Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information

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Information

Sponsor

LeBel, Sonia,	Minister Responsible for Democratic Institutions, Electoral Reform and Access to Information
New sponsor
Caire, Éric	Minister Responsible for Access to Information and the Protection of Personal Information Date of change of sponsor February 2, 2021
Jolin-Barrette, Simon	Minister Responsible for Access to Information and the Protection of Personal Information 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

• An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (PDF,  379 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 12, 2020 (Vote : Pour 120, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information
• Sitting held on September 22, 2020
• Sitting held on September 23, 2020
• Sitting held on September 24, 2020
• Sitting held on September 29, 2020

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Special consultations on Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (PDF,  1,001 KB) 
• Sitting held on September 30, 2020

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on October 1, 2020 (Le débat est amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on October 20, 2020 (Vote : Pour 120, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information
• Amendements non-adoptés - PL 64 (PDF,  887 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 64 (PDF,  4 MB) 
• Sitting held on February 2, 2021
• Sitting held on February 3, 2021
• Sitting held on February 4, 2021
• Sitting held on February 10, 2021
• Sitting held on February 17, 2021
• Sitting held on March 10, 2021
• Sitting held on March 17, 2021
• Sitting held on March 24, 2021
• Sitting held on March 31, 2021
• Sitting held on April 14, 2021
• Sitting held on April 21, 2021
• Sitting held on May 11, 2021
• Sitting held on May 12, 2021
• Sitting held on May 13, 2021
• Sitting held on May 27, 2021
• Sitting held on June 8, 2021
• Sitting held on June 9, 2021
• Sitting held on August 17, 2021
• Sitting held on August 18, 2021
• Sitting held on August 24, 2021

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information (PDF,  6 MB) 
• Sitting held on September 14, 2021 (amendements)

Report stage

• Amendements rejetés du député de LaFontaine - PL 64 (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Amendments (adopted) of the Minister Responsible for Access to Information and the Protection of Personal Information (PDF,  697 KB) 
• Sitting held on September 15, 2021 (débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on September 16, 2021 (adopté, tel qu'amendé (Vote : Pour 116, Contre 0, Abstention 0))

Passage

• Sitting held on September 21, 2021 (Vote : Pour 116, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Assent

• An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information

Date of assent: September 22, 2021

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2021, chapitre 25

Coming into force

le 22 septembre 2023, sauf exceptions