Bill 100, Strengthening Members' Integrity Act, 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Currently, subsection 6 (1) of the Members’ Integrity Act, 1994 provides that a member of the Assembly shall not accept a fee, gift or personal benefit that is connected directly or indirectly with the performance of the member’s duties of office.
The Bill repeals and re-enacts subsection 6 (1) to provide that a member of the Assembly shall not accept a fee, gift or personal benefit that might reasonably be seen to have been given in connection, directly or indirectly, with the performance of the member’s duties of office.
Bill 100 2023
An Act to amend the Members’ Integrity Act, 1994 with respect to fees, gifts and personal benefits
His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:
1 Subsection 6 (1) of the Members’ Integrity Act, 1994 is repealed and the following substituted:
Gifts and other advantages
(1) A member of the Assembly shall not accept a fee, gift or personal benefit that might reasonably be seen to have been given in connection, directly or indirectly, with the performance of the member’s duties of office.
Commencement
2 This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
Short title
3 The short title of this Act is the Strengthening Members’ Integrity Act, 2023.
| Date | Bill stage | Event | Outcome | Committee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2023 | Second Reading | Vote | Lost on division | - |
| May 10, 2023 | Second Reading | Question put | Vote deferred | - |
| May 10, 2023 | Second Reading | Debated | - | - |
| April 17, 2023 | First Reading | Ordered for Second Reading | - | - |
| April 17, 2023 | First Reading | Vote | Carried | - |
Acts affected - Bill 100
The First Reading version of this bill proposed amendments to these acts (available to view on e-Laws):
- Members' Integrity Act, 1994