Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Vote: Bills — Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon David Bennett
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hamilton East)
MATT KING (National—Northland): I get the last word. I get the honour of the last word. My wife hates it when I have the last word. The Dog Control (Category 1 Offences) Amendment Bill. This is a very simple bill that identifies a problem and then... Read more →
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(112 Ayes – 8 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 55 | 0 |