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Bill 9 explained in plain English

Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022

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 9
Full title
Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022
Current status
Did Not Pass
Latest event
Lost on division
Last updated
Sep 8, 2022

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
Lost on division
Latest Activity
Sep 8, 2022
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 Safe and Healthy Communities Act (Addressing Gun Violence), 2022 amends two Ontario Acts to expand coverage for gun violence intervention and support services and enhance public health efforts in violence reduction.

What It Means

This bill amends Ontario's Health Insurance Act and the Health Protection and Promotion Act to address gun violence. It aims to add coverage for violence intervention programs and trauma-informed counselling for survivors of gun violence, and to strengthen the role of boards of health in reducing gun violence and supporting those affected by it. The Act received Royal Assent and will come into force six months after that date.

What This Bill Does
  • Amends the Health Insurance Act to include prescribed hospital-based and community-based violence intervention programs as insured services.
  • Amends the Health Insurance Act to include prescribed trauma-informed counselling for survivors of gun violence, their family members, and observers as insured services, with no time limit on accessing the counselling.
  • Amends the Health Protection and Promotion Act to require boards of health to have programs and services for the reduction of gun violence.
  • Amends the Health Protection and Promotion Act to require boards of health to have programs and services to increase community capacity to support survivors of gun violence and those with trauma related to gun violence.
Who Is Affected
  • Survivors of gun violence
  • Family members and observers impacted by gun violence
  • Healthcare providers and practitioners
  • Boards of health
  • The general public
Rights, Duties, Or Obligations
  • Individuals have the right to access prescribed trauma-informed counselling for survivors of gun violence and impacted family members and observers, without any time limit.
  • Boards of health have an obligation to implement programs and services for reducing gun violence and supporting those affected by it.
Important Dates
  • The Act comes into force six months after it receives Royal Assent.
Financial Or Tax Impacts
  • The amendments to the Health Insurance Act suggest an expansion of services that may have financial implications for the health insurance system.
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The specific details of the violence intervention programs, the counselling services, the practitioners, and the conditions or limitations are to be prescribed, meaning they are not detailed in this bill text.
  • The exact scope and nature of programs and services that boards of health must establish are not fully detailed in the bill.
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Health Insurance Act
amends

Adds prescribed hospital-based and community-based violence intervention programs and prescribed trauma-informed counselling for gun violence survivors and related individuals as insured services. These services can be provided by prescribed practitioners under specific conditions and limitations.

Source: Section 1

Health Protection and Promotion Act
amends

Requires boards of health to establish programs and services aimed at reducing gun violence and increasing the community's capacity to support survivors of gun violence and those experiencing trauma related to it.

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
Aug 18, 2022
Step 2
Second reading
Sep 8, 2022
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Not reached yet
Step 5
Royal assent
Not reached yet

Vote Summary

Yes
31
No
72
Abstain
0
Absent / Other
0
Final recorded vote
Sep 8, 2022
103 representative positions are recorded in this official snapshot for this vote.
Sponsor
Mitzie Hunter
Sponsor party or district not listed
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

Representative Voting Breakdown

Vote badges include text labels so the table stays readable for everyone, even without color cues alone.

RepresentativeRoleRidingPartyVoteNotes
MPP
MPPScarborough—GuildwoodOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWaterlooNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa West—NepeanNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSpadina—Fort YorkNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNickel BeltNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMushkegowuk—James BayNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSudburyNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSt. CatharinesNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOshawaNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPUniversity—RosedaleNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto—St. Paul'sNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPTimiskaming—CochraneNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPToronto CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWindsor WestNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThunder Bay—Superior NorthNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOttawa—VanierOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDavenportNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBeaches—East YorkOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPGuelphGreen Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton MountainNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon WestNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton West—Ancaster—DundasNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDon Valley WestOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOrléansOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKingston and the IslandsOntario Liberal PartyYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon North CentreNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLondon—FanshaweNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHumber River—Black CreekNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara FallsNew Democratic Party of OntarioYesRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWindsor—TecumsehProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEssexProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough—AgincourtProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—UnionvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPCambridgeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSimcoe—GreyProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEtobicoke—LakeshoreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPRichmond HillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPPeterborough—KawarthaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNewmarket—AuroraProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—MaltonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOakville North—BurlingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPCarletonIndependentNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPYork—SimcoeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNorthumberland—Peterborough SouthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPFlamborough—GlanbrookProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBarrie—Springwater—Oro-MedonteProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOxfordProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPTimminsProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPParry Sound—MuskokaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKenora—Rainy RiverProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSimcoe NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThunder Bay—AtikokanProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEtobicoke CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHaliburton—Kawartha Lakes—BrockProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHuron—BruceProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPAurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond HillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKitchener—ConestogaProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga CentreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHamilton East—Stoney CreekProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—StreetsvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPStormont—Dundas—South GlengarryProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—StouffvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPPickering—UxbridgeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrampton SouthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough NorthProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPElgin—Middlesex—LondonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPNiagara WestProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWillowdaleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPOakvilleProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKing—VaughanProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLeeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau LakesProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDufferin—CaledonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDurhamProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPChatham-Kent—LeamingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPScarborough—Rouge ParkProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKitchener South—HespelerProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLanark—Frontenac—KingstonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPRenfrew—Nipissing—PembrokeProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga East—CooksvilleIndependentNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPThornhillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMarkham—ThornhillProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPWhitbyProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPPerth—WellingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPKanata—CarletonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPLambton—Kent—MiddlesexProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBurlingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPAjaxProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPHastings—Lennox and AddingtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBruce—Grey—Owen SoundProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSarnia—LambtonProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPEglinton—LawrenceProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPSault Ste. MarieProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—LakeshoreProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPMississauga—Erin MillsProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPGlengarry—Prescott—RussellProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBay of QuinteProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPDon Valley NorthIndependentNoRecorded without an additional note.
MPPBrantford—BrantProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioNoRecorded without an additional note.

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