Legislation · Ontario · Provincial
Bill 17 — Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025
Clarion tracks Bill 17 before Ontario — its status, sponsor, plain-language summary, and every stage it moves through, each cited to the official record.
- Status
- Royal assent received
- Sponsor
- Flack, Hon. Rob
- Introduced
- 2025-05-12
- Session
- 44-1
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Bill 17, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025, is Ontario government legislation aimed at accelerating and improving the province's building and development processes. The bill passed through all three readings in the Legislative Assembly between May and June 2025, with time allocation applied at second reading, and received Royal Assent on June 5, 2025, becoming chapter 9 of the Statutes of Ontario 2025. Both the second and third reading votes were carried on division, indicating some opposition.
Stage timeline
Royal Assent received
2025-06-05Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Question put (Vote deferred)
2025-06-03Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Debated
2025-06-03Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Vote (Carried on division)
2025-06-03Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Question put
2025-06-02Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Time allocated
2025-06-02Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House
2025-06-02Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Vote (Carried on division)
2025-06-02Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-05-26Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-05-15Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Ordered for Second Reading
2025-05-12Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-05-12Legislative Assembly
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