Thursday, 11 July 2013
Vote: Bills — Psychoactive Substances Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Psychoactive Substances Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Todd McClay
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Rotorua)
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): As a member of the Health Committee, I am very pleased to take a very brief call on the third reading of the Psychoactive Substances Bill. Others have congratulated the originator of the bill, Peter Dunne, Associate... 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
(119 Ayes – 1 Noes – 1 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 | 1 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 33 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |