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Bill 155 explained in plain English

Rent Control Act, 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 155
Full title
Rent Control Act, 2019
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Dec 2, 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
Carried
Latest Activity
Dec 2, 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

Bill 155, the Rent Control Act, 2019, amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006, by repealing a section that provided exemptions from rent rules.

What It Means

This bill repeals Section 6.1 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006. Section 6.1 of that Act provides for certain exemptions from the rules about rent. By repealing this section, those exemptions are removed.

What This Bill Does
  • Repeals Section 6.1 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
  • Removes specific exemptions from rent rules that were previously established under Section 6.1 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
  • Names itself the Rent Control Act, 2019.
Who Is Affected
  • Landlords and tenants in Ontario, specifically those who may have been subject to rent exemptions.
  • The Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
  • The Province of Ontario.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The bill removes specific exemptions from rent rules that were previously outlined in the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
  • Tenants and landlords will no longer be able to rely on the exemptions provided by Section 6.1 of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill text does not specify what the rent rules are from which Section 6.1 provided exemptions.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Residential Tenancies Act, 2006
amends

Repeals Section 6.1, which provided exemptions from rent rules.

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
Dec 2, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
Not reached yet
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
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
Suze Morrison
Sponsor party or district not listed
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