Bill 26, An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice

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Information

Sponsor

Jolin-Barrette, Simon,	Minister of Justice

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 43^rd 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 amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice (PDF,  227 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 9, 2023

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on May 24, 2023 (Débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on May 25, 2023 (à la majorité des voix)

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 16, An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice
• Sitting held on June 1, 2023

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Special consultations on Bill 26, An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice (PDF,  883 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 2, 2023

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 26, an Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice
• Amendments adopted - PL 26 (PDF,  89 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 2, 2023
• Sitting held on June 6, 2023

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 26, An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on June 6, 2023 (amendement)

Report stage

• Amendments (adopted) of the Minister of Justice - PL 26 (PDF,  642 KB) 
• Amendement irrecevable du député de l'Acadie - PL 26 (PDF,  396 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 7, 2023 (adopté, tel qu'amendé la majorité des voix)

Passage

• Sitting held on June 8, 2023 (à la majorité de voix)

Assent

• An Act to amend the Courts of Justice Act to, in particular, give effect to the agreement between the chief judge of the Court of Québec and the Minister of Justice

Date of assent: June 9, 2023

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2023, chapitre 18

Coming into force

le 1er avril 2024, sauf exceptions