Bill 3 explained in plain English
Robbie’s Legacy Act (Honouring Beloved Organ and Tissue Donors), 2026
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 44th Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Robbie's Legacy Act amends the Gift of Life Act to permit the public recognition of deceased organ and tissue donors under certain conditions, requiring consent and specific limitations on identifying information.
This bill, known as Robbie's Legacy Act, amends the Gift of Life Act. It allows for the public identification of deceased organ and tissue donors, under specific conditions, to recognize their donation. These conditions include using only the deceased person's name, identifying them in a memorial or other form of appreciation by the hospital, waiting at least six months after the transplant, and obtaining consent for the public identification from the deceased's substitute decision-maker (or the original substitute decision-maker if consent was given by them). The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Amends the Gift of Life Act to allow for the public identification of deceased organ and tissue donors.
- Establishes conditions under which a deceased person can be publicly identified as an organ or tissue donor.
- Specifies that only the deceased person's name can be used for public identification, without additional details like the transplant date.
- Requires that public identification serves as a form of memorial or appreciation by the hospital.
- Mandates a waiting period of at least six months after the transplant before public identification can occur.
- Requires consent for public identification from specific individuals, such as the deceased's substitute decision-maker.
- States that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Deceased individuals who have donated organs or tissues.
- Families or substitutes of deceased organ and tissue donors.
- Hospitals and healthcare institutions involved in organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
- The public, through the potential for memorials and recognition of donors.
- Right to publicly identify a deceased person as an organ or tissue donor, if specific conditions are met.
- Obligation to ensure public identification uses only the deceased person's name.
- Obligation to obtain consent from specific individuals for public identification.
- Obligation to wait at least six months after a transplant before public identification.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'legally required' exceptions for public identification mentioned in the amended subsection 11(1) of the Gift of Life Act.
- The exact forms of memorials or other appropriate recognitions by the hospital are not detailed.
Modifies provisions related to the identification of deceased organ and tissue donors, allowing for public recognition under specific circumstances.
Source: Section 1(1) and 1(2)
Changes the introductory wording of this subsection to allow for exceptions related to public identification of donors, where legally required or in accordance with new provisions.
Source: Section 1(1)
Adds a new subsection (3) that outlines the conditions under which a deceased person can be publicly identified as an organ or tissue donor.
Source: Section 1(2)
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