Wednesday, 5 December 2012
Vote: Bills — Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Anne Tolley
(New Zealand National Party — Member for East Coast)
Dr JIAN YANG (National): Thank you for the opportunity to speak on the Arms (Military Style Semi-automatic Firearms and Import Controls) Amendment Bill. By amending the definition of “military style semi-automatic firearm” and by placing a... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Tightening military-style semi-automatic firearm import controls”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Tightening military-style semi-automatic firearm import controls.
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
(110 Ayes – 8 Noes – 2 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 | 12 | 0 |
| Mana | 1 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |