Thursday, 30 May 2024
Vote: Bills — Public Finance (Fines Collection Costs—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Public Finance (Fines Collection Costs—Budget Measures) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Simeon Brown
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Pakuranga)
RIMA NAKHLE (National—Takanini): Thank you very much. Look, I’d just like to respond to a couple of thoughts that were thrown around throughout this whole debate. The words “sneaky little bill”—this bill was referred to as a “sneaky little bill”.... 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
(68 Ayes – 49 Noes – 6 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 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |