Status Key
1st First Reading
2nd Second Reading
LA Law Amendments Committee
PL Private & Local Bills Committee
WH Committee of the Whole House
3rd Third Reading
RA Royal Assent
* Bill was amended in Committee
Listed below are all Bills from the current or most recent session of the House. Explanatory Notes are on each Bill's individual page.
The date provided indicates the date when the bill changed status to the status shown in the left hand column.
Status of Bills from earlier sessions
Assembly 61, Session 4
House Opened: March 29, 2012
House Adjourned: May 17, 2012
| Status |
No. |
Title |
Date |
| |
A |
| 1st |
16 |
Affordable Higher Education Act |
April 11, 2012 |
| 1st |
18 |
Agriculture and Marketing Act
(amended) |
April 12, 2012 |
| RA |
82 |
An Act to Incorporate Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
75 |
An Act to Provide Greater Flexibility for Nova Scotians' Retirement Savings in Locked-in Accounts |
May 3, 2012 |
| RA |
83 |
Annapolis Valley Apple Blossom Festival Act (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
69 |
Appropriations Act, 2012
|
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
71 |
Assessment Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
B |
| 1st |
48 |
Balanced Budget Act
|
April 25, 2012 |
| 1st |
10 |
Blueprint for the Future of Public Education in Nova Scotia Act |
April 10, 2012 |
| 1st |
67 |
Buy Nova Scotia First Act |
April 27, 2012 |
| |
C |
| RA |
9 |
Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Resources Accord Implementation (Nova Scotia) Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
72 |
Capital Projects Review Act |
May 2, 2012 |
| 1st |
80 |
Child and Youth Advocate Act |
May 4, 2012 |
| 1st |
29 |
Child Protection Intervention Act
|
April 17, 2012 |
| RA |
55 |
Community Easements Act*
|
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
7 |
Concussion Awareness Act |
April 2, 2012 |
| 1st |
91 |
Condominium Act (amended) |
May 10, 2012 |
| RA |
52 |
Conservation Easements Act (amended)* |
May 11, 2012 |
| RA |
65 |
Consumer Protection Act
(amended)* |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
57 |
Crosbie Memorial Trust Fund Act
(amended)
|
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
27 |
Cyberbullying Intervention Act
|
April 17, 2012 |
| |
D |
| RA |
84 |
Dalhousie University-Nova Scotia Agricultural College Merger Act |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
23 |
Day Care Act
(amended) |
April 16, 2012 |
| 1st |
53 |
Debt Settlement Protection Act
|
April 26, 2012 |
| 1st |
33 |
Diabetic Persons Support Act |
April 19, 2012 |
| |
E |
| 1st |
19 |
Early Development Instrument Assessment Program Act |
April 12, 2012 |
| RA |
13 |
Education Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
79 |
Education Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
46 |
Electricity Act (amended) |
April 24, 2012 |
| 1st |
56 |
Elimination of Bonuses in Power Rates Act
|
April 26, 2012 |
| |
F |
| 1st |
6 |
Fair Treatment of Children Act |
April 2, 2012 |
| 1st |
38 |
Finance Act (amended) |
April 23, 2012 |
| RA |
17 |
Financial Measures (2012) Act* |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
59 |
Fish Harvesters Registration and Certification Board Act
|
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
61 |
Fisheries and Coastal Resources Act
(amended)
|
May 17, 2012 |
| |
G |
| RA |
81 |
Gaming Control Act (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
87 |
Good Forestry Management on Crown Land Act |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
41 |
Grandparents' Rights Affirmation Act
|
May 17, 2012 |
| |
H |
| 1st |
44 |
Health Act (amended) |
April 24, 2012 |
| 1st |
15 |
House of Assembly Management Commission Act
(amended) |
April 11, 2012 |
| |
I |
| 1st |
64 |
Income Tax Act
(amended)
|
April 26, 2012 |
