Tuesday, 27 February 2024
Vote: Bills — Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Amendment Bill be now read a third time
TIM COSTLEY (National—Ōtaki): I’m not sure what kind of world we’re living in these days. It seems to be that we’re now in the ultimate nanny State. That’s what they want. They believe that the Government can just legislate and all the problems... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Smokefree generation (never legally sell tobacco to)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Smokefree generation (never legally sell tobacco to).
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 – 54 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 | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 14 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |