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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Social Security Amendment Bill (No 3)
This bill is intended to ensure equitable treatment for people receiving payments of weekly compensation, and of students seeking assistance for their accommodation costs.
Misuse of Drugs Amendment Bill
This bill is an omnibus bill, introduced in accordance with Standing Order 263. This bill will classify AMB-FUBINACA and 5F-ADB as Class A drugs, affirm the existing discretion to prosecute for possession and use of all drugs, and enable temporary drug class orders to be issued for emerging and potentially harmful substances.
New Zealand Bill of Rights (Declarations of Inconsistency) Amendment Bill
This bill helps provide a mechanism for the Executive and the House of Representatives to consider, and, if they think fit, respond to, a declaration of inconsistency made under the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 or the Human Rights Act 1993.
Social Security (Clothing Allowances for Orphans and Unsupported Children) Amendment Bill
This bill proposes to give the unsupported child or orphan clothing allowance parity with the foster child.
Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Amendment Bill
This Bill amends the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010. The purpose of the amendment is to provide more flexibility for the Auckland Unitary Plan Independent Hearings Panel to help ensure that it can deliver its recommendations on the proposed Auckland Unitary Plan to the Auckland Council by the statutory deadline of 50 working days before the expiry of 3 years from the notification of the proposed plan.
District Court (Protection of Judgment Debtors with Disabilities) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the District Court Act 2016 to prohibit the seizure of goods from a judgment debtor with a disability where the item proposed to be seized is necessary for the judgment debtor’s care, support, or independence.
Water Services Bill
This omnibus bill will implement the Government's decision to comprehensively reform the drinking water regulatory system, with targeted reforms to improve the regulation and performance of wastewater and stormwater networks.
Drug and Alcohol Testing of Community-based Offenders, Bailees, and Other Persons Legislation Bill
This Bill enables the Department of Corrections and the New Zealand Police to require community-based offenders and bailees, if they are subject to conditions prohibiting the use of drugs and alcohol, to undergo drug and alcohol testing to ensure compliance with these conditions.
Natural Hazards Insurance Bill
This bill replaces the Earthquake Commission Act 1993 and changes the name of the Earthquake Commission to Toka Tū Ake – Natural Hazards Commission. The overarching objectives of the changes are to enable better community recovery from natural hazards, to clarify the role of the Commission and the cover provided by the Bill, and to enhance the durability and flexibility of the legislation.
Social Security (Pathway to Work) Amendment Bill
This bill removes the disincentives to engage in part-time work by lifting the threshold of how much persons can earn before their benefit is reduced by abatement rates.
Social Security Legislation Rewrite Bill
This bill repeals and replaces the Social Security Act 1964 and the Social Welfare (Reciprocity Agreements, and New Zealand Artificial Limb Service) Act 1990, provides an improved legislative structure, and reduces the level of detail in primary legislation to enhance clarity, coherency, and consistency.
New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Amendment Bill
Divided from the Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill.
New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013 Repeal Bill
This Bill repeals the New Zealand International Convention Centre Act 2013.
Harmful Digital Communications (Unauthorised Posting of Intimate Visual Recording) Amendment Bill
This bill makes it an offence for a person to post a digital communication comprising intimate visual recordings of another person.
Electoral (Integrity Repeal) Amendment Bill
This bill reverses the changes made to the Electoral Act 1993 by the Electoral (Integrity) Amendment Act 2018.
Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill
This bill makes a number of changes to the status of parcels of land, land titles, and previous Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Acts affecting 16 locations around New Zealand.
Commerce (Criminalisation of Cartels) Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Commerce Act 1986 to introduce a criminal offence for cartel conduct.
Land Transport (Rail) Legislation Bill
This is an omnibus bill amending the Land Transport Management Act 2003 and the Land Transport Act 1998 to implement a new planning and funding framework for the heavy rail track network owned by KiwiRail.
Returning Offenders (Management and Information) (Drug and Alcohol Testing) Amendment Bill
Maritime Crimes Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Maritime Crimes Act 1999 to implement obligations under two maritime counter-terrorism treaties, the Protocol of 2005 to the Rome Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol of 2005 to the Rome Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, to ensure that the maritime security framework can respond to contemporary transnational terrorist threats.
Appropriation (2020/21 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 2021.
Adverse Weather-affected Timber Recovery on Conservation Lands Bill
This Member's bill seeks to allow the Director-General of Conservation to grant access for removal of specified trees, irreversibly damaged by an adverse weather event from certain conservation areas.
Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand) Amendment Bill
This bill proposes that the membership of the Teaching Council be increased to 13, to include a senior ECE leader and a teacher educator and 5 other qualified and registered teachers/teacher leaders, and ministerial appointment to fill the 6 other member positions.