Bills are draft acts of Parliament which are introduced into the House for discussion. A law begins its life as a Bill. This is a proposal for a new Act of Parliament. However before a Bill can become an Act it must pass through several stages in the Parliament. As it passes through Parliament a Bill can be amended during the Committee stages. All actions taken by a government must always be lawful in terms of the Constitution. That means that no Bill can be in conflict with what is in the Constitution. The only exception to this is a Bill to amend the Constitution.

There are two main types of Bills in the Vanuatu Parliament. These are Government Bills and Private Bills. The Budget is simply a rather complicated form of Government Bill and it will be dealt with separately. Government Bills are by far the most common. They may arise from party policy, or because interest groups have asked for them or because the Administration has decided it needs them or they may be to make Vanuatu follow a new international agreement or United Nations resolution.

These are the bills put before Parliament for the First Ordinary Session of 2025

(8th may 2025)

Bill No.	Bill Title	English version	Version Française	Status
1	-Bill for the Harmful Digital Communications (Am) Act No.   of 2025    -Projet de Loi No. de 2025 relative aux Communications numériques préjudiciables (Mod)
2	-Bill for the Passport (Amendment) Act No.  of 2025  -Projet de Loi No. de 2025 sur les Passeports (Mod)
3	-Bill for the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act No.  of 2025  -Projet de Loi No. de 2025 sur les Jours fériés (Mod)
4	-Bill for the Utilities Regulatory Authority (Amendment) Act No.  of 2025  -Projet de Loi No. de 2025 relative a l'office de Reglementation des Services Publics (Mod)
5	-Bill for the Public Finance and Economic Management (Am) Act No.   of 2025 -Projet de Loi No.   de 2025 sur les Finances publiques et gestion économique (Mod)
6	-Bill for the Staute Law (Miscellanous Provisions) Act No.   of 2025 -Projet de Loi Modificative No. de 2025  (Dispositions diverses)
7	-Bill for the Government Contracts and Tenders (Am) Act No.   of 2025 -Projet de Loi No. de 2025 sur les Marchés publics et marchés par adjudication (Mod)