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Bill 66 explained in plain English

Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2025

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 66
Full title
Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2025
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 11, 2025

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th 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 11, 2025
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

This Ontario Act designates October as Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month each year.

What It Means

Bill 66 is a short Ontario law that proclaims October of each year as "Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month." The bill does not create new programs, duties, or enforcement mechanisms. Instead, it officially recognizes October as a month dedicated to raising awareness about online safety and privacy for children. According to the bill's preamble, the purpose is to highlight the importance of digital supervision, education, and responsibility, and to emphasize the role of parents and the community in keeping children safe online. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent, which was December 11, 2025.

What This Bill Does
  • Proclaims the month of October in each year as Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month
Who Is Affected
  • Parents and the community (as mentioned in the preamble as playing a role in children's online safety)
  • Children (the focus of the awareness month)
  • Educators and schools (mentioned in the preamble as part of the wider community involved in online safety discussion)
Important Dates
  • Royal Assent: December 11, 2025
  • Commencement: December 11, 2025 (the day the Act received Royal Assent)
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what activities, programs, or initiatives are expected to occur during Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month
  • The bill does not establish any new government agency, office, or program to coordinate or oversee the awareness month
  • The bill does not create any legal duties, requirements, or enforcement mechanisms related to the designation
  • The bill does not allocate funding or resources for the awareness month
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month Act, 2025
new law created

This new Act establishes October as Kids' Online Safety and Privacy Month each year in Ontario.

Source: Section 1

Generated using AI from official bill text. Not legal advice. It is written by PoliticalData.ca for civic education, automatically checked and spot-reviewed before publishing.

Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Oct 28, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 4, 2025
Step 3
Committee review
Dec 4, 2025
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 4, 2025
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 11, 2025

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
Stephen Blais
Ontario Liberal Party | Orléans
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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