NSW parliament has voted to send a man "as Queenslander as Wally Lewis" to the Senate after concerns over his eligibility were dismissed.

Sean Bell's ascension to represent NSW in the Senate progressed on Thursday afternoon after a joint sitting of the state's parliament.

But it was far from easy with his party - One Nation - needing to rely on another party to get its pick put forward, and questions raised over his ties to NSW.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson announced on Tuesday Mr Bell would fill the vacancy due to the departure of Warwick Stacey, who was elected in May but resigned in August due to health issues.

But Mr Bell lives in Queensland.

One Nation is no longer represented in the NSW parliament after its three sitting members all quit the party.

One of them, Mark Latham,

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