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Public Finance (Wellbeing) Amendment Bill

Government bill

About this bill

This bill introduces new requirements for the Government to report annually on its wellbeing objectives in the Budget, and for the Treasury to report periodically on the state of wellbeing in New Zealand.
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.
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Read the bill
Bill text: Public Finance (Wellbeing) Amendment Bill (legislation.govt.nz)
Act text: Public Finance (Wellbeing) Amendment Act 2020 (legislation.govt.nz)
View on Parliament website
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Member responsible

Grant Robertson
Grant Robertson

Former 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
17 September 2019

63

Ayes

57

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
2nd reading
Passed
23 June 2020

63

Ayes

57

Noes

0

Abst.

0

Abse.
3rd reading
Passed
24 June 2020

63

Ayes

57

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 2 years ago.
(23 March 2023 at 00:00 GMT+00:00)

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