Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 20 February 2025 · Integrity and democracy

Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024: second reading

Voting yes supported the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024 being read a second time, government amendments 1 and 2 being agreed to, and the bill passing its third reading.

Passed50 yes 25 no

The question put

That this bill be now read a second time, government amendments 1 and 2 be agreed to and the bill be now read a third time.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes49 yes · 0 no
49 members
- YesAlison Marchant
- YesAnthony Carbines
- YesAnthony Cianflone
- YesBelinda Wilson
- YesBen Carroll
- YesBronwyn Halfpenny
- YesChris Couzens
- YesColin Brooks
- YesDaniela De Martino
- YesDylan Wight
- YesEden Foster
- YesElla George
- YesGabrielle Williams
- YesGary Maas
- YesIwan Walters
- YesJacinta Allan
- YesJackson Taylor
- YesJohn Mullahy
- YesJordan Crugnale
- YesJosh Bull
- YesJuliana Addison
- YesKat Theophanous
- YesKathleen Matthews-Ward
- YesKatie Hall
- YesLily D'Ambrosio
- YesLuba Grigorovitch
- YesMartha Haylett
- YesMary-Anne Thomas
- YesMathew Hilakari
- YesMatt Fregon
- YesMelissa Horne
- YesMeng Heang Tak
- YesMichaela Settle
- YesNatalie Hutchins
- YesNatalie Suleyman
- YesNathan Lambert
- YesNick Staikos
- YesNina Taylor
- YesPaul Edbrooke
- YesPaul Hamer
- YesPaul Mercurio
- YesPauline Richards
- YesRos Spence
- YesSarah Connolly
- YesSonya Kilkenny
- YesSteve Dimopoulos
- YesSteve McGhie
- YesTim Richardson
- YesVicki Ward
LiberalAll no0 yes · 16 no
16 members
- NoBrad Battin
- NoBrad Rowswell
- NoBridget Vallence
- NoChris Crewther
- NoCindy McLeish
- NoDavid Hodgett
- NoDavid Southwick
- NoJames Newbury
- NoJess Wilson
- NoJohn Pesutto
- NoKim Wells
- NoMatthew Guy
- NoMichael O'Brien
- NoRichard Riordan
- NoRoma Britnell
- NoWayne Farnham
NationalsAll no0 yes · 8 no
8 members
- NoAnnabelle Cleeland
- NoDanny O'Brien
- NoEmma Kealy
- NoJade Benham
- NoKim O'Keeffe
- NoMartin Cameron
- NoTim Bull
- NoTim McCurdy
Smaller parties and independents
- NoSam GrothCoalition
- YesWill FowlesIndependent

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.