The Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2023

Legislative progress

Published on parliament.go.ke: June 2023

1. ✓ First Reading 28 Feb 2024
2. ✓ Second Reading 3 Dec 2024
3. ✓ Committee of the Whole House 16 Jan 2025
4. ✓ Third Reading 16 Jan 2025
5. ● Presidential Assent 8 May 2025

Current status: Presidential Assent

Stage dates come from Hansard and from publication records, and are refined by editors. A date shown as a month or a year is all its source establishes — only a day-level date is taken from a sitting record.

Notes

Source: https://www.parliament.go.ke/sites/default/files/2023-06/The%20Persons%20with%20Disabilities%20Bill%2C%202023%20%284%29.pdf

The Bill (PDF)

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Original document, hosted by Mzalendo. Source: parliament.go.ke.

Divisions & decisions on this Bill

Recorded in the Votes and Proceedings, extracted from Hansard.

• 9 Apr 2025Agreement with Committee of the Whole report on Persons with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bi… — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 9 Apr 2025Committee to report on Persons with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bills No.7 of 2023) and its… — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 16 Jan 2025Committee to report consideration of Persons with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bill No. 7 of… — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 21 Feb 2024Consideration of Persons with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bills No.7 of 2023) and approval … — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 29 Jun 2023Persons with Disabilities Bill (Senate Bills No. 7 of 2023) read a Second Time — Agreed to (voice vote)