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Bill 233 explained in plain English

Highway Traffic Amendment 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 233
Full title
Highway Traffic Amendment Act, 2024
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered for Second Reading
Last updated
Dec 3, 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 for Second Reading
Latest Activity
Dec 3, 2024
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 233 mandates entry-level and winter weather training for individuals seeking a Class A or Class D driver's licence in Ontario.

What It Means

This bill adds a requirement to the Highway Traffic Act that individuals must complete mandatory entry-level training before obtaining a Class A or Class D driver's licence. This training must include a minimum of 20 hours of winter weather driving simulator training and education on winter driving.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Highway Traffic Act to introduce a mandatory training requirement for obtaining Class A and Class D licences.
  • Specifies that the mandatory training must include winter weather training, consisting of at least 20 hours on a winter driving simulator and related education.
  • States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Who Is Affected
  • Individuals seeking to obtain a Class A driver's licence.
  • Individuals seeking to obtain a Class D driver's licence.
  • Driver training institutions that provide training for Class A and Class D licences.
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Obligation for individuals to complete mandatory entry-level training before obtaining a Class A or Class D licence.
  • Obligation for the training to include a minimum of 20 hours of winter weather driving simulator training.
  • Obligation for the training to include education with respect to winter weather driving.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill text does not specify the exact content or curriculum standards for the mandatory entry-level training beyond the winter weather component.
  • The bill text does not detail who will administer or approve the training providers.
  • The bill text does not outline specific penalties for non-compliance, only that training is a prerequisite.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Highway Traffic Act
amends

Adds a new section requiring mandatory entry-level and winter weather training before obtaining a Class A or Class D licence.

Source: Section 1

Ontario Regulation 340/94 (Drivers’ Licences)
amends

The requirement for training is linked to the definition of Class A and Class D licences as described in this regulation.

Source: Section 32.0.1 (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
Dec 3, 2024
Step 2
Second reading
Date not listed
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
Guy Bourgouin
New Democratic Party of Ontario | Mushkegowuk—James Bay
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.

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