Bill S-229 (Historical)

Health-Centred Approach to Substance Use Act

An Act respecting the development of a national strategy for the decriminalization of illegal substances, to amend the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

This bill is from the 43rd Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2021.

Status

Second reading (Senate), as of June 22, 2021
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill.

This enactment provides for a national strategy to decriminalize simple possession of illegal substances, amends the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act to repeal provisions that make it an offence to possess certain substances and makes consequential amendments to other Acts.

Similar bills

C-216 (current session) Health-based Approach to Substance Use Act

S-232 (current session) Health-Centred Approach to Substance Use Act

C-286 (43rd Parliament, 2nd session) Health-based Approach to Substance Use 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 S-229s:

S-229 (2021) An Act to amend the Language Skills Act (Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick)

S-229 (2016) Underground Infrastructure Safety Enhancement Act

S-229 (2015) Aboriginal Languages of Canada Act

S-229 (2011) An Act to amend the Financial Administration Act (borrowing of money)

S-229 (2009) An Act to amend the Fisheries Act (commercial seal fishing)

S-229 (2008) Constitution Act, 2008 (Property qualifications of Senators)