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Bill PR8 explained in plain English

Thistletown Lions Club 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 PR8
Full title
Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 11, 2025
Sponsor

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
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

The Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025, revives the Thistletown Lions Club, restoring its legal status and property as if it had not been dissolved.

What It Means

This private bill, known as the Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025, revives the Thistletown Lions Club. The club was dissolved in 2009 for failing to comply with information filing requirements under the Corporations Act. The bill states that the default was unintentional and that the club has continued to operate. The revival restores the club to its legal status as if it had not been dissolved, including its property, rights, and obligations, unless other people have gained rights since its dissolution. The Act came into effect when it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • It revives the Thistletown Lions Club, restoring it to its legal position.
  • It restores the club's property, rights, privileges, franchises, liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts.
  • It makes the revival effective as of the date the club was dissolved, unless rights have been acquired by others since then.
  • It specifies that the Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Thistletown Lions Club
  • George Bonenfant (applicant and former director)
  • The public (regarding rights acquired after the club's dissolution)
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Thistletown Lions Club is restored to its legal position, including all its property, rights, privileges, and franchises.
  • The Thistletown Lions Club is subject to all its liabilities, contracts, disabilities, and debts as of its dissolution date.
  • Rights acquired by any person after the club's dissolution are preserved.
Important Dates
  • Dissolution date of Thistletown Lions Club: October 6, 2009
  • Date the Act received Royal Assent and came into force: December 11, 2025
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what steps, if any, will be taken to re-register the Thistletown Lions Club with relevant government bodies.
  • The bill states the revival is subject to any rights acquired by any person after its dissolution, but it does not detail how those rights will be identified or managed.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Corporations Act
affected by dissolution

The Thistletown Lions Club was dissolved under this Act for failing to comply with the Corporations Information Act.

Source: Preamble

Corporations Information Act
affected by dissolution

The Thistletown Lions Club was dissolved for failing to comply with this Act.

Source: Preamble

Thistletown Lions Club Act, 2025
commencement

This Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Jun 5, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 10, 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
Lorne Coe
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Whitby
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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