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Action on intimate partner violence

S-242 Georgina’s Law: An Act respecting national action for the prevention of intimate partner violence

Continues national action to prevent intimate partner violence.

What Bill S-242 would do

The bill would provide for the continuation of national action to prevent intimate partner violence. The published material gives no further detail.

Official text

Official summary

This enactment provides for the continuation of national action for the prevention of intimate partner violence. 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-242 An Act respecting national action for the prevention of intimate partner violence 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
Fabian Manning, Senator
Introduced
in the Senate
Last activity

Where it stands

  1. ProposedDec 2, 2025
  2. Being debatedsince May 27 Exact stageAt second reading in the House of Commons · since May 27, 2026MPs or senators are debating it in the chamber where it started.
  3. Almost law
  4. Law

Passed the Senate; now in the House, debate there under way

  1. First reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  2. Second reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  3. Third reading in the Senate done

    Before the Senate on 1 sitting day,

  4. First reading in the House done

    Before the House on 1 sitting day,

  5. Second reading in the House now

    Before the House on 1 sitting day, · 1 debate here

  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 House of Commons · since May 27, 2026.

  1. Senate
  2. House
  3. Royal assent

Debates in the House 1

Members who spoke: Conservative 2 Liberal 2 Bloc Québécois 1

Second reading 1

  1. Georgina's Law

    · Sitting 152 · 11 statements · 10 graded

    5 members spoke

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