Fourth Session, 42nd Parliament – 2023
Debates of the Legislative Assembly (Hansard)

BUSINESS INDEX (DRAFT)
bills, estimates, question periods; parliamentary business
References are linked to time stamps in the transcript: e.g., 73B:1435 = Issue 73, 2:35 p.m.

Bill abbreviations: Amdts. - Amendments; cl. - clause; 1R - First reading;
2R - Second reading; C - Committee stage; 3R - Third reading; RA - Royal Assent
Index updated regularly during session.

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Bills by name See also Bills by number

An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1) See An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Bill 1)
British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M216) See British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2023
Buddhist Culture Day Act (Bill M212) See Buddhist Culture Day Act (Bill M212)
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10) See Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10)
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 20) See Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 20)
Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 21) See Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 21)
Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act (Bill M223) See Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act (Bill M223)
Corrections Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M203) See Corrections Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M203)
Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37) See Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 37)
Crown Land Residential Lease Act, 2023 (Bill M208) See Crown Land Residential Lease Act, 2023 (Bill M208)
Defibrillator Public Access Act, 2023 (Bill M220) See Defibrillator Public Access Act, 2023
Election Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 11) See Election Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 11)
Electoral Districts Act (Bill 25) See Electoral Districts Act (Bill 25)
Electoral Districts (Renaming) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M209) See Electoral Districts (Renaming) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M209)
Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31) See Emergency and Disaster Management Act (Bill 31)
Emergency Program Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M211) See Emergency Program Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M211)
Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 29) See Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 29)
Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M205) See Equal Pay Reporting Act (Bill M205)
Family Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 17) See Family Law Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 17)
Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 4) See Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 4)
Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 41) See Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 41)
Fraser Valley Transit Services Act, 2023 (Bill M225) See Fraser Valley Transit Services Act, 2023 (Bill M225)
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M204) See Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M204)
Haida Nation Recognition Act (Bill 18) See Haida Nation Recognition Act (Bill 18)
Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46) See Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 46)
Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44) See Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 44)
Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 47) See Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 47)
Indigenous Names Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M213) See Indigenous Names Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M213)
International Credentials Recognition Act (Bill 38) See International Credentials Recognition Act (Bill 38)
Intimate Images Protection Act (Bill 12) See Intimate Images Protection Act (Bill 12)
Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 48) See Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 48)
Land Owner Transparency Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 7) See Land Owner Transparency Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 7)
Land Title Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill M206) See Land Title Amendment Act, 2022 (Bill M206)
Lunar New Year Act (Bill M227) See Lunar New Year Act (Bill M227)
Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M221) See Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M221)
Mental Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M214) See Mental Health Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M214)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 3) See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 3)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2023 (Bill 42) See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2023 (Bill 42)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023 (Bill 24)
Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.4), 2023 (Bill 45) See Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.4), 2023 (Bill 45)
Miscellaneous Statutes (Gas Price Relief) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M219) See Miscellaneous Statutes (Gas Price Relief) Amendment Act, 2023
Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 14) See Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 14)
Money Judgment Enforcement Act (Bill 27) See Money Judgment Enforcement Act (Bill 27)
Money Judgment Enforcement Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act (Bill 43) See Money Judgment Enforcement Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act (Bill 43)
Money Services Businesses Act (Bill 19) See Money Services Businesses Act (Bill 19)
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 23) See Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 23)
Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill 28) See Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill 28)
Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 5) (Bill 6) See Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 5) (Bill 6)
Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 26) See Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 26)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act (Bill 2) See National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act (Bill 2)
No Net Loss of Wetland Act (Bill M226) See No Net Loss of Wetland Act (Bill M226)
Non-Disclosure Agreements Act (Bill M215) See Non-Disclosure Agreements Act (Bill M215)
North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M218) See North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M218)
Pay Transparency Act (Bill 13) See Pay Transparency Act (Bill 13)
Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 33) See Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 33)
Police Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 36) See Police Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 36)
Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act, 2023 (Bill M210) See Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act, 2023 (Bill M210)
Protecting Small Business from Crime and Vandalism Review Act (Bill M222) See Protecting Small Business from Crime and Vandalism Review Act (Bill M222)
Provincial Sales Tax (Used Passenger Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M201) See Provincial Sales Tax (Used Passenger Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M201)
Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 32) See Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 32)
Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M207) See Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M207)
Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5) See Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 5)
Real Estate Services Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8) See Real Estate Services Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 8)
Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act See Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act (Bill 34)
St. Mark's College Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr402) See St. Mark's College Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr402)
School Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 40) See School Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 40)
Short-term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35) See Short-term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)
Strata Property Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 22)
Supply Act, 2022-23 (Bill 9) See Supply Act, 2022-2023 (Supplementary Estimates) (Bill 9)
Supply Act, 2023-2024 (Bill 30) See Supply Act, 2023-2024 (Bill 30)
Supply Act (No.1), 2023 (Bill 16) See Supply Act (No.1), 2023 (Bill 16)
Transportation Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M224) See Transportation Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M224)
Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr401) See Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill Pr401)
Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 15) See Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 15)
Wildlife Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M202) See Wildlife Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill M202)
Wildlife Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill M217) See Wildlife Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023 (Bill M217)
Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 39) See Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 39)
Bills by number See also Bills by name

