Tuesday, 30 June 2020
Vote: Bills β Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill (No 2)
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Andrew Little
(New Zealand Labour Party β List Member)
Hon POTO WILLIAMS (Minister for the Community and Voluntary Sector): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am really pleased to have the last contribution, to say the last few words on this particular bill, to actually tell the National Party why we are here fixing this bill up, and it has got a... Read more β
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes β 57 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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 55 |