Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 19 February 2026 · Gender and identity

Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025: third reading

Voting yes supported the Health Safeguards for People Born with Variations in Sex Characteristics Bill 2025 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill.

Passed24 yes 15 no

The question put

That the bill be now read a third time and do pass.

How each party voted

LaborAll yes15 yes · 0 no
15 members
- YesEnver Erdogan
- YesGayle Tierney
- YesHarriet Shing
- YesIngrid Stitt
- YesJacinta Ermacora
- YesJaclyn Symes
- YesJohn Berger
- YesLee Tarlamis
- YesLizzie Blandthorn
- YesMichael Galea
- YesRyan Batchelor
- YesShaun Leane
- YesSheena Watt
- YesSonja Terpstra
- YesTom McIntosh
LiberalAll no0 yes · 11 no
11 members
- NoAnn-Marie Hermans
- NoBev McArthur
- NoDavid Davis
- NoEvan Mulholland
- NoGeorgie Crozier
- NoJoe McCracken
- NoNick McGowan
- NoRenee Heath
- NoRichard Welch
- NoTrung Luu
- NoWendy Lovell
GreensAll yes4 yes · 0 no
4 members
- YesAiv Puglielli
- YesAnasina Gray-Barberio
- YesKatherine Copsey
- YesSarah Mansfield
Smaller parties and independents
- YesDavid EttershankLegalise Cannabis
- YesRachel PayneLegalise Cannabis
- NoGaelle BroadNationals
- NoMelina BathNationals
- YesGeorgie PurcellAnimal Justice Party
- NoMoira DeemingFamily First
- NoDavid LimbrickLibertarian Party
- YesRikkie-Lee TyrrellOne Nation
- YesJeff BourmanShooters, 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.

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.