Complex sentence: Following that election, a same-sex marriage bill was put to the parliament in September 2015 and had its first reading on 24 November 2015, and that bill is expected to receive a second reading in the third week of March 2016.
Split into simpler sentences: Following that election, a same-sex marriage bill was put to the parliament in September 2015 and had its first reading on 24 November 2015. The bill is expected to receive a second reading in the third week of March 2016.