Legislative Updates

Here is the full list of legislative updates we are currently tracking.

IDGroupDateTitleLinkStatusDescription
1082.CurrentBills2/28/2024 12:00:00 AMBill 156, Homes You Can Afford in the Communities You Love Act, 2024https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-156Order referred to Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy on February 22, 2024The Bill amends the Planning Act to increase the housing supply in Ontario, requires official plans to contain policies authorizing the use of up to 4 residential units in different housing types, as well as authorizing midrise housing developments ranging from six to 11 stories on major streets, including along transit corridors.
1092.CurrentBills2/28/2024 12:00:00 AMBill 162, Get It Done Act, 2024https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-162#BK3First Reading Carried on February 20, 2024This Bill amends many acts including the Environmental Assessment Act. If passed, the Act is amended to include clarification that expropriation is one of the ways property can be acquired for a project prior to completion of the environmental assessment project
1102.CurrentBills2/28/2024 12:00:00 AMBill 168, Stormwater Flood Prevention Act, 2024https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-168First Reading Carried on February 26, 2024The Bill enacts the Stormwater Flood Prevention Act, 2024 to require the Minister to publish a Low Impact Development Stormwater Management Guidance Manual in the form of a guidance document that provides technical and procedural guidance for planning, design and operation of stormwater management practices, and to update the Manual every 10 years.
822.CurrentBills11/28/2022 12:00:00 AMBill 44, Building More Homes by Ending Exclusionary Zoning Act, 2022https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-44First reading carried on November 22, 2022The Bill amends the Planning Act to require official plans to contain policies authorizing, in areas of settlement, the use of up to four residential units in a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse as well as multi-unit residential buildings of up to four stories.
832.CurrentBills11/28/2022 12:00:00 AMBill 45, Building More Homes on Major Streets and Transit Corridors Act, 2022https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-45First reading carried on November 22, 2022The Bill amends the Planning Act to require official plans to contain policies that authorize, in areas of settlement, midrise housing developments ranging from six to 11 stories on major streets, including along transit corridors.
1113.RegConOpen2/28/2024 12:00:00 AMProposal to create regulation to support implementation of the GO Transit Station Funding Act, 2023https://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=46493&language=enComments close March 29, 2024The Ministry of Infrastructure is developing the regulation to implement the Station Contribution Fee and invites input from stakeholders. As part of this consultation, the Ministry of Infrastructure is seeking feedback on the anticipated costs and benefits of implementing the regulation for the Station Contribution Fee.
1123.RegConOpen2/28/2024 12:00:00 AMNew regulation to focus municipal environmental assessment requirementshttps://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=45608&language=enConsultation closes on March 18, 2024The Province is proposing a new environmental assessment regulation for municipal infrastructure that puts the focus on certain water, shoreline and sewage system projects.
 
 

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