Bill S-205

Report stage (Senate)

Providing Alternatives to Isolation and Ensuring Oversight and Remedies in the Correctional System Act (Tona’s Law)

Bill S-205 has passed the House and is being considered in the Senate.

Sponsor:Unknown
Session: 45-1
Introduced: 2025-05-28

Other Bills Numbered S-205

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. This bill number appeared in 12 sessions:

45-1

Providing Alternatives to Isolation and Ensuring Oversight and Remedies in the Correctional System Act (Tona’s Law)

Report stage (Senate)
44-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)

Law (royal assent given)
Law
43-2

An Act to amend the Parliament of Canada Act (Parliamentary Visual Artist Laureate)

Second reading (House)
43-1

An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 and the Parliament of Canada Act (Speaker of the Senate)

Second reading (Senate)
42-1

An Act to amend the Canada Border Services Agency Act (Inspector General of the Canada Border Services Agency) and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Senate bill, now waiting to be considered in the House
41-2

An Act to amend the Official Languages Act (communications with and services to the public)

In committee (Senate)
41-1

An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (carbon offset tax credit)

In committee (Senate)
40-3

Governance of Canadian Businesses Emergency Act, 2010

Second reading (Senate)
40-2

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings)

In committee (House)
40-1

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (suicide bombings)

Second reading (Senate)
39-2

An Act to amend the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (student loans)

In committee (Senate)
39-1

An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act (clean drinking water)

Senate bill, now waiting to be considered in the House

Division Votes (4)

Division #864
Agreed To
2024-09-25T16:15:00

3rd reading and adoption of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)

321Yea
0Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
115Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
27Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #863
Agreed To
2024-09-25T16:05:00

Concurrence at report stage of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)

324Yea
0Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
150Y / 0N
Conservative
116Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
29Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Independent
3Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Division #862
Negatived
2024-09-25T15:55:00

Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders) (report stage amendment)

123Yea
202Nay

Vote by party

Liberal
2Y / 149N
Conservative
117Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
2Y / 26N
NDP
0Y / 24N
Independent
2Y / 1N
Green Party
0Y / 2N

Crossed party lines (4)

Mario Beaulieu (Bloc Québécois · voted Yea)René Villemure (Bloc Québécois · voted Yea)Rachel Bendayan (Liberal · voted Yea)Yves Robillard (Liberal · voted Yea)
Division #439
Agreed To
2023-11-01T15:30:00

2nd reading of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders)

323Yea
0Nay
6Paired

Vote by party

Liberal
151Y / 0N
Conservative
114Y / 0N
Bloc Québécois
30Y / 0N
NDP
24Y / 0N
Green Party
2Y / 0N
Independent
2Y / 0N

Parliamentary Debates (53)

Speeches in the House of Commons that mention Bill S-205.

Ms. Raquel Dancho2024-09-24
Criminal Code

Private Members’ Business

Madam Speaker, I am honoured to rise in the House today to speak to my private member's bill, Bill S-205. It is a very important bill. When researching the bill, I found out that one woman is murdered every 48 hours in Canada. In fact, last year, 205 women were murdered in Canada, and we know that about…

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Ms. Andréanne Larouche2024-09-24
Criminal Code

Private Members’ Business

…ssions in writing to the judge regarding the conditions of the recognizance to be set by the judge. Bill S-205 has three main components: the obligation to consult the victim before making a conditional release order; the addition of the concept of domestic violence, allowing a victim to apply to have the acc…

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2024-09-24
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members’ Business

The House resumed from February 26 consideration of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders), as reported (with amendments) from the committee, a…

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Mr. Alistair MacGregor2024-09-24
Criminal Code

Private Members’ Business

Madam Speaker, I am rising to join tonight's debate on Bill S-205, a Senate public bill that is now before the House after a very long journey. It has gone through the Senate, and it is now before us for report stage and third reading. I believe we will come to the…

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Mr. Garnett Genuis2024-09-24
Criminal Code

Private Members’ Business

…or axing the tax, building the homes, fixing the budget and stopping the crime. Now we are debating Bill S-205, a Conservative private member's bill that seeks to advance our agenda of stopping the crime. It is a Conservative bill that would combat domestic violence by creating expanded measures for electroni…

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Mr. Brendan Hanley2024-09-24
Criminal Code

Private Members’ Business

Madam Speaker, I am also here to speak to Bill S-205, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another act regarding interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders. Bill S-205 proposes amendments to the bail …

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Ms. Christine Normandin2024-02-27
Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Private Members' Business

…offence for conduct that often occurs in a domestic context. I was also pleased to rise to speak to Bill S-205, which was introduced by now former senator Pierre‑Hugues Boisvenu and has to do with intimate partners. Once again, by way of explanation, I want to read the bill summary as it appears in the bill. …

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2024-02-26
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House proceeded to the consideration of Bill S-205, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another Act (interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders), as reported (with amendment) from the committee.

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The Speaker2024-02-26
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

There are 12 motions in amendment standing on the Notice Paper for the report stage of Bill S-205. Motions Nos. 1 to 12 will be grouped for debate and voted upon according to the voting pattern available at the table. I will now put Motions Nos. 1 to 12 to the House.

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Ms. Michelle Ferreri2024-02-26
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

moved: Motion No. 1 That Bill S-205, in Clause 1, be amended (a) by replacing lines 4 to 17 on page 1 with the following: “1 (1) Section 515 of the Act is amended by adding the following after subsection (3): (3.1) Before making an ord…

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