Division Description Changes — Bills — Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017; Second Reading — 7th Feb 2018

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representatives vote 2018-02-07#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2018-05-04 15:10:47	Title Bills — Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017; Second Reading Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Main idea of the bill Description ~~<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of the main idea of [the bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5971), which means our Members of Parliament (MPs) can now start discussing it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, this was a vote to read the bill [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ### Main idea of the bill The bill was introduced to allow the minister to decide that something is a 'prohibited item' in relation to an immigration detention facility and increases the powers of authorised officers and assistants to search both facilities and people entering those facilities in order to find and seize those items. Read more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd053).

Bills — Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017; Second Reading
Migration Amendment (Prohibiting Items in Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2017 - Second Reading - Main idea of the bill

~~<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>~~
The majority voted in favour of the main idea of [the bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5971), which means our Members of Parliament (MPs) can now start discussing it in more detail.
In parliamentary jargon, this was a vote to read the bill [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
### Main idea of the bill
The bill was introduced to allow the minister to decide that something is a 'prohibited item' in relation to an immigration detention facility and increases the powers of authorised officers and assistants to search both facilities and people entering those facilities in order to find and seize those items.
Read more in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd053).