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Bill 142 explained in plain English

Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Air Brake Endorsements), 2019

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 142
Full title
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Air Brake Endorsements), 2019
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on Social Policy)
Last updated
Nov 21, 2019

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd 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
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on Social Policy)
Latest Activity
Nov 21, 2019
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 bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to exempt drivers with existing air brake endorsements from retaking the examination upon licence renewal and sets conditions for new endorsement applicants.

What It Means

Bill 142, the Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Air Brake Endorsements), 2019, proposes changes to the Highway Traffic Act regarding air brake endorsements on driver's licences. Specifically, it aims to exempt drivers who already hold an air brake endorsement from retaking the examination when renewing their licence. It also clarifies requirements for new applicants seeking an air brake endorsement.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends Section 32 of the Highway Traffic Act.
  • Creates new subsections (5.1) and (5.2) regarding air brake endorsement examination requirements.
  • Specifies that a person holding a driver's licence with an air brake endorsement is not required to retake examinations for that endorsement upon renewal of their licence.
  • States that an applicant for an air brake endorsement must take required examinations, unless they previously held a valid air brake endorsement within the three years prior to applying.
Who Is Affected
  • Individuals holding a driver's licence with an air brake endorsement.
  • Individuals applying for an air brake endorsement on their driver's licence.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Right for existing air brake endorsement holders to not retake examinations upon licence renewal.
  • Obligation for new air brake endorsement applicants to take required examinations, with an exception for those who held a valid endorsement within the past three years.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what the 'examinations that are required by the regulations' refer to for the air brake endorsement.
  • The bill does not detail the process or specific content of these examinations.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Highway Traffic Act
amends

Modifies the requirements for obtaining and renewing an air brake endorsement on a driver's licence.

Source: Section 32

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
Nov 18, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
Nov 21, 2019
Step 3
Committee review
Nov 21, 2019
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill is still active. We only show vote counts after the legislature publishes a recorded division.

Sponsor
Amarjot Sandhu
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Brampton West
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

This bill is still moving through the process. When a recorded division is published, representative positions can be listed here.

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