Our Bill Tracker is a tool that provides insight on the status of Bills as they go through the legislative process in Zimbabwe. A Bill is the draft version of a law or Act. It may be proposing either an entirely new Act, an amendment to an existing Act or repealing an existing Act. The tracker is open to the public and the tracking begins once the Bill is listed in the Legislative Agenda, to when the Bill is assented by the President and gazetted in the government gazette. Our Bill Tracker provides a convenient way to track legislative activity in an organised way as well as providing an easy access to Veritas commentary, Ministerial speeches, and Parliamentary Legal Committee and Parliamentary Portfolio Committee reports. An example of the tracker is as follows: JUDICIAL LAWS AMENDMENT ACT: ACT No. 5 of 2023
Responsible Ministry : Ministry of Justice, Legal & Parliamentary Affairs
15/03/22 | : Cabinet approved principles. |
29/04/22 | : Date of gazetting |
21/06/22 | : Bill appears on order paper |
21/06/22 | : First reading |
21/06/22 | : Bill referred to Parliamentary Legal Committee |
21/06/22 | : Bill Referred to Parliamentary Portfolio Committee |
26/07/22 | : Veritas Commentary on the Bill [link] |
10-12/08/22 | : Public Hearings |
23/08/22 | : PLC issued a non-adverse report |
21/09/22 | : Bill’s Second Reading (First appearance on order paper) |
22/09/22 | : Second reading and Minister’s speech [link]. |
22/09/22 | : Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report[link] |
31/01/23 | : Minister’s response to report and debate |
31/01/23 | : Second Reading motion approved |
01/02/23 | : Committee Stage |
02/02/23 | : Amendments made and sent to the PLC |
07/02/23 | : PLC issued a non-adverse report to the amendments |
14/02/23 | : Third Reading |
14/02/23 | : Bill transmitted to Senate as amended |
15/02/23 | : Bill received from National Assembly |
16/02/23 | : Minister’s speech |
16/02/23 | : 2nd reading of the Bill |
16/02/23 | : Committee Stage |
28/03/23 | : Third Reading |
28/03/23 | : Bill passed by both Houses as amended |
16/06/23 | : Bill Gazetted as Act link |