Bill 2, An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis

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Information

Sponsor

Carmant, Lionel,	Minister for Health and Social Services

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 42^nd Legislature, 1^st Session

Stages in the consideration of the Bill

Definition of the terms used:

• Amendment (one or more changes were made to the bill at this stage)
• Majority vote (the bill went through this stage with majority support in the Assemblée)
• Vote : Yeas, Nays, Abstentions; (the bill went through this stage following a vote, the results of which were recorded)
• The date of assent is followed by the year and chapter number of the Act assented to as they will appear in the Statutes of Québec. For instance, “2007, c. 7” following a date of assent means “Statutes of Québec 2007, chapter 7”.

Introduction

• An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis (PDF,  138 KB) 
• Sitting held on December 5, 2018

Special consultations

• Committee on Health and Social Services
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 2, An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis
• Sitting held on February 12, 2019
• Sitting held on February 13, 2019
• Sitting held on February 19, 2019
• Sitting held on February 20, 2019

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Health and Social Services - Special consultations on Bill 2, An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis (PDF,  712 KB) 
• Sitting held on February 21, 2019

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on February 28, 2019 (Débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on March 19, 2019 (Reprise du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on April 10, 2019 (Reprise du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on April 11, 2019 (Reprise du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on May 9, 2019 (Le débat terminé, la motion est mise aux voix; un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on May 14, 2019 (Vote : Pour 65, Contre 49, Abstention 0)

Committee stage

• Committee on Health and Social Services
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 2, An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis
• Amendements rejetés, retirés ou irrecevables - PL 2 (PDF,  455 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 2 (PDF,  218 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 14, 2019
• Sitting held on May 15, 2019
• Sitting held on May 16, 2019
• Sitting held on May 28, 2019
• Sitting held on May 29, 2019
• Sitting held on May 30, 2019
• Sitting held on May 31, 2019
• Sitting held on June 3, 2019
• Sitting held on June 4, 2019
• Sitting held on June 5, 2019
• Sitting held on June 6, 2019
• Sitting held on June 7, 2019
• Sitting held on June 10, 2019
• Sitting held on June 11, 2019
• Sitting held on June 12, 2019
• Sitting held on June 13, 2019
• Sitting held on June 14, 2019
• Sitting held on August 21, 2019

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Health and Social Services - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 2, An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Sitting held on September 17, 2019 (amendements)

Report stage

• Amendments (adopted) of the Minister for Health and Social Services - PL 2 (PDF,  143 KB) 
• Amendements rejetés du député de Pontiac - PL 2 (PDF,  84 KB) 
• Sitting held on September 19, 2019 (Débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on September 24, 2019 (Vote : Pour 64, contre 45, Abstention 0; rapport amendé adopté)

Passage

• Sitting held on September 24, 2019 (Débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on September 25, 2019 (Poursuite du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on October 24, 2019 (Le débat terminé, un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on October 29, 2019 (Vote : Pour 64, Contre 43, Abstention 0)

Assent

• An Act to tighten the regulation of cannabis

Date of assent: November 1, 2019

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2019, chapitre 21

Coming into force

le 1er novembre 2019, sauf exceptions