Bill 8, An Act to improve justice efficiency and accessibility, in particular by promoting mediation and arbitration and by simplifying civil procedure in the Court of Québec

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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 improve justice efficiency and accessibility, in particular by promoting mediation and arbitration and by simplifying civil procedure in the Court of Québec (PDF,  346 KB) 
• Sitting held on February 1, 2023

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on February 7, 2023

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 8, an Act to improve justice efficiency and accessibility, in particular by promoting mediation and arbitration and by simplifying civil procedure in the Court of Québec
• Sitting held on February 15, 2023
• Sitting held on February 16, 2023

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Sitting held on February 21, 2023

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 8, an Act to improve justice efficiency and accessibility, in particular by promoting mediation and arbitration and by simplifying civil procedure in the Court of Québec
• Amendements non adoptés (PDF,  153 KB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 8 (PDF,  453 KB) 
• Sitting held on February 21, 2023
• Sitting held on February 22, 2023

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 8, An Act to improve justice efficiency and accessibility, in particular by promoting mediation and arbitration and by simplifying civil procedure in the Court of Québec (PDF,  3 MB) 
• Sitting held on February 23, 2023 (amendements)

Report stage

• Sitting held on March 14, 2023

Passage

• Sitting held on March 15, 2023

Assent

• An Act to improve justice efficiency and accessibility, in particular by promoting mediation and arbitration and by simplifying civil procedure in the Court of Québec

Date of assent: March 15, 2023

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2023, chapitre 3

Coming into force

le 15 mars 2023, sauf exceptions