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# Public Submissions are Open for Protection for First Responders & Correction Officers Bill
- URL: https://goodoil.news/public-submissions-are-open-for-protection-for-first-responders-correction-officers-bill/
- Published: 2019-12-19T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-12-18T05:07:50.000Z
- Author: General
- Tags: Law, NZ, NZ Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 03:49

**NZ First**

We’ve got some great news. Public submissions are open for Darroch Ball’s Protection for First Responders and Correction Officers Bill.

The Bill proposes a **mandatory minimum sentence of 6 months’ imprisonment for those who assault first responders and corrections officers,** and passed its first reading in Parliament last week.

The select committee process is an opportunity for you to make your voice heard on the bill. Submissions close at midnight on 12 February 2020.

Show that you back our first responders and corrections officers by [**making a submission here.**](https://www.nzfirst.org.nz/making%5Fa%5Fsubmission%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fprotection%5Ffor%5Ffirst%5Fresponders%5Fand%5Fcorrections%5Fofficers%5Fbill?utm%5Fcampaign=17%5F12%5F19%5Ffirst%5Fresponders&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=nzfirst)

- **[View the Bill](https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/bills-and-laws/bills-proposed-laws/document/BILL%5F78241/protection-for-first-responders-and-prison-officers-bill?ref=goodoil.news)**
- **[Create a Submission](https://www.nzfirst.org.nz/making%5Fa%5Fsubmission%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fprotection%5Ffor%5Ffirst%5Fresponders%5Fand%5Fcorrections%5Fofficers%5Fbill?utm%5Fcampaign=17%5F12%5F19%5Ffirst%5Fresponders&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fsource=nzfirst)**

**Help us protect our first responders**