Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 13 August 2026 · Crime and safety
Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026: second reading
Voting yes supported the Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026 being read a second and third time, which agrees with the bill's main idea and passes it.
Passed76 yes 2 no
The question put
That this bill be now read a second time and 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
- YesDanny Pearson
- YesDylan Wight
- YesEden Foster
- YesElla George
- YesGabrielle Williams
- YesGary Maas
- YesIwan Walters
- YesJackson Taylor
- YesJohn Lister
- YesJohn Mullahy
- YesJordan Crugnale
- YesJosh Bull
- YesKat Theophanous
- YesKathleen Matthews-Ward
- YesKatie Hall
- YesLauren Kathage
- YesLily D'Ambrosio
- YesLuba Grigorovitch
- YesMartha Haylett
- YesMary-Anne Thomas
- YesMathew Hilakari
- 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 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 yes7 yes · 0 no
7 members
- YesDanny O'Brien
- YesEmma Kealy
- YesJade Benham
- YesKim O'Keeffe
- YesMartin Cameron
- YesTim Bull
- YesTim McCurdy
Smaller parties and independents
- NoGabrielle de VietriGreens
- NoTim ReadGreens
- 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.