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Framework for crime victims' rights

S-236 An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to establish a framework for implementing the rights of victims of crime

Expands legal rights for crime victims and sets up a framework to put those rights into effect.

What Bill S-236 would do

The bill would amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights to expand rights granted to victims of crime. It would also create a framework to implement those rights. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment amends the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights to enhance some of the rights granted to victims of crime and establishes a framework for implementing those rights. 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-236 An Act to amend the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights and to establish a framework for implementing the rights of victims of crime His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

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

Kind
Senator's bill
Sponsor
Leo Housakos, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedOct 1, 2025 Exact stageAt second reading in the Senate · since October 1, 2025Introduced, but not debated yet.
  2. Being debated
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Introduced October 1, 2025; not debated yet

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate now

  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 October 1, 2025.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

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