Government Bills Listing

First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
GOVERNMENT BILLS LISTING – BILL 1 to 51 3rd Session, 36th Parliament (1998) (with Links to Bills and Hansard Debates)
Bill 1: An Act to Ensure the Supremacy of Parliament (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
Mar. 26	Debate
Bill 2: Budget Measures Implementation Act, 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Mar. 30	Debate	Apr. 20	Debate	Apr. 21 AM Apr. 21 PM	Debate Debate	Apr. 21	Apr. 21	Apr. 21	Debate	May 13	5
Bill 3: Income Tax Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Mar. 30	Debate	Apr. 20	Debate	Apr. 21	Debate	Apr. 21		Apr. 21	Debate	May 13	8
Bill 4: Capital Financing Authority Repeal and Debt Restructuring Act (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Mar. 30	Debate	Apr. 20	Debate	Apr. 21	Debate	Apr. 21		Apr. 21	Debate	May 13	6
Bill 5: BC-Alcan Northern Development Fund Act (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Mar. 30	Debate	Apr. 20	Debate	Apr. 21	Debate	Apr. 21		Apr. 21	Debate	May 13	3
Bill 6: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Rate Freeze and Profit Sharing Act, 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Mar. 30	Debate	Apr. 21	Debate	Apr. 21 AM Apr. 21 PM	Debate Debate	Apr. 22		Apr. 22	Debate	May 13	4
Bill 7: Supply Act (No. 1), 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Mar. 31	Debate	Mar. 31 AM Mar. 31 PM	Debate Debate	Mar. 31	Debate	Mar. 31		Mar. 31	Debate	Mar. 31	2
Bill 8: Tuition Fee Freeze Act (Hon. A. Petter)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 22	Debate	Apr. 28 AM Apr. 28 PM	Debate Debate	Apr. 30	Debate	Apr. 30		Apr. 30	Debate	May 13	15
Bill 9: Finance and Corporate Relations Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 23	Debate	Apr. 28	Debate	Apr. 30	Debate	Apr. 30	Apr. 30	Apr. 30	Debate	May 13	7
Bill 10: Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 23	Debate	Apr. 30	Debate	May 7	Debate	May 7		May 7	Debate	May 13	11
Bill 11: Small Business Venture Capital Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. I. Waddell)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 23	Debate	Apr. 30	Debate	May 7	Debate	May 7		May 7	Debate	May 13	14
Bill 12: Mining Rights Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. D. Miller)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 21	Debate	Apr. 28 Apr. 29	Debate Debate	May 7	Debate	May 7	May 7	May 7	Debate	May 13	10
Bill 13: Pension Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 30	Debate	May 7	Debate	May 11	Debate	May 11		May 11	Debate	May 13	13
Bill 14: Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998 ( Hon. D. Lovick)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Apr. 28	Debate	May 5 AM May 5 PM May 6 PM May 7 AM	Debate Debate Debate Debate	May 21 PM May 25 PM May 26 AM May 26 PM May 27 PM Jun. 1 PM Jun. 2 AM	Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate	Jun. 2	Jun. 2	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	50
Bill 15: Legal Profession Act (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 5	Debate	May 11	Debate	May 12	Debate	May 12		May 12	Debate	May 13	9
Bill 16: Occupiers Liability Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. C. McGregor)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 1	Debate	May 11	Debate	May 12	Debate	May 12		May 12	Debate	May 13	12
Bill 17: Waste Management Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. C. McGregor)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 1	Debate	May 11	Debate	May 12 May 13	Debate Debate	May 13	May 13	May 13	Debate	Jun. 30	21
Bill 19: Attorney General Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 4	Debate	May 11	Debate	May 12 Jul. 21	Debate Debate	Jul. 21	Jul. 21	May 12 Jul. 21	Debate Debate	Jul. 30	23
Bill 20: Statute Revision Correction and Miscellaneous Amendments Act, 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 14	Debate	May 21	Debate	May 25	Debate	May 25		May 25	Debate	Jun. 30	22
Bill 21: Assessment Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. J. Kwan)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 20	Debate	Jun. 2	Debate	Jun. 3 Jun. 4 AM Jun. 4 PM Jul. 30	Debate Debate Debate Debate	Jul. 30		Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	22
Bill 22: Mental Health Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. P. Priddy)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 20	Debate	Jun. 25	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29	Jul. 29	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul.30	35
Bill 23: Park Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. C. McGregor)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 20	Debate	Jun. 2	Debate	Jun. 4	Debate	Jun. 4	Jun. 4	Jun. 4	Debate	Jun. 30	18
Bill 24: Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 22	Debate	Jun. 2	Debate	Jun. 4 Jul. 21	Debate Debate	Jul. 21		Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 30	28
Bill 25: Family Relations Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 25	Debate	Jun. 2	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 21		Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 30	28
Bill 26: Labour Relations Code Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. D. Lovick)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 17	Debate	Jun. 18 AM Jun. 18 PM Jun. 22 Jun. 23 AM Jun. 23 PM Jun. 24 Jun. 25 Jul. 7 AM Jul. 7 PM1 Jul. 7 PM2 Jul. 8 PM1 Jul. 8 PM2 Jul. 9 AM Jul. 9 PM1 Jul. 9 PM2 Jul. 13 PM1 Jul. 13 PM2 Jul. 13 PM3	Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate	Jul. 15 Jul. 16-AM Jul. 16-PM	Debate Debate Debate	Jul. 16	Jul. 16	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 30	33
