Bill 98, An Act to amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process

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Information

Sponsor

Roberge, Jean-François,	Minister Responsible for Democratic Institutions

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 amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process (PDF,  422 KB) 
• Sitting held on April 3, 2025

Special consultations

• Committee on Institutions
• Special consultations and public hearings on Bill 98, An Act to amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process
• Sitting held on April 23, 2025

Tabling of committee report - Consultation

• Report from the Committees on Institutions - Special consultations on Bill 98, An Act to amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process (PDF,  1 MB) 
• Sitting held on April 24, 2025

Adoption in principle

• Sitting held on May 20, 2025

Committee stage

• Committee on Institutions
• Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 98, An Act to amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process
• Amendements non-adoptés - PL 98 (PDF,  85 KB) 
• Sitting held on May 21, 2025
• Sitting held on May 22, 2025
• Sitting held on May 27, 2025

Tabling of committee report - Detailed consideration

• Report from the Committee on Institutions - Clause-by-clause consideration of Bill 98, An Act to amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process (PDF,  3 MB) 
• Sitting held on May 27, 2025 (amendements)

Report stage

• Sitting held on May 28, 2025

Passage

• Sitting held on May 29, 2025

Assent

• An Act to amend the Election Act mainly to preserve the integrity of the electoral process

Date of assent: May 30, 2025

Chapter in the annual volume of the Statutes of Québec: 2025, chapitre 15

Coming into force

le 1er juillet 2026, sauf exceptions