Before any bill becomes law, there are three main votes it must pass: these are 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.
WhereTheyStand contains all bills from the 51st Parliament and later (2014—present). These are imported from Parliament's own website on a regular basis and are automatically linked with voting records and MPs' profiles to make it easier for you to find what you are looking for.
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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis 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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis 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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis bill provides for the development and implementation of long-term, strategic spatial planning across New Zealand through the development of regional spatial strategies.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis 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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis bill repeals and replaces the Resource Management Act 1991, working in tandem with the Spatial Planning Bill.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThe 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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis 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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis 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.
Last activity almost 2 years agoThis 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.
Last activity almost 2 years ago