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Bill 181 explained in plain English

Supply 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 181
Full title
Supply Act, 2020
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Mar 19, 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
Mar 19, 2020
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 Supply Act, 2020 authorizes specific expenditures for Ontario's public service, investments, and legislative offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.

What It Means

The Supply Act, 2020 authorizes the Ontario government to spend a total of $146,958,699,900 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020. This includes funds for public service expenses, investments in capital assets, loans, and other investments, as well as expenses for the Legislative Offices. The Act also repeals two previous appropriation acts and is itself repealed on April 1, 2021. It is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2019.

What This Bill Does
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $142,493,751,000 for public service expenses for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $4,464,949,300 for public service investments (including capital assets and loans) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
  • Authorizes the expenditure of up to $286,594,600 for the expenses of the Legislative Offices for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
  • States that expenditures can be incurred or recognized by the Crown through any ministry responsible for the program or activity.
  • Repeals the Interim Appropriation for 2019-2020 Act, 2018 and the Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2019-2020 Act, 2019.
  • Repeals this Act on April 1, 2021.
  • Deems the Act to have come into force on April 1, 2019.
Who Is Affected
  • The Government of Ontario
  • Ministries of the Ontario Government
  • The Legislative Offices of Ontario
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Authorization for the Crown to spend funds for specific purposes and time periods.
  • Requirement for expenditures to be applied in accordance with the votes and items of the estimates.
Important Dates
  • The Act is deemed to have come into force on April 1, 2019.
  • The Act is repealed on April 1, 2021.
  • The expenditures authorized are for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • Authorizes expenditures totalling $142,493,751,000 for public service expenses.
  • Authorizes expenditures totalling $4,464,949,300 for public service investments.
  • Authorizes expenditures totalling $286,594,600 for Legislative Offices expenses.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific details of how the authorized funds will be applied are outlined in the 'votes and items of the estimates', which are referenced but not fully detailed within this Act.
  • The Act is repealed on April 1, 2021, meaning its authorization for spending is limited to the period up to that date and primarily focused on the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Supply Act, 2020
repeals

This Act will be repealed on April 1, 2021.

Source: Section 4

Interim Appropriation for 2019-2020 Act, 2018
repeals

This Act is repealed.

Source: Section 5

Supplementary Interim Appropriation for 2019-2020 Act, 2019
repeals

This Act is repealed.

Source: Section 5

Financial Administration Act
references

Defines 'non-cash expense' and 'non-cash investment' by referring to their meanings in this Act.

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
Mar 10, 2020
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 12, 2020
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Mar 12, 2020
Step 5
Royal assent
Mar 19, 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
Peter Bethlenfalvy
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Pickering—Uxbridge
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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