Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Vote: Bills — Harmful Digital Communications Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Harmful Digital Communications Bill be now read a third time
SCOTT SIMPSON (National—Coromandel): It is a pleasure to rise and speak in the House as the last speaker in the third reading of this Harmful Digital Communications Bill. The bill is in the name of my colleague the Minister of Justice, the Hon Amy Adams,... 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
(116 Ayes – 5 Noes)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (10)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (10)
- David Clendon (List Member)
- Catherine Delahunty (List Member)
- Kennedy Graham (List Member)
- Kevin Hague (List Member)
- Jan Logie (List Member)
- Mojo Mathers (List Member)
- Denise Roche (List Member)
- Hon Eugenie Sage (List Member)
- Hon James Shaw (List Member)
- Metiria Turei (List Member)
✕ Noes (4)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (4)
- Steffan Browning (List Member)
- Hon Julie Anne Genter (List Member)
- Gareth Hughes (List Member)
- Russel William Norman (List Member)