Four new members’ bills
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Four members’ bill were drawn from the ballot. They are:
- Better Regional Boundaries Bill by Tim Costley. Would require all government entities that have regions to align their regions with local government boundaries within five years. Small but useful.
- Concealment of Location of Victim Remains Bill by Tom Rutherford. Would deny [pa]role to convicted killers who don’t disclose the location of their victim’s remains. Excellent.
- Criminal Records (Clean Slate) (Additional Eligibility) Amendment Bill by Tangi Utikere. Expands the clean slate regime from those who were given non custodial sentences to include those who received a prison sentence of up to 12 months. Hard no from me, as to get sent to prison you need to have done some seriously bad stuff which should not be wiped.
- Crimes (Virginity Testing Practices) Amendment Bill by Priyanca Radhakrishnan. Creates a criminal offence with a maximum five year term for virginity testing. In favour of banning this. Five year maximum term might be a bit too harsh though.
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