to repeal and replace the current law relating to Māori land, to allow landowners, …	Defeated	08 June 2022	Joseph Mooney National
Financial Professional Services Trading Advice Transparency Bill This bill would prevent financial advisers who recommend that a third party take over the managemen…	Defeated	08 June 2022	Barbara Kuriger National
Customs and Excise (Tobacco Products) Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to ensure that the correct excise and excise-equivalent duty is applied…	Enacted	25 May 2022	Meka Whaitiri Labour
Companies Office Registers Funding Validation Bill This omnibus bill will amend 13 different Acts to retrospectively validate fees that have been coll…	Enacted	25 May 2022	David Clark Labour
Coroners (Coronial Cap) Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to increase the maximum number of coroners (full-time equivalents) that…	Enacted	25 May 2022	Aupito William Sio Labour
Taxation (Cost of Living Payments) Bill The proposed amendments in the bill are in relation to the Cost of Living Payments Scheme, which is…	Enacted	25 May 2022	David Parker Labour
Income Insurance Scheme (Enabling Development) Bill This bill enables ACC to carry out work to bring an income insurance scheme into operation, should …	Enacted	25 May 2022	Grant Robertson Labour
Maritime Powers Bill This bill provides powers to enforcement officers to respond to a range of criminal offending in in…	Enacted	20 May 2022	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Local Government (Pecuniary Interests Register) Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to improve transparency and strengthen public trust and confidence in t…	Enacted	20 May 2022	Tangi Utikere Labour
Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) (Definition of Significant Criminal Activity) Amendment Bill This bill aims to increase the power of police to seize assets connected with significant criminal …	Defeated	18 May 2022	Nicole McKee ACT
Education and Training (Freedom of Expression) Amendment Bill This bill would require that tertiary educations protect freedom of expression, including by issuin…	Defeated	18 May 2022	James McDowall ACT
Crown Pastoral Land Reform Bill This omnibus bill amends the Crown Pastoral Land Act 1998 and the Land Act 1948 to end tenure revie…	Enacted	18 May 2022	Damien O'Connor Labour
Retail Payment System Bill This bill introduces a range of measures to promote competition and economic efficiency in the reta…	Enacted	16 May 2022	David Clark Labour
Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Bill This bill replaces the Protected Disclosures Act 2000. This bill clarifies the definition of serio…	Enacted	16 May 2022	Chris Hipkins Labour
Appropriation (2020/21 Confirmation and Validation) Bill This bill confirms the Public Finance (Transfers Between Outputs) Order 2021, confirms certain unap…	Enacted	10 May 2022	Grant Robertson 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…	Enacted	10 May 2022	Nicola Willis National
Human Rights (Disability Assist Dogs Non-Discrimination) Amendment Bill This bill clarifies that discriminating against a person for having or using a disability assist do…	Enacted	10 May 2022	Ricardo Menéndez March Green
COVID-19 Response (Courts Safety) Legislation Bill The single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to support the safe and effective operation of cour…	Enacted	20 April 2022	Kris Faafoi Labour
Public Finance (Prohibition on Providing Public Funds to Gangs) Amendment Bill This bill prohibits the Crown and its agencies from providing funds directly and indirectly to orga…	Defeated	13 April 2022	Simeon Brown National
Te Pire mō te Hararei Tūmatanui o te Kāhui o Matariki/Te Kāhui o Matariki Public Holiday Bill The purpose of this bill is to establish an annual public holiday to acknowledge Matariki. This bi…	Enacted	11 April 2022	Hon Kiritapu Allan
Road User Charges (Temporary RUC Reduction Scheme) Amendment Bill This bill requires Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency, as the collector of road user charges (RUC), to…	Enacted	11 April 2022	Michael Wood Labour
Rotorua District Council (Representation Arrangements) Bill This Bill specified representation arrangements to apply to the next two triennial general election…	In progress	06 April 2022	Tamati Coffey Labour
Commerce Amendment Bill This bill amends the Commerce Act 1986 to strengthen the prohibition against misuse of market power…	Enacted	05 April 2022	David Clark Labour
