Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec

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Information

Sponsor

Jolin-Barrette, Simon,	Minister Responsible for the French Language

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 42^nd Legislature, 1^st Session
was re-instated during the 42^nd Legislature, 2^nd Session le October 20, 2021.

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 respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (PDF,  585 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 13, 2021 (Vote : Pour 121, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Special consultations

• Committee on Culture and Education
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec
• Sitting held on September 21, 2021
• Sitting held on September 22, 2021
• Sitting held on September 23, 2021
• Sitting held on September 28, 2021
• Sitting held on September 29, 2021
• Sitting held on September 30, 2021
• Sitting held on October 5, 2021
• Sitting held on October 6, 2021
• Sitting held on October 7, 2021

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Culture and Education - Special consultations on Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on October 21, 2021

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on November 2, 2021 (Débat amorcé, puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on November 3, 2021 (Reprise du débat puis ajournement)
• Sitting held on November 4, 2021 (Vote : Pour 116, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Committee stage

• Committee on Culture and Education
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec
• Amendements non adoptés - PL 96 (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Amendments adopted - PL 96 (PDF,  7 MB) 
• Sitting held on November 23, 2021
• Sitting held on November 24, 2021
• Sitting held on December 7, 2021
• Sitting held on December 8, 2021
• Sitting held on December 9, 2021
• Sitting held on February 1, 2022
• Sitting held on February 2, 2022
• Sitting held on February 3, 2022
• Sitting held on February 8, 2022
• Sitting held on February 9, 2022
• Sitting held on February 10, 2022
• Sitting held on February 15, 2022
• Sitting held on February 16, 2022
• Sitting held on February 17, 2022
• Sitting held on February 22, 2022
• Sitting held on February 23, 2022
• Sitting held on February 24, 2022
• Sitting held on March 15, 2022
• Sitting held on March 16, 2022
• Sitting held on March 17, 2022
• Sitting held on March 22, 2022
• Sitting held on March 23, 2022
• Sitting held on March 29, 2022
• Sitting held on March 30, 2022
• Sitting held on April 5, 2022
• Sitting held on April 6, 2022
• Sitting held on April 7, 2022
• Sitting held on April 12, 2022
• Sitting held on April 13, 2022
• Sitting held on April 14, 2022

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Culture and Education - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec (PDF,  10 MB) 
• Sitting held on April 26, 2022 (amendements)

Report stage

• Amendments (adopted) of the Minister Responsible for the French Language - PL 96 (PDF,  4 MB) 
• Amendement rejeté de la députée de Marguerite-Bourgeoys - PL 96 (PDF,  50 KB) 
• Amendements rejetés de la députée de Mercier - PL 96 (PDF,  100 KB) 
• Amendements rejetés du député de Matane-Matapédia - PL 96 (PDF,  53 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 11, 2022 (Le débat étant terminé, un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on May 12, 2022 (adopté, tel qu'amendé (Vote : Pour 68, Contre 18, Abstention 6))

Passage

• Sitting held on May 12, 2022 (Débat amorcé puis ajourné)
• Sitting held on May 24, 2022 (Vote : Pour 79, Contre 29, Abstention 0)

Assent

• An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec

Date of assent: June 1, 2022

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2022, chapitre 14

Coming into force

le 1er juin 2022, sauf exceptions