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Bill 72 explained in plain English

Health Professionals' Week Act, 2023

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 72
Full title
Health Professionals' Week Act, 2023
Current status
Did not become law (session ended)
Latest event
Ordered for Second Reading
Last updated
Mar 2, 2023

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
Mar 2, 2023
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

The Health Professionals' Week Act, 2023, designates the third week of June annually as Health Professionals' Week to honour and celebrate the diverse contributions of health professionals in Ontario.

What It Means

Bill 72, the Health Professionals' Week Act, 2023, proclaims the third week of June each year as Health Professionals' Week in Ontario. The Act recognizes the contributions of health professionals across more than 250 occupations, acknowledging their dedication to patient care and the healthcare system. The bill came into effect on the day it received Royal Assent.

What This Bill Does
  • Proclaims the third week of June each year as Health Professionals' Week.
  • Recognizes the contributions of health professionals to the healthcare system in Ontario.
  • Establishes the short title of the Act as the Health Professionals' Week Act, 2023.
Who Is Affected
  • Health professionals in Ontario
  • The public in 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 or events that must or must not occur during Health Professionals' Week.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Health Professionals' Week Act, 2023
commencement

The 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 2, 2023
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
Adil Shamji
Ontario Liberal Party | Don Valley East
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