Tuesday, 11 May 2004
Vote: Bills — Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Rick Barker
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Tukituki)
MARK PECK (Labour—Invercargill): First of all, the National Party should sack its research unit. The member faithfully read the research unit’s notes— Darren Hughes: Word for word. MARK PECK: It was word for word, and she did a good job of that, so... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Clean slate for old convictions”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Clean slate for old convictions.
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
(63 Ayes – 57 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 | 0 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 8 |