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Bills · Government Bill · 2024-26

Sentencing Act 2026: stages, votes and documents

The Sentencing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 22 January 2026, 142 days after its first reading in the House of Commons on 2 September 2025. MPs divided on it 14 times between 16 September 2025 and 20 January 2026; the narrowest margin was 125 (Amendment 24).

Stages taken place
16
Commons divisions
14
Documents listed
17
Royal Assent
22 January 2026

What the bill is for

The long title reads:

A Bill to make provision about the sentencing, release and management after sentencing of offenders; to make provision about bail; to make provision about the removal from the United Kingdom of foreign criminals; and for connected purposes.

Sponsors

Stages

StageHouseSittings
1st readingCommons2 September 2025
2nd readingCommons16 September 2025
Programme motionCommons16 September 2025
Money resolutionCommons16 September 2025
Committee of the whole HouseCommons21 October 2025
Report stageCommons29 October 2025
3rd readingCommons29 October 2025
1st readingLords30 October 2025
2nd readingLords12 November 2025
Committee stageLords26 November 2025, 1 December 2025, 3 December 2025
Report stageLords6 January 2026
3rd readingLords12 January 2026
Programme motionCommons20 January 2026
Consideration of Lords amendmentsCommons20 January 2026
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasonsLords21 January 2026
Royal AssentUnassigned22 January 2026

Commons divisions on this bill

DateDivisionAyesNoes
16 September 2025Sentencing Bill: Reasoned Amendment on Second Reading78292
16 September 2025Sentencing Bill: Second Reading34077
21 October 2025Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 46105381
21 October 2025Sentencing Bill Committee: Clause 1, as amended, stand part389102
21 October 2025Sentencing Bill Committee: Amendment 24182307
21 October 2025Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 6167313
21 October 2025Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 9104317
21 October 2025Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 3077390
29 October 2025Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1170328
29 October 2025Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 1282314
29 October 2025Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 19173323
29 October 2025Sentencing Bill Report Stage: New Clause 20182311
29 October 2025Sentencing Bill: Third Reading321103
20 January 2026Sentencing Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 7319127

Documents

Act of Parliament

Bill

Explanatory Notes

Impact Assessments

Delegated Powers Memorandum

Briefing papers

Official record

Sources

RecordReadSHA-256
Bills API: bill25 October 2026185147eab40e7429…
Bills API: stages25 October 20264e20ae752d3e651e…
Bills API: publications15 October 20269f25265069dea482…

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