(* denotes bill having received royal assent)
1. An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament
2.* National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Act
3.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2023
4.* Finance Statutes Amendment Act, 2023
5.* Public Service Labour Relations Amendment Act, 2023
6.* Municipalities Enabling and Validating Act (No. 5)
7.* Land Owner Transparency Amendment Act, 2023
8.* Real Estate Services Amendment Act, 2023
9.* Supply Act, 2022-2023 (Supplementary Estimates)
10.* Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023
11.* Election Amendment Act, 2023
12.* Intimate Images Protection Act
13.* Pay Transparency Act
14.* Miscellaneous Statutes (Modernization) Amendment Act, 2023
15.* Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2023
16.* Supply Act (No.1), 2023
17.* Family Law Amendment Act, 2023
18.* Haida Nation Recognition Act
19.* Money Services Businesses Act
20.* Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2023
21.* Civil Forfeiture Amendment Act, 2023
22.* Strata Property Amendment Act, 2023
23.* Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2023
24.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.2), 2023
25.* Electoral Districts Act
26. Municipalities Enabling and Validating (No.5) Amendment Act, 2023
27.* Money Judgment Enforcement Act
28.* Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023
29.* Environmental Management Amendment Act, 2023
30.* Supply Act, 2023-2024
31.* Emergency and Disaster Management Act
32.* Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023
33.* Pension Benefits Standards Amendment Act, 2023
34.* Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act
35.* Short-term Rental Accommodations Act (Bill 35)
36.* Police Amendment Act, 2023
37.* Crime Victim Assistance Amendment Act, 2023
38.* International Credentials Recognition Act
39.* Zero-Emission Vehicles Amendment Act, 2023
40.* School Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 40)
41.* Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 2023
42.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2023
43.* Money Judgment Enforcement Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions Act
44.* Housing Statutes (Residential Development) Amendment Act, 2023
45.* Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No.4), 2023
46.* Housing Statutes (Development Financing) Amendment Act, 2023
47.* Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023
48.* Labour Statutes Amendment Act, 2023
M201. Provincial Sales Tax (Used Passenger Vehicles) Amendment Act, 2023
M202. Wildlife Amendment Act, 2023
M203. Corrections Statutes Amendment Act, 2023
M204. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2023
M205. Equal Pay Reporting Act
M206. Land Title Amendment Act, 2022
M207. Provincial Symbols and Honours Amendment Act, 2023
M208. Crown Land Residential Lease Act, 2023
M209. Electoral Districts (Renaming) Amendment Act, 2023
M210. Preserving Brunswick Point for Agriculture and Migrating Waterfowl Habitat Act, 2023
M211. Emergency Program Amendment Act, 2023
M212. Buddhist Culture Day Act
M213. Indigenous Names Statutes Amendment Act, 2023
M214. Mental Health Amendment Act, 2023
M215. Non-Disclosure Agreements Act
M216. British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2023
M217. Wildlife Amendment Act (No. 2), 2023
M218. North Island-Coast Development Initiative Trust Amendment Act, 2023
M219. Miscellaneous Statutes (Gas Price Relief) Amendment Act, 2023
M220. Defibrillator Public Access Act, 2023
M221. Members' Conflict of Interest Amendment Act, 2023
M222. Protecting Small Business from Crime and Vandalism Review Act
M223. Control of Foreign Funding and Electoral Influence Act
M224. Transportation Amendment Act, 2023
M225. Fraser Valley Transit Services Act, 2023
M226. No Net Loss of Wetland Act
M227. Lunar New Year Act
Pr401.* Vancouver Foundation Amendment Act, 2023
Pr402.* St. Mark's College Amendment Act, 2023
Blessings and acknowledgments See also Prayers and reflections

