Wednesday, 24 June 2020
Vote: Bills — Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Electoral (Registration of Sentenced Prisoners) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Andrew Little
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
Hon GRANT ROBERTSON (Minister of Finance): Thank you very much, Madam Speaker. I was in this House when the bill that was passed that is now—the effect of which—being overturned by this legislation was put up by Paul Quinn as a member’s bill. It was a mean,... 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 narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 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.
🏛️ 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 |