Result of Members' Bill Ballot 9.3.17

Thursday, 9 March 2017, 4:41 pm
Press Release: NZ Parliament

Published date: 9 Mar 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, 9 March 2017

On Thursday, 9 March 2017 three 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:

18	Education (Teachers’ Code of Ethics) Amendment Bill	Hon Ruth Dyson
3	Arbitration Amendment Bill	Paul Foster-Bell
72	Youth Employment Training and Education Bill	Darroch Ball

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Notices of proposal were received for the following bills.

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

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