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. Kristina Michaud2024-02-26
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…s, as well as their children and other loved ones. This requires an amendment to the Criminal Code. Bill S-205 is a firm step in that direction. It essentially seeks to get victims more involved in the judicial process by, for example, forcing the judge to consult them before issuing a release order with cond…

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Mr. Kevin Lamoureux2024-02-26
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

… it to pass. I say that because, at the very beginning of her comments, the member pointed out that Bill S-205 received quite a few amendments. She is right. Although I was not at the committee, but I believe she was, that shows me that there was likely a great deal of dialogue with respect to the different a…

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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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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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Mrs. Karen Vecchio2024-02-08
Committees of the House

Routine Proceedings

…ficial languages, the ninth report of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, in relation to 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). The committee has studied the bill and has decided …

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Mr. John Aldag2024-02-08
Parliament of Canada Act

Private Members' Business

…of the legislation that is once again before us. In a previous session, when this bill was known as Bill S-205, the members of this House delivered many excellent speeches when they debated the legislation. It is clear that, in the three times this bill has been before the Senate and the House, it has had ove…

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Ms. Lisa Marie Barron2023-11-24
Official Report

Government Orders

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. On September 21, during the debate at second reading on Bill S-205, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another act on interim release and domestic violence recognizance orders, I read a quote on the record from Martine Jeanson,…

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Mr. Randeep Sarai2023-11-01
Committees of the House

Routine Proceedings

Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order. I made an error in my vote on Bill S-205. I wish to vote yea. I ask for unanimous consent from this House to have that changed.

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The Deputy Speaker2023-11-01
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

…ow proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill S-205 under Private Members' Business.

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2023-11-01
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from October 27 consideration of the motion that 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), be read the second time and referred to a committee…

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