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 Support Amendment Bill
This bill amends the Child Support Act 1991 by simplifying penalty rules, introducing payment of financial support by compulsory deduction, imposing a time bar of four years, and inserting a wider definition of income.
Heavy Engineering Research Levy Amendment Bill
(Formerly part of Statutes Amendment Bill (No 4))
Accident Compensation (Notice of Decisions) Amendment Bill
This Member's bill amends the Accident Compensation Act 2001 to broaden the range of circumstances that give employers the right to apply for a review of the Accident Compensation Corporation's decisions related to a claim.
Food Safety Law Reform Bill
This Bill is an omnibus Bill introduced in accordance with Standing Order 263(a). The Bill makes improvements and enhancements to three Acts governing the food safety system, improving their alignment, operation, and design so as to better protect human health, and maintain and strengthen New Zealand's reputation as a supplier of safe and suitable food both domestically and internationally.
Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Amendment Bill
This bill is an omnibus bill that amends New Zealand law as part of the implementation of the free trade agreement named the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement.
Employment Relations Amendment Bill
The purpose of this Bill is to restore key minimum standards and protections for employees, and to implement a suite of changes to promote and strengthen collective bargaining and union rights in the workplace. The changes are intended to introduce greater fairness in the workplace between employees and employers, in order to promote productive employment relationships.
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki Claims Settlement Bill
This bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 7 November 2015 in which the Crown and Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki agree to a final settlement of all historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki.
Intelligence and Security Bill
This bill implements the Government response to the Report of the First Independent Review of Intelligence and Security in New Zealand: Intelligence and Security in a Free Society, and replaces the four Acts that currently apply to the GCSB, the NZSIS, and their oversight bodies.
Education (Protecting Teacher Title) Amendment Bill
The intent of this bill is to lift the status of teachers by removing the ability of those who have not gained the recognised teaching qualifications from representing themselves as "teachers" by using that title.
Patents (Trans-Tasman Patent Attorneys and Other Matters) Amendment Bill
This Bill proposes an amendment to the grounds on which a person can oppose the grant of a patent under the Patents Act 2013, a single patent application process and single patent examination process with Australia, and a joint registration regime with Australia for patent attorneys.
Ngāti Pūkenga Claims Settlement Bill
This bill gives effect to the deed of settlement signed on 7 April 2013 in which the Crown and Ngāti Pūkenga agreed to the final settlement of the historical Treaty of Waitangi claims of Ngāti Pūkenga.
Smoke-free Environments (Tobacco Standardised Packaging) Amendment Bill
This bill would introduce a plain packaging regime for tobacco products.
COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to amend the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020 to ensure the Act better aligns with the new COVID-19 response portfolio and to provide for less restrictive measures under alert levels to be applied sooner.
Public Finance (Sustainable Development Indicators) Amendment Bill
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that New Zealand governments, in the context of their macro-economic planning, balance economic opportunity with environmental responsibility.
Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill
This bill would give the Department of Corrections the power to issue warnings to persons who have not complied with community-based sentences, with the consequence of withholding benefit payments.
Arms (Firearms Prohibition Orders) Amendment Bill (No 2)
This bill provides 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.
Taxation (Budget Measures: Family Incomes Package) Bill
This bill gives effect to many of the changes announced as part of the Budget 2017 Family Incomes Package.
Appropriation (2017/18 Supplementary Estimates) Bill
This bill seeks parliamentary authorisation of the individual appropriations and changes contained in the Supplementary Estimates of Appropriations for the Government of New Zealand for the year ending 30 June 2018.
Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal Bill
This bill establishes the Canterbury Earthquakes Insurance Tribunal. The tribunal's purpose is to provide speedy, flexible, and cost-effective services to help resolve insurance claims between policyholders and insurers, and insured persons and the Earthquake Commission under the Earthquake Commission Act 1993.
Electoral Amendment Bill
This bill will amend New Zealand's electoral legislation to increase transparency around political donations, extend the ability of New Zealanders overseas to vote in the 2023 General Election, and allow for the regulated election period to shift if the election date shifts.
Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Rugby World Cup 2015 Extended Trading Hours) Amendment Bill
This bill provides for extended licensing hours during the period of the 2015 Rugby World Cup so that premises covered by the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 will be able to be open for the broadcast of world cup matches.
Social Workers Registration (Mandatory Registration) Amendment Bill
This bill implements recommendations made to the Minister for Social Development by the Social Workers Registration Board to provide for the current voluntary system of registration for practising social workers to become a mandatory system.
Thames–Coromandel District Council and Hauraki District Council Mangrove Management Bill
This bill empowers the Thames–Coromandel District Council and Hauraki District Council to prepare a mangrove management plan for the coastal area of their districts to achieve and maintain acceptable levels of mangrove vegetation in order to restore, protect, and enhance any amenity values or ecosystems of the coastal area.