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Bill 137 explained in plain English

Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024

Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 137
Full title
Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 19, 2024
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 19, 2024
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Short Version

Bill 137, the Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024, establishes the first Monday in November annually as a week dedicated to raising awareness and encouraging conversations about senior planning.

What It Means

This bill proclaims the first Monday in November each year as "Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week" in Ontario. The purpose of this week is to encourage conversations between families, friends, and caregivers about future living arrangements for seniors, promoting proactive planning for their well-being and dignity.

What This Bill Does
  • Proclaims the week beginning on the first Monday in November of each year as "Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week" in Ontario.
  • Aims to promote conversations about future arrangements for seniors.
  • Seeks to encourage proactive planning to support seniors in living with dignity.
Who Is Affected
  • Seniors in Ontario
  • Families of seniors
  • Friends of seniors
  • Caregivers of seniors
  • Ontarians generally
Important Dates
  • The week beginning on the first Monday in November each year is proclaimed as Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week.
  • The Act came into force on December 19, 2024, the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify any governmental or organizational duties related to the awareness week, nor does it outline any specific activities that must take place during the week.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Commencement of the Planning for Your Silver Years Awareness Week Act, 2024
commencement

This law came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Oct 16, 2023
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 11, 2024
Step 3
Committee review
Apr 9, 2024
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 11, 2024
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 19, 2024

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Daisy Wai
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Richmond Hill
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

Official sources

Status, sponsor, votes, and timeline on this page are drawn from these official legislative sources and public records. Each summary above is attributed to its own source.

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