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 24 Proposed Bills
Lodged: 24 May 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Paul Sweeney, Scottish Labour
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 28 February 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Murdo Fraser, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 01 November 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Katy Clark, Scottish Labour
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 01 August 2024
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Jeremy Balfour, Independent
Stage: Proposal fallen
Lodged: 19 January 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Graham Simpson, Reform UK
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 06 October 2021
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Douglas Ross, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 02 September 2021
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Rhoda Grant, Scottish Labour
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 28 April 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Liz Smith, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 20 September 2021
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Mark Griffin, Scottish Labour
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 15 December 2021
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Jamie Greene, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Stage: Draft proposal