Bill introduced on May 19 under Urgency and passed through all stages with the support of all parties. The bill retrospectively made lawful the way that the Companies Office had been collected and administering levies for its various registries. It had been managing fees as a portfolio, in effect using some registries to subsidise others when each registry was meant to be managed and charged on its own costs and revenue. Companies Office Registers Funding Validation Bill

Introduced on August 9. The Bill creates a new regulatory regime for freshwater fisheries including whitebait and eels. First reading completed on September 4 with both NZ First and National saying it would support the Bill to select committee but had doubts about its further progress. These concerns including impact on sports fisheries and property rights. Facing a strong backlash from fishers, land owner representatives and others, the Government has pushed back the select committee report back date from March 12 to June 12. Report back extended again to Aug 5. Reported back on July 31 with a number of changes to accommodate fishers concerns, clarified but still included many DoC powers to enforce no fishing or disturbance areas. Exempted existing hydro dams from the law. The committee said whitebaiters concerns could only be dealt with in the regulations. National opposed the Bill in a minority report. Second reading completed on Aug 22 with National and ACT opposed saying the bill would allow for the banning of whitebaiting, which the govt said was not the plan. Committee stage on Oct 15 with an amendment passed to put a two year moratorium on any catchment plan on conservation land stopping whitebaiting. Third reading on Oct 16 with National and ACT opposed. Conservation (Indigenous Freshwater Fish) Amendment Bill

Introduced on June 1. The Bill makes changes to the retention money regime including; clarifying retention money held on trust must be kept separate from other money or assets and introducing offences and penalties for companies and directors for not complying with requirements. First reading on June 6 supported by all parties and referred to the Transport and Infrastructure Committee. Reported back Nov 22 2o21 with a large number of mainly technical changes. Second reading on Aug 23 with all parties in support. Committee stage and third reading completed on March 29 with all parties in favour. Construction Contracts (Retention Money) Amendment Bill

Amends the disputes adjudication process. The select committee made a number of adjustments. First reading June 2013, select committee reported back December 2013. Second reading debate held on March 20 2014 and progress made with general support. Committee stage debate interrupted on March 12. Government introduced amendments at the resumed committee stage on September 22, these included the treatment of sun-contractors retention payments with the intention of laying the risk with the party most able to handle it, and insuring retention payments held in trust go to whom they are owed. The committee stage was completed on voice vote on September 29 and completed its third reading on October 20 with unanimous support. Construction Contracts Amendment Bill

Bill introduced on December 3 2015  in the name of National MP Shane Reti. It will amend the definition of supplier in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 to exclude a lender who is an unrelated party from the definition of a supplier. Received its first reading on Sept 22 with Labour and NZ First opposed, mainly on the grounds the Bill was trivial. Sent to the Commerce Committee for consideration.  Report back extended from March 13 to August 22. Select committee reported back on Feb 2 with Shane Reti asking the Bill to be withdrawn.

Consumer Guarantees (Removal of Unrelated Party Lender Responsibility) Amendment Bill

A Bill in the name of Green MP Steffan Browning (now Gareth Hughes) drawn from the Ballot on December 8, 2016. It would set up a mandatory labelling system about the country of origin of single component foods. Completed first reading on April 12 with just ACT in opposition and was sent to the Primary Production Committee for consideration. Report back extended to 18 May 2018. Select committee released an interim report on July 11. It recommended greatly reduced coverage after numerous submissions raised concerns about complexity. The Bill would now limit this to minimally processed fresh or frozen fruit, vegetables, meat, fish or seafood, of one type only. The country of origin is defined as the place the food was grown – harvested, caught or raised – not where it was packaged, manufactured or processed. Submissions on the interim report closed on August 1 with the committee now finalising the report back of the bill due on August 29. Reported back on Aug 23 in much of the form envisaged in the interim report, however it extended regime to cover cured pork products. Second reading interrupted on Sept 19 with all parties indicating support but National warning about the excessive use of ministerial powers granted in the Bill. Second reading completed on Oct 17 with all parties in agreement. Committee stage completed on Oct 31. Passed its third reading on Nov 28 with all parties in agreement. Hughes said the Bill was just a good start and said he was frustrated at items which would be left out of labelling requirements. He hoped the Government in the future would look at extensions. Consumers’ Right to Know (Country of Origin of Food) Bill

Introduced on May 24 2016, the Bill modernises  the laws underpinning contracts and commercial transactions. The bill consolidates eleven contract and commercial Acts, some dating back to 1908. The revision bill  is the first in the new triennial statute revision programme. Parliamentary procedure for enacting revision bills is streamlined under Standing Orders as the bills contain no new policy or substantive law changes, but select committee scrutiny still takes place. Given first reading without debate on June 14 and referred to the  Justice and Electoral Committee with a report due by December 14. Reported back on December 14 with only minor changes reflecting its status as a revisions bill. Completed all remaining stages by consent on February 16 with all parties in agreement and Attorney General Chris Finlayson noting the Bill removed split infinitives from the statutes. Contract and Commercial Law Bill

Introduced on Aug 3. The bill prohibits conversion practices that seek to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. First reading on Aug 5 opposed just by National who argued it criminalised parents. Referred to the Justice Committee. Reported back on Feb 2 with no substantive changes. Second reading on Feb 8 with National MPs casting individual votes and seven voting against. All other parties and MPs in favour. Committee stage completed on Feb 9. Third reading completed on Feb 15 with 112 MPs in favour and 8 National MPs opposed.

Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill

Introduced on May 19 and passed through all stages with the support of all parties. The bill increases the maximum number of coroners (full-time equivalents)  from 20 to 22.

Coroners (Coronial Cap) Amendment Bill

Introduced on Aug 24. The bill attempts to reduce the time being taken with coronial processes by a number of administrative rule changes. Also creates a new position of coronial associate to deal with lower-level administration. First reading on Aug 30 with all parties in favour referred to the Justice Committee. Reported back on Dec 15 with minor amendments. Passed through all remaining stages on March 29 with all parties in favour.

Coroners Amendment Bill