Thursday, 19 June 2008
Vote: Bills — Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Darren Hughes
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Ōtaki)
CHESTER BORROWS (National—Whanganui): As the last speaker from the Opposition in this debate on the Summary Offences (Tagging and Graffiti Vandalism) Amendment Bill, I need to make a number of points. People do take seriously the content of the speeches... 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
(107 Ayes – 10 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 46 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |