Green Bills

Members' bills are the main way to introduce legislation from outside of Government. Such bills are drawn from a ballot, and the Greens have introduced and passed many bills through this process. All Green-authored Members' bills are listed in the table below - some have become law, some are before parliament and others have yet to be drawn from the Members' ballot.

Green Members' bills currently before Parliament: click through to find out how you can help the campaigns to assist their passage and the issues underlying them

Awaiting First Reading
Catherine Delahunty MP: Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill
Russel Norman MP: Climate Change (Government Vehicle Procurement bill)
Keith Locke MP: Head of State Referenda Bill -

Before Select Committee
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP: Sustainable Biofuel Bill

Being considered by Government
Sue Bradford MP: Citizens Initiated Referenda (Wording of Questions) Amendment Bill

Recently debated
Metiria Turei MP: Marine Animals Protection Law Reform Bill
Sue Bradford MP: Social Security (Benefit Review and Appeal Reform) Amendment Bill
Kennedy Graham MP: International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force Bill

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David Clendon Smart Meters (Consumer Choice) Bill Climate Change, Energy, Energy Efficiency (Govt programme) 10 Dec 09
Russel Norman MP Climate Change (Government Vehicle Procurement) Bill Environment 10 Nov 09
Sue Bradford MP Social Security (Benefit Review and Appeal Reform) Amendment Bill Social and Economic Justice 30 Jul 09
Kennedy Graham MP International Non-Aggression and Lawful Use of Force Bill Constitutional Issues 07 Jul 09
Metiria Turei MP Marine Animals Protection Law Reform Bill Conservation, Marine and Oceans 02 Jul 09
Catherine Delahunty MP Customs and Excise (Sustainable Forestry) Amendment Bill Forestry 18 Jun 09
Sue Bradford MP Citizens Initiated Referenda (Wording of Questions) Amendment Bill Electoral Reform 17 Jun 09
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP Sustainable Biofuel Bill Climate Change, Energy 10 Jun 09
Sue Kedgley MP Country of Origin Labelling Bill 13 May 09
Metiria Turei MP Gangs and Organised Crime Bill Courts and Corrections, Justice 11 Feb 09
Sue Bradford MP Civics Education and Voting Age Bill Children's Issues, Education, Electoral Reform, Youth Issues 21 Jun 07
Sue Bradford MP Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill - Amendments agreed at Committee Stages Children's Issues, Justice, Social and Economic Justice 02 May 07
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP A Six-Pack of Climate Change Bills Consumer Issues, Energy, Transport 03 Nov 06
Metiria Turei MP Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill Broadcasting, Drug Law Reform, Health 13 Sep 06
Sue Bradford MP Corrections (Mothers with Babies) Amendment Bill Children's Issues, Courts and Corrections, Health, Human Rights, Justice, Social and Economic Justice, Women's Issues 15 Jun 06
Metiria Turei MP Misuse of Drugs (Medicinal Cannabis) Amendment Bill Drug Law Reform, Health 15 Jun 06
Nandor Tanczos MP Waste Minimisation (Solids) Bill Environment, Waste 01 May 06
Sue Kedgley MP Consumers Right to Know (Food Information) Bill Consumer Issues, Food 30 Mar 06
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP Resource Management (Climate Protection) Amendment Bill Energy, Environment, Peak Oil, Sustainable Development 17 Mar 06
Sue Bradford MP Minimum Wage (Abolition of Age Discrimination) Amendment Bill Employment, Human Rights, Social and Economic Justice, Youth Issues 08 Dec 05
Sue Bradford MP Social Security (Special Benefit Restoration) Amendment Bill Children's Issues, Social and Economic Justice 26 Jul 05
Nandor Tanczos MP Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Infringement) Amendment Bill - Member's Bill Drug Law Reform, Health, Justice, Parliament and Politics 19 Jul 05
Rod Donald MP Zimbabwe Sporting Sanction Bill 2005 Art, Sport and Culture, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights 03 Jul 05
Sue Bradford MP Section 59 Crimes Act Repeal Bill Children's Issues, Justice, Social and Economic Justice, Youth Issues 09 Jun 05
Metiria Turei MP Education (Schools Review Authority) Amendment Bill Children's Issues, Education 26 Apr 05
Sue Kedgley MP Employment Relations (Flexible Working Hours) Amendment Bill Children's Issues, Employment, Women's Issues 11 Apr 05
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP RMA Amendment Bill 2004: summary of key issues Environment, RMA 09 Dec 04
Keith Locke MP Head of State Referenda Bill text Electoral Reform, Parliament and Politics 09 Nov 04
Sue Kedgley MP Animal Welfare (Openness of Information Pertaining to the Use of Animals in Research, Testing and Teaching) Amendment Bill Animal Welfare 28 Jun 04
Sue Kedgley MP Consumer Right to Know (Food Information) Bill Consumer Issues, Food 11 May 04
Ian Ewen-Street MP Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (Genetically Modified Organisms Moratorium Reinstatement) Amendment Bill Genetic Engineering 10 May 04
Sue Bradford MP Social Security (Child Benefit) Amendment Bill Children's Issues, Social and Economic Justice 06 Aug 03
Nandor Tanczos MP Liquor Advertising (Television and Radio) Bill Consumer Issues, Drug Law Reform, Health, Youth Issues 30 Jan 02
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP Road Traffic Reduction Bill Climate Change, Transport 03 May 01
Rod Donald MP Constitution (Confidence Votes) Amendment Bill - Member's Bill Electoral Reform 29 Mar 01
Nandor Tanczos MP Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Amendment Bill Drug Law Reform, Forestry 29 Mar 01
Nandor Tanczos MP Clean Slate Bill Justice 22 Feb 01
Keith Locke MP International Treaties Bill Foreign Affairs, Trade 21 Sep 00
Jeanette Fitzsimons MP New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone Extension Bill Environment, Peace and Conflict, Waste 25 May 00