A bill must be adopted in the same form in both the House of Commons and the Senate before it can receive Royal Assent, the last step in the legislative process that allows a bill to become law.

The following is a list of Government bills and the date each bill received Royal Assent in the 44^th Parliament (November 22, 2021 to present).

Bill C-79: Appropriation Act No. 4, 2024-25 (December 17, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This enactment grants the sum of $21,632,370,126 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025

Bill C-40: Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission Act (December 17, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator David Arnot

• This legislation would establish an independent commission to review, investigate and decide which criminal cases should be returned to the justice system due to a potential miscarriage of justice.

Bill C-78: Tax Break for All Canadians Act (December 12, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Lucie Moncion

• This legislation implements a temporary GST/HST holiday between December 14, 2024 and February 15, 2025 for certain taxable supplies, such as groceries, restaurant meals, drinks, snacks, children’s clothing, and gifts.

Bill S-13: An Act to amend the Interpretation Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (November 27, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This legislation amends the federal Interpretation Act to include a non-derogation clause on upholding section 35 Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Bill S-16: Haida Nation Recognition Act (November 7, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Margo Greenwood

• This legislation would implement sections of an agreement with the Haida Nation that recognizes rights of governance and self-determination.

Bill C-20: Public Complaints and Review Commission Act (October 31, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Ratna Omidvar

• This legislation proposes to establish the Public Complaints and Review Commission, an enhanced independent review and complaints body for the Canada Border Services Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Bill C-64: Pharmacare Act (October 10, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Kim Pate

• Bill C-64 establishes a framework towards national universal pharmacare in Canada for certain prescription drugs and related products, including free coverage for contraception and diabetes medications.

Bill C-76: An Act to amend the Canada National Parks Act (October 3, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Karen Sorensen

• This legislation would enable the transfer of land-use planning and development authorities from Parks Canada to the Municipality of Jasper.

Bill C-49: Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation and Offshore Renewable Energy Management Act (October 3, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Iris Petten

• Bill C-49 expands the mandate of offshore boards in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador to include renewable energy projects, ensuring a consistent regulatory regime in federal-provincial jointly managed areas.

Bill C-75: Appropriation Act No. 3, 2024-25 (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This enactment grants the sum of $11,187,495,220 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025 that are not otherwise provided for.

Bill C-74: Appropriation Act No. 2, 2024-25 (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

Bill C-69: Budget Implementation Act, 2024, No. 1 (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Tony Loffreda

This legislation implements provisions of the spring 2024 budget, including the new National School Food Program, the launch of the carbon rebate for small businesses, and measures to make it easier to find deals on internet and phone plans.

Bill C-70: Countering Foreign Interference Act (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Tony Dean

• This legislation aims to strengthen the tools available to combat foreign interference and to protect national security, including a number of measures to modernize and fill gaps in existing legislation.

Bill C-59: Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2023 (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Lucie Moncion

• This legislation implements certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 21, 2023 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023.

Bill S-9: An Act to amend the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Mary Coyle

• This legislation adds to the list of banned chemicals under Canadian law, in line with the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Bill C-50: Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Hassan Yussuff

• This legislation would establish an accountability, transparency and engagement framework to promote economic growth, the creation of sustainable jobs and support for workers and communities across Canada in the shift to a net-zero economy.

Bill C-58: An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code and the Canada Industrial Relations Board Regulations, 2012 (June 20, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Frances Lankin

• This legislation prohibits the use of replacement workers and improve the process for protecting public health and safety during a strike or lockout.

Bill C-29: National Council for Reconciliation Act (April 30, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Michèle Audette

• This legislation provides for the establishment of a national council for reconciliation as an independent, non-political, permanent and Indigenous-led organization whose purpose is to advance reconciliation with Indigenous peoples.

Bill C-68: Appropriation Act No. 1, 2024-25 (March 22, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This legislation grants the sum of 74,011,525,281 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025.

Bill C-67: Appropriation Act No. 5, 2023-24 (March 22, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This legislation grants the sum of $8,911,403,788 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

Bill C-34: National Security Review of Investments Modernization Act (March 22, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Clément Gignac

• This legislation amends the Investment Canada Act.

Bill C-57: Canada-Ukraine Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 2023 (March 19, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Peter Harder

• This legislation implements the Canada–Ukraine Free Trade Agreement, done in Ottawa on September 22, 2023.

Bill C-35: Canada Early Learning and Child Care Act (March 19, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Rosemary Moodie

• This enactment sets out the Government’s vision for a Canada-wide early learning and child care system, as well as a commitment to maintaining long-term funding to the provinces and Indigenous peoples.

Bill C-62: An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying), No. 2 (February 29, 2024)

Sponsor: Senator Marc Gold

• This legislation amends An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) to provide that persons are not eligible, until March 17, 2027, to receive medical assistance in dying if their sole underlying medical condition is a mental illness.

