--- title: "Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024: committee (Victorian Legislative Council, 1 April 2025) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported extending the sitting while the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024 was in committee, which is a procedural step rather than a view on the bill's content. Passed 22 to 17 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 1 April 2025. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-04-01/2" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 1 April 2025 # Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024: committee Voting yes supported extending the sitting while the Justice Legislation Amendment (Anti-vilification and Social Cohesion) Bill 2024 was in committee, which is a procedural step rather than a view on the bill's content. Passed **22** yes **17** no The question put That the sitting be extended. ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 15 yes · 0 no 15 members - Yes [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - Yes [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - Yes [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - Yes [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - Yes [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - Yes [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - Yes [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - Yes [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - Yes [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - Yes [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - Yes [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - Yes [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - Yes [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - Yes [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - Yes [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 11 no 11 members - No [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - No [Bev McArthur](https://politics.computer/mp/bev-mcarthur) - No [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - No [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - No [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - No [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken) - No [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - No [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - No [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch) - No [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - No [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All yes 4 yes · 0 no 4 members - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - Yes [Anasina Gray-Barberio](https://politics.computer/mp/anasina-gray-barberio) - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - Yes [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - No [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - No [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - Yes [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - No [Moira Deeming](https://politics.computer/mp/moira-deeming) Family First - No [David Limbrick](https://politics.computer/mp/david-limbrick) Libertarian Party - No [Rikkie-Lee Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/rikkie-lee-tyrrell) One Nation - No [Jeff Bourman](https://politics.computer/mp/jeffrey-bourman) Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party 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. [Previous Vote 1 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-04-01/1) [All Victorian Legislative Council votes](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) [Next Vote 3 that day](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2025-04-01/3) Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Victoria](https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/parliamentary-activity/hansard/hansard-details/HANSARD-974425065-30425#division-marker-2). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. 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