Debates of the Senate (Hansard)
Progress of Legislation
(indicates the status of a bill by showing the date on which each stage has been completed)(2nd Session, 39th Parliament)
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Government Bills introduced in the Senate are available on the Government Bills home page.
(*Where royal assent is signified by written declaration,
the Act is deemed to be assented to on the day on which
the
two Houses of Parliament have been notified of the
declaration.)
GOVERNMENT BILLS
(SENATE)
No. |
Title |
1st |
2nd |
Committee |
Report |
Amend |
3rd |
R.A. |
Chap. |
S-2 |
An Act to amend the Canada-United States Tax Convention Act, 1984 |
07/10/18 |
07/11/13 |
Banking, Trade and Commerce |
07/11/15 |
0 |
07/11/21 |
07/12/14 |
32/07 |
S-3 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (investigative hearing and recognizance with conditions) |
07/10/23 |
07/11/14 |
Special Committee on |
08/03/04 |
2 |
08/03/06 |
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S-4 |
An Act to amend the Energy Efficiency Act |
08/06/03 |
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GOVERNMENT BILLS
(HOUSE OF COMMONS)
No. |
Title |
1st |
2nd |
Committee |
Report |
Amend |
3rd |
R.A. |
Chap. |
C-2 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts |
07/11/29 |
07/12/12 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/02/27 |
0 |
08/02/27 |
08/02/28 |
6/08 |
C-3 |
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (certificate and special advocate) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act |
08/02/06 |
08/02/07 |
Special Committee on |
08/02/12 |
0 |
08/02/12 |
*08/02/14 |
3/08 |
C-8 |
An Act to amend the Canada Transportation Act (railway transportation) |
08/01/29 |
08/02/12 |
Transport and Communications |
08/02/14 |
0 |
08/02/14 |
08/02/28 |
5/08 |
C-9 |
An Act to implement the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of Other States (ICSID Convention) |
08/01/31 |
08/02/12 |
Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
08/02/28 |
0 |
08/03/04 |
*08/03/13 |
8/08 |
C-10 |
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act, including amendments in relation to foreign investment entities and non-resident trusts, and to provide for the bijural expression of the provisions of that Act |
07/10/30 |
07/12/04 |
Banking, Trade and Commerce |
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C-11 |
An Act to give effect to the Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement and to make a consequential amendment to another Act |
07/10/30 |
07/11/29 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/01/31 |
1 |
08/02/07 |
*08/02/14 |
2/08 |
C-12 |
An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, the Wage Earner Protection Program Act and chapter 47 of the Statutes of Canada, 2005 |
07/10/30 |
07/11/15 |
Banking, Trade and Commerce |
07/12/13 |
0 |
07/12/13 |
07/12/14 |
36/07 |
C-13 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments) |
07/10/30 |
07/11/21 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
07/12/11 |
6 |
08/01/29 |
*08/05/29 |
18/08 |
C-15 |
An Act respecting the exploitation of the Donkin coal block and employment in or in connection with the operation of a mine that is wholly or partly at the Donkin coal block, and to make a consequential amendment to the Canada--Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation Act |
07/11/21 |
07/11/29 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
07/12/13 |
0 |
07/12/13 |
07/12/14 |
33/07 |
C-18 |
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (verification of residence) |
07/12/13 |
07/12/14 |
Committee of the Whole |
07/12/14 |
0 |
07/12/14 |
07/12/14 |
37/07 |
C-21 |
An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act |
08/05/29 |
08/06/12 |
Human Rights |
08/06/16 |
0 |
08/06/17 |
08/06/18 |
30/08 |
C-23 |
An Act to amend the Canada Marine Act, the Canada Transportation Act, the Pilotage Act and other Acts in consequence |
08/05/07 |
08/05/15 |
Transport and Communications |
08/06/04 |
0 |
08/06/11 |
08/06/18 |
21/08 |
C-28 |
An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 19, 2007 and to implement certain provisions of the economic statement tabled in Parliament on October 30, 2007 |
07/12/13 |
07/12/13 |
Pursuant to rule 74(1)
subject-matter |
Report on subject-matter |
- |
07/12/13 |
07/12/14 |
35/07 |
C-29 |
An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (accountability with respect to loans) |
08/06/17 |
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C-30 |
An Act to establish the Specific Claims Tribunal and to make consequential amendments to other Acts |
08/05/13 |
08/05/27 |
Aboriginal Peoples |
08/06/03 |
0 |
08/06/12 |
08/06/18 |
22/08 |
C-31 |
An Act to amend the Judges Act |
08/04/15 |
08/05/14 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/06/12 |
0 |
08/06/16 |
08/06/18 |
26/08 |
C-33 |
An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 |
08/05/28 |
08/06/12 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
08/06/26 |
0 |
08/06/26 |
*08/06/26 |
31/08 |
C-34 |
An Act to give effect to the Tsawwassen First Nation Final Agreement and to make consequential amendments to other Acts |
08/06/17 |
08/06/18 |
Aboriginal Peoples |
08/06/26 |
0 |
08/06/26 |
*08/06/26 |
32/08 |
C-35 |
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008 (Appropriation Act No. 3, 2007-2008) |
07/12/11 |
07/12/11 |
- |
- |
- |
07/12/13 |
07/12/14 |
34/07 |
C-37 |
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act |
08/02/26 |
08/03/04 |
Social Affairs, Science and Technology |
08/04/16 |
0 |
08/04/16 |
*08/04/17 |
14/08 |
C-38 |
An Act to permit the resumption and continuation of the operation of the National Research Universal Reactor at Chalk River |
07/12/12 |
07/12/12 |
Committee of the Whole |
07/12/12 |
0 |
07/12/12 |
*07/12/12 |
31/07 |
C-40 |
An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code, the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, the Canada Student Loans Act and the Public Service Employment Act |
08/02/14 |
08/03/04 |
National Security and Defence |
08/04/16 |
0 |
08/04/16 |
*08/04/17 |
15/08 |
C-41 |
An Act respecting payments to a trust established to provide provinces and territories with funding for community development |
08/02/05 |
08/02/05 |
National Finance |
08/02/07 |
0 |
08/02/07 |
*08/02/07 |
1/08 |
C-42 |
An Act to amend the Museums Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts |
08/02/14 |
08/02/26 |
Human Rights |
08/03/04 |
0 |
08/03/05 |
*08/03/13 |
9/08 |
C-44 |
An Act to amend the Agricultural Marketing Programs Act |
08/02/26 |
08/02/27 |
Agriculture and Forestry |
08/02/28 |
0 |
08/02/28 |
08/02/28 |
7/08 |
C-48 |
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2008 (Appropriation Act No. 4, 2007-2008) |
08/03/12 |
08/03/13 |
- |
- |
- |
08/03/13 |
*08/03/13 |
10/08 |
C-49 |
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 (Appropriation Act No. 1, 2008-2009) |
08/03/12 |
08/03/13 |
- |
- |
- |
08/03/13 |
*08/03/13 |
11/08 |
C-50 |
An Act to implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on February 26, 2008 and to enact provisions to preserve the fiscal plan set out in that budget |
08/06/10 |
08/06/10 |
Pursuant to rule 74(1)
subject-matter |
Report on Bill |
0 |
08/06/17 |
08/06/18 |
28/08 |
C-58 |
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 (Appropriation Act No. 2, 2008-2009) |
08/06/10 |
08/06/10 |
- |
- |
- |
08/06/16 |
08/06/18 |
24/08 |
C-59 |
An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the financial year ending March 31, 2009 (Appropriation Act No. 3, 2008-2009) |
08/06/10 |
08/06/10 |
- |
- |
- |
08/06/16 |
08/06/18 |
25/08 |
C-60 |
An Act to amend the National Defence Act (court martial) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act |
08/06/17 |
08/06/17 |
Committee of the Whole |
08/06/17 |
0 |
08/06/17 |
08/06/18 |
29/08 |
COMMONS PUBLIC BILLS
No. |
Title |
1st |
2nd |
Committee |
Report |
Amend |
3rd |
R.A. |
Chap. |
C-207 |
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (tax credit for new graduates working in designated regions) |
08/06/12 |
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C-253 |
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deductibility of RESP contributions) |
08/03/06 |
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C-280 |
An Act to Amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (coming into force of sections 110, 111 and 171) |
07/10/17 |
08/03/04 |
Human Rights |
08/06/10 |
1 |
08/06/18 |
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C-287 |
An Act respecting a National Peacekeepers' Day |
07/11/22 |
08/02/26 |
National Security and Defence |
08/06/10 |
0 |
08/06/16 |
08/06/18 |
27/08 |
C-292 |
An Act to implement the Kelowna Accord |
07/10/17 |
07/12/11 |
Aboriginal Peoples |
08/04/29 |
0 |
08/06/12 |
08/06/18 |
23/08 |
C-293 |
An Act respecting the provision of official development assistance abroad |
07/10/17 |
07/12/12 |
Foreign Affairs and International Trade |
08/04/03 |
0 |
08/04/16 |
*08/05/29 |
17/08 |
C-298 |
An Act to add perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and its salts to the Virtual Elimination List under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 |
07/12/04 |
08/03/11 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
08/04/10 |
0 |
08/04/15 |
*08/04/17 |
13/08 |
C-299 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (identification information obtained by fraud or false pretence) |
07/10/17 |
08/05/27 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
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C-307 |
An Act respecting bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, benzyl butyl phthalate and dibutyl phthalate |
07/11/29 |
08/05/13 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
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C-343 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (motor vehicle theft) |
08/02/28 |
08/04/10 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
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C-377 |
An Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change |
