Bill 2, An Act to amend the Election Act in order to reduce the elector contribution limit, lower the ceiling on election expenses and increase public financing of Québec political parties

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Information

Sponsor

Drainville, Bernard,	Minister responsible for Democratic Institutions and Active Citizenship

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 40^th Legislature, 1^st Session

The title of this bill was changed during the committee stage

Previous title

An Act to amend the Election Act in order to limit elector contributions to $100 and to revise public financing of political parties

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 amend the Election Act in order to limit elector contributions to $100 and to revise public financing of political parties (PDF,  257 KB) 
• Sitting held on November 6, 2012

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on November 15, 2012

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 2, An Act to amend the Election Act in order to limit elector contributions to $100 and to revise public financing of political parties
• Sitting held on November 19, 2012
• Sitting held on November 20, 2012
• Sitting held on November 21, 2012

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• A report from the Committee on Institutions, which, on 19, 20 and 21 November 2012, held public hearings within the framework of special consultations on Bill 2, An Act to amend the Election Act in order to limit elector contributions to $100 and to revise public financing of political parties (PDF,  755 KB) 
• Sitting held on November 22, 2012

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 2, An Act to amend the Election Act in order to limit elector contributions to $100 and to revise public financing of political parties
• Amendments adopted (PDF,  434 KB) 
• Amendements et sous-amendements retirés (PDF,  221 KB) 
• Sitting held on November 27, 2012
• Sitting held on November 28, 2012
• Sitting held on November 29, 2012

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• The report from the Committee on Institutions, which met on 27, 28 and 29 November 2012 for clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 2, An Act to amend the Election Act in order to limit elector contributions to $100 and to revise public financing of political parties. The report contains certain amendments to the bill, including one to its title (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on November 30, 2012 (Amendements dont un au titre)

Report stage

• Amendement adopté (PDF,  42 KB) 
• Sitting held on December 4, 2012 (Amendement)

Passage

• Sitting held on December 5, 2012 (Le débat terminé la motion est mise au voix; un vote par appel nominal est exigé puis reporté à la période des affaires courantes de la prochaine séance)
• Sitting held on December 6, 2012 (Vote : Pour 116, Contre 0, Abstention 0)

Assent

• An Act to amend the Election Act in order to reduce the elector contribution limit, lower the ceiling on election expenses and increase public financing of Québec political parties

Date of assent: December 7, 2012

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2012, chapitre 26

Coming into force

1er janvier 2013, sauf exceptions