Tips for finding Bills and Acts

Sample searches

I know the title begins with the letter “C”.

Type c* in the Keyword field and click the Search button.

This returns Bills and Acts whose titles begin with the letter "C".

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I know the Bill is about children.

Type children in the Keyword field and click the Search button.

This returns Bills and Acts that have the word children in the title.

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I know the Bill is about children and education.

Type children education in the Keyword field and click the Search button.

This returns Bills and Acts that have both the word children and the word education, in any order, in the title.

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I know the Bill is about children and adoption but when I searched with those keywords I got no results.

The keywords might be in the long title of the Bill. Click Show advanced options and select the Search long title checkbox.

This returns Bills and Acts that have both the words children and adoption in the short title or the long title.

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I think the Bill has the word child, childcare or children at the beginning of the title.

Type Child* in the Keyword field and click the Search button. You must type an upper case C, as this search is case-sensitive.

This returns Bills and Acts with titles that begin with the word Child and other words that begin with Child.

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I know the Bill was published in 2014.

Type 2014 in the Year(s) field and click the Search button.

This returns all the Bills that were published in 2014. (It also includes Bills that were enacted in 2014.)

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I know the Bill was enacted in 2014.

In the Show dropdown menu select Acts and in the Year(s) field type 2014. Don’t forget to click the Search button.

This returns Bills that were enacted in 2014. (It also includes enacted Bills that were first published in 2014.)

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I know the Bill was published in 2014 but was never enacted.

In the Show dropdown menu select Bills and in the Year(s) field type 2014. Don’t forget to click the Search button.

This returns Bills published in 2014 that are still before the Houses or that have lapsed, been defeated or withdrawn.

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I want to see an alphabetical list of the Bills and Acts about health.

Type health in the Keyword field and click the Search button.

Click the the Sort by field and select Alphabetical order.

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I know the Bill was brought forward by an opposition Member.

Click Show advanced options and select the Private Member Bills checkbox.

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I know who sponsored the Bill.

If the sponsor of the Bill is a current Member of either House, open the Member's profile and scroll down to see the most recent Bills they sponsored. Click See more Bills sponsored by this Member.

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I'm looking for Bill No. 129 of 2018.

Type 129 in the for field and type 2018 in the Year(s) field. Don't forget to click the Search button.

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I'm looking for Act No. 25 of 2018.

In the Show field select Acts, in the for field type 25, and in the Year(s) field type 2018. Don't forget to click the Search button.

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