Status
Passed both Houses
Introduction print – Bill
Introduction print – Explanatory Memorandum
First House: Legislative Assembly
First readingAssembly
- Introduced by Hon Sonya Kilkenny
- First reading passed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
Second readingAssembly
- Second reading moved
- 2 Dec 2025
- Debate resumed
- 2 Dec 2025
- Reasoned amendment
- 2 Dec 2025
The Opposition (James Newbury) moved a reasoned amendment.
James Newbury - reasoned amendment 02.12.2025.pdf(opens in a new window)James Newbury - reasoned amendment 02.12.2025.docx(opens in a new window)The Greens (Gabrielle de Vietri) moved an amendment to James Newbury's reasoned amendment.
Gabrielle de Vietri - amendment to reasoned amendment 2025.12.02.pdf(opens in a new window)Gabrielle de Vietri - amendment to reasoned amendment 2025.12.02.docx(opens in a new window)
- 2 Dec 2025
Gabrielle de Vietri's amendment to James Newbury's reasoned amendment was defeated.
- 2 Dec 2025
James Newbury's reasoned amendment was defeated,
- Government business program
- 2 Dec 2025
Debate on this bill must be completed by 5 pm on Tuesday 2 December 2025.
- Second reading passed
- 2 Dec 2025
Third readingAssembly
- Third reading moved
- 2 Dec 2025
- Third reading passed
- 2 Dec 2025
Second House: Legislative Council
Message received from AssemblyCouncil
- Message received from Assembly
- 2 Dec 2025
First readingCouncil
- Introduced by Hon Enver Erdogan
- First reading passed
- 2 Dec 2025
Second readingCouncil
- Second reading moved
- 2 Dec 2025
The Bill was treated as an urgent bill pursuant to Standing Order 14.35.
- Debate resumed
- 4 Dec 2025
- Australian Greens Party amendments circulated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Legalise Cannabis Victoria amendments circulated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Animal Justice Party amendments circulated
- 4 Dec 2025
- Reasoned amendment
- 4 Dec 2025
The following reasoned amendment moved by Katherine Copsey (Australian Greens Party) 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That all the words after “That” be omitted and replaced with “the Bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until the Government has engaged in meaningful consultation with First Nations stakeholders and legal and community experts to develop an evidence-based policy.
- Second reading passed
- 4 Dec 2025
Committee of the wholeCouncil
- Date committed
- 4 Dec 2025
- Committee of the whole completed - Bill not amended
- 4 Dec 2025
Third readingCouncil
- Third reading moved
- 4 Dec 2025
- Third reading passed
- 4 Dec 2025