Thursday, 29 August 2024
Vote: Bills — Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Nicole McKee
(ACT New Zealand — List Member)
ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Greg O’Connor): The House stands adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 10 September 2024. The House adjourned at 5.58 p.m. Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Expanded firearms prohibition orders (warrantless search powers)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Expanded firearms prohibition orders (warrantless search powers).
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Extending firearms prohibition order powers”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Extending firearms prohibition order powers.
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
(68 Ayes – 48 Noes – 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |