Bill 72, An Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit

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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 protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit (PDF,  401 KB) 
• Sitting held on September 12, 2024

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on September 19, 2024

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 72, an Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit
• Sitting held on October 2, 2024
• Sitting held on October 8, 2024

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Special consultations on Bill 72, An Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit (PDF,  1,003 KB) 
• Sitting held on October 9, 2024

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 72, an Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit
• Amendments adopted - PL 72 (PDF,  6 MB) 
• Sitting held on October 22, 2024
• Sitting held on October 23, 2024

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 72, An Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit (PDF,  7 MB) 
• Sitting held on October 24, 2024 (amendements)

Report stage

• Sitting held on October 31, 2024

Passage

• Sitting held on November 7, 2024

Assent

• An Act to protect consumers against abusive commercial practices and to offer better transparency with respect to prices and credit

Date of assent: November 7, 2024

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2024, chapitre 32

Coming into force

le 7 novembre 2024, sauf exceptions