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Bill 196 explained in plain English

Supply Act, 2018

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, 2nd Session
Bill number
Bill 196
Full title
Supply Act, 2018
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Mar 7, 2018

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 2nd 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
Mar 7, 2018
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

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Source: By PoliticalData.ca

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Short Version

This Act authorizes Ontario government spending for the 2017-2018 fiscal year and repeals previous supply acts.

What It Means

Bill 196, the Supply Act, 2018, authorizes the Ontario government to spend a total of $138,894,069,700 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018. This amount includes $133,551,536,900 for the expenses of the public service, $5,342,532,800 for public service investments (such as capital assets and loans), and $251,845,200 for the expenses of the Legislative Offices. The Act also repeals two previous supply acts and is itself repealed on April 1, 2019. It is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2017.

What This Bill Does
  • Authorizes the expenditure of money for the public service for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of money for investments of the public service for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of money for the expenses of the Legislative Offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
  • Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2017-2018 Act, 2016.
  • Repeals the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2017-2018 Act, 2017.
  • States that this Act is repealed on April 1, 2019.
  • Deems this Act to have come into force on April 1, 2017.
Who Is Affected
  • The Ontario government
  • The Legislative Offices
Important Dates
  • This Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2017.
  • This Act is repealed on April 1, 2019.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Authorizes expenditure of $133,551,536,900 for public service expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
  • Authorizes expenditure of $5,342,532,800 for public service investments (capital assets, loans, etc.) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
  • Authorizes expenditure of $251,845,200 for Legislative Offices expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The Act does not specify the exact distribution of funds within the broad categories of public service expenses or investments, beyond referencing the estimates and votes.
  • The definition of 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' refer to the Financial Administration Act, but the details of those definitions are not included in this Act.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Interim Appropriation for 2017-2018 Act, 2016
repeals

This Act is repealed.

Source: Section 5

Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2017-2018 Act, 2017
repeals

This Act is repealed.

Source: Section 5

Supply Act, 2018
repealed

This Act will be repealed on April 1, 2019.

Source: Section 4

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Official text

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Feb 21, 2018
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 6, 2018
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Mar 6, 2018
Step 5
Royal assent
Mar 7, 2018

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
Eleanor McMahon
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.

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