Governor-General Bill

The purpose of this bill is to provide updated and simpler financial arrangements for the support of the Governor-General and his or her programme.

There have been 3 submissions on this bill.

Bill Events

Event	Date		Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Royal Assent	22 Nov 2010
Third Reading	9 Nov 2010, 16 Nov 2010 (resumed)	Bill read a third time.
Instruction to Committee	26 Oct 2010	Motion not agreed: That it be an instruction to the Committee of the whole House on the Governor-General Bill that it have the power to consider and, if it thinks fit, adopt the amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper 173.	Ayes 9 Green 9	Noes 111 National 58 Labour 41 ACT 5 Maori 5 Progres. 1 United F. 1	-
In Committee	26 Oct 2010	Bill to be reported with amendment presently.
Second Reading	13 Oct 2010	Bill read a second time.
SC Reports	8 Sep 2010	The Government Administration Committee reported on this bill.
Submissions Due	13 Aug 2010
First Reading	20 Jul 2010	Bill read a first time. Motion agreed to: That the Governor-General Bill be considered by the Government Administration Committee, that the committee report finally to the House on or before 14 September 2010, and that the committee have authority to meet at any time while the House is sitting (except during oral questions), and during any evening on a day on which there has been a sitting of the House, and on a Friday in a week in which there has been a sitting of the House, despite Standing Orders 187 and 190(1)(b) and (c).
Introduction	29 Jun 2010