Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Vote: Bills — Synthetic Urine (Prohibition on Importation, Supply and Acquisition to Pass a Workplace Drug Test) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Synthetic Urine (Prohibition on Importation, Supply and Acquisition to Pass a Workplace Drug Test) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Matt Doocey
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Waimakariri)
MATT DOOCEY (National—Waimakariri): Thank you very much, Mr Speaker. Well, well, well; we’ve learnt it all tonight. When this bill first got pulled, as I said, the media wrote a title: “Doocey Taking the Piss”. I think the title tomorrow morning will be... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
✕ Failed by a clear majority
(33 Ayes – 87 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 | 10 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 10 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 65 |
| New Zealand National | 33 | 0 |
| Te Paati Māori | 0 | 2 |