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S-211 National Framework on Sports Betting Advertising Act: An Act respecting a national framework on sports betting advertising

Requires a national plan to regulate sports betting ads and asks broadcast regulators to review their rules.

What Bill S-211 would do

The bill would require the development of a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising across Canada. The framework would set national standards to prevent risks for people harmed by sports betting ads. The bill would also have the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission review its rules to assess how well they reduce harms from these advertisements.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment provides for the development of a national framework to regulate sports betting advertising in Canada and to set national standards for the prevention of risk for persons negatively impacted. It also provides for the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to review its regulations and policies to assess their adequacy and effectiveness in reducing the incidence of harms resulting from the proliferation of sports betting advertising. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 Charles III, 2025 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-211 An Act respecting a national framework on sports betting advertising

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Marty Deacon, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedMay 28, 2025
  2. Being studiedsince Apr 22 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the House of Commons · Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage · since April 22, 2026A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Passed the Senate; now in the House, in committee there

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

    Before the Senate on 3 sitting days, to

  3. Committee in the Senate done

    Standing Senate Committee on Transport and Communications

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  4. Third reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  5. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  6. Second reading in the House done

    Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

    Before the House on 3 sitting days, to

    2nd reading and referral to committee - CHPC: agreed to, 291–⁠28 (division 100),

  7. Committee in the House now

    Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage

  8. Report stage in the House not yet

  9. Third reading in the House not yet

  10. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At consideration in committee in the House of Commons · Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage · since April 22, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 0

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Also raised in 3

Question Period, members' statements and other debates where the bill came up.

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  1. Routine Proceedings

    · Routine Proceedings · named 1 time

  2. Adjournment Proceedings

    · Adjournment Proceedings · named 4 times

  3. International Trade

    · Oral Questions · named 1 time

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