Bill C-279 (Historical)

An Act to amend the DNA Identification Act (establishment of indexes)

This bill is from the 39th Parliament, 1st session, which ended in October 2007.

Sponsor

Mike Wallace  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Dead, as of June 13, 2007
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the DNA Identification Act to provide for the establishment of a human remains index and a missing persons index to help law enforcement agencies search for and identify persons reported missing.

Similar bills

C-240 (38th Parliament, 1st session) An Act to amend the DNA Identification Act (establishment of indexes)
C-441 (37th Parliament, 3rd session) An Act to amend the DNA Identification Act

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-279s:

C-279 (2022) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal organizations)
C-279 (2021) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (voting age)
C-279 (2016) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (length of election period)
C-279 (2013) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)
C-279 (2011) An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (gender identity)
C-279 (2009) An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (amounts not included in earnings)

Votes

Nov. 22, 2006 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Public Safety and National Security Committee, on April 17, 2007

    Public Safety and National Security Committee, on April 24, 2007

    • Karen Sallows, Director, Strategic Coordinator, Research and Evaluation Division, Department of Public Safety
    • Greg Yost, Counsel, Criminal Law Policy Section, Department of Justice Canada
    • Ronald M. Fourney, Director, National Services and Research, Royal Canadian Mounted Police