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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

415

MSPs ever elected

Parties on record

473

Bills tracked

1,750

Bill stages

1,457

Timetable motions

Legislation

Bills, stage by stage

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Currently in progress

bills not yet passed, stopped or stalled

Latest activity

Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

Stage 3 · 24 Mar 2026

Bills with activity 2026

37 in 2025 (-15)

Total tracked

473

since 1999 · 1,750 stages

Completed final stage 408 In progress 5 Stalled 12+ months 7 Stopped/fell 53

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	162	160	98.8%
Executive	152	146	96.1%
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	2
Introduced	29	24	5
Stage 2	3	3	0
Consideration Stage	1	1	0

Showing 7 of 7 bills in session S6. Latest 30 days: 0 bills with stage activity.

Bill	Type	Introduced	Latest stage (desc)	Status	Stages
Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill SP Bill 68 · Gallacher, Meghan	Member's	14 May 2025	Introduced 14 May 2025	Stalled 12+ months	2
Prevention of Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Bill SP Bill 67 · Gosal, Pam	Member's	07 May 2025	Introduced 07 May 2025	Stalled 12+ months	2
Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill SP Bill 64 · Smyth, Colin	Member's	02 Apr 2025	Introduced 02 Apr 2025	Stalled 12+ months	2
Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill SP Bill 54 · Constance, Angela	Government	11 Dec 2024	Introduced 11 Dec 2024	Stalled 12+ months	2
Scottish Employment Injuries Advisory Council Bill SP Bill 30 · Griffin, Mark	Member's	08 Jun 2023	Stage 1 18 Apr 2024	Stalled 12+ months	2
Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill SP Bill 43 · Balfour, Jeremy	Member's	08 Feb 2024	Introduced 08 Feb 2024	Stalled 12+ months	2
Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill SP Bill 14 · Duncan-Glancy, Pam	Member's	20 Apr 2022	Stage 1 23 Nov 2023	Stalled 12+ months	2

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SP Bill 64

Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill

Type

Member's

Sponsor

Smyth, Colin

Stage records

Inferred status

Stalled 12+ months

Matched timetable motions

Stage timeline

Stage 1
Unknown
Introduced
02 Apr 2025 · Watch on SPTV ↗

Bureau motions that timetabled this bill

Designation of Lead Committee 23 Apr 2025

S6M-17271 · Parliamentary Bureau

That the Parliament agrees that the Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee be designated as the lead committee in consideration of the Commissioner for Older People (Scotland) Bill at stage 1.