Victoria · Crime
Justice Legislation Amendment (Family Violence, Coercive Control, Good Character, Risk Assessment and Other Matters) Bill 2026
Assented: Signed into law, so it is now an Act. Federally the Governor-General gives assent; in the states, the Governor; in the Northern Territory, the Administrator. The ACT has no assent step: a passed bill becomes law when it is notified (published) on the ACT Legislation Register, which FOCUp also shows as Assented. What the other terms mean
- Parliament
- Parliament of Victoria
- Introduced
- 11 Aug 2026
- Latest stage
- 22 Sept 2026
- Introduced by
- Hon Sonya Kilkenny
- Stage detail
- Passed and Assented to
What the bill says it does
The purposes of this Act are— (a) to make the following amendments in relation to family violence intervention orders and criminal proceedings— (i) amendments to the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 to provide for the extension or variation of family violence intervention orders in criminal proceedings; and (ii) amendments to the Criminal Procedure Act 2009— (A) to provide that those extension and variation orders are not to be made in, and are not ancillary orders for the purposes of, various appeals; and (B) to provide for information about related family violence intervention orders to be indicated in criminal proceedings; and (iii) consequential amendments to the National Domestic Violence Order Scheme Act 2016; and (b) to amend the Family Violence Protection Act 2008— (i) in relation to the extension of family violence intervention orders; and (ii) in relation to categories of information sharing entities and to clarify the purposes for which information may be shared under Part 5A of that Act and to recognise timely sharing of information as an object of that Part of that Act; and (iii) to remove the requirement for the preparation of a consolidated report under Part 11 of that Act; and (c) to amend the Family Violence Protection Act 2008 and the Personal Safety Intervention Orders Act 2010 to provide for the use of electronic signatures for the purposes of those Acts; …
Quoted from: Purpose clause of the bill as introduced. Not written or edited by FOCUp.
Official sources
Timeline
First reading passed — Legislative Assembly
11 Aug 2026
First reading: Statements of compatibility tabled — Legislative Assembly
12 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading moved — Legislative Assembly
12 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading: Government business program — Legislative Assembly
25 Aug 2026
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Assembly
26 Aug 2026
Second reading passed — Legislative Assembly
27 Aug 2026
Third reading moved — Legislative Assembly
27 Aug 2026
Third reading passed — Legislative Assembly
27 Aug 2026
Message received from Assembly — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026
First reading passed — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026
First reading: Statements of compatibility tabled — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading moved — Legislative Council
27 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Council
8 Sept 2026
Second reading: Legalise Cannabis Victoria Party amendments circulated — Legislative Council
8 Sept 2026 · Source
Second reading passed — Legislative Council
8 Sept 2026
Second reading: Instruction to Committee of the whole — Legislative Council
8 Sept 2026
Committee of the whole: Date committed — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Committee of the whole completed - Bill amended — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026 · Source
Third reading moved — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Third reading passed — Legislative Council
10 Sept 2026
Dealing with Council amendments
10 Sept 2026
Clerk's correction
11 Sept 2026
Royal Assent given
22 Sept 2026
Third reading passed by an absolute majority — Legislative Assembly
Date not published
Third reading passed by an absolute majority — Legislative Council
Date not published
Act number 41/2026
Date not published
Status changed from Passed to Assented
Noticed by FOCUp 22 Sept 2026 · Source
Passed and Assented to
Where it sits in the budget
Government function: Police and community safety
- Public order and safety$12.7B spending, 2026-27
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