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    When the Fifth Parliament ended, there were 39 unfinished bills. According to National Assembly + rule 333 (2), these Bills lapsed automatically when Parliament was dissolved on 7 May 2019. The Sixth Parliament + revived 30 of these.

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    The Sixth Parliament's Bill adoption or efficiency rate is 77%, an uptick from the Fifth Parliament’s 65%, but + both fall short of the Fourth Parliament’s 87% rate. This refers to the percentage of introduced Bills that were + successfully adopted by Parliament—to calculate this percentage, we divide the total number of Bills adopted in + the Sixth Parliament by the total number of Bills introduced in the same period.

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    The Sixth Parliament passed 124 Bills. This was better than the Fifth Parliament, where 112 bills were passed. +

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    It is interesting to observe that most Bills were introduced in 2023, the year before the national election. This + underscores a point made by PMG in its legislative performance of Parliament study which observed that + pre-election years are known to be busy for the introduction of legislation by government.

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    Of the 162 Bills tabled in the Sixth Parliament, 86% were introduced by the Executive, and the remainder by + individual Members of Parliament (13%) and Committees (1%). Notably, there has been a drop in the number of + committee bills introduced in the Sixth Parliament compared to the 5% (of total bills introduced) in the Fifth + Parliament.

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    As of 29 April, 48 bills were still before Parliament. In terms of Parliament's Rules, business before the + legislature lapses when the term of that Parliament ends or when Parliament is dissolved. When a bill or another + matter lapses, the new Assembly can revive it by way of a motion in the House. Such motions sometimes state that + the matter be revived + "from the stage it reached on the last sitting + day of the House (of the previous + House)...." +

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    Currently, 28 Bills passed by the Sixth + Parliament are awaiting the President’s signature.

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    23 Private Member Bills were introduced in the Sixth Parliament, 70% of them by the DA. This is a noticeable + increase from the 9 Private Members Bill in the Fifth Parliament. +

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    YEAR INTRODUCEDTITLE AND NUMBERMEMBERSTATUS
    2024Remote Gambling Bill (B11-2024)Mr D Macpherson (DA)Under consideration
    2024Local Government: Municipal Structures Second Amendment Bill (B10-2024)Ms S Gwarube (DA)Under consideration
    2024Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill (B9-2024)Ms S Gwarube (DA)Under consideration
    2023Constitution Twentieth Amendment Bill (B20-2023)Adv G Breytenbach (DA)Under consideration
    2023Children's Amendment Bill (B19-2023)Ms B Masango (DA)Under consideration
    2023Constitution Nineteenth Amendment Bill (B17-2023)Ms S Gwarube (DA)Under consideration
    2023Electoral Commission Amendment Bill (B15-2023)Dr A Lotriet (DA)Under consideration
    2023Responsible Spending Bill (B9-2023)Dr D George (DA)Under consideration
    2023Remuneration of Public Office Bearers Amendment Bill (B8-2023)Dr L Schreiber (DA)Under consideration
    2023Prevention of Illegal Eviction from and Unlawful Occupation of Land Amendment Bill (B6-2023)Ms E Powell (DA)Under consideration
    2022Divorce Amendment Bill (B32-2022)Mr G Hendricks (Al- Jama-ah)Lapsed
    2022Registration of Muslim Marriages Bill (B30-2022)Mr G Hendricks (Al- Jama-ah)Withdrawn
    2022Relocation of the Seat of Parliament Bill (B29-2022)Mr J Malema (EFF)Withdrawn
    2022Maintenance Amendment Bill (B17-2022)Mr G Hendricks (Al- Jama-ah)Under consideration
    2021Public Administration Laws General Amendment Bill (B16-2021)Dr L Schreiber (DA)Rejected
    2021Ease of Doing Business Bill (B6-2021)Mr H Kruger (DA)Lapsed
    2021Disaster Management Amendment Bill (B2-2021)Dr P Groenewald (FF+)Rejected
    2021Animals Protection Amendment Bill (B1-2021)Mr S Swarts (ACDP)Rejected
    2020Electoral Laws Second Amendment Bill (B34-2020)Mr M Lekota (COPE)Lapsed
    2020Pension Funds Amendment Bill (B30-2020)Dr D George (DA)Lapsed
    2020Public Finance Management Amendment Bill (B13-2020)Mr G Cachalia (DA)Rejected
    2020Fiscal Responsibility Bill (B5-2020)Mr G Hill-Lewis (DA)Lapsed
    2019Independent Electricity Management Operator Bill (B14-2019)Ms N Mazzone (DA)Rejected
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    + In the Sixth Parliament, the Minister of Finance introduced the most number of Bills: 60 from post-election 2019 + to date. + This is followed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services who introduced 24 Bills in the Sixth + Parliament. + The pie chart below outlines the spread of Bill types introduced in the Sixth Parliament: +

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    Not all bills are created equal: some are only a few pages long, while others run to hundreds of pages with lots + of clauses and technicalities (causing many hours of debate and deliberations). Some of the complex and + technical legislation processed in the Sixth Parliament include:

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    As with other statistics pieces in this review, simply counting bills introduced and bills passed does not give a + full picture of legislative performance. Emphasis is on the quality of legislation passed.

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