Spring and Summer 2013 STATUS OF LEGISLATION OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY 5th Session, 61st General Assembly 62 Elizabeth II, 2013 Published by the Office of the Legislative Counsel Halifax, Nova Scotia STATUS OF LEGISLATION This booklet contains a list of all the bills that were introduced in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in Spring and Summer 2013. This sitting is the Fifth Session of the Sixty-first General Assembly. A Government Bill is distinguished by designating the portfolio of the Minister who introduced it. A Private Member’s Bill (non- Government public bill) or Private or Local Bill is distinguished by giving the constituency of the member who introduced it. In Nova Scotia, all Government Bills and Private Members’ Bills, after receiving second reading, are referred to the Law Amendments Committee unless the House otherwise determines. The only excep- tion to this rule is the appropriations bill which is governed by spe- cial rules of the House. All Private or Local Bills, after receiving second reading, are referred to the Committee on Private and Local Bills unless the House otherwise determines. Where a bill has received Royal Assent, the Chapter number in the 2013 Statutes is given as well as the time of commencement. __________ Compiled by the Office of the Legislative Counsel TABLE OF CONTENTS Sitting Dates of the House of Assembly . .1 Status of Bills . .3 Index. .27 SITTING DATES OF HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY 2013 Convened - March 26, 2013 Adjourned - May 10, 2013 Reconvened - July 5, 2013 Adjourned - July 5, 2013 Dissolved - September 7, 2013 2013 status of legislation 3 BILLS - LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS Bill 1 Accountability in Economic Development Assistance Act Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 26, 2013 Bill 2 Reliability in the Delivery of Electricity Act Andrew Younger (Dartmouth East) First Reading. .March 26, 2013 Bill 3 Support for Parents of Critically Ill or Abducted Children Act (Labour Standards Code - amended) Honourable Frank Corbett (Minister of Labour and Advanced Education) First Reading. .March 27, 2013 Second Reading . .April 2, 2013 Law Amendments Committee . .April 29, 2013 Committee of the Whole House . .April 30, 2013 Third Reading. May 2, 2013 Royal Assent. May 10, 2013 Commencement . Proclamation 2013 Statutes. .Chapter 11 Bill 4 Balanced Budget Act Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. .March 27, 2013 4 status of legislation 2013 Bill 5 Elections Act - amended Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 6 Next Generation Act (Finance Act - amended) Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 7 Liquor Control Act - amended Diana Whalen (Halifax Clayton Park) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 8 Food Bank Donation Tax Credit for Farmers Act (Income Tax Act - amended) Leo Glavine (Kings West) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 9 Review to Invest in Student Achievement Act Honourable Karen Casey (Colchester North) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 2013 status of legislation 5 Bill 10 Geothermal Heating and Cooling Systems, An Act to Promote the Development of District and Neighbourhood (Public Utilities Act - amended) Andrew Younger (Dartmouth East) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 11 Affordable Higher Education Act Zach Churchill (Yarmouth) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 12 Public Service Act - amended Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 13 Liquor Control Act - amended Diana Whalen (Halifax Clayton Park) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 14 Diabetic Persons Support Act Leo Glavine (Kings West) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 6 status of legislation 2013 Bill 15 Education Act - amended Honourable Karen Casey (Colchester North) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 16 Green Energy Promotion Act Andrew Younger (Dartmouth East) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 17 Blueprint for the Future of Public Education in Nova Scotia Act Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 18 Life-threatening Illness Student Support Act Honourable Karen Casey (Colchester North) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 19 Increasing Immigration to Nova Scotia Act Diana Whalen (Halifax Clayton Park) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 20 Electricity Act - amended Andrew Younger (Dartmouth East) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 2013 status of legislation 7 Bill 21 Supporting All Students’ Success in the Classroom Act Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 22 Joseph Howe Day Act Diana Whalen (Halifax Clayton Park) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 23 Sound Recording Tax Credit Act (Income Tax Act - amended) Harold (Junior) Theriault (Digby–Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 24 Multi-year Funding Act Kelly Regan (Bedford–Birch Cove) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 25 Health Act - amended Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 8 status of legislation 2013 Bill 26 Sales Tax Act - amended Harold (Junior) Theriault (Digby–Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 27 Day Care Act - amended Kelly Regan (Bedford–Birch Cove) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 28 Tax Review (2013-14) Act Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 29 Housing Development Corporation Act - amended Kelly Regan (Bedford–Birch Cove) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 Bill 30 Housing Development Corporation Act - amended Kelly Regan (Bedford–Birch Cove) First Reading. .March 28, 2013 2013 status of legislation 9 Bill 31 Full Disclosure of Accounting Changes Act (Finance Act - amended) Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. .April 2, 2013 Bill 32 Solemnization of Marriage Act - amended Honourable John MacDonell (Minister of Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations) First Reading. .April 3, 2013 Second Reading . .April 4, 2013 Law Amendments Committee . .April 29, 2013 Committee of the Whole House . .April 30, 2013 Third Reading. May 2, 2013 Royal Assent. May 10, 2013 Commencement . .Royal Assent 2013 Statutes. .Chapter 28 Bill 33 Rural Nova Scotia Physicians Act Honourable Stephen McNeil (Annapolis) First Reading. .April 4, 2013 Bill 34 Ratepayer Protection Act Andrew Younger (Dartmouth East) First Reading. .April 4, 2013 10 status of legislation 2013 Bill 35 Protect Patients and Provide for the Fair Resolution of Contract negotiations in Health Care and Community Services, An Act to (Trade Union Act - amended) Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. .April 8, 2013 Bill 36 Provincial Court Act - amended Honourable Ross Landry (Minister of Justice) First Reading. .April 8, 2013 Second Reading . .April 25, 2013 Law Amendments Committee . .April 29, 2013 Committee of the Whole House . .April 30, 2013 Third Reading . May 2, 2013 Royal Assent. May 10, 2013 Commencement: Section 1, subsection 3(1) & Section 4 . .April 1, 2002 Section 6 . May 11, 2010 Section 2, subsection 3(2) and Section 5.January 1, 2011 Subsection 3(3) . .April 1, 2012 2013 Statutes. Chapter 27 Bill 37 Innovative Transportation Act (Motor Vehicle Act - amended) Honourable Maurice Smith (Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal) First Reading. .April 10, 2013 Second Reading . .April 25, 2013 Law Amendments Committee . .April 29, 2013 Committee of the Whole House . .April 30, 2013 Third Reading . May 2, 2013 Royal Assent. May 10, 2013 2013 status of legislation 11 Commencement . .Royal Assent 2013 Statutes. .Chapter 4 Bill 38 Trade Union Act - amended Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. April 11, 2013 Bill 39 Trade Union Act - amended Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. April 11, 2013 Bill 40 Education Act - amended Eddie Orrell (Cape Breton North) First Reading. .April 12, 2013 Bill 41 Child Protection Intervention Act Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. .April 15, 2013 Bill 42 Pension Benefits Act - amended Honourable Frank Corbett (Minister of Labour and Advanced Education) First Reading. .April 15, 2013 Second Reading . .April 25, 2013 Law Amendments Committee . .April 29, 2013 Committee of the Whole House . .April 30, 2013 Third Reading. May 2, 2013 12 status of legislation 2013 Royal Assent. May 10, 2013 Commencement . .Royal Assent 2013 Statutes. Chapter 25 Bill 43 Trustees of the Onslow Cemetery Company, An Act to Incorporate the - amended Honourable Karen Casey (Colchester North) First Reading. .April 15, 2013 Second Reading . .April 29, 2013 Law Amendments Committee . May 2, 2013 Committee of the Whole House . May 3, 2013 Third Reading . May 3, 2013 Royal Assent. May 10, 2013 Commencement . .Royal Assent 2013 Statutes. Chapter 30 Bill 44 Ratepayer Fairness Act (Public Utilities Act - amended) Chuck Porter (Hants West) First Reading. .April 16, 2013 Bill 45 Transparency in Power Rates Act (Public Utilities Act - amended) Chuck Porter (Hants West) First Reading. .April 16, 2013 Bill 46 Public Utilities Act - amended Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. .April 16, 2013 2013 status of legislation 13 Bill 47 Capital Projects Review Act Honourable Jamie Baillie (Cumberland South) First Reading. ..