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National fetal alcohol framework plan

S-234 National Framework on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Act: An Act respecting a national framework for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Requires the development of a national framework to support Canadians with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, their families and caregivers.

What Bill S-234 would do

The bill would require the development of a national framework designed to support Canadians with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, their families and their caregivers. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment provides for the development of a national framework designed to support Canadians with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, their families and their caregivers. Available on the Senate of Canada website at the following address: www.sencanada.ca/en 1st Session, 45th Parliament, 3 - 4 Charles III, 2025 SENATE OF CANADA BILL S-234 An Act respecting a national framework for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedSep 23, 2025
  2. Being studiedsince Nov 25, 2025 Exact stageAt consideration in committee in the Senate · Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology · since November 25, 2025A committee of MPs or senators is going through it line by line.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

In a Senate committee since November 25, 2025

  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 Social Affairs, Science and Technology

    Before the Senate on 2 sitting days, to

  3. Committee in the Senate now

    Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology

  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 Social Affairs, Science and Technology · since November 25, 2025.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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