Incorporated Societies Bill The purpose of this bill is to put in place a modern framework of basic legal, governance, and acco…	Enacted	05 April 2022	David Clark Labour
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2021-22, GST, and Remedial Matters) Bill This omnibus bill contains taxation amendments aimed at setting the annual rates of income tax for …	Enacted	30 March 2022	David Parker Labour
Ngāti Maru (Taranaki) Claims Settlement Bill This bill gives effect to certain provisions of the deed of settlement, which was signed on 27 Febr…	Enacted	30 March 2022	Andrew Little Labour
Paige Harris Birth Registration Bill This private bill requires the Registrar-General to enter the details of Katherine Elizabeth Harris…	Enacted	18 March 2022	Louisa Wall Labour
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…	Enacted	18 March 2022	Louisa Wall Labour
Ngāti Rangitihi Claims Settlement Bill This bill records the acknowledgements and apology made to Ngāti Rangitihi by the Crown when the de…	Enacted	18 March 2022	Andrew Little Labour
Russia Sanctions Bill This bill establishes a framework for implementing sanctions by New Zealand in response to the aggr…	Enacted	11 March 2022	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill This bill establishes a roadside oral fluid testing regime to test for recent drug use, and propose…	Enacted	11 March 2022	Michael Wood Labour
Girl Guides Association (New Zealand Branch) Incorporation Amendment Bill The purpose of this bill is to confirm the powers of the Girl Guides Association of New Zealand Inc…	In progress	10 March 2022	Duncan Webb Labour
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…	Enacted	08 March 2022	Louisa Wall Labour
Sunscreen (Product Safety Standard) Bill This bill requires the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to recommend the setting of mandat…	Enacted	08 March 2022	Todd Muller National
Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill The single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to achieve a rapid reduction in carbon dioxide emis…	Enacted	22 February 2022	Michael Wood Labour
Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill This bill is an omnibus bill to prohibit conversion practices that seek to change or suppress a per…	Enacted	19 February 2022	Kris Faafoi 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…	Defeated	15 February 2022	Chris Bishop National
Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Resource Management Act 1991 to rapidly accelerate the supply of housing where…	Enacted	20 December 2021	David Parker Labour
Gambling (Reinstating COVID-19 Modification) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Gambling Act 2003 to reinstate a modification of the definition of remote inte…	Enacted	20 December 2021	Jan Tinetti Labour
Sexual Violence Legislation Bill This bill amends the Evidence Act 2006, Victims’ Rights Act 2002, and Criminal Procedure Act 2011 t…	Enacted	20 December 2021	Kris Faafoi Labour
Education and Training Amendment Bill This bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 to clarify safety checking processes for child…	Enacted	15 December 2021	Chris Hipkins Labour
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Bill This bill re-enacts the Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration Act 1995; gives e…	Enacted	15 December 2021	Jan Tinetti Labour
Ahuriri Hapū Claims Settlement Bill This settlement bill records the acknowledgements and apology given by the Crown to Ahuriri Hapū in…	Enacted	14 December 2021	Andrew Little Labour
Rights for Victims of Insane Offenders Bill This bill changes the formal finding of the court to provide victims with the acknowledgment that t…	Enacted	14 December 2021	Louise Upston National
Subordinate Legislation Confirmation Bill The purpose of this bill is to prevent the revocation of certain subordinate legislation that, by v…	Enacted	14 December 2021	Chris Hipkins Labour
Crown Minerals (Decommissioning and Other Matters) Amendment Bill This bill introduces a number of provisions to mitigate the risk to the Crown and other third parti…	Enacted	01 December 2021	Megan Woods Labour
Taxation (COVID-19 Support Payments and Working for Families Tax Credits) Bill The amendments proposed by this bill relate to the COVID-19 resurgence support payments scheme and …	Enacted	25 November 2021	David Parker Labour
COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill This amendments in this omnibus bill make vaccination a more prominent part of New Zealand's COVID-…	Enacted	25 November 2021	Chris Hipkins Labour
