Legislation · Canada (Federal) · Federal
S-207 — An Act to amend the Criminal Records Act, to make consequential amendments to other Acts and to repeal a regulation
Clarion tracks S-207 before Canada (Federal) — its status, sponsor, plain-language summary, and every stage it moves through, each cited to the official record.
- Status
- Second reading — Senate
- Sponsor
- Kim Pate
- Introduced
- 2025-05-28
- Session
- 45-1
Policy areas
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Senate Public Bill S-207 proposes to amend the Criminal Records Act, make consequential amendments to related legislation, and repeal an unspecified regulation. The bill was introduced in the Senate and received first reading on May 28, 2025, and is currently at the second reading stage as of October 2, 2025. Its specific provisions are not available from the metadata alone, but the bill's scope concerns the management of criminal records in Canada.
Passage outlook
Unlikely to pass because it's a Senate public bill (which rarely passes), it's at an early stage.
Adjusted for this bill's current pace: 5–20% (the unadjusted historical base rate for comparable federal bills is 19%). It has gone quiet at this stage; the adjustment for that delay still leaves the historical rate inside the range.
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Stage timeline
Second reading
2025-10-02Senate
First reading
2025-05-28Senate
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