Victoria · Health
Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Bill 2026
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- Parliament
- Parliament of Victoria
- Latest stage
- 1 Sept 2026
- Introduced by
- Hon Melissa Horne
- Stage detail
- Passed and Assented to
What the bill says it does
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Timeline
First reading passed — Legislative Assembly
28 July 2026
First reading: Statements of compatibility tabled — Legislative Assembly
29 July 2026 · Source
Second reading moved — Legislative Assembly
29 July 2026 · Source
Second reading: Government Business Program — Legislative Assembly
11 Aug 2026
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Assembly
12 Aug 2026
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Assembly
13 Aug 2026
Second reading passed — Legislative Assembly
13 Aug 2026
Third reading moved — Legislative Assembly
13 Aug 2026
Third reading passed — Legislative Assembly
13 Aug 2026
Message received from Assembly — Legislative Council
13 Aug 2026
First reading passed — Legislative Council
13 Aug 2026
First reading: Statements of compatibility tabled — Legislative Council
13 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading moved — Legislative Council
13 Aug 2026 · Source
Second reading: Debate resumed — Legislative Council
25 Aug 2026
Second reading passed — Legislative Council
25 Aug 2026
Committee of the whole: Date committed — Legislative Council
25 Aug 2026
Committee of the whole completed - Bill not amended — Legislative Council
25 Aug 2026
Third reading moved — Legislative Council
25 Aug 2026
Third reading passed — Legislative Council
25 Aug 2026
Royal Assent given
1 Sept 2026
Act number 34/2026
Date not published
Where it sits in the budget
Government function: Health services
- Health$34.8B spending, 2026-27
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