Bill 27: Northern Development Act (Hon. D. Miller)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
May 25	Debate	Jun. 2 Jun. 3	Debate Debate	Jun. 25	Debate	Jun. 25	Jun. 25	Jun. 30	Debate	Jun. 30	17
Bill 28: Tobacco Sales Amendment Act, 1998 ( Hon. P. Priddy)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 2	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30		Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	47
Bill 29: Tobacco Fee Act (Hon. P. Priddy)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 11	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul.30	46
Bill 30: Tobacco Damages Recovery Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. P. Priddy)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 11	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30		Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	45
Bill 31: Local Government Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. J. Kwan)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 4	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	34
Bill 32: Oil and Gas Commission Act (Hon. D. Miller)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 3	Debate	Jun. 3	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 21	Jul. 21	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 30	39
Bill 33: Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 15	Debate	Jun. 25	Debate	Jun. 25	Debate	Jun. 25		Jun. 25	Debate	Jun. 30	16
Bill 34: Forests Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. D. Zirnhelt)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 16	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 21	Jul. 21	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	29
Bill 35: Education Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. P. Ramsey)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 16	Debate	Jul. 27	Debate	Jul. 27	Debate	Jul. 28	Jul. 28	Jul. 28	Debate	Jul. 30	27
Bill 36: Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority Act (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 19	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29	Jul. 29	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	30
Bill 37: Muskwa-Kechika Management Area Act (Hon. C. McGregor)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 18	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 21	Jul. 21	Jul. 21	Debate	Jul. 30	38
Bill 38: Pension Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 22	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	40
Bill 39: Public Education Collective Agreement Act (Hon. P. Ramsey)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 25	Debate	Jul. 21 Jul. 23 Jul. 27	Debate Debate Debate	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Jul. 30	Debate	Jul. 30	41
Bill 40: Environment Management Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. C. McGregor)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 24	Debate
Bill 41: Income Tax Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 29	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23		Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 30	32
Bill 42: Supply Act (No. 2), 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jun. 30	Debate	Jun. 30 AM Jun. 30 PM	Debate Debate	Jun. 30	Debate	Jun. 30		Jun. 30	Debate	Jun. 30	20
Bill 43: Business Paper Reduction Act (Hon. I. Waddell)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 8	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23		Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 30	26
Bill 44: Regulatory Streamlining Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 8	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23		Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 30	42
Bill 45: Builders Lien Amendment Act, 1998 (Hon. M. Farnworth)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 16	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23		Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 30	25
Bill 46: Homeowner Protection Act (Hon. J. Kwan)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 13	Debate	Jul. 23 Jul. 28	Debate Debate	Jul. 28	Debate	Jul. 28	Jul. 28	Jul. 28	Debate	Jul. 30	31
Bill 47: Strata Property Act (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 13	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 28	Debate	Jul. 28		Jul. 28	Debate	Jul. 30	43
Bill 48: BC OnLine Act (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 16	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 23	Jul. 23	Jul. 23	Debate	Jul. 30	24
Bill 49: Supply Act, 1998-99 (Hon. J. MacPhail)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29		Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	44
Bill 50: Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 1998 (Hon. U. Dosanjh)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Jul. 17	Debate	Jul. 28 PM Jul. 28 PM	Debate Debate	Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 29		Jul. 29	Debate	Jul. 30	37
Bill 51: Nisga'a Final Agreement Act (Hon. G. Clark)
First Reading		Second Reading		Committee		Report	Amended	Third Reading		Royal Assent	S.B.C. Chap. No.
Nov. 30	Debate	Dec. 1 AM Dec. 1 PM Dec. 2 Dec. 3 AM Dec. 3 PM Dec. 7 Dec. 8 AM Dec. 8 PM Dec. 9 Dec. 10 AM Dec. 10 PM Dec. 14 Jan. 13	Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate	Jan. 14 AM Jan. 14 PM Jan. 18 Jan. 19 AM Jan. 19 PM Jan. 20 Jan. 21 AM Jan. 21 PM Jan. 25 Jan. 26 AM Jan. 26 PM Jan. 27 Jan. 28 AM Jan. 28 PM Mar. 29 Mar. 30 Apr. 1 Apr. 6 Apr. 7 Apr. 8 AM Apr. 8 PM Apr. 12 Apr. 13 AM Apr. 13 PM Apr. 14 Apr. 15 AM Apr. 15 PM Apr. 19 Apr. 20 AM Apr. 20 PM Apr. 22	Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate Debate	Apr. 22	Apr. 22	Apr. 22	Debate	Apr. 26	2