Result of Members' Bill Ballot 13.4.17

Thursday, 13 April 2017, 1:32 pm
Press Release: Office of the Clerk

Published date: 13 Apr 2017

Members’ bills are bills introduced by Members who are not Ministers. Every second Wednesday the House gives precedence to Local, Private, and Members’ bills. On these days Members’ bills are debated.

A minimum of eight Members’ bills awaiting first reading should be on the Order Paper on each Members’ day. When a space on the Order Paper becomes available, a ballot is held to decide which Member's bill will be introduced. Members enter bills in the ballot by lodging notices of proposal for their bills.

Thursday, 13 April 2017

On Thursday, 13 April 2017 four places are available on the Order Paper for the first reading of a Member’s bill.

The ballot was held, and resulted in the following bills being drawn:

25	Friendly Societies and Credit Unions (Regulatory Improvements) Amendment Bill	Stuart Smith
19	Electoral (Registration by Special Vote) Amendment Bill	Meka Whaitiri
32	International Transparent Treaties Bill	Fletcher Tabuteau
45	Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill	Joanne Hayes

Notices of proposal were received for the following bills.

1	Accident Compensation (Recent Migrants and Returning New Zealanders) Amendment Bill	Melissa Lee
2	Affordable Healthcare Bill (No 2)	Barbara Stewart
3	Age of Majority (Attainment at 18 Years) Amendment Bill	Brett Hudson
4	Burial and Cremation (Removal of Audit Requirement for Cemetery Trusts) Amendment Bill	Lindsay Tisch
5	Celebrant Eligibility Expansion Bill	Chris Bishop
6	Child Poverty Definition, Measurement, and Assessment Bill	Metiria Turei
7	Child Poverty Reduction and Eradication Bill	Jacinda Ardern
8	Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Parent’s and Guardian’s Responsibility) Amendment Bill	Barbara Kuriger
9	Climate Change (Divestment from Fossil Fuels) Bill	Steffan Browning
10	Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Break Fees Disclosure) Amendment Bill	Simon O’Connor
11	Crimes (Looting) Amendment Bill	Ron Mark
12	Crown Minerals (Homes and Residences Exemption) Amendment Bill	Jan Logie
13	Education (Funding for School Food and Allied Programmes) Amendment Bill	James Shaw
14	Education (Protecting Teacher Title) Amendment Bill	Tracey Martin
15	Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill	Dr David Clark
16	Education (Student Allowances Availability) Amendment Bill	Gareth Hughes
17	Education (Teaching Council of Aotearoa) Amendment Bill	Chris Hipkins
18	Electoral (Entrenchment of Māori Seats) Amendment Bill	Rino Tirikatene
19	Electoral (Registration by Special Vote) Amendment Bill	Meka Whaitiri
20	Employment Relations (Rates of Pay in Collective Agreements) Amendment Bill	Iain Lees-Galloway
21	Employment Relations (Restoring Kiwis’ Right to a Break at Work) Amendment Bill	Sue Moroney
22	Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill	Stuart Nash
23	End of Life Choice Bill	David Seymour
24	Family Proceedings (Paternity Orders and Parentage Tests) Amendment Bill	Sarah Dowie
25	Friendly Societies and Credit Unions (Regulatory Improvements) Amendment Bill	Stuart Smith
26	Health and Safety Immunity for Pike River Recovery Bill	Andrew Little
27	Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Assured Tenancies) Amendment Bill	Jenny Salesa
28	Immigration (Refugee Quota) Amendment Bill	Barry Coates
29	Income Tax (Clean Transport FBT Exclusions) Amendment Bill	Julie Anne Genter
30	Independent Prison Inspectorate Bill	David Clendon
31	International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force (Implementation of Amendment to Statute of Rome) Bill	Dr Kennedy Graham
32	International Transparent Treaties Bill	Fletcher Tabuteau
33	Justices of the Peace (Medical Reasons for Retirement) Amendment Bill	Maureen Pugh
34	Kirpan Authorisation Bill	Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi
35	KiwiFund Bill	Pita Paraone
36	Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment Bill (No 2)	Darroch Ball
37	Land Transport (Tourist Driver Rental Vehicle) Amendment Bill	Ria Bond
38	Land Transport (Wheel Clamping Protection) Amendment Bill	Phil Twyford
39	Legislation (Climate Impact Disclosure Statement) Amendment Bill	Eugenie Sage
40	Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill	Scott Simpson
41	Local Electoral (Equitable Process for Establishing Māori Wards and Māori Constituencies) Amendment Bill	Marama Davidson
42	Local Government (Four Well-beings) Amendment Bill	Aupito William Sio
43	Local Government (Freedom of Access) Amendment Bill	Jonathan Young
44	Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) (Extending Notice and Application Period) Amendment Bill	Peeni Henare
45	Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill	Joanne Hayes
46	Military Decorations and Distinctive Badges (Modernisation) Amendment Bill	Todd Barclay
47	Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis Approval) Amendment Bill	Hon Damien O’Connor
48	New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Child Health Obesity Target) Amendment Bill	Hon Annette King
49	New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Fair Residency) Amendment Bill	Denis O’Rourke
50	Newborn Enrolment with General Practice Bill	Dr Parmjeet Parmar
51	Oaths and Declarations (Members of Parliament) Amendment Bill	Hon Trevor Mallard
52	Policing (Killing a Police Dog) Amendment Bill	Matt Doocey
53	Radio New Zealand (Catch-up Funding) Amendment Bill	Clare Curran
54	Radiocommunications (Enhanced Public Broadcasting Provision) Amendment Bill	Adrian Rurawhe
55	Receiverships (Agricultural Debt Mediation) Amendment Bill	Richard Prosser
56	Residential Tenancies (Methamphetamine) Amendment Bill	Andrew Bayly
57	Resource Management (Clean Groundwater) Amendment Bill	Catherine Delahunty
58	Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of Licences) Amendment Bill	Louisa Wall
59	Sentencing (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill	Poto Williams
60	Sentencing (Livestock Rustling) Amendment Bill	Ian McKelvie
61	Social Security (Apprenticeship Assistance for Youth) Amendment Bill	Michael Wood
62	Social Security (Exemption for Ex Gratia and Compensation Payments) Amendment Bill	Kelvin Davis
63	Social Security (Medical Practitioner Certificate for Supported Living Payment) Amendment Bill	Carmel Sepuloni
64	Summary Offences (Drink or Drugs Affecting Behaviour) Amendment Bill	Clayton Mitchell
65	SuperGold Health Check Bill (No 2)	Mahesh Bindra
66	Taxation (Bright-line Extension) Bill	Grant Robertson
67	Te rā o Parihaka Bill	Marama Fox
68	Waitemata Harbour Protection Bill	Rt Hon Winston Peters
69	Waste Minimisation (Single-use Plastic Bag) Amendment Bill	Denise Roche
70	Wildlife (Threatened Species Protection) Amendment Bill	Mojo Mathers

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