Tuesday, 20 September 2016
Vote: Bills — Corrections (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Corrections (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Bill, the Parole (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Bill, and the Sentencing (Electronic Monitoring of Offenders) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Judith Collins
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Papakura)
Su’a WILLIAM SIO (Labour—Māngere): The main purpose of the legislation is to remove legislative barriers to the electronic monitoring of offenders released from a sentence of imprisonment of 2 years or less, and offenders sentenced to intensive... 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 – 12 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 12 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |