Status
Passed and Assented to
Introduction print – Bill
Introduction print – Explanatory Memorandum
First House: Legislative Assembly
First readingAssembly
- Introduced by Hon Sonya Kilkenny
- First reading passed
- 29/07/2025
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 30/07/2025
Second readingAssembly
- Second reading moved
- 30/07/2025
- Debate resumed
- 13/08/2025
- Reasoned amendment
- 13/08/2025
The Opposition (Michael O'Brien) moved a reasoned amendment.
Michael O'Brien - reasoned amendment 2025.08.13.docx(opens in a new window)Michael O'Brien - reasoned amendment 2025.08.13.pdf(opens in a new window)
- 14/08/2025
Michael O'Brien's reasoned amendment was defeated.
- Government business program
- 12/08/2025
Debate on this bill must be completed by 5.00 pm on Thursday 14/8/2025.
- Second reading passed
- 14/08/2025
Third readingAssembly
- Third reading moved
- 14/08/2025
- Third reading passed
- 14/08/2025
Second House: Legislative Council
Message received from AssemblyCouncil
- Message received from Assembly
- 14/08/2025
First readingCouncil
- Introduced by Hon Enver Erdogan
- First reading passed
- 14/08/2025
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 14/08/2025
Second readingCouncil
- Second reading moved
- 14/08/2025
- Debate resumed
- 26/08/2025
- Opposition amendments circulated
- 26/08/2025
- Australian Greens Party amendments circulated
- 26/08/2025
- Legalise Cannabis Party amendments circulated
- 26/08/2025
- Reasoned amendment
- 26/08/2025
The following reasoned amendment moved by Katherine Copsey (Australian Greens Party) to the second reading was debated and defeated.
That all the words after “That” be omitted and replaced with “the Bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until the Government commits to changes to the Bill so that it —
- does not exacerbate the risk of human rights abuses; and
- does not result in disproportionate incarceration of vulnerable groups, including women and First Nations peoples, leading to deaths in custody.”.
- Second reading passed
- 26/08/2025
- Amendments ruled out of order
- 26/08/2025
The President ruled amendments 1, 4, 5 and 6 proposed to be moved during Committee of the whole by Joe McCracken (Opposition) (JMC03C) contravene the same question rule (Standing Order 7.06) as they are the same in substance as amendments proposed in the previous six months.
Committee of the wholeCouncil
- Date committed
- 26/08/2025
- Committee of the whole completed - Bill not amended
- 27/08/2025
Third readingCouncil
- Third reading moved
- 27/08/2025
- Third reading passed
- 27/08/2025
Royal Assent
- Royal Assent given
- 02/09/2025
- Act number 34/2025