Bill 17, An Act to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to authorize the implementation of a pilot project relating to the exploration for underground reservoirs or certain fluids, or their operation or exploitation (modified title)

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Information

Sponsor

Poulin, Samuel,	Minister for the Economy and Small and Medium Enterprises
New sponsor
Bernard, Daniel	Minister for the Economy and Small and Medium Enterprises Date of change of sponsor May 6, 2026

Type

Government bills

This bill

was introduced during the 43^rd Legislature, 2^nd Session
was re-instated during the 43^rd Legislature, 3^rd Session le May 6, 2026.

The title of this bill was changed during the committee stage

Previous title

An Act mainly to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to provide a framework for underground reservoirs and certain pipelines

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 mainly to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to provide a framework for underground reservoirs and certain pipelines (PDF,  480 KB) 
• Sitting held on February 5, 2026

Special consultations

• Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 17, an Act mainly to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to provide a framework for underground reservoirs and certain pipelines
• Sitting held on June 3, 2026
• Sitting held on June 4, 2026

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources - Special consultations on Bill 17, An Act mainly to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to provide a framework for underground reservoirs and certain pipelines (PDF,  950 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 5, 2026

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on June 9, 2026

Committee stage

• Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 17, an Act mainly to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to provide a framework for underground reservoirs and certain pipelines
• Amendments adopted - PL 17 (PDF,  2 MB) 
• Amendements non-adoptés - PL 17 (PDF,  456 KB) 
• Sitting held on June 11, 2026

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries, Energy and Natural Resources - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 17, An Act mainly to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to provide a framework for underground reservoirs and certain pipelines (PDF,  4 MB) 
• Sitting held on June 11, 2026 (amendements, dont un au titre)

Report stage

• Sitting held on June 12, 2026

Passage

• Sitting held on June 12, 2026

Assent

• An Act to amend the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines in order to authorize the implementation of a pilot project relating to the exploration for underground reservoirs or certain fluids, or their operation or exploitation (modified title)

Date of assent: June 12, 2026

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2026, chapitre 17

Coming into force

le 12 juin 2026