Bills
Proposed changes to the law before Parliament
About bills
Bills are proposed changes to the law, and must each pass through several stages in Parliament before becoming law.
Before any bill becomes law, there are three main votes it must pass: the first, second and third readings. For most bills, there is a chance for members of the public to make submissions at the select committee stage, which happens between the first and second readings.
After a bill passes its third reading vote, it is granted Royal Assent by the Governor-General and becomes law, subject to any commencement provisions contained within the bill.
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Regulatory Systems (Social Security) Amendment Bill
This bill makes changes to several Acts that are intended to improve the provision of social welfare benefits, and the functioning of the overall social security system. This bill also repeals the Family Benefits (Home Ownership) Act 1964.
Spending Cap (People's Veto) Bill
This bill aims to limit the annual increase in core Crown expenses by linking it to the rate of inflation and the rate of population change.
Electoral (Lowering Voting Age for Local Elections and Polls) Legislation Bill
This single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to reduce the voting age in local elections and polls from 18 to 16 years of age.
Protection for First Responders and Prison Officers Bill
This bill introduces new protections for first responders—defined as staff from the police and emergency health and fire services in the Crimes Act 1961 and the Summary Offences Act 1981—and prison officers.
Employment Relations (Restraint of Trade) Amendment Bill
This bill will prohibit the use of restraints of trade in employment agreements for lower and middle income employees. It will also require employers of higher income employees to carefully consider whether a restraint of trade is appropriate in relation to those employees and, if they insist on a restraint of trade, to compensate the employees for it.
Residential Property Managers Bill
This bill establishes a regulatory regime designed to improve the provision of residential property management services in New Zealand, by establishing minimum entry requirements for residential property managers, ensuring residential property managers meet professional standards of practice, and establishing a complaints and disciplinary process that applies to residential property managers.
Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki Claims Settlement Bill
This bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 14 December 2013 in which the Crown and Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki agreed to the final settlement of the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāi Te Rangi and Ngā Pōtiki.
Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Preventing Name Change by Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to protect vulnerable members of society from child sex offenders by preventing those individuals convicted of a child sex offence from changing their name.
Parental Leave and Employment Protection (6 Months' Paid Leave) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend paid parental leave to 26 weeks. This bill adds provisions around work contact hours, where working parents are entitled to the flexibility of returning to work for a certain amount of time during the parental leave period without losing their entitlement to paid parental leave.
Te Pire kia Unuhia te Hara kai Runga i a Rua Kēnana / Rua Kēnana Pardon Bill
This bill gives effect to the agreement between the Crown and Ngā Toenga o Ngā Tamariki a Iharaira me Ngā Uri o Maungapōhatu Charitable Trust to provide a statutory pardon for Rua Kēnana.
Housing Corporation Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Housing Corporation Act 1974 to consolidate housing policy advice to Ministers within the Department of Housing and Building.
Public Collections and Solicitations (Disclosure of Payment) Bill
This bill seeks to bring transparency to public collectors, who are paid to solicit donations or signatures, to ensure that the public is fully informed as to all the relevant information when signing, paying, or donating to any cause.
Defence Amendment Bill
This bill proposes amendments to the Defence Act 1990 to implement Government policy as set out in the Defence White Paper 2010.
Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill
This Bill is an omnibus Bill. It is proposed that the Bill be divided into two separate Bills. One of these will establish a joint trans-Tasman regulatory scheme for the regulation of therapeutic products. The other will repeal and replace the Medicines Act 1981 with updated legislation for controls on medicines, such as the scheduling of medicines.
Emergency Management Bill
This bill establishes a more flexible regulatory framework for setting standards and managing the emergency management system across what is known as the 4Rs, risk reduction, readiness, response, and recovery
Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Minimum Wage Act 1983 to extend its provisions to apply to payments under a contract for services that are remunerated at below the minimum wage.
Accident Compensation (Interest on Instalment Plans) Amendment Bill
This bill retrospectively validates the ACC's past practice of charging debit interest and provides an explicit legal authority for the ACC to continue to charge debit interest.
Imprest Supply (First for 2024/25) Bill
This bill will provide the sole financial authority from the start of the 2024/25 financial year until the Appropriation (2024/25 Estimates) Bill is passed.
Land Transport (Clean Vehicle Standard) Amendment Bill
This bill enables Clean Vehicle Standard targets for reducing CO2 emissions for 2025 onwards to be set in secondary legislation, and empowers a cost recovery scheme, which involves the collection of fees, to contribute to the costs of administering the Clean Vehicle Standard, to be set in secondary legislation.
Appropriation (2023/24 Supplementary Estimates) Bill
This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes to individual appropriations contained in The Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2024.
Forests (Log Traders and Forestry Advisers Repeal) Amendment Bill
This bill provides for the disestablishment of the registration system and all associated requirements for log traders and forestry advisers, and for the Ministry for Primary Industries to refund any fees or levies paid to MPI under the scheme and waive any fees or levies that are due but not yet paid at the time of commencement.
Public Finance (Fines Collection Costs—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Public Finance Act 1989 to increase from 10% to 14% the percentage the Crown retains (as fines collection costs) from amounts of fines recovered for offences prosecuted by or on behalf of local authorities and other organisations.
Whakatōhea Claims Settlement Bill
This bill seeks to give effect to some elements of the Whakatōhea deed of settlement, which was signed by Whakatōhea and the Crown in May 2023.
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 require registered child sex offenders to provide additional information to Police before travelling overseas.
Immigration (Mass Arrivals) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Immigration Act 2009. This bill makes changes to the immigration regime to enable the management of irregular migrants by providing more time for District Courts to consider an application for a mass arrival warrant of commitment and allowing migrants to be detained until an application is determined; and clarifying responsibilities of members of a mass arrival group to apply for entry permission and a visa.