Members’ Bills Ballot 4 June 2015
As a members’ bill was passed last night, there will be a ballot today for a new bill to be introduced. The draw is at midday.
Below are the bills in the ballot currently. I’ll update after midday with the winner.
| Bill Title | Member Name | |
| 1 | Affordable Healthcare Bill | Barbara Stewart |
| 2 | Age of Majority (Attainment at 18 Years) Amendment Bill | Brett Hudson |
| 3 | Better Public Service Target Results Independent Audit Bill | Tracey Martin |
| 4 | Births, Deaths, Marriages, and Relationships Registration (Preventing Name Change by Child Sex Offenders) Amendment Bill | Dr Jian Yang |
| 5 | Buy New Zealand (Procurement) Bill | Richard Prosser |
| 6 | Care of Children (Adoption and Surrogacy Law Reform) Amendment Bill | Kevin Hague |
| 7 | Charter Schools (Application of Official Information and Ombudsmen Acts) Bill | Hon Nanaia Mahuta |
| 8 | Child Poverty Reduction and Eradication Bill | Jacinda Ardern |
| 9 | Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Parent’s and Guardian’s Responsibility) Amendment Bill | Barbara Kuriger |
| 10 | Climate Change (Divestment from Fossil Fuels) Bill | Dr Russel Norman |
| 11 | Climate Change Response (National Emissions Reduction) Amendment Bill | Julie Anne Genter |
| 12 | Commerce (Supermarket Adjudicator and Code of Conduct) Amendment Bill | Steffan Browning |
| 13 | Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Break Fees Disclosure) Amendment Bill | Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi |
| 14 | Crimes (Corporate Manslaughter) Amendment Bill | Andrew Little |
| 15 | Crimes (Non-fatal Strangulation) Amendment Bill | Kelvin Davis |
| 16 | Criminal Procedure (Removing Paedophile Name Suppression) Amendment Bill | Pita Paraone |
| 17 | Crown Minerals (Protection of World Heritage Sites) Amendment Bill | Hon Ruth Dyson |
| 18 | Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill | Peeni Henare |
| 19 | Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Bill | Jan Logie |
| 20 | Education (Charter Schools Abolition) Amendment Bill | Chris Hipkins |
| 21 | Education (Charter Schools Curriculum) Amendment Bill | Hon Phil Goff |
| 22 | Education (Charter Schools Teacher Quality) Amendment Bill | Louisa Wall |
| 23 | Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill | Dr David Clark |
| 24 | Education (Restoration of Democracy to University Councils) Amendment Bill | Hon David Cunliffe |
| 25 | Electricity Industry (Energy Efficiency) Amendment Bill | Rino Tirikatene |
| 26 | Electricity Industry (Small-Scale Renewable Distributed Generation) Amendment Bill | Gareth Hughes |
| 27 | Electricity Transparency Bill | David Shearer |
| 28 | Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill | Scott Simpson |
| 29 | Employment Relations (Certainty at Work) Amendment Bill | Iain Lees-Galloway |
| 30 | Employment Relations (Restoring Kiwis’ Right to a Break at Work) Amendment Bill | Jenny Salesa |
| 31 | Employment Relations (Safe and Healthy Workplaces) Amendment Bill | Alastair Scott |
| 32 | Energy Efficiency and Conservation (Warm Healthy Rentals Warrant of Fitness) Amendment Bill | Metiria Turei |
| 33 | Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment Bill | Dr Megan Woods |
| 34 | Equal Pay Amendment Bill | Mojo Mathers |
| 35 | Family Proceedings (Paternity Orders and Parentage Tests) Amendment Bill | Jacqui Dean |
| 36 | Financial Assistance for Live Organ Donors Bill | Chris Bishop |
| 37 | Independent Prison Inspectorate Bill | David Clendon |
| 38 | International Non-Aggression and the Lawful Use of Force Bill | Dr Kennedy Graham |
| 39 | Keep Kiwibank Bill | Hon Clayton Cosgrove |
| 40 | Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary Establishment Bill | Eugenie Sage |
| 41 | Kiwi Jobs Bill | Hon Damien O’Connor |
| 42 | Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment Bill | Mahesh Bindra |
| 43 | Life Jackets for Children and Young Persons Bill | Alfred Ngaro |
| 44 | Local Government (Four Well-beings) Amendment Bill | Su’a William Sio |
| 45 | Local Government (Freedom of Access) Amendment Bill | Paul Foster-Bell |
| 46 | Local Government Act 2002 (Greater Local Democracy) Amendment Bill | Stuart Nash |
| 47 | Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill | Joanne Hayes |
| 48 | Minimum Wage (Contractor Remuneration) Amendment Bill | Hon David Parker |
| 49 | New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Change of Electoral System for District Health Boards) Amendment Bill | Simon O’Connor |
| 50 | New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Pro Rata Entitlement) Amendment Bill | Denis O’Rourke |
| 51 | Nurse Practitioners Bill | Hon Annette King |
| 52 | Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill | Marama Fox |
| 53 | Oaths and Declarations (Members of Parliament) Amendment Bill | Meka Whaitiri |
| 54 | Official Information (Parliamentary Under-Secretaries) Amendment Bill | Adrian Rurawhe |
| 55 | Overseas Investment (Protection of New Zealand Homebuyers) Amendment Bill | Phil Twyford |
| 56 | Parental Leave and Employment Protection (Six Months’ Paid Leave and Work Contact Hours) Amendment Bill | Sue Moroney |
| 57 | Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill | David Bennett |
| 58 | Public Collections and Solicitations (Disclosure of Payment) Bill | Matt Doocey |
| 59 | Public Finance (Sustainable Development Indicators) Amendment Bill | James Shaw |
| 60 | Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill | Catherine Delahunty |
| 61 | Radiocommunications (Enhanced Public Broadcasting Provision) Amendment Bill | Kris Faafoi |
| 62 | Receiverships (Agricultural Debt Mediation) Amendment Bill | Ron Mark |
| 63 | Sentencing (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill | Poto Williams |
| 64 | Sentencing (Livestock Rustling) Amendment Bill | Ian McKelvie |
| 65 | Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Shopping Centre Opening Hours) Amendment Bill | Hon Trevor Mallard |
| 66 | Social Security (Apprenticeship Assistance for Youth) Amendment Bill | Grant Robertson |
| 67 | Social Security (Pathway to Work) Amendment Bill | Carmel Sepuloni |
| 68 | Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill | Mark Mitchell |
| 69 | Summary Offences (Drink or Drugs Affecting Behaviour) Amendment Bill | Clayton Mitchell |
| 70 | Summary Proceedings (Warrant for Detention Conditions) Amendment Bill | Jonathan Young |
| 71 | Telecommunications (Interception Capability and Security) Amendment Bill | Clare Curran |
| 72 | Vulnerable Children (Mandatory Social Worker Registration) Amendment Bill | Darroch Ball |
| 73 | Waitemata Harbour Protection Bill | Rt Hon Winston Peters |
| 74 | Waste Minimisation (Television Product Stewardship) Amendment Bill | Denise Roche |
The bills by party (Ministers excluded) are:
- National – 17/34
- Labour – 32/32
- Greens – 14/14
- NZ First -10/12
- Maori – 1/1
- ACT – 0/1
Only half the National backbench have a bill in the ballot. That’s pretty slack.