08/06/10 |
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C-428 |
An Act to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (methamphetamine) |
08/02/12 |
08/05/27 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
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C-459 |
An Act to establish a Ukrainian Famine and Genocide ("Holodomor") Memorial Day and to recognize the Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33 as an act of genocide |
08/05/28 |
08/05/28 |
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08/05/28 |
*08/05/29 |
19/08 |
C-474 |
An Act to require the development and implementation of a Federal Sustainable Development Strategy and the development of goals and targets with respect to sustainable development in Canada, and to make consequential amendments to another Act |
08/06/16 |
08/06/18 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
08/06/26 |
0 |
08/06/26 |
*08/06/26 |
33/08 |
SENATE PUBLIC BILLS
No. |
Title |
1st |
2nd |
Committee |
Report |
Amend |
3rd |
R.A. |
Chap. |
S-201 |
An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act and the Bank of Canada Act (quarterly financial reports) (Sen. Segal) |
07/10/17 |
07/11/28 |
National Finance |
08/02/27 |
4 |
08/03/06 |
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S-202 |
An Act to amend certain Acts to provide job protection for members of the reserve force (Sen. Segal) |
07/10/17 |
Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) |
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S-203 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (cruelty to animals) (Sen. Bryden) |
07/10/17 |
07/11/13 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
07/11/22 |
0 |
07/11/27 |
*08/04/17 |
12/08 |
S-204 |
An Act respecting a National Philanthropy Day (Sen. Grafstein) |
07/10/17 |
08/02/13 |
Social Affairs, Science and Technology |
08/04/17 |
0 |
08/04/29 |
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S-205 |
An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
(student loans) |
07/10/17 |
08/03/05 |
Banking, Trade and Commerce |
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S-206 |
An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (clean drinking water) (Sen. Grafstein) |
07/10/17 |
08/04/03 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
08/06/26 |
0 |
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S-207 |
An Act to repeal legislation that has not come into force within ten years of receiving royal assent (Sen. Banks) |
07/10/17 |
07/11/28 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
07/12/06 |
0 |
07/12/11 |
08/06/18 |
20/08 |
S-208 |
An Act to require the Minister of the Environment to establish, in co-operation with the provinces, an agency with the power to identify and protect Canada's watersheds that will constitute sources of drinking water in the future (Sen. Grafstein) |
07/10/17 |
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Subject matter |
Report on subject-matter |
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S-209 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of
children) |
07/10/17 |
08/03/13 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/06/12 |
1 |
08/06/17 |
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S-210 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings) (Sen. Grafstein) |
07/10/17 |
08/02/28 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/04/17 |
0 |
08/06/16 |
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S-211 |
An Act to regulate securities and to provide for a single securities commission for Canada (Sen. Grafstein) |
07/10/17 |
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S-212 |
An Act to amend the Parliamentary Employment and
Staff Relations Act |
07/10/18 |
08/04/17 |
Rules, Procedures and the Rights of Parliament |
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S-213 |
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (lottery schemes) (Sen. Lapointe) |
07/10/23 |
07/12/06 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/01/31 |
0 |
08/02/05 |
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S-214 |
An Act to amend the Income Tax Act and the Excise Tax Act (tax relief for Nunavik) (Sen. Watt) |
07/10/24 |
08/04/01 |
National Finance |
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S-215 |
An Act to protect heritage lighthouses (Sen. Carney, P.C.) |
07/10/30 |
07/12/06 |
National Finance |
07/12/13 |
19 |
07/12/13 |
*08/05/29 |
16/08 |
S-216 |
An Act to amend the Access to Information Act and the Canadian Wheat Board Act (Sen. Mitchell) |
07/10/30 |
Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) |
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S-217 |
An Act to amend the International Boundary Waters Treaty Act (bulk water removal) (Sen. Carney, P.C.) |
07/10/31 |
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S-218 |
An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and to enact certain other measures, in order to provide assistance and protection to victims of human trafficking (Sen. Phalen) |
