Update from the Legislature - June 23
The second session of the 30th legislature concluded last week, with MLAs having passed 23 government bills as well as government motions regarding a provincial referendum on equalization and federal Senate vacancies. The legislature is not scheduled to sit again until October 25, when a five-week fall session will commence.
On June 18, the province announced that at least 70% of Albertans aged 12 and older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, which triggered a two-week countdown to starting the third and final stage of the province’s Open for Summer Plan. Stage 3 will see the easing of nearly all COVID-19 related lockdown measures, effective July 1. The provincial government also announced that, effective June 18, anyone who received their first vaccine dose in May is eligible to receive their second dose.
Spring 2021 Legislation Status (as of Friday, June 18)
Received Royal Assent
Bill 51 - Citizen Initiative Act (Madu)
Bill 52 - Recall Act (Madu)
Bill 53 - Service Alberta Statutes (Virtual Meetings) Amendment Act, 2021 (Glubish)
Bill 54 - Irrigation Districts Amendment Act, 2021 (Dreeshen)
Bill 55 - College of Alberta School Superintendents Act (LaGrange)
Bill 56 - Local Measures Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (McIver)
Bill 57 - Metis Settlements Amendment Act, 2021 (Wilson)
Bill 58 - Freedom to Care Act (Aheer)
Bill 59 - Appropriation (Supplementary Supply) Act, 2021 ($) (Toews)
Bill 60 - Appropriation Act, 2021 ($) (Toews)
Bill 61 - Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2021 (Glubish)
Bill 62 - Red Tape Reduction Implementation Act, 2021 (Hunter)
Bill 63 - Police (Street Checks and Carding) Amendment Act, 2021 (Madu)
Bill 64 - Public Lands Amendment Act, 2021 (Nixon)
Bill 65 - Health Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Shandro)
Bill 66 - Public Health Amendment Act, 2021 (Shandro)
Bill 67 - Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship Education Act (Nicolaides)
Bill 68 - Election Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Madu)
Bill 69 - Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act, 2021 (Nixon)
Bill 70 - COVID-19 Related Measures Act (MLA Gotfried)
Bill 71 - Employment Standards (COVID-19 Vaccination Leave) Amendment Act, 2021 (Copping)
Bill 72 – Preserving Canada’s Economic Prosperity Act (Savage)
Bill 211 - Municipal Government (Firearms) Amendment Act, 2021 (Glasgo)
