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Bill 177 explained in plain English

Test Your Smoke Alarm Day Act, 2024

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill 177
Full title
Test Your Smoke Alarm Day Act, 2024
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered referred to Standing Committee (Standing Committee on Justice Policy)
Last updated
Apr 17, 2024

Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd 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 Justice Policy)
Latest Activity
Apr 17, 2024
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

Bill 177 proclaims September 28 annually as Test Your Smoke Alarm Day in Ontario to promote fire safety awareness.

What It Means

This bill proclaims September 28 of each year as "Test Your Smoke Alarm Day" in Ontario. The purpose is to recognize the importance of fire safety, particularly the simple yet crucial action of testing smoke alarms monthly to protect lives and property. It also serves as a reminder for Ontarians to test their smoke alarms, learn about fire safety, and plan home fire escapes.

What This Bill Does
  • It proclaims September 28 in each year as Test Your Smoke Alarm Day.
  • It states that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • The residents of Ontario
Important Dates
  • September 28 (annually proclaimed as Test Your Smoke Alarm Day)
  • The day the Act receives Royal Assent (commencement date)
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The text does not specify any programs or activities that must occur on Test Your Smoke Alarm Day, only that it is a day to recognize and remind Ontarians about smoke alarm testing and fire safety.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Test Your Smoke Alarm Day Act, 2024
commencement

The Act came into force on the day it received 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 20, 2024
Step 2
Second reading
Apr 17, 2024
Step 3
Committee review
Apr 17, 2024
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
John Yakabuski
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