Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 23 September 2026 · Crime and safety
Control of Weapons Amendment (Police Search Powers) Bill 2026: introduction and first reading
Voting yes supported introducing the Control of Weapons Amendment (Police Search Powers) Bill 2026, which would amend the Control of Weapons Act 1990 to give police greater powers to search persons for weapons. The motion was defeated, so the bill was not introduced.
The question put
That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Control of Weapons Act 1990 to provide greater powers for police officers to search persons for weapons 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
- 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
- NoMartha Haylett
- 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 yes18 yes · 0 no
18 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
Smaller parties and independents
- YesEllen SandellGreens
- YesGabrielle de VietriGreens
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.