07/10/31 |
08/03/05 |
Human Rights |
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S-219 |
An Act to amend the Public Service Employment Act (elimination of bureaucratic patronage and establishment of national area of selection) (Sen. Ringuette) |
07/11/13 |
07/12/11 |
National Finance |
08/04/03 |
1 |
08/05/01 |
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S-220 |
An Act respecting a National Blood Donor Week (Sen. Mercer) |
07/11/15 |
07/11/27 |
Social Affairs, Science and Technology |
07/11/29 |
0 |
07/12/04 |
*08/02/14 |
4/08 |
S-221 |
An Act concerning personal watercraft in navigable waters (Sen. Spivak) |
07/11/28 |
08/04/15 |
Transport and Communications |
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S-222 |
An Act to establish and maintain a national registry of medical devices (Sen. Harb) |
07/12/04 |
08/04/15 |
Social Affairs, Science and Technology |
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S-223 |
An Act to amend the Non-smokers' Health Act (Sen. Harb) |
07/12/04 |
08/03/13 |
Social Affairs, Science and Technology |
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S-224 |
An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (vacancies) (Sen. Moore) |
07/12/13 |
08/03/04 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
08/05/08 |
0 |
08/05/29 |
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S-225 |
An Act to amend the State Immunity Act and the Criminal Code (deterring terrorism by providing a civil right of action against perpetrators and sponsors of terrorism) (Sen. Tkachuk) |
07/12/14 |
08/04/09 |
Legal and Constitutional Affairs |
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S-226 |
An Act to amend the Business Development Bank of Canada Act (municipal infrastructure bonds) and to make a consequential amendment to another Act (Sen. Grafstein) |
08/01/29 |
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S-227 |
An Act to amend the National Capital Act (establishment and protection of Gatineau Park) (Sen. Spivak) |
08/02/12 |
08/05/08 |
Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources |
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S-228 |
An Act to amend the Canadian Wheat Board Act (board of directors) (Sen. Mitchell) |
08/02/13 |
08/05/28 |
Agriculture and Forestry |
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S-229 |
An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Property qualifications of Senators) (Sen. Banks) |
08/02/26 |
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S-230 |
An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (zero-rating of supply of cut fresh fruit) (Sen. Milne) |
08/02/26 |
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S-231 |
An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (oath of citizenship) (Sen. Segal) |
08/03/12 |
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S-232 |
An Act to prohibit the transfer of certain assets and operations from MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Limited to Alliant Techsystems Incorporated (Sen. Grafstein) |
08/04/08 |
Dropped from Order Paper pursuant to Rule 27(3) |
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S-233 |
An Act to amend the Library and Archives of Canada Act (National Portrait Gallery) (Sen. Grafstein) |
08/04/15 |
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S-234 |
An Act to establish an assembly of the aboriginal peoples of Canada and an executive council (Sen. Gill) |
08/04/30 |
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S-235 |
An Act concerning unsolicited commercial electronic messages (Sen. Goldstein) |
08/05/07 |
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S-236 |
An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (borrowing of money) (Sen. Murray, P.C.) |
08/05/08 |
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S-237 |
An Act respecting World Autism Awareness Day (Sen. Munson) |
08/06/10 |
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S-238 |
An Act respecting Canadian professional football (Sen. Campbell) |
08/06/10 |
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S-239 |
An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (foreign postings) (Sen. Carstairs, P.C.) |
08/06/12 |
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S-240 |
An Act to amend the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (Sen. Banks) |
08/06/12 |
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S-241 |
An Act to amend the Investment Canada Act (foreign investments) (Sen. Hervieux‑Payette, P.C.) |
08/06/17 |
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S-242 |
An Act to amend the Telecommunications Act (telecommunications consumer agency) (Sen. Oliver) |
08/06/18 |
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S-243 |
An Act respecting the office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development (Sen. McCoy) |
08/06/26 |
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PRIVATE BILLS
No. |
Title |
1st |
2nd |
Committee |
Report |
Amend |
3rd |
R.A. |
Chap. |