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Expiring criminal records

S-207 An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation

Allows criminal records to expire and repeals a related regulation.

What Bill S-207 would do

The bill would amend the Criminal Records Act to allow criminal records to expire. It would also make related changes to other laws and repeal a regulation. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Criminal Records Act to provide for the expiry of criminal records. It also makes consequential amendments to other Acts and repeals a regulation. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Kim Pate, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 28, 2025
  2. Being debatedsince May 28, 2025 Exact stageAt second reading in the Senate · since May 28, 2025MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

First debate in the Senate: 1 day so far

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate now

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  3. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  4. First reading in the House not yet

  5. Second reading in the House not yet

  6. Committee in the House not yet

  7. Report stage in the House not yet

  8. Third reading in the House not yet

  9. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At second reading in the Senate · since May 28, 2025.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 0

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