Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 5 February 2026

Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025: second reading

Voting yes supported adjourning debate on the Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025 at its second reading, postponing further debate on the bill.

Passed50 yes 27 no

The question put

That debate be adjourned.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes50 yes · 0 no
50 members
- YesAlison Marchant
- YesAnthony Carbines
- YesAnthony Cianflone
- YesBelinda Wilson
- YesBen Carroll
- YesBronwyn Halfpenny
- YesChris Couzens
- YesColin Brooks
- YesDaniela De Martino
- YesDanny Pearson
- YesDylan Wight
- YesEden Foster
- YesElla George
- YesEmma Vulin
- YesGabrielle Williams
- YesGary Maas
- YesIwan Walters
- YesJacinta Allan
- YesJohn Lister
- YesJohn Mullahy
- YesJordan Crugnale
- YesJosh Bull
- YesKat Theophanous
- YesKathleen Matthews-Ward
- YesKatie Hall
- YesLauren Kathage
- YesLily D'Ambrosio
- 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 · 18 no
18 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
- NoNicole Werner
- NoRachel Westaway
- 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
- NoWill 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.