Members’ bills ballot 12 November 2015
A Members’ bill ballot will be held at noon today. Four bills will be drawn.
Proposed members’ bills may be viewed here. Recently lodged bills may not yet be available.
The bills entered in the ballot are listed below.
| Bill Title | Member Name | |
| 1 | Accident Compensation (Recent Migrants and Returning New Zealanders) Amendment Bill | Melissa Lee |
| 2 | Age of Majority (Attainment at 18 Years) Amendment Bill | Brett Hudson |
| 3 | Arbitration Amendment Bill | Tim Macindoe |
| 4 | Better Public Service Target Results Independent Audit Bill | Darroch Ball |
| 5 | Broadcasting (Games of National Significance) Amendment Bill | Clayton Mitchell |
| 6 | Buy New Zealand (Procurement) Bill | Barbara Stewart |
| 7 | Celebrant Eligibility Expansion Bill | Chris Bishop |
| 8 | Charter Schools (Application of Official Information and Ombudsmen Acts) Bill | Hon Nanaia Mahuta |
| 9 | Child Poverty Reduction and Eradication Bill | Jacinda Ardern |
| 10 | Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Parent’s and Guardian’s Responsibility) Amendment Bill | Barbara Kuriger |
| 11 | Commerce (Supermarket Adjudicator and Code of Conduct) Amendment Bill | Mojo Mathers |
| 12 | Companies (Annual Report Notice Requirements) Amendment Bill | Matt Doocey |
| 13 | Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill | Dr Shane Reti |
| 14 | Copyright (Parody and Satire) Amendment Bill | Gareth Hughes |
| 15 | Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (Break Fees Disclosure) Amendment Bill | Simon O’Connor |
| 16 | Credit Reforms (Responsible Lending) Bill | Kris Faafoi |
| 17 | Crimes (Corporate Manslaughter) Amendment Bill | Hon Damien O’Connor |
| 18 | Crimes (Increased Penalty for Providing Explosive to Commit Crime) Amendment Bill | Todd Muller |
| 19 | Crimes (Non-fatal Strangulation) Amendment Bill | Kelvin Davis |
| 20 | Criminal Procedure (Removing Paedophile Name Suppression) Amendment Bill | Pita Paraone |
| 21 | Crown Minerals (Homes and Residences Exemption) Amendment Bill | Eugenie Sage |
| 22 | Crown Minerals (Protection of World Heritage Sites) Amendment Bill | Hon Ruth Dyson |
| 23 | Customs and Excise (Prohibition of Imports Made by Slave Labour) Amendment Bill | Peeni Henare |
| 24 | Domestic Violence—Victims’ Protection Bill | Jan Logie |
| 25 | Education (Charter Schools Abolition) Amendment Bill | Chris Hipkins |
| 26 | Education (Charter Schools Teacher Quality) Amendment Bill | Hon Phil Goff |
| 27 | Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill | Dr David Clark |
| 28 | Electricity Industry (Energy Efficiency) Amendment Bill | Rino Tirikatene |
| 29 | Employment Relations (Allowing Higher Earners to Contract Out of Personal Grievance Provisions) Amendment Bill | Scott Simpson |
| 30 | Employment Relations (Certainty at Work) Amendment Bill | Iain Lees-Galloway |
| 31 | Employment Relations (Restoring Kiwis’ Right to a Break at Work) Amendment Bill | Sue Moroney |
| 32 | Employment Relations (Triangular Employment) Amendment Bill | Stuart Nash |
| 33 | End of Life Choice Bill | David Seymour |
| 34 | Environment Canterbury (Democracy Restoration) Amendment Bill | Dr Megan Woods |
| 35 | Equal Pay Amendment Bill | Marama Davidson |
| 36 | Family Proceedings (Paternity Orders and Parentage Tests) Amendment Bill | Jacqui Dean |
| 37 | Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters (Assured Tenancies) Amendment Bill | Jenny Salesa |
| 38 | Immigration (Refugee Quota) Amendment Bill | Denise Roche |
| 39 | Income Tax (Clean Transport FBT Exclusions) Amendment Bill | Julie Anne Genter |
| 40 | Independent Prison Inspectorate Bill | David Clendon |
| 41 | International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force (Implementation of Amendment to Statute of Rome) Bill | Dr Kennedy Graham |
| 42 | International Transparent Treaties Bill | Fletcher Tabuteau |
| 43 | Kirpan Authorisation Bill | Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi |
