The Election Offences (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill

Legislative progress

1. ✓ First Reading 3 Dec 2024
2. ✓ Second Reading 22 Jul 2025
3. ✓ Committee of the Whole House date not recorded
4. ● Third Reading 14 Aug 2025
5. ○ Presidential Assent

Current status: Third Reading

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.

Divisions & decisions on this Bill

Recorded in the Votes and Proceedings, extracted from Hansard.

• 3 Mar 2026Agreement with Committee report on Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 3 Mar 2026Committee report on Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill rejection — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 26 Feb 2026Committee of the Whole to report on Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill and seek le… — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 14 Aug 2025Committee to report consideration of Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill with amend… — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 14 Aug 2025Committee to report consideration of Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill with amend… — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 30 Jul 2025Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill: Second Reading — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 24 Jul 2025The Election Offences (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill — Negatived
• 19 Nov 2024Report of Committee of the Whole on Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 13 Nov 2024Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill reported to Senate — Agreed to (voice vote)
• 13 Nov 2024Report on Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill and seek leave to sit again — Agreed to (voice vote)