An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearms storage and transportation)

This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

Robert Sopuck  Conservative

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

Status

Report stage (House), as of June 3, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment amends the Criminal Code to provide that certain weapons are deemed not to be firearms for the purposes of transportation and storage.

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-637s:

C-637 (2011) Public Transit Operators Protection Act (Bregg's Law)

Votes

May 6, 2015 Passed That the Bill be now read a second time and referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

May 1st, 2015 / 2:15 p.m.

Some hon. members

Nay.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

May 1st, 2015 / 2:15 p.m.

The Acting Speaker Barry Devolin

In my opinion the yeas have it.

And five or more members having risen:

Pursuant to Standing Order 93, the recorded division on the motion stands deferred until Wednesday, May 6, 2015, immediately before the time provided for private members' business.

It being 2:17 p.m., the House stands adjourned until next Monday at 11 a.m., pursuant to Standing Order 24(1).

(The House adjourned at 2:17 p.m.)

The House resumed from May 1 consideration of the motion that Bill C-637, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (firearms storage and transportation), be read the second time and referred to a committee.

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

May 6th, 2015 / 6:20 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

The House will now proceed to the taking of the deferred recorded division on the motion at second reading stage of Bill C-637, under private members' business.

(The House divided on the motion, which was agreed to on the following division:)

Vote #396

Criminal CodePrivate Members' Business

May 6th, 2015 / 6:25 p.m.

The Speaker Andrew Scheer

I declare the motion carried. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security.

(Bill read the second time and referred to a committee)