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Bill 101 explained in plain English

Ontario Flag Day Act, 2015

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
41st Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 101
Full title
Ontario Flag Day Act, 2015
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jun 4, 2015
Sponsor

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st 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
Jun 4, 2015
Sponsor
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

The Ontario Flag Day Act, 2015, establishes May 21st annually as Ontario Flag Day.

What It Means

This bill, the Ontario Flag Day Act, 2015, proclaims May 21st of each year as Ontario Flag Day. The preamble to the bill highlights Ontario's history, diverse heritage, the contributions of its people, and the significance of the Ontario flag as a symbol representing these aspects and all Ontarians.

What This Bill Does
  • Declares May 21st of each year to be Ontario Flag Day.
  • Provides that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
  • Names the Act as the Ontario Flag Day Act, 2015.
Who Is Affected
  • All residents of Ontario.
Important Dates
  • May 21st is proclaimed as Ontario Flag Day each year.
  • The Act came into force on June 4, 2015, the date it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify any particular activities or observances to be held on Ontario Flag Day.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Commencement of the Ontario Flag Day Act, 2015
commencement

The 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
May 13, 2015
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 3, 2015
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Jun 3, 2015
Step 5
Royal assent
Jun 4, 2015

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
Yvan Baker
Sponsor party or district not listed
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.

How this data is sourced