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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Prohibition on Seabed Mining Legislation Amendment Bill
This bill puts in place a nationwide ban on seabed mining consents within the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and Aotearoa’s coastal waters; prohibits applications for exploration rights for seabed mining; and retrospectively withdraws existing seabed mining consents and exploration rights.
Counter-Terrorism Acts (Designations and Control Orders) Amendment Bill
This bill seeks to clarify and strengthen New Zealand's counter-terrorism legislation to better prevent and respond to terrorism and associated activities.
Severe Weather Emergency Recovery Legislation Bill
This Bill is the second Bill in response to the heavy rain events in the upper North Island and Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle in January and February 2023. The general purpose of the Bill is to assist local authorities and communities in the areas affected by the severe weather events.
Crimes (Child Exploitation Offences) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Crimes Act 1961 to provide for new offences relating to persons 18 years or older using electronic communications (such as social media platforms) to harm persons under 16 and increases penalties for offences relating to the sexual grooming of children online.
Foreign Affairs (Consular Loans) Amendment Bill
This bill provides express statutory authority for the Minister of Foreign Affairs to continue to issue consular loans, consistent with New Zealand's consular functions, to New Zealand citizens and permanent residents where exceptional circumstances exist.
Increased Penalties for Breach of Biosecurity Bill
The purpose of this bill is to better protect our border by deterring offenders from bringing in illegal biosecurity risks items such as fruit or other food by increasing the immediate fine and giving officers stronger authority to refuse entry in some cases.
Civil Aviation Bill
This bill repeals and replaces the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and the Airport Authorities Act 1966 with a single, modern statute that will provide a platform for safety, security, and economic regulation of civil aviation now and well into the future.
Criminal Activity Intervention Legislation Bill
This omnibus bill provides measures to address the harm caused by criminal activity, including that caused by gangs, and make communities safer.
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Harm Minimisation) Amendment Bill
This Bill abolishes appeals on local alcohol policies in order to provide proper local control over alcohol regulation. It also implements a number of the recommendations of the 2014 Ministerial Forum on Alcohol Advertising and Sponsorship.
Digital Identity Services Trust Framework Bill
This bill establishes a legal framework for the provision of secure and trusted digital identity services for individuals and organisations.
Organic Products and Production Bill
This objectives of this bill are to increase consumer confidence in purchasing organic products, increase certainty for businesses making claims that their products are organic, and facilitate international trade in organic products.
Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Construction Contracts Act 2002 to strengthen and clarify the retention money regime in the Act.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand (Levy) Amendment Bill
The policy objectives of this bill are to ensure that the insurance-based levy framework for Fire and Emergency New Zealand is simple to implement to minimise disruption and compliance costs, and adheres to the funding principles in section 80 of the principal Act.
Coroners Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Coroners Act 2006 to facilitate better access to justice for families and whānau interacting with the coronial system.
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2022-23, Platform Economy, and Remedial Matters) Bill (No 2)
Policy proposals in this omnibus bill fall into three categories; the first category is to set the annual rates of income tax for the 2022-23 tax year; the second category aims at improving current settings within a broad-base, low-rate framework to help ensure that taxes are fair and efficient and impede economic growth as little as possible; and the third category relates to proposals aimed at improving the settings for tax administration, the GST regime, KiwiSaver, and social policy rules administered by Inland Revenue.
Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act 2009 (the Principal Act) to enable the High Court to make a disclosure of source order, on application by the Commissioner, in relation to property to which a section 24 restraining order applies if the respondent is overseas. This bill also amends both the Principal Act and the KiwiSaver Act 2006 to overcome a legal loophole to the effect that funds in a KiwiSaver scheme are not subject to forfeiture or debt recovery under the principal Act until they are withdrawn under the KiwiSaver Rules.
Severe Weather Emergency Legislation Bill
The purpose of this bill is to assist recovery and improve resilience for the areas, councils, and communities affected by recent severe weather events.
Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society Empowering Bill
This bill empowers the Hawke's Bay Agricultural and Pastoral Society to sell its interests in Tomoana Showgrounds, and any other land it may acquire, and apply the money received from the land sale towards purposes that are consistent with the Society's objects.
Maritime Powers Bill
This bill provides powers to enforcement officers to respond to a range of criminal offending in international waters including offences that take place on board a New Zealand-flagged vessel in international waters, offences that take place on board a foreign-flagged vessel or stateless vessel in international waters for which New Zealand has extraterritorial jurisdiction, and situations where an alleged offender or evidence of criminal offending is located on a New Zealand, foreign, or stateless vessel in international waters.
Social Security (Exemption for Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments) Amendment Bill
Under current Social Security legislation, ex gratia or compensatory payments made to people who have been subject to abuse while in State care must be spent within 1 year or it will be counted as income and cash assets for the purpose of receiving a primary or supplementary benefit. This bill seeks to correct this unintended consequence.
Radiation Safety Bill
The Radiation Safety Bill will repeal and replace the Radiation Protection Act 1965. The bill will provide an enhanced legislative framework for radiation safety that responds effectively to the range of technological, scientific, and organisational changes that have occurred over the last 5 decades while the current Act has been in force.
Regulatory Systems (Commercial Matters) Amendment Bill
This bill is an omnibus bill and one of a package of three omnibus bills that contain amendments to legislation administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment. This bill makes amendments in the commerce, consumer affairs, communications, and energy and resources areas.
Taxation (Transformation: First Phase Simplification and Other Measures) Bill
This taxation omnibus bill introduces amendments to the following enactments: Income Tax Act 2007; Tax Administration Act 1994; Goods and Services Tax Act 1985; KiwiSaver Act 2006; Child Support Act 1991; Student Loan Scheme Act 2011; Gaming Duties Act 1971; and Accident Compensation Act 2001.