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Longer parole waits for murders

C-235 Respecting Families of Murdered and Brutalized Persons Act: An Act to amend the Criminal Code (increasing parole ineligibility)

Requires life sentences with 25 to 40 years before parole for convictions of abduction, sexual assault and murder.

What Bill C-235 would do

The bill would amend the Criminal Code to change sentencing for a person convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim from the same event or series of events. Offenders would receive a life sentence without eligibility for parole for 25 to 40 years. The trial judge would determine the exact parole ineligibility period within that range after considering any recommendation from the jury.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that a person convicted of the abduction, sexual assault and murder of the same victim in respect of the same event or series of events is to be sentenced to imprisonment for life without eligibility for parole until the person has served a sentence of between twenty-five and forty years, as determined by the presiding judge after considering the recommendation, if any, of the jury.

The government's summary, printed at the front of the bill as introduced.

Kind
Private member's bill
Sponsor
Jeff Kibble, Member of Parliament (Cowichan—Malahat—Langford)
Introduced
in the House of Commons
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedSep 22, 2025
  2. Being debatedsince Jun 8 Exact stageAt report stage in the House of Commons · since June 8, 2026MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Back from committee; final debate in the House next

  1. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the House done

    Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

    Before the House on 2 sitting days, to

    2nd reading and referral to committee - JUST: agreed to on division,

  3. Committee in the House done

    Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  4. Report stage in the House now

  5. Third reading in the House not yet

  6. First reading in the Senate not yet

  7. Second reading in the Senate not yet

  8. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At report stage in the House of Commons · since June 8, 2026.

  1. House
  2. Senate
  3. Royal assent

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