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Bill 53 explained in plain English

Special Hockey Day 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 53
Full title
Special Hockey Day Act, 2018
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Carried
Last updated
Nov 12, 2018
Sponsor

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
Nov 12, 2018
Sponsor
Plain-language explanation
In plain English (our explanation)

Our plain-language take, written for civic education.

Source: By PoliticalData.ca

AI-assisted, reviewed before publishing
Short Version

This bill would proclaim March 27, 2019, as Special Hockey Day in Ontario to coincide with the start of the 25th annual Special Hockey International tournament.

What It Means

This bill, if passed, would proclaim March 27, 2019, as 'Special Hockey Day' in Ontario. The preamble explains that special hockey is adapted for athletes with exceptionalities, such as developmental or cognitive disorders, and highlights the Special Hockey International (SHI) organization and its annual tournament. The proclamation of Special Hockey Day is intended to coincide with the start of the 25th annual SHI tournament in Toronto, to raise awareness for special hockey organizations in Ontario and celebrate participants.

What This Bill Does
  • Proclaims March 27, 2019, as Special Hockey Day.
  • States that the Act will come into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
  • Names the Act as the Special Hockey Day Act, 2018.
Who Is Affected
  • Athletes with exceptionalities participating in special hockey.
  • Special hockey organizations.
  • The public in Ontario, through the proclamation of Special Hockey Day.
Important Dates
  • March 27, 2019: Proclaimed as Special Hockey Day.
  • The day the Act receives Royal Assent: The date the Act comes into force.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific date of Royal Assent is not provided in the bill text. The commencement of the Act depends on this event.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Special Hockey Day Act, 2018
enactment

This is the proposed new Act itself, which establishes Special Hockey Day.

Source: Section 1

Commencement provision
commencement

This section specifies that the Act will become law on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Source: Section 2

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 12, 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
Dave Smith
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Peterborough—Kawartha
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