| 44 | Land Transfer (Foreign Ownership of Land Register) Amendment Bill | Mahesh Bindra |
| 45 | Land Transport (Tourist Driver Rental Vehicle) Amendment Bill | Denis O’Rourke |
| 46 | Lawyers and Conveyancers (Protection of Community Law Centre Funding) Amendment Bill | Carmel Sepuloni |
| 47 | Legislation (Climate Impact Disclosure Statement) Amendment Bill | James Shaw |
| 48 | Life Jackets for Children and Young Persons Bill | Alfred Ngaro |
| 49 | Litter (Increased Infringement Fee) Amendment Bill | Jono Naylor |
| 50 | Local Government (Four Well-beings) Amendment Bill | Su’a William Sio |
| 51 | Local Government (Freedom of Access) Amendment Bill | Jonathan Young |
| 52 | Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill | Joanne Hayes |
| 53 | Meat Industry Restructuring Bill | Richard Prosser |
| 54 | Military Decorations and Distinctive Badges (Modernisation) Amendment Bill | Todd Barclay |
| 55 | New Zealand Public Health and Disability (Child Health Obesity Target) Amendment Bill | Hon Annette King |
| 56 | Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill | Marama Fox |
| 57 | Oaths and Declarations (Members of Parliament) Amendment Bill | Meka Whaitiri |
| 58 | Ombudsmen (Cost Recovery) Amendment Bill | Hon David Parker |
| 59 | Our Work Our Future Bill | Andrew Little |
| 60 | Overseas Investment (Protection of New Zealand Homebuyers) Amendment Bill | Phil Twyford |
| 61 | Private International Law (Choice of Law in Tort) Bill | David Bennett |
| 62 | Public Finance (Sustainable Development Indicators) Amendment Bill | Steffan Browning |
| 63 | Public Works (Prohibition of Compulsory Acquisition of Māori Land) Amendment Bill | Catherine Delahunty |
| 64 | Radio New Zealand (Catch-up Funding) Amendment Bill | Clare Curran |
| 65 | Radiocommunications (Enhanced Public Broadcasting Provision) Amendment Bill | Adrian Rurawhe |
| 66 | Receiverships (Agricultural Debt Mediation) Amendment Bill | Ron Mark |
| 67 | Residential Tenancies (Warm, Safe, and Secure Rentals) Amendment Bill | Metiria Turei |
| 68 | Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Exemption for RNZRSA Clubs from Special Licencing Requirements for Anzac Day) Amendment Bill | Paul Foster-Bell |
| 69 | Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Renewal of Licences) Amendment Bill | Louisa Wall |
| 70 | Sentencing (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill | Poto Williams |
| 71 | Sentencing (Livestock Rustling) Amendment Bill | Ian McKelvie |
| 72 | Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Shopping Centre Opening Hours) Amendment Bill | Hon Trevor Mallard |
| 73 | Social Security (Apprenticeship Assistance for Youth) Amendment Bill | Grant Robertson |
| 74 | Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill | Mark Mitchell |
| 75 | Summary Offences (Increased Penalty for Seeking Donations by False Pretence) Amendment Bill | Nuk Korako |
| 76 | Vulnerable Children (Mandatory Social Worker Registration) Amendment Bill | Ria Bond |
| 77 | Waitemata Harbour Protection Bill | Rt Hon Winston Peters |
| 78 | Wildlife (Threatened Species Protection) Amendment Bill | Kevin Hague |
The bills by party (Ministers excluded) are:
- National – 22/34
- Labour – 29/32
- Greens – 14/14
- NZ First -11/12
- Maori – 1/1
- ACT – 1/1
- Total – 78/94
Really good to see six extra National MPs with bills in the ballot. My campaign must be working!
UPDATE: The four bills selected are:
- Commerce (Supermarket Adjudicator and Code of Conduct) Amendment Bill – Mojo Mathers
- Overseas Investment (Protection of New Zealand Homebuyers) Amendment Bill – Phil Twyford
- Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill – Marama Fox
- Social Security (Stopping Benefit Payments for Offenders who Repeatedly Fail to Comply with Community Sentences) Amendment Bill – Mark Mitchell
So National, Labour, Greens and Maori Party each had a bill selected.