Thursday, 8 September 2016
Vote: Bills — Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Child Protection (Child Sex Offender Government Agency Registration) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Anne Tolley
(New Zealand National Party — Member for East Coast)
POTO WILLIAMS (Labour—Christchurch East): Firstly, I want to commend all those fantastic women and men who work in the sexual violence prevention sector, because there is no doubt that their job is one of the hardest jobs there is—supporting the victims of... 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 – 14 Noes)
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 | 0 | 14 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 12 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |