Bill 187, An Act to protect the confidentiality of journalistic sources

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Information

Sponsor

Vallée, Stéphanie,	Minister of Justice

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 41^st 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 protect the confidentiality of journalistic sources (PDF,  73 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 15, 2018

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on June 15, 2018
• The proposed amendments to Bill 187, An Act to protect the confidentiality of journalistic sources (PDF,  22 KB) 

Committee stage

• Amendement rejeté du député de Gouin - commission plénière - PL 187 (PDF,  23 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 15, 2018

Report stage

• Sitting held on June 15, 2018

Passage

• Sitting held on June 15, 2018

Assent

• An Act to protect the confidentiality of journalistic sources

Date of assent: June 15, 2018

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2018, chapitre 26

Coming into force

le 15 juin 2018