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.

Mrs. Cathay Wagantall2023-10-27
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…. For the sake of victims, we need to do a better job of listening to and acting on their concerns. Bill S-205 is about providing our justice system with every tool we can to empower victims of intimate partner violence to come forward when crimes do occur and ensure that their rights are placed above those o…

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Ms. Christine Normandin2023-10-27
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…ord, who also spoke during the study of this bill, I too reiterate the Bloc Québécois's support for Bill S-205. The goal of this bill, offering better protection to victims of domestic violence, is definitely commendable. As we know, statistics show the sad reality of a dramatic rise in femicides and domestic…

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2023-10-27
Criminal Code
Procedural

Private Members' Business

The House resumed from September 21 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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Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie2023-10-27
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…y friend and colleague from Saint-Jean will reiterate in a few minutes, the Bloc Québécois supports Bill S-205 in principle and recommends that it be sent to committee for study. Our position is consistent with initiatives that reinforce mechanisms aimed at making the justice system better aligned with public…

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Mr. Gabriel Ste-Marie2023-10-27
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, as I was saying, Bill S-205 essentially seeks to amend the Criminal Code in order to enable judges to order an accused to wear an electronic monitoring device at the request of the prosecutor; make it easier for the victim to o…

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Ms. Rachel Blaney2023-10-27
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am here today to speak on Bill S-205. The bill would amend the Criminal Code with respect to interim release and other orders related to intimate partner violence and offences. It is a critical step towards addressing the pressing issue…

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Mr. Darren Fisher2023-10-27
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to join the second reading debate of Bill S-205, an act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to another act. I am pleased to reiterate the government's support for Bill S-205. This legislation has the important goal of b…

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Mr. James Maloney2023-09-21
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to join the second reading debate today 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, which was passed in the Senate this past April. I th…

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Ms. Raquel Dancho2023-09-21
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

moved 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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Ms. Raquel Dancho2023-09-21
Criminal Code

Private Members' Business

…was passed. My understanding is that there is a bit of a nuanced difference that is key. Certainly, Bill S-205 proposes an electronic bracelet after an abuser has appeared in court and before he, and we will use “he” for now because it is mostly males, as we know, is sentenced and released. That is the differ…

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