Moriori Claims Settlement Bill This bill gives effect to certain matters contained in the deed of settlement signed on 14 February…	Enacted	25 November 2021	Andrew Little Labour
Drug and Substance Checking Legislation Bill (No 2) The single broad policy implemented by the amendments in this omnibus bill is to try to minimise dr…	Enacted	25 November 2021	Andrew Little Labour
COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill (No 2) This bill seeks to better reflect our knowledge of how long the public health response may be neces…	Enacted	19 November 2021	Chris Hipkins Labour
Education and Training (Teaching Council Fees, Levies, and Costs) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Education and Training Act 2020 to enable the Teaching Council of Aotearoa New…	Enacted	19 November 2021	Chris Hipkins Labour
Health (Fluoridation of Drinking Water) Amendment Bill This bill amends Part 2A of the Health Act 1956 by inserting a power for DHBs to make decisions and…	Enacted	15 November 2021	Andrew Little 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…	Enacted	15 November 2021	Andrew Bayly National
Maritime Transport (MARPOL Annex VI) Amendment Bill This bill provides a power for the Minister to make marine protection rules in relation to Annex VI…	Enacted	15 November 2021	Michael Wood Labour
Holidays (Parent-Teacher Interview Leave) Amendment Bill This bill amends the Holidays Act 2003 to allow workers with children to take leave to attend paren…	Withdrawn	05 November 2021	None
COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill This omnibus bill makes amendments relating to matters that are aimed at assisting the Government a…	Enacted	03 November 2021	Chris Hipkins Labour
Films, Videos, and Publications Classification (Urgent Interim Classification of Publications and Prevention of Online Harm) Amendment Bill This bill updates the Films, Videos, and Publications Classification Act 1993 to allow for urgent p…	Enacted	03 November 2021	Jan Tinetti Labour
Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Amendment Bill The intention of this bill is to improve the protection of individual rights and the safety of pati…	Enacted	29 October 2021	Andrew Little Labour
Financial Sector (Climate-related Disclosures and Other Matters) Amendment Bill This omnibus bill will amend the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013, the Financial Reporting Act 20…	Enacted	27 October 2021	David Clark Labour
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Legislation Bill This omnibus bill will enable: the issue of New Zealand certificates of origin on goods for export …	Enacted	27 October 2021	Phil Twyford Labour
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…	Defeated	20 October 2021	Brett Hudson National
Freedom Camping (Infringement Offences and Other Matters) Amendment Bill This bill would make restrictions on freedom camping around New Zealand more consistent, and make i…	Defeated	20 October 2021	Maureen Pugh National
Water Services Bill This omnibus bill will implement the Government's decision to comprehensively reform the drinking w…	Enacted	04 October 2021	Nanaia Mahuta Labour
Social Security (Subsequent Child Policy Removal) Amendment Bill This bill proposes to remove the subsequent child policy from the Social Security Act 2018 and Soci…	Enacted	04 October 2021	Carmel Sepuloni Labour
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Bill This omnibus bill will amend the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002, the Search and Surveillance Act 20…	Enacted	04 October 2021	Kris Faafoi Labour
Autonomous Sanctions Bill This bill establishes a framework for the implementation of autonomous sanctions by New Zealand.	Defeated	22 September 2021	Gerry Brownlee National
Resource Management (Regional Responsibility for Certain Agricultural Matters) Amendment Bill This bill removes the ability for certain agriculture regulations to be set from central government…	Defeated	22 September 2021	Mark Cameron ACT
Imprest Supply (Second for 2021/22) Bill This bill ensures that the Government has sufficient supply to implement Cabinet decisions made or …	Enacted	14 September 2021	Grant Robertson Labour
Appropriation (2021/22 Estimates) Bill This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations contained in the Estim…	Enacted	14 September 2021	Grant Robertson Labour
Reserve Bank of New Zealand Bill This bill provides for the objectives and functions of the Reserve Bank and its governance, account…	Enacted	17 August 2021	Grant Robertson Labour