Bill 50, An Act to enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection

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Information

Sponsor

Bonnardel, François,	Minister of Public Security

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 enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection (PDF,  596 KB) 
• Sitting held on January 31, 2024

Special consultations

• Committee on Planning and the Public Domain
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 50, an Act to enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection
• Sitting held on March 19, 2024
• Sitting held on March 20, 2024

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Planning and the Public Domain - Special consultations on Bill 50, An Act to enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection (PDF,  991 KB) 
• Sitting held on March 21, 2024

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on March 26, 2024

Committee stage

• Committee on Planning and the Public Domain
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 50, An Act to enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection
• Amendements non adoptés - PL 50 (PDF,  850 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 50 (PDF,  5 MB) 
• Sitting held on April 9, 2024
• Sitting held on April 10, 2024
• Sitting held on April 11, 2024
• Sitting held on May 2, 2024
• Sitting held on May 7, 2024

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Planning and the Public Domain - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 50, An Act to enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection. The report contains amendments to the bill (PDF,  8 MB) 
• Sitting held on May 8, 2024 (amendements)

Report stage

• Amendements rejetés de la députée de Westmount-Saint-Louis - PL 50 (PDF,  103 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 21, 2024

Passage

• Sitting held on May 22, 2024

Assent

• An Act to enact the Act respecting civil protection to promote disaster resilience and to amend various provisions relating in particular to emergency communication centres and to forest fire protection

Date of assent: May 28, 2024

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2024,chapitre 18

Coming into force

le 28 mai 2024, sauf exceptions