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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Ombudsmen Amendment Bill
(Formerly part of Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4))
Imprest Supply (First for 2016/17) Bill
The Imprest Supply Bill provides the sole financial authority from the start of the 2016/17 financial year until the Appropriation (2016/17 Estimates) Bill is passed.
Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill
This bill gives effect to the Whanganui River Deed of Settlement signed on 5 August 2014, which settles the historical claims of Whanganui Iwi as they relate to the Whanganui River.
Medicines Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Medicines Act 1981 to clarify the appropriate use of provisional consents to sell and use medicines, and ensure that New Zealanders continue to have timely access to safe and effective medicines.
Climate Change (Divestment from Fossil Fuels) Bill
This bill would direct public fund managers to divest from companies directly involved in the exploration, mining, and production of fossil fuels.
Accounting Infrastructure Reform Bill
This bill continues the changes begun by the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and the Financial Reporting Act 2013. It proposes amendments to the rules on who may perform statutory audits, to the restrictions on legal form for audit firms, to the requirement for independent assurance of financial statements for certain charities, and to the rules relating to how the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants structures itself.
Climate Change Response (Removal of Transitional Measure) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to phase out the transitional one-for-two surrender obligation measure from the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme.
Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill
This bill provides for a new structure and new accountability arrangements for the publicly-funded health system, in order to protect, promote, and improve the health of all New Zealanders.
Taxation (Annual Rates for 2017–18, Employment and Investment Income, and Remedial Matters) Bill
This omnibus bill contains taxation amendments aimed at modernising and improving the settings for the administration of the tax system, and at improving the current tax settings within a broad-base, low rate framework.
Families Commission Act Repeal Bill
The main purpose of this bill is to repeal the Families Commission Act 2003 and to disestablish the Families Commission, in order to achieve greater effectiveness and efficiencies in the provision of social science research and advocacy for the interests of families generally.
Arms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Arms Act 1983 by providing new powers for Police to make sure the most dangerous gang members don't have firearms, while not putting unnecessary restrictions on legal gun owners.
Ngāti Hinerangi Claims Settlement Bill
This bill gives effect to certain matters contained in the deed of settlement signed on 4 May 2019 between the Crown and Ngāti Hinerangi; this deed will be the final settlement of all the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Hinerangi resulting from acts or omissions by the Crown before 21 September 1992.
Oranga Tamariki Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Oranga Tamariki Act 1989 by partially repealing the subsequent-child provisions, repealing a redundant information-sharing provision, and amending technical errors and ambiguities.
COVID-19 Response (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill
This amendments in this omnibus bill make vaccination a more prominent part of New Zealand's COVID-19 response framework.
Medicines Amendment Bill (No 2)
This bill would amend the Medicines Act to allow for fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be lawfully administered for off-label use, and for further doses to be administered if supported by scientific evidence.
Tasman District Council (Waimea Water Augmentation Scheme) Bill
The purpose of this bill is to transfer and create interests in Crown land so that the Waimea Water Augmentation Scheme can proceed
Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Credit Contracts Act by strengthening requirements to lend responsibly, especially in relation to how affordability and suitability tests should be conducted, limiting the accumulation of interest and fees on high-cost loans, and providing new remedies and penalties for non-compliance.
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Act 1977 Amendment Bill
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Anzac Day Trading Hours for Licensed RNZRSA Clubs) Amendment Bill
This bill resolves an anomaly and reduces unnecessary compliance costs on Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association clubs, which serve liquor on Anzac Day in a way that does not contribute to significant alcohol-related harm.
Fuel Industry Bill
This bill introduces changes to wholesale market arrangements in the fuel sector to improve transparency of pricing and to provide for rules to ensure that wholesale contracts are transparent and fair.
COVID-19 Response (Taxation and Other Regulatory Urgent Measures) Bill
The proposals in this omnibus bill are aimed at assisting the Government’s response to impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak, including targeted measures providing relief to those who have been economically affected by the outbreak, bringing forward or deferring commencement dates of new legislation, and extending timeframes for meeting regulatory deadlines.
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Advocacy, Workforce, and Age Settings) Amendment Bill
This bill extends State responsibility for the care and protection of vulnerable young persons, ensures that vulnerable children and young persons are able to have their views considered as part of decision making and the development of departmental services and policy, and enables enhanced access to appropriate specialist skills and expertise to respond to the needs of vulnerable children and young persons.