Proposed Bills can be Members' Bills, Committee Bills, Private Bills or Hybrid Bills.
Under the Parliament’s rules, an MSP who wishes to introduce a Member’s Bill must first lodge a proposal. A committee that wishes to introduce a Committee Bill must also first lodge a proposal.
A proposal is “current” until either:
at which point the proposal is “completed”.
For a Private Bill or a Hybrid Bill to be introduced, notice must be given in a newspaper. There are currently no proposed Private or Hybrid Bills.
Displaying 27 Proposed Bills
Introduced: 15 June 2023
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Bill Introduced Proposed by: Gillian Mackay, Scottish Green Party
Introduced: 08 September 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Bill Introduced Proposed by: Liam McArthur, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Introduced: 25 September 2024
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Final proposal Proposed by: Colin Smyth, Scottish Labour
Introduced: 01 October 2024
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Final proposal Proposed by: Meghan Gallacher, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Introduced: 06 December 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Bill Introduced Proposed by: Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Introduced: 09 November 2021
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Bill Introduced Proposed by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Scottish Labour
Introduced: 13 September 2023
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Right to introduce a Bill Proposed by: Maurice Golden, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Introduced: 07 September 2023
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Right to introduce a Bill Proposed by: Pam Gosal, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Introduced: 16 November 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Proposal fallen Proposed by: Alex Rowley, Scottish Labour
Introduced: 24 May 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposal Stage: Draft proposal Proposed by: Paul Sweeney, Scottish Labour