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Bill 77 explained in plain English

Hellenic Heritage Month Act, 2019

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Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.

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At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
42nd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 77
Full title
Hellenic Heritage Month Act, 2019
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly)
Last updated
Mar 28, 2019
Sponsor
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos

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
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly)
Latest Activity
Mar 28, 2019
Sponsor
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos
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 77 of 2019 proclaims the month of March as Hellenic Heritage Month in Ontario.

What It Means

This bill, known as the Hellenic Heritage Month Act, 2019, proclaims the month of March each year as Hellenic Heritage Month in Ontario. The preamble of the bill highlights the significant contributions of people of Hellenic descent to Ontario's culture and economy, and the historical importance of Greek civilization.

What This Bill Does
  • It proclaims the month of March in each year as Hellenic Heritage Month.
  • It states that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The residents of Ontario.
  • People of Hellenic descent living in Ontario.
  • The Government of Ontario.
Important Dates
  • The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify any particular activities, events, or funding associated with Hellenic Heritage Month.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Hellenic Heritage Month Act, 2019
proclamation

This bill establishes and proclaims Hellenic Heritage Month.

Source: Section 1

Commencement provision
commencement

This Act comes into force 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
Mar 6, 2019
Step 2
Second reading
Mar 28, 2019
Step 3
Committee review
Mar 28, 2019
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
Effie J. Triantafilopoulos
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Oakville North—Burlington
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