Bill S-215 (Historical)

Constitution Act, 2009 (Property qualifications of Senators)

An Act to amend the Constitution Act, 1867 (Property qualifications of Senators)

This bill is from the 40th Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in December 2009.

Status

In committee (Senate), as of March 24, 2009
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Constitution Act, 1867 to eliminate the requirement that a Senator own real and personal property of a certain value in order to be qualified for appointment to the Senate and to maintain his or her place in the Senate.

Similar bills

S-228 (current session) Constitution Act, 2021 (property qualifications of Senators)
S-214 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Constitution Act, 2020 (property qualifications of Senators)
S-218 (43rd Parliament, 1st session) Constitution Act, 2020 (property qualifications of Senators)
S-221 (42nd Parliament, 1st session) Constitution Act, 2016 (Property qualifications of Senators)
S-212 (40th Parliament, 1st session) Constitution Act, 2008 (Property qualifications of Senators)
S-229 (39th Parliament, 2nd session) Constitution Act, 2008 (Property qualifications of Senators)

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 S-215s:

S-215 (2021) Post-Secondary Institutions Bankruptcy Protection Act
S-215 (2020) An Act to amend the Citizenship Act and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
S-215 (2020) An Act to amend the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (farming exemptions)
S-215 (2015) An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sentencing for violent offences against Aboriginal women)
S-215 (2014) An Act to amend the Canada Elections Act (election expenses)
S-215 (2012) An Act to amend the Payment Card Networks Act (credit card acceptance fees)