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Appendix 17

Fifth Edition

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Appendix 17 Consideration of legislation by the House

Year

Total bills introduced¹

Introduced
from Senate

Considered in detail²

Referred to committee

Declared urgent³

Acts for year

1901†	28	6	20		—	17
1902	23	2	24	1 ⁴	—	21
1903†	27	5	25		—	21
1904	22	5	20		—	15
1905	33	4	31		—	26
1906†	42	5	34		—	23
1907	29	7	15		—	12
1908	29	—	26		—	27
1909	38	9	34		—	29
1910†	50	9	43		—	41
1911	30	6	30		—	29
1912	52	8	51		—	43
1913†	37	6	28		—	24
1914†	54	8	46		—	36
1915	62	6	61		—	53
1916	45	12	48		—	41
1917†	40	3	41		—	40
1918	50	11	47		2	47
1919†	37	4	37		3	32
1920	66	15	59		2	56
1921	49	6	44		—	43
1922†	47	10	43		—	42
1923	52	6	39		4	36
1924	63	9	64		2	61
1925†	35	8	33		3	32
1926	56	7	54		—	52
1927	50	6	40		—	38
1928†	47	11	46		—	48
1929†	43	3	37		4	35
1930	89	5	85		—	78
1931†	73	2	71		—	56
1932	80	17	76		3	76
1933	77	7	73		1	74
1934†	72	5	70		4	67
1935	76	12	72		8	73
1936	99	8	98		1	94
1937†	54	7	47		2	47
1938	91	10	79		2	78
1939	91	9	89		3	87
1940†	101	6	99		1	99
1941	73	2	69		—	70
1942	61	4	60		—	58
1943†	59	2	57		—	58
1944	48	6	48		—	46
1945	60	3	59		3	59
1946†	84	2	83		2	81
1947	94	13	93		3	93
1948	96	13	91		3	93
1949†	88	14	88		5	87
1950	87	8	52		4	80
1951†	85	5	65		2	82
1952	111	5	72		5	109
1953	99	18	72		3	96
1954†	85	11	64		2	83
1955†	71	10	64		1	71
1956	114	14	88		3	113
1957	119	17	73		3	103
1958†	101	20	68		14	83
1959	105	7	81		1	104
1960	115	10	104		1	111
1961†	99	6	82		4	98
1962	112	4	80		—	108
1963†	103	10	53		—	103
1964	135	7	54		—	130
1965	158	11	33		—	156
1966†	94	4	20		1	93
1967	133	6	33		—	124
1968	169	14	26		—	157
1969†	101	—	30		2	102
1970	154	6	30		8	127
1971	148	4	34		17	138
1972†	146	6	27		—	139
1973	253	19	61		19	221
1974†	226	15	60		21	166
1975†	215	7	63		19	121
1976	230	13	56		—	208
1977†	164	10	28		2	161
1978	224	14	53	7 ⁵	5	211
1979	196	22	32	3 ⁶	7	191
1980†	205	13	37	5 ⁷	2	177
1981	202	13	47		—	182
1982	196	10	43		1	158
1983†	170	19	37		1	147
1984†	192	20	51		1	175
1985	234	17	64		26	202
1986	189	11	54	1 ⁸	40	168
1987†	211	21	69		1	184
1988	210	12	52		102	155
1989	194	14	60		59	183
1990†	185	13	43		78	144
1991	205	19	68		101	204
1992	282	42	39		132	264
1993†	184	34	30		111	121
1994	197	53	56	9 ⁹	14	184
1995	176	32	68	5 ¹⁰	1	176
1996†	173	17	41	5 ¹⁰	6	84
1997	235	15	72	4 ¹¹	12	222
1998†	218	13	44	1 ¹²	16	135
1999	224	19	71	4 ¹³	—	201
2000	192	11	59	6 ¹⁴	—	174
2001†	182	22	62	6 ¹⁵	—	170
2002	254	9	42	2 ¹⁶	2	148
2003	174	8	39	1 ¹²	1	150
2004†	223	16	33	—	2	158
2005	182	24	39	1 ¹²	3	164
2006	188	32	41	—	1	172
2007†	168	14	40	1 ¹⁷	2	184
2008	203	12	26	5 ¹⁸	—	159
2009	226	9	30	—	6	136
2010†	221	10	29	7 ¹⁹	—	150

1 Includes the bills introduced from the Senate. These totals do not reflect all bills before the House during the year, as bills introduced in one year may be considered the following year.
2 Prior to 1994 consideration in detail took place in committee of the whole and was known as the committee stage. Procedures allowing the committee (detail) stage to be bypassed became operative from 13.8.63.
3 From 2005 includes bills with no declaration of urgency, but time allotted by suspension of standing orders.
4 Referred to a select committee.
5 Referred to legislation committees (for committee stage).
6 Appropriation Bill (No.1) considered by estimates committees (committee stage); 2 bills referred to legislation committees.
7 Appropriation Bill (No.1) considered by estimates committees (committee stage); 4 bills referred to legislation committees.
8 Referred to a joint select committee.
9 Three bills referred to joint committees; 6 referred to standing committees.
10 Four bills referred to joint committees; 1 referred to a standing committee.
11 Referred to joint committees (1 by Senate).
12 Referred to a joint committee.
13 Two bills referred to joint committees; 2 referred to joint select committees (by Senate). 14 Four bills referred to joint committees (3 by Senate); 2 referred to standing committees.
15 Three bills referred to joint committees (2 by Senate); 3 referred to joint select committee.
16 Two bills referred to joint committees.
17 Three bills referred to a joint committee.
18 Three bills referred to joint committees (by Senate); 2 referred to standing committees.
19 Three bills referred to joint committees (by Senate); 4 referred to standing committees.
General election years.

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