| 1st |
36 |
Income Tax Act (amended) |
April 20, 2012 |
| 1st |
49 |
Income Tax Act (amended) |
April 25, 2012 |
| RA |
37 |
Interjurisdictional Support Orders Act (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
J |
| 1st |
8 |
Joseph Howe Day Act |
April 4, 2012 |
| RA |
78 |
Justice Administration (2012) Act* |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
L |
| 1st |
40 |
Labour Standards Code (amended) |
April 23, 2012 |
| 1st |
93 |
Labour Standards Code (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
M |
| 1st |
4 |
Maintenance and Custody Act
(amended) |
March 30, 2012 |
| RA |
39 |
Maintenance and Custody Act (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
88 |
Maritime Link Act |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
34 |
Matrimonial Statutes Repeal Act
|
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
77 |
Medical Society Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
47 |
Modernizing Government Act
|
April 25, 2012 |
| RA |
22 |
Mortgage Regulation Act |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
35 |
Motor Vehicle Act
(amended)
|
April 20, 2012 |
| 1st |
70 |
Multiple Sclerosis Liberation Therapy Act
|
May 1, 2012 |
| 1st |
66 |
Multiple Sclerosis Patient Support Act |
April 27, 2012 |
| RA |
5 |
Municipal Government Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
73 |
Municipal Government Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
N |
| 1st |
43 |
Newly Trained Nova Scotia Doctors Act |
April 24, 2012 |
| RA |
86 |
NewPage Port Hawkesbury Pension Plans Act* |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
50 |
Next Generation Act
|
April 25, 2012 |
| RA |
90 |
Nova Scotia Provincial Exhibition Commission Act (amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
11 |
Nova Scotia Tartan Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
P |
| RA |
74 |
Patient Safety Act
|
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
62 |
Pension Benefits Act (amended) |
April 26, 2012 |
| RA |
76 |
Personal Health Information Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
12 |
Petroleum Products Pricing Act (repealed) |
April 10, 2012 |
| 1st |
54 |
Power Rate Reduction Review Act |
April 26, 2012 |
| RA |
30 |
Promotion of Respectful and Responsible Relationships Act* |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
20 |
Public Trustee Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| RA |
24 |
Purchasing Management Association of Canada Act (amended)* |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
R |
| 1st |
60 |
Ratepayer Fairness Act |
April 26, 2012 |
| 1st |
45 |
Ratepayer Protection Act
|
April 24, 2012 |
| 1st |
51 |
Red Tape Reduction Act
|
April 25, 2012 |
| 1st |
31 |
Residential Tenancies Act (amended) |
April 18, 2012 |
| 1st |
42 |
Rural Nova Scotia Physicians Act |
April 24, 2012 |
| |
S |
| 1st |
92 |
Safe Collection of Scrap Metal Act (amended) |
May 10, 2012 |
| 1st |
28 |
Safer Schools Act
|
April 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
3 |
Sales Tax Act
(amended) |
March 30, 2012 |
| RA |
32 |
Securities Act
(amended) |
May 17, 2012 |
| 1st |
21 |
Sound Recording Tax Credit Act |
April 13, 2012 |
| 1st |
26 |
Stand Up Against Bullying Day Act
|
April 17, 2012 |
| RA |
1 |
Status of the Artist Act |
May 17, 2012 |
| |
T |
| 1st |
2 |
Tax Review (2012-13) Act |
March 30, 2012 |
| 1st |
14 |
Trade Union Act (amended) |
April 11, 2012 |
| 1st |
89 |
Trade Union Act (amended) |
May 10, 2012 |
| 1st |
63 |
Transparency for Homeowners Act
|
April 26, 2012 |
| 1st |
58 |
Transparency in Power Rates Act
|
April 26, 2012 |
| |
V |
| 1st |
68 |
Value for Money Act |
April 27, 2012 |
| 1st |
25 |
Victims' Rights and Services Act
(amended) |
April 17, 2012 |
| |
W |
| 1st |
85 |
Workers' Compensation Act
(amended) |
May 9, 2012 |
