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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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.
Waste Minimisation (Waste Disposal Levy) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Waste Minimisation Act 2008 to broaden the scope of activities funded via the waste disposal levy, while maintaining a strategic link between the levy, waste, and environmental priorities.
District Court (Protecting Judgment Debtors on Main Benefit) Amendment Bill
This bill aims to protect judgment debtors from being subject to excessive attachment orders. It does this by amending the District Court Act 2016 to ensure that an attachment order on its own cannot lead to a deduction of more than 5 percent of the net earnings of a judgment debtor who is in receipt of a main benefit.
Medicines (Exemption for Authorised Prescribers) Amendment Bill
Medicines go through an assessment and approval process before they can be supplied in New Zealand. This bill is to ensure they meet quality standards and are safe and effective.
New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Restriction on Crown Funding Agreements and Unfunded Cancer Medicines) Amendment Bill
This bill aims to improve access to public medical care for cancer patients who purchase unfunded cancer medicines that also require medical administration.
Misuse of Drugs (Pseudoephedrine) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to change the classification of pseudoephedrine as a controlled drug, so that cold and flu products containing pseudoephedrine can be sold in pharmacies without a prescription.
New Zealand Bill of Rights (Right to Sustainable Environment) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 to provide for the right to a sustainable environment.
Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective Redress and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui Claims Settlement Bill
This Bill gives effect to certain matters contained in the deed signed on 21 January 2015 between the Crown and the Tauranga Moana Iwi Collective. It also gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 21 June 2012 in which the Crown and Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui agreed to the final settlement of the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngā Hapū o Ngāti Ranginui.
Electoral (Equal Protection of Māori Seats) Amendment Bill
The purpose of the Bill is to amend provisions in the Electoral Act 1993 to provide Māori electorates with the same protections as General electorates.
Regulatory Systems (Climate Change Response) Amendment Bill
This bill amends forestry-related provisions of the Climate Change Response Act 2002. The policy objective of this bill is to improve regulatory systems by ensuring that they are effective and efficient, and that they accord with best regulatory practice.
Road User Charges (Light Electric RUC Vehicles) Amendment Bill
This bill provides for light electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles to pay road user charges from 1 April 2024.
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2023-24, Multinational Tax, and Remedial Matters) Bill
The policy proposals in this omnibus bill set the annual rates of income tax for the 2023-24 tax year, aim at improving current settings within a broad-base, low-rate framework, and aim at improving the settings for tax administration, KiwiSaver, and child support rules administered by Inland Revenue.
European Union Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill
The bill amends New Zealand law as part of the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between New Zealand and the European Union, signed in Brussels on 9 July 2023.
Goods and Services Tax (Removing GST from Food) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 to remove GST from all food products and non-alcoholic beverages.
Local Electoral (Abolition of the Ratepayer Roll) Amendment Bill
This bill abolishes the ratepayer roll for local government elections.
Income Tax (ACC Payments) Amendment Bill
This bill makes changes to how ACC lump sum payments awarded after a court decision, revised decision, or a review are taxed.
Legal Services Amendment Bill
This bill would remove legal aid funding for a report or statement of a person called by an offender under section 27 of the Sentencing Act 2002.
Business Payment Practices Act Repeal Bill
This bill repeals the Business Payment Practices Act 2023 and revokes its secondary legislation.
Land Transport Management (Repeal of Regional Fuel Tax) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to terminate the Auckland regional fuel tax, and remove the legislative framework that allows new regional fuel taxes to be created.
Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 to remove the changes made by the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products (Smoked Tobacco) Amendment Act 2022 that relate to retail reduction, limiting nicotine levels in smoked tobacco products, and introducing a smokefree generation.
Pae Ora (Disestablishment of Māori Health Authority) Amendment Bill
This bill disestablishes the Māori Health Authority.
Local Government (Facilitation of Remote Participation) Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to amend the Local Government Act 2002 to permanently allow local authority members to participate in local authority meetings remotely and be counted towards quorum for those meetings.
Social Security (Benefits Adjustment) and Income Tax (Minimum Family Tax Credit) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that income support responds to increases in the cost of living by indexing main benefits to changes in the Consumers Price Index and adjusting the minimum family tax credit.
Social Workers Registration Legislation Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to delay the repeal of the experience pathway to 28 February 2028, to allow more time for the impacts of the extension of the pay equity settlement for social services across the government-funded sector to be realised.