Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 16 June 2026 · Crime and safety
Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Workers) Bill 2026: introduction
Voting yes supported introducing the Sentencing Amendment (Emergency Workers) Bill 2026, which would amend the Sentencing Act 1991 to widen when an emergency worker is considered on duty under that Act and the Crimes Act 1958.
The question put
That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Sentencing Act 1991 to widen the scope of when an emergency worker is on duty for the purposes of that act and the Crimes Act 1958 and for other purposes.
How each party voted
- LaborAll no0 yes · 51 no
51 members
- NoAlison Marchant
- NoAnthony Carbines
- NoAnthony Cianflone
- NoBelinda Wilson
- NoBen Carroll
- NoBronwyn Halfpenny
- NoChris Couzens
- NoColin Brooks
- NoDaniela De Martino
- NoDanny Pearson
- NoDylan Wight
- NoEden Foster
- NoElla George
- NoGabrielle Williams
- NoGary Maas
- NoIwan Walters
- NoJacinta Allan
- NoJackson Taylor
- NoJohn Lister
- NoJohn Mullahy
- NoJordan Crugnale
- NoJosh Bull
- NoJuliana Addison
- NoKat Theophanous
- NoKathleen Matthews-Ward
- NoKatie Hall
- NoLauren Kathage
- NoLily D'Ambrosio
- NoLuba Grigorovitch
- NoMary-Anne Thomas
- NoMathew Hilakari
- NoMatt Fregon
- NoMelissa Horne
- NoMeng Heang Tak
- NoMichaela Settle
- NoNatalie Hutchins
- NoNatalie Suleyman
- NoNathan Lambert
- NoNick Staikos
- NoNina Taylor
- NoPaul Edbrooke
- NoPaul Hamer
- NoPaul Mercurio
- NoPauline Richards
- NoRos Spence
- NoSarah Connolly
- NoSonya Kilkenny
- NoSteve Dimopoulos
- NoSteve McGhie
- NoTim Richardson
- NoVicki Ward
- LiberalAll yes19 yes · 0 no
19 members
- YesAnthony Marsh
- YesBrad Battin
- YesBrad Rowswell
- YesBridget Vallence
- YesChris Crewther
- YesCindy McLeish
- YesDavid Hodgett
- YesDavid Southwick
- YesJames Newbury
- YesJess Wilson
- YesJohn Pesutto
- YesKim Wells
- YesMatthew Guy
- YesMichael O'Brien
- YesNicole Werner
- YesRachel Westaway
- YesRichard Riordan
- YesRoma Britnell
- YesWayne Farnham
- 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 yes3 yes · 0 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.