The bill failed upon the conclusion of the parliamentary session in November 2019,[1] and withdrawal took place on 31 January 2020 without a second referendum.

The Bill would have required the Secretary of State to lay before each House of Parliament a copy of the proposed Withdrawal Agreement no later than 31 October 2018.

The Bill stipulated the following proposed question to appear on ballot papers: Do you support the Government’s proposed United Kingdom and Gibraltar Agreement for withdrawal from the European Union or Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?

(2) The Prime Minister must notify the European Commission of the retraction of the notification under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union of the United Kingdom’s intention to leave the European Union.The Bill stipulated that if both conditions required to rectify the proposed Withdrawal Agreement could not be legally met (i.e., the Withdrawal Agreement was approved by "public vote," but rejected by Parliament) then the provisions of section 2 of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 would automatically come into effect within one week of the result, as follows: [...] the provisions of section 2 of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011 ("early parliamentary general election") shall apply in these circumstances as if the House of Commons had passed a motion under section 2(2) of that Act.The bill passed its first reading on 9 May 2018.

[3] The bill failed with the conclusion of the 2017–19 parliamentary session upon Parliament's dissolution on 6 November 2019 in advance of the 2019 general election.