Status
Passed and Assented to
Introduction print – Bill
Introduction print – Explanatory Memorandum
First House: Legislative Assembly
First readingAssembly
- Introduced by Hon Lily D'Ambrosio
- First reading passed
- 28/11/2023
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 29/11/2023
Second readingAssembly
- Second reading moved
- 29/11/2023
- Debate resumed
- 20/02/2024
- Amendments circulated
- 20/02/2024
The Greens (Ellen Sandell) circulated amendments.
Ellen Sandell - amendments.pdf(opens in a new window)Ellen Sandell - amendments.docx(opens in a new window)
- Reasoned amendment
- 20/02/2024
The Opposition (James Newbury) moved a reasoned amendment.
James Newbury - reasoned amendment.pdf(opens in a new window)James Newbury - reasoned amendment.docx(opens in a new window)James Newbury's reasoned amendment was defeated.
- Government business program
- 20/02/2024
Debate on this Bill must be completed by 5.00 pm on Thursday 22/2/2024.
- Second reading passed
- 22/02/2024
Third readingAssembly
- Third reading moved
- 22/02/2024
- Third reading passed
- 22/02/2024
Second House: Legislative Council
Message received from AssemblyCouncil
- Message received from Assembly
- 22/02/2024
First readingCouncil
- Introduced by Hon Ingrid Stitt
- First reading passed
- 22/02/2024
- Statement of compatibility tabled
- 22/02/2024
Second readingCouncil
- Second reading moved
- 22/02/2024
- Debate resumed
- 07/03/2024
- Greens amendments circulated
- 07/03/2024
- Reasoned amendment
- 07/03/2024
The following reasoned amendment moved by David Davis (Opposition) was debated and defeated.
That all the words after “That” be omitted and replaced with “the Bill be withdrawn and not reintroduced until the Government —
1. guarantees secure and reliable energy for every Victorian, noting the recent system collapse which led to 530,000 people without power;
2. commits to energy being affordable, noting the 25 per cent price increase over the last year;
3. details how Victoria will have adequate baseload power, noting the State Government’s ban on gas;
4. sets out a plan to upgrade 57-year-old transmission infrastructure, noting that almost one in seven of Victoria’s 13,000 electricity transmission towers is damaged and experts warned the Government in 2020 of the risks in extreme weather events;
5. reveals to Victorians exactly how the new planning powers, and ministerial directions, will operate, and why the Government is stripping communities from planning decisions;
6. explains what the impact will be on agricultural land, when analysis from the Government’s offshore wind policy directions paper of March 2020 shows that to meet net zero targets, up to 70 per cent of Victoria’s land will need to host wind and solar farms;
7. provides an update on how Victoria will reach the 2032 wind target, noting the collapse of the flagship project in Hastings; and
8. provides public transparency on climate measures through a website with live measures covering emissions, renewable energy, battery storage, and wind energy.”.
- Second reading passed
- 07/03/2024
Committee of the wholeCouncil
- Date committed
- 07/03/2024
- Committee of the whole completed - Bill amended
- 07/03/2024
The Council agreed to amendment 3 on SMA08C moved by Dr Sarah Mansfield (Australian Greens).
LC Amendment schedule - Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023.docx(opens in a new window)LC Amendment schedule - Climate Change and Energy Legislation Amendment (Renewable Energy and Storage Targets) Bill 2023.pdf(opens in a new window)
Third readingCouncil
- Third reading moved
- 07/03/2024
- Third reading passed
- 07/03/2024
Dealing with Council amendments
- Dealing with Council amendments
- 07/03/2024
The Council agreed to an amendment moved by Dr Sarah Mansfield (Australian Greens).
- Dealing with Council amendments
- 19/03/2024
The Legislative Assembly agreed to the amendment made by the Legislative Council.
Royal Assent
- Royal Assent given
- 26/03/2024
- Act number 9/2024