Legislation · Ontario · Provincial
Bill 19 — Patient-to-Nurse Ratios for Hospitals Act, 2025
Clarion tracks Bill 19 before Ontario — its status, sponsor, plain-language summary, and every stage it moves through, each cited to the official record and refreshed each morning.
- Status
- First Reading Ordered For Second Reading
- Sponsor
- Gélinas, France; West, Jamie
- Introduced
- 2025-05-13
- Session
- 44-1
What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Bill 19, the Patient-to-Nurse Ratios for Hospitals Act, 2025, is a provincial private member's bill introduced in the current legislative session. As its long title indicates, the bill would address the ratio of patients to nurses in hospital settings. It passed First Reading on May 13, 2025, and has been ordered for Second Reading, meaning it has cleared its introductory stage but has not yet been debated on its merits.
Stage timeline
First Reading — Ordered for Second Reading
2025-05-13Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-05-13Legislative Assembly
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