Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State

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Information

Sponsor

Jolin-Barrette, Simon,	Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness

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 respecting the laicity of the State (PDF,  166 KB) 
• Sitting held on March 28, 2019

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State
• Sitting held on May 7, 2019
• Sitting held on May 8, 2019
• Sitting held on May 9, 2019
• Sitting held on May 14, 2019
• Sitting held on May 15, 2019
• Sitting held on May 16, 2019

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Special consultations on Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State (PDF,  754 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 28, 2019

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on May 29, 2019 (Débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on May 30, 2019 (Reprise du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on June 3, 2019 (Le débat étant terminé, un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on June 4, 2019 (Vote : Pour 77, Contre 38, Abstention 0)

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State
• Amendements rejetés, retirés ou irrecevables - PL 21 (PDF,  135 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 21 (PDF,  52 KB) 
• 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 11, 2019
• Sitting held on June 12, 2019
• Sitting held on June 13, 2019
• Sitting held on June 16, 2019

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 21, An Act respecting the laicity of the State. The Committee did not conclude its clause-by-clause consideration of the bill (PDF,  904 KB) 
• Amendement rejeté - PL 21 (PDF,  15 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 16, 2019 (amendements)

Passage

• Sitting held on June 16, 2019 (Vote : Pour 73, Contre 35, Abstention 0)

Assent

• An Act respecting the laicity of the State

Date of assent: June 16, 2019

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2019, chapitre 12

Coming into force

le 16 juin 2019