Thursday, 13 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Regulatory Standards Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Regulatory Standards Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Gerry Brownlee
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
DAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): I’ve listened intently to the debate in the House today and there’s nothing new that has come from this debate that I haven’t heard already in the Finance and Expenditure Committee. This bill is all about... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Regulatory Standards Bill (regulatory quality requirements)”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Regulatory Standards Bill (regulatory quality requirements).
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 – 55 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 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |