Bills / Bill 47 of 2020

Public bill

Seanad Bill 2020

Current Most recent stage: Committee Stage

How far it has got

  1. First Stage
  2. Second Stage
  3. Committee Stage
  4. Report Stage
  5. Fifth Stage
  6. Enacted

The five Dáil stages, then enactment. A bill that starts in the Seanad, or is sent back by it, can take a different route. How a bill becomes law

What the bill says it does

Bill entitled an Act to reform Seanad Éireann within the terms of the Constitution and for that purpose to expand the franchise at Seanad elections; to provide for the establishment of the Seanad Electoral Commission; to provide for the repeal of the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947 and the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937, and to provide for related matters.

This is the bill's official long title.