Bill C-60: Appropriation Act No. 4, 2023-24 (December 15, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This enactment grants the sum of $20,678,755,329 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 that are not otherwise provided for.

Bill C-21: An Act to amend certain Acts and to make certain consequential amendments (firearms) (December 15, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Hassan Yussuff

• This legislation aims to address firearms violence in Canada and implement preventative measures.

Bill C-56: Affordable Housing and Groceries Act (December 15, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Éric Forest

• This legislation would implement a temporary enhancement to the GST New Residential Rental Property Rebate in respect of new purpose-built rental housing. It would also establish a framework for an inquiry to be conducted into the state of competition in a market or industry.

Bill C-48: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (bail reform) (December 5, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Marc Gold

• This bill responds to public safety concerns about the bail system by introducing targeted measures to address repeat violent offending, with a focus on violence with weapons.

Bill C-42: An Act to amend the Canada Business Corporations Act and to make consequential and related amendments to other Acts (November 2, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Percy Downe

• This legislation aims to bring greater transparency to corporate Canada.

Bill S-12: (An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Sex Offender Information Registration Act and the International Transfer of Offenders Act) (October 26, 2023)

• This legislation strengthens the effectiveness of the National Sex Offender Registry, and to make the criminal justice system more responsive to the needs of victims. Find out more.

Bill C-47: Budget Implementation Act, 2023, No. 1 (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Tony Loffreda

• This legislation implements certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on March 28, 2023. It provides the legislative framework for the Government’s plan to help make life more affordable for low- and middle-income Canadians and build a clean economy that will create sustainable jobs, from coast to coast to coast.

Bill C-55: Appropriation Act No. 3, 2023-24 (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This enactment grants the sum of $20,478,605,110 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

Bill C-54: Appropriation Act No. 2, 2023-24 (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This enactment grants the sum of $108,700,157,669 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024.

Bill C-18: Online News Act (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Peter Harder

• This legislation regulates digital news intermediaries to enhance fairness in the Canadian digital news marketplace and contribute to its sustainability.

Bill C-51: Self-Government Treaty Recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate Act (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Brent Cotter

• This legislation gives effect to the Self-Government Treaty Recognizing the Whitecap Dakota Nation / Wapaha Ska Dakota Oyate, reaffirming an inherent right to self-governance.

Bill S-8 : An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Peter Harder

• This legislation bans sanctioned foreign nationals from Canada. It notably ensures that Russian individuals and entities who have been sanctioned in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are inadmissible to Canada.

Bill C-9: An Act to amend the Judges Act (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Pierre Dalphond

• This legislation amends the Judges Act to replace the process through which the conduct of federally appointed judges is reviewed by the Canadian Judicial Council. It establishes a new process for reviewing allegations of misconduct that are not serious enough to warrant a judge’s removal from office.

Bill C-22: Canada Disability Benefit Act (June 22, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Brent Cotter

• This enactment establishes the Canada disability benefit to reduce poverty and to support the financial security of working-age persons with disabilities.

Bill C-45: An Act to amend the First Nations Fiscal Management Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to make a clarification relating to another Act (June 20, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Marty Klyne

• This legislation modernizes the First Nations Financial Management Act, and provides First Nations with new tools and resources to pursue their long-term economic objectives.

Bill C-13: An Act for the Substantive Equality of Canada’s Official Languages (June 20, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator René Cormier

• This legislation recognizes that the French language requires a targeted approach in order to foster substantive equality between the two official languages all while continuing to protect the rights of linguistic minorities. It also recognizes the diversity of provincial and territorial language regimes.

Bill C-41: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (June 20, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Ratna Omidvar

• This legislation facilitates humanitarian aid, as well as immigration activities and other government operations, in Afghanistan and other geographic areas controlled by terrorist groups.

Bill S-5 : Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (June 13, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Stanley Kutcher

• This legislation updates the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The aim is to strengthen Canada’s chemicals management regime and recognize a right to a healthy environment. Find out more.

Bill C-46: Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 3 (May 11, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Marc Gold

• This enactment authorizes additional payments to the provinces and territories. It also amends the Income Tax Act to provide an additional payment of the Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) credit equal to double the amount of the regular January 2023 payment.

Bill C-11: Online Streaming Act (April 27, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Dennis Dawson

• This bill updates the Broadcasting Act to ensure that online streaming services contribute, in an equitable and flexible way, to the creation of Canadian content, among other measures. Find out more.

Bill C-44: Appropriation Act No. 1, 2023-24 (March 30, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This enactment grants the sum of $89,678,492,027 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 that are not otherwise provided for.

Bill C-43: Appropriation Act No. 5, 2022-23 (March 30, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This legislation grants the sum of $4,680,112,624 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 that are not otherwise provided for.

Bill C-39: An Act to amend An Act to amend the Criminal Code (medical assistance in dying) (March 9, 2023)

Sponsor: Senator Stan Kutcher

• This enactment delays, until March 17, 2024, the repeal of the exclusion from eligibility for receiving medical assistance in dying in circumstances where the sole underlying medical condition identified in support of the request is a mental illness.

Bill C-32: Fall Economic Statement Implementation Act, 2022 (December 15, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Tony Loffreda

• This legislation implements certain provisions of the fall economic statement tabled in Parliament on November 3, 2022 and certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022.

Bill C-36: Appropriation Act No. 4, 2022-23 (December 15, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This legislation grants to His Majesty certain sums of money for the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.

Bill S-4: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Identification of Criminals Act and to make related amendments to other Acts (COVID-19 response and other measures) (December 15, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Pierre Dalphond

• This legislation aims to modernize the criminal justice system. It helps address challenges faced by the courts, which were caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more.

Bill C-5: An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (November 17, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Marc Gold

• This legislation repeals certain mandatory minimum penalties, allows for a greater use of conditional sentences and establishes diversion measures for simple drug possession offences, among other measures. Find out more.

Bill C-31: Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 2 (Targeted Support for Households) (November 17, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Hassan Yussuff

• This legislation provides new dental and rental benefits to Canadians in need. It enacts the Dental Benefit Act, which provides an interim, tax-free benefit for children under the age of 12 who do not have access to private dental care. It also enacts the Rental Housing Benefit Act, which provides a one-time payment of $500 to eligible renters. Find out more.

Bill C-30: Cost of Living Relief Act, No. 1 (Targeted Tax Relief) (October 18, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Tony Loffreda

• This bill provides temporary financial support for low- and modest-income Canadians through a special top-up payment under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Credit that doubles the GST Credit for six months. Find out more.

Bill C-28: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (self-induced extreme intoxication) (June 23, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Marc Gold

• This bill amends the Criminal Code to provide for criminal liability for violent crimes of general intent committed by a person while in a state of negligent self-induced extreme intoxication. Find out more.

Bill C-19: Budget Implementation Act, 2022, No. 1 (June 23, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Lucie Moncion

• This legislation would implement certain provisions of the budget tabled in Parliament on April 7, 2022 and other measures. Find out more.

Bill S-10: Anishinabek Nation Governance Agreement Act (June 23, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Patti LaBoucane-Benson

• This bill advances Indigenous self-government. It enacts a new governance agreement with the Anishinabek Nation and modernizes a historic self-governance agreement with the shíshálh Nation. Find out more.

Bill C-25: Appropriation Act No. 3, 2022-23 (June 23, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This legislation grants $115,056,882,851 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 that are not otherwise provided for. Find out more.

Bill C-24: Appropriation Act No. 2, 2022-23 (June 23, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This legislation grants $8,795,403,218 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 that are not otherwise provided for. Find out more.

Bill C-14: Preserving Provincial Representation in the House of Commons Act (June 23, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Dennis Dawson

• This legislation provides that, when the number of members of the House of Commons and the representation of the provinces in that House are readjusted on the completion of each decennial census, a province will not have fewer members assigned to it than were assigned during the 43rd Parliament. Find out more.

Bill C-8: Economic and Fiscal Update Implementation Act, 2021 (June 9, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Clément Gignac

• This legislation proposes to implement certain provisions of the economic and fiscal update tabled in Parliament on December 14, 2021 and other measures. Find out more.

Bill C-16, Appropriation Act No. 1, 2022-23 (March 31, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This enactment grants the sum of $75,483,404,546 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023 that are not otherwise provided for. Find out more.

Bill C-15, Appropriation Act No. 5, 2021-22 (March 31, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This enactment grants the sum of $13,209,519,773 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022 that are not otherwise provided for. Find out more.

Bill C-10, An Act respecting certain measures related to COVID-19, (March 4, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Marc Gold

• This legislation allows Health Canada to purchase up to $2.5 billion worth of rapid tests, and distribute them to provinces, territories and Indigenous communities. Find out more.

Bill C-12, An Act to amend the Old Age Security Act (Guaranteed Income Supplement) (March 3, 2022)

Sponsor: Senator Jane Cordy

• This legislation supports low-income seniors who are experiencing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more.

Bill C-3, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and the Canada Labour Code (December 17, 2021)

Sponsor: Senator Hassan Yussuff

• This legislation provides paid sick leave to federally regulated employees, and protects healthcare workers and patients from harassment. Find out more.

Bill C-2, An Act to provide further support in response to COVID-19 (December 17, 2021)

Sponsor: Senator Peter Boehm

• This legislation provides further support to Canadians during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Find out more.

Bill C-6, Appropriation Act No. 4, 2021-22 (December 17, 2021)

Sponsor: Senator Raymonde Gagné

• This legislation grants the sum of $8,749,898,306 towards defraying charges and expenses of the federal public administration for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022. Find out more.

Bill C-4, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (conversion therapy) (December 8, 2021)

Sponsor: Senator René Cormier

• This legislation, to ban the harmful and widely discredited practice known as conversion therapy, became the first Government bill to receive Royal Assent during the 44th Parliament. Find out more.