Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 3 March 2026 · Crime and safety
Crimes Amendment Bill 2026: second reading
Voting yes supported the Crimes Amendment Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea of introducing a new civil harm-based provision that assesses harm from the perspective of the target group.
The question put
That the Victorian Government introduce a new civil harm-based provision to assess harm from the perspective of the target group.
How each party voted
- LaborAll yes50 yes · 0 no
50 members
- YesAlison Marchant
- YesAnthony Carbines
- YesAnthony Cianflone
- YesBelinda Wilson
- YesBronwyn Halfpenny
- YesChris Couzens
- YesColin Brooks
- YesDaniela De Martino
- YesDanny Pearson
- YesDylan Wight
- YesEden Foster
- YesElla George
- YesEmma Vulin
- YesGary Maas
- YesIwan Walters
- YesJacinta Allan
- YesJackson Taylor
- YesJohn Lister
- YesJohn Mullahy
- YesJordan Crugnale
- YesJosh Bull
- YesJuliana Addison
- 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 yes17 yes · 0 no
17 members
- NationalsAll yes9 yes · 0 no
9 members
- YesAnnabelle Cleeland
- YesDanny O'Brien
- YesEmma Kealy
- YesJade Benham
- YesKim O'Keeffe
- YesMartin Cameron
- YesPeter Walsh
- YesTim Bull
- YesTim McCurdy
- GreensAll no0 yes · 3 no
3 members
Smaller parties and independents
- 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.