Alphonse, Shirley 258B:1000-1005, 326B:1005
Dick, Bradley 329B:1005-1015
Dick, Florence 257B:1400-1405
Reid, Erica 326B:1120
British Columbia Transit Amendment Act, 2023

(Bill M216) (Sturdy) 1R, 290B:1350
Debate, speakers (Sturdy) 290B:1350
Buddhist Culture Day Act (Bill M212)

(Wat) 1R, 276B:1345
Debate, speakers (Wat) 276B:1345
Budget

Budget address (Conroy) 278B:1335-1405; motion approved 286B:1845
Divisions: budget motion approved 286B:1845
Debate 278B:1335-1430, 279B:1435-1845, 286B:1445-1840
Debate, speakers (Brar) 286B:1735-1755 (Chant) 279B:1615-1640 (Conroy) 278B:1335-1405, 286B:1830 (de Jong) 286B:1445-1510 (Furstenau) 279B:1540-1615 (Kahlon) 279B:1810-1840 (Kirkpatrick) 279B:1740-1810 (Ma) 286B:1640-1705 (Merrifield) 286B:1540-1610 (Milobar) 278B:1405-1430, 279B:1435-1540 (Olsen) 286B:1610-1640 (Ross) 279B:1640-1710 (Routley) 286B:1510-1540 (Simons) 286B:1800-1830 (Sims) 279B:1710-1740 (Stone) 286B:1705-1735
Committee of Supply resolutions approved and funds granted 330B:1705
Interim supply See Supply Act (No.1), 2023 (Bill 16)
Management of public funds and debt, estimates 322B:1155
Other appropriations, estimates 297A:1550, 318C:1815, 322B:1155
Supplementary estimates 2022-23
Committee of Supply resolutions approved and supplementary funds granted 288B:1305
Budget Measures Implementation Act, 2023 (Bill 10)

(Minister of Finance) 1R, 278B:1430-1435; 2R, 287B:1120-1150, 288B:1335-1525, 290B:1540-1700, 290B:1805; C, 309B:1610-1725, 315B:1110-1155, 316A:1430-1635; 3R, 316B:1720; RA, 330B:1730
Debate, speakers (Banman) 288B:1430-1500 (Bernier) 288B:1500-1530 (Clovechok) 288B:1600-1630 (Conroy) 278B:1430-1435, 287B:1120-1130, 309B:1610-1725, 315B:1110-1150, 316A:1435-1635 (Davies) 288B:1530-1600 (Furstenau) 288B:1345-1400 (Halford) 288B:1630-1720 (Kyllo) 288B:1720-1725, 290B:1540-1605 (Lee) 316A:1450-1530, 316A:1630-1635 (Milobar) 288B:1400-1430, 309B:1610-1720, 315B:1110-1150, 316A:1430-1450, 316A:1535-1625 (Morris) 290B:1635-1645 (Oakes) 290B:1605-1635 (Olsen) 290B:1645-1700 (Singh, A.) 288B:1335-1345 (Wat) 287B:1130-1150
Business Corporations Amendment Act, 2023 (Bill 20)

(Minister of Finance) 1R, 293B:1345-1350; 2R, 309B:1550-1600; C, 314B:1550-1620; 3R, 314B:1620; RA, 330B:1730
Debate, speakers (Conroy) 293B:1345-1350, 309B:1550-1600, 314B:1600-1620 (Milobar) 309B:1555-1600, 314B:1555-1615
By-election results

MLA for Langford–Juan de Fuca (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly) 331B:1005 (Eby) 331B:1005 (Sharma) 331B:1005
MLA for Vancouver–Mount Pleasant (Clerk of the Legislative Assembly) 331B:1005 (Eby) 331B:1005 (Sharma) 331B:1005

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