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 21 Proposed Bills
Lodged: 14 February 2025
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by:
Lodged: 18 May 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Gillian Mackay, Scottish Green Party
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 08 September 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Liam McArthur, Scottish Liberal Democrats
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 06 December 2022
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Jeremy Balfour, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 09 November 2021
Proposal type: Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, Scottish Labour
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill
Lodged: 21 October 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Maurice Golden, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 23 August 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Pam Gosal, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 16 November 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Alex Rowley, Scottish Labour
Stage: Proposal fallen
Lodged: 24 May 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Paul Sweeney, Scottish Labour
Stage: Draft proposal
Lodged: 01 November 2022
Proposal type: This is a proposal for a Member’s Bill
Proposed by: Murdo Fraser, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Stage: Right to introduce a Bill