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Bill PR32 explained in plain English

Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2025

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

At a glance

Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature
Legislature / Parliament
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Session
44th Parliament, 1st Session
Bill number
Bill PR32
Full title
Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2025
Current status
Passed
Latest event
Royal Assent received
Last updated
Dec 11, 2025

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.

Chamber
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Current Stage
Royal Assent received
Latest Activity
Dec 11, 2025
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 PR32 repeals two previous special acts governing Groves Memorial Community Hospital because the hospital has been incorporated under general provincial not-for-profit legislation.

What It Means

Groves Memorial Community Hospital is a hospital in Ontario that was previously governed by special legislation passed just for it. The hospital has now chosen to be governed instead by the general Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010, which applies to many non-profit organizations in Ontario. To complete this transition, the hospital asked the Ontario legislature to repeal the two old special acts that governed it: the Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2002 and the Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2022. Bill PR32 does this. The bill repeals both of these acts and comes into force immediately upon receiving Royal Assent on December 11, 2025. This is a technical legislative cleanup to align the hospital's legal status with its actual current incorporation status.

What This Bill Does
  • Repeals the Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2002
  • Repeals the Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2022
  • Becomes effective immediately upon Royal Assent (December 11, 2025)
  • Removes special legislative status for Groves Memorial Community Hospital
Who Is Affected
  • Groves Memorial Community Hospital
  • Board members and directors of Groves Memorial Community Hospital
  • Staff and patients of Groves Memorial Community Hospital
  • The Ontario government (completing the legislative record)
Important Dates
  • Royal Assent: December 11, 2025
  • Commencement: December 11, 2025 (comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent)
  • Hospital continued under Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010: December 13, 2024
Uncertainties Or Limits
  • The bill does not specify what specific powers or duties may have changed for the hospital by transitioning from special legislation to the Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010—this would require review of the repealed acts and the general not-for-profit law
  • The bill does not address what happens to any property or assets governed under the 2022 Act beyond stating that the 2022 Act is repealed
  • The practical effect on the hospital's operations is not described in the bill text
Laws Or Regulations Affected
Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2002
repealed

This special act that originally incorporated and governed Groves Memorial Community Hospital is no longer in effect

Source: Section 1(1)

Groves Memorial Community Hospital Act, 2022
repealed

This special act that amended the 2002 Act regarding property ownership is no longer in effect

Source: Section 1(2)

Not-for-Profit Corporations Act, 2010
applied

Groves Memorial Community Hospital is now governed by this general provincial not-for-profit law instead of special legislation

Source: Preamble

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
Nov 4, 2025
Step 2
Second reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 3
Committee review
Not reached yet
Step 4
Third reading
Dec 10, 2025
Step 5
Royal assent
Dec 11, 2025

Vote Summary

No published recorded division

This bill does not have a published recorded division in the current official sources, so representative-by-representative vote counts are not shown.

Sponsor
Joseph Racinsky
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario | Wellington—Halton Hills
Jurisdiction
Ontario Legislature

No published representative vote breakdown

The current official sources do not publish a recorded division breakdown for this bill, so there is no representative-by-representative table to show.

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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