Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Vote: Bills — Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Crimes Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
Moved by
Phil Goff
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Mount Roskill)
DIANNE YATES (Labour—Hamilton East): This bill corrects inequities in the present laws on sexual violation. It clearly defines consent and incorporates the intent of my member’s bill. I thank the New Zealand Drug Rape Trust, the police, and the... 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 large majority
(89 Ayes – 27 Noes – 4 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |