Bill 61, An Act to restart Québec’s economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Information

Sponsor

Dubé, Christian,	Minister Responsible for Government Administration Chair of the Conseil du trésor
New sponsor
LeBel, Sonia	Minister Responsible for Government Administration Chair of the Conseil du trésor Date of change of sponsor September 22, 2020

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

• Amendments to Bill 61, An Act to restart Québec’s economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF,  252 KB) 
• An Act to restart Québec’s economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF,  305 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 3, 2020 (Vote : Pour 119, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Special consultations

• Committee on Public Finance
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 61, An Act to restart Québec’s economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Sitting held on June 8, 2020
• Sitting held on June 9, 2020
• Sitting held on June 10, 2020

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Public Finance - Special consultations on Bill 61, An Act to restart Québec’s economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic (PDF,  993 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 11, 2020

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on June 12, 2020 (débat amorcé puis ajourné)