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Bills as they pass through Parliament: stages, sponsors, types, where they get stuck, and the Bureau motions that timetabled them.

129
Current MSPs
416
MSPs ever elected
14
Parties on record
471
Bills tracked
1,752
Bill stages
1,469
Timetable motions
Legislation

Bills, stage by stage

Clear
Currently in progress
4
bills not yet passed, stopped or stalled
Latest activity
Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rig
Introduced · 09 Sep 2026
Bills with activity 2026
23
37 in 2025 (-14)
Total tracked
471
since 1999 · 1,752 stages
Completed final stage 408 In progress 5 Stalled 12+ months 8 Stopped/fell 50

Progress status is inferred from the latest structured bill stage. “Stopped/fell” means the bill did not reach a final stage before the current session.

Hit rate

Bills that made it through, by type

Type Bills Completed Rate
Government 163 160 98.2%
Executive 149 146 98.0%
Member's 96 41 42.7%
Budget 28 28 100.0%
Private 24 22 91.7%
Committee 10 10 100.0%
Hybrid 1 1 100.0%
Where things stall

The last stage non-completed bills reached

Latest stage Bills Stopped Stalled
Stage 1 32 25 3
Introduced 30 24 5
Consideration Stage 1 1 0
Showing 5 of 5 bills in session S6. Latest 30 days: 0 bills with stage activity.
Bill Type Introduced Latest stage (desc) Status Stages
Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill
SP Bill 1 · Gilruth, Jenny
Government 09 Sep 2026 Introduced
09 Sep 2026
 In progress 2
Freedom of Information Reform (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill 72 · Clark, Katy
Member's 02 Jun 2025 Stage 1
17 Feb 2026
 In progress 3
Ecocide (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill 70 · Lennon, Monica
Member's 29 May 2025 Stage 1
05 Feb 2026
 In progress 3
Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill 69 · Regan, Ash
Member's 20 May 2025 Stage 1
03 Feb 2026
 In progress 2
Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill
SP Bill 63 · Boyack, Sarah
Member's 27 Mar 2025 Stage 1
22 Jan 2026
 In progress 2
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SP Bill 1

Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill

Type
Government
Sponsor
Gilruth, Jenny
Stage records
2
Inferred status
In progress
Matched timetable motions
6

Stage timeline

  1. Stage 1
    Unknown
  2. Introduced
    09 Sep 2026 · Watch on SPTV ↗

Bureau motions that timetabled this bill

Stage 1 Timetable 07 Oct 2026
S7M-01506 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 13 November 2026.
Designation of Lead Committee 16 Sep 2026
S7M-01189 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees that the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Commonwealth Citizens) Bill at Stage 1.
Variation of Standing Orders 31 May 2022
S6M-04728 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees, for the purposes of consideration of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill at stage 3, that Rule 9.10.2A be varied to replace the word "fifth" with "third”, so that the deadline for lodging a stage 3 amendment will be the third sitting day in advance of proceedings.
Stage 2 Timetable 20 Apr 2022
S6M-04079 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill at stage 2 be completed by 20 May 2022.
Stage 1 Timetable 02 Mar 2022
S6M-03426 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees that consideration of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) (Scotland) Bill at stage 1 be completed by 1 April 2022.
Designation of Lead Committee 23 Feb 2022
S6M-03307 · Parliamentary Bureau
That the Parliament agrees that the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Scottish Local Government Elections (Candidacy Rights of Foreign Nationals) Bill at stage 1.