Bill 39, Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act

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Information

Sponsor

Maltais, Agnès,	Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 40^th 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

• Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on May 8, 2013

Special consultations

• Committee on Public Finance
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 39, Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act
• Sitting held on September 3, 2013
• Sitting held on September 6, 2013
• Sitting held on September 9, 2013
• Sitting held on September 11, 2013

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• The report from the Committee on Public Finance, which, on 3, 6, 9 and 11 September 2013, held public hearings within the framework of special consultations on Bill 39, Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act (PDF,  904 KB) 
• Sitting held on September 17, 2013

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on October 1, 2013 (À la majorité des voix)

Committee stage

• Committee on Public Finance
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 39, Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act
• Amendements retirés (PDF,  98 KB) 
• Amendments adopted (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Sitting held on October 22, 2013
• Sitting held on November 12, 2013
• Sitting held on November 14, 2013
• Sitting held on November 19, 2013
• Sitting held on November 21, 2013

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• A report from the Committee on Public Finance, which met on 22 October, as well as on 12, 14, 19 and 21 November 2013 for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 39, Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act. The report contains certain amendments to the bill (PDF,  3 MB) 
• Sitting held on November 27, 2013 (Amendements)

Report stage

• Amendements (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on November 28, 2013 (Amendements)

Passage

• Sitting held on November 29, 2013 (Le débat terminé la motion est mise au voix; un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on December 3, 2013 (Vote : Pour 103, Contre 2, Abstention 0)

Assent

• Voluntary Retirement Savings Plans Act

Date of assent: December 4, 2013

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2013, chapitre 26

Coming into force

1er juillet 2014, sauf exceptions