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New South Wales · Crime

Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) and Other Legislation Amendment (Knife Crime) Bill 2024

Assented — as recorded: Assent reported to ParliamentAs recorded by the source: Assent reported to ParliamentNo longer listed as a current bill

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Parliament
Parliament of New South Wales
Introduced
15 May 2024
Latest stage
6 Aug 2024

What the bill says it does

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Timeline

  1. First ReadingLegislative Assembly

    15 May 2024 · Source

  2. Second Reading SpeechLegislative Assembly

    15 May 2024 · Source

  3. First ReadingLegislative Council

    4 June 2024 · Source

  4. Second Reading SpeechLegislative Council

    4 June 2024 · Source

  5. Second Reading DebateLegislative Council

    4 June 2024 · Source

  6. Second Reading DebateLegislative Assembly

    4 June 2024 · Source

  7. Consideration In DetailLegislative Assembly

    4 June 2024 · Source

  8. Third ReadingLegislative Assembly

    4 June 2024 · Source

  9. Second Reading DebateLegislative Council

    6 June 2024 · Source

  10. Consideration In DetailLegislative Assembly

    6 June 2024 · Source

  11. In CommitteeLegislative Council

    6 June 2024 · Source

  12. Adoption of ReportLegislative Council

    6 June 2024 · Source

  13. Third ReadingLegislative Council

    6 June 2024 · Source

  14. ReturnedLegislative Assembly

    6 June 2024 · Source

  15. MessagesLegislative Council

    6 June 2024 · Source

  16. AssentLegislative Assembly

    21 June 2024 · Source

  17. AssentLegislative Council

    6 Aug 2024 · Source

Where it sits in the budget

Government function: Police and community safety

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    Source: Parliament of New South Wales (Hansard API). Last checked by FOCUp 15 Sept 2026. Read via official api. Category assigned by FOCUp's published rules (matched: crime, knife). About this source