Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Vote: Bills — Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Oranga Tamariki (Repeal of Section 7AA) Amendment Bill be now read a first time.
KAREN CHHOUR (ACT): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I’d just like to thank everybody for the conversations we’ve had tonight. Some have been respectful, and some have actually been quite offensive—when I’ve had two Labour MPs accusing me of...
🛑 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
(44 Ayes – 73 Noes – 2 Absent)