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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Local Government Electoral Legislation Bill
The single broad policy and purpose of this omnibus bill is to improve the processes by which individuals and communities are represented through, and can participate in, local government elections.
Taxation Principles Reporting Bill
This bill proposes a statutory framework for the reporting of tax information based on core taxation principles, intended to increase the availability of information about the operation of the tax system and contribute to an improved understanding of tax policy among the general public, and would allow for the observation of trends and provide insights into how the tax system is developing and responding to external challenges.
Imprest Supply (Second for 2023/24) Bill
This bill is required to ensure that the Government has sufficient supply to implement Cabinet decisions made or otherwise finalised after the contents of the 2023/24 Estimates were closed off and to meet contingencies in excess of the amounts provided in the Appropriation (2023/24 Estimates) Bill.
Appropriation (2023/24 Estimates) Bill
This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations contained in The Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the Year Ending 30 June 2024.
Climate Change Response (Late Payment Penalties and Industrial Allocation) Amendment Bill
This bill amends provisions in the Climate Change Response Act 2022 relating to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. It updates the penalty for participants with low-volume liabilities of less than 25,000 units on average per year from forestry activities, occurring from 1 January 2025, who fail to surrender or repay units by the due date. The bill also updates industrial allocation settings.
Natural and Built Environment Bill
This bill repeals and replaces the Resource Management Act 1991, working in tandem with the Spatial Planning Bill.
Integrity Sport and Recreation Bill
This bill establishes a new independent Crown entity called the Integrity Sport and Recreation Commission. The Commission's key functions will be to promote, advise, and educate on integrity issues within the sector, engage with participants within the sector on integrity issues, develop and issue integrity codes, prescribe policies and procedures for complaints and disputes, implement the World Anti-Doping Code, and investigate suspected breaches of integrity codes and threats to integrity.
Annie Oxborough Birth Parents Registration Bill
This bill requires the Registrar-General to enter the details of Susan Mary Cox and Scott Geoffrey Sinel in place of the names of her adoptive parents, on the registration of the birth of Ann Joy Marshall.
Spatial Planning Bill
This bill provides for the development and implementation of long-term, strategic spatial planning across New Zealand through the development of regional spatial strategies.
Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 3)
The purpose of the Bill is to make amendments across a range of matters in the Education and Training Act 2020 to give effect to new policy decisions and to make other minor and technical changes.
Water Services Entities Amendment Bill
This bill is part of a suite of legislation to reform water services regulation and service delivery in New Zealand. The single broad policy of this omnibus bill is to provide for, and adjust, the establishment, governance, functions, and accountability arrangements for 10 publicly owned water services entities that will deliver water services in New Zealand in place of local authorities.
Crown Minerals Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to clarify the role of the Crown Minerals Act 1991 as an allocation and management framework, and enable flexibility in the management of Crown-owned minerals.
Companies (Directors' Duties) Amendment Bill
This bill makes clear that a company director, in acting as the mind and will of the company, can take actions that take into account wider matters other than the financial bottom-line. This may include matters such as the principles of te Tiriti, environmental impacts, good corporate ethics, being a good employer, and the interests of the wider community.
Worker Protection (Migrant and Other Employees) Bill
The purpose of this omnibus bill is to improve compliance and enforcement legislation to deter employers from exploiting migrant workers. The bill also aligns the powers of the Labour Inspectorate and Immigration New Zealand, and supports greater collaboration between the two regulators to undertake compliance and enforcement activity.
Deposit Takers Bill
The provisions in the bill are intended to help protect society from the damage to New Zealand's financial system and wider economy that could be caused by unexpected external factors, excessive risk taking by the deposit-taking sector, and the unmanaged failures of individual deposit takers.
New Zealand Bill of Rights (Right to Lawfully Acquired Property) Amendment Bill
This bill proposes to add a "right to property" into the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
Fuel Industry Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Fuel Industry Act 2020 to provide a threat of price regulation, subject to a recommendation from the Commerce Commission, to incentivise wholesale suppliers to offer competitive terminal gate prices.
Local Government Official Information and Meetings Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to provide clarity and certainty for local authorities on provisions of the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, including changes to improve natural hazard information provided in land information memoranda, and aligning withholding and certification processes with the Official Information Act 1982.
Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill
The aim of this bill is to ensure that the well-being of children and young people is the paramount consideration of Oranga Tamariki.
Therapeutic Products Bill
This bill is intended to replace the Medicines Act 1981 and the Dietary Supplements Regulations 1985 to provide for the comprehensive, risk-proportionate regulation of therapeutic products, such as medicines, medical devices, natural health products, and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Business Payment Practices Bill
This bill would introduce a regime that aims to bring transparency to business-to-business payment terms and practices in New Zealand.
Inspector-General of Defence Bill
This bill establishes the offices of Inspector-General of Defence and Deputy Inspector-General of Defence to assist the Minister of Defence to oversee the Defence Force and account accurately to the House of Representatives for its activities, and to assure the public that the activities of the Defence Force are subject to independent scrutiny.
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2023 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill
This bill temporarily amends the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 to allow eligible licensees to extend trading hours for the purposes of televising games played as part of the men’s Rugby World Cup 2023, without applying for a special licence.
Thomas Cawthron Trust Amendment Bill
The objects of this Private Bill are to articulate the objects of the Cawthron Institute Trust Board and the powers conferred on it to advance those objects, provide for the appointment of a member of the Trust Board nominated by Te Tauihu iwi, specify the legal liability of the members of the Trust Board, and update and modernise the governance arrangements of the Trust Board.
Charities Amendment Bill
The objective of this bill is to make practical changes to support charities to continue their vital contribution to community well-being, while ensuring that that contribution is sufficiently transparent to interested parties and the public.