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S-223 An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act

Requires RCMP officers to enforce First Nation laws and carry out warrants issued under those laws.

What Bill S-223 would do

The bill would amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act regarding the duties of RCMP officers. It would require officers to prevent offences against First Nation laws and execute warrants that peace officers are lawfully permitted to carry out under those laws. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act to provide that the duties of members who are peace officers include the prevention of offences against First Nation laws and the execution of warrants that may, under First Nation laws, be lawfully executed and performed by peace officers. 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-223 An Act to amend the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: R.‍S.‍, c. R-10

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Mary Jane McCallum, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedJun 3, 2025
  2. Being studiedsince Jun 11 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs · since June 11, 2026A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

In a Senate committee since June 11

  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 National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

    Before the Senate on 2 sitting days, to

  3. Committee in the Senate now

    Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs

  4. Report stage in the Senate not yet

  5. Third reading in the Senate not yet

  6. First reading in the House not yet

  7. Second reading in the House not yet

  8. Committee in the House not yet

  9. Report stage in the House not yet

  10. Third reading in the House not yet

  11. Royal assent not yet

Exact procedural stages

Officially: At consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs · since June 11, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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