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Bill 25 explained in plain English

Zebra Mussel Report 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
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 25
Full title
Zebra Mussel Report Act, 2018
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Aug 9, 2018

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
Aug 9, 2018
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 25, the Zebra Mussel Report Act, 2018, mandates the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate zebra mussel levels in listed waterways.

What It Means

This Act requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate and determine the extent of zebra mussel infestation in a specific list of waterways in Ontario. The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Requires the Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to investigate the extent of zebra mussels in specific waterways.
  • Specifies that the investigation must be conducted under subsection 15 (1) of the Ontario Water Resources Act.
  • Lists the waterways to be investigated in a Schedule to the Act.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
  • The public, as the results of the investigation may be of interest.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks has an obligation to direct an investigation into the extent of zebra mussel infestation in specified waterways.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify a timeline for the completion of the investigation.
  • The bill does not detail how the 'zebra mussel content' will be measured or reported.
  • The bill does not specify what actions, if any, will be taken based on the results of the investigation.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Ontario Water Resources Act
amended by

The Minister of the Environment, Conservation and Parks is directed to carry out duties under subsection 15 (1) of this Act to investigate zebra mussel content in specific waterways.

Source: Section 1

Zebra Mussel Report Act, 2018
created by

This is the short title of the Act, establishing the requirement for the zebra mussel investigation.

Source: Section 3

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
Aug 9, 2018
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
Gilles Bisson
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