Thursday, 18 June 2020
Vote: Bills β Arms Legislation Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Arms Legislation Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Stuart Nash
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Napier)
Dr DEBORAH RUSSELL (LabourβNew Lynn): It is an honour to make the last speech in this House on the Arms Legislation Bill. I wish to end with thanks. Thank you to all the people who made submissions on the bill. We received a great many submissions. We... Read more β
π We've linked this vote to our
βTightening firearms licensing, registration and club/range rules (post-Christchurch reforms)β
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Tightening firearms licensing, registration and club/range rules (post-Christchurch reforms).
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 50 Noes β 7 Absent)
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 | 48 |