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Bill 161 explained in plain English

Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020

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 161
Full title
Smarter and Stronger Justice Act, 2020
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Jul 8, 2020

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
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Jul 8, 2020
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Ontario Bill 161 is listed as passed at Royal Assent received. We have not published a plain-English explanation for this bill yet, so PoliticalData.ca is showing the verified status, sponsor, votes, timeline, and official sources below without adding unsupported claims.

Process Snapshot

Step 1
First reading
Dec 9, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
Jun 23, 2020
Step 3
Committee review
Jun 17, 2020
Step 4
Third reading
Jul 7, 2020
Step 5
Royal assent
Jul 8, 2020

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
Doug Downey
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte
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The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.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