Legislation · Ontario · Provincial
Bill 31 — Marriage Amendment Act, 2025
Clarion tracks Bill 31 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
- Rae, Matthew; Smith, Dave
- Introduced
- 2025-05-28
- Session
- 44-1
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Bill 31, the Marriage Amendment Act, 2025, is an Ontario government bill that amends the provincial law governing marriage. It passed all legislative stages in the Ontario Legislative Assembly and received Royal Assent on December 11, 2025, becoming chapter 20 of the Statutes of Ontario 2025. The bill moved from First Reading in May 2025 through Second and Third Readings in the fall, without referral to a standing committee.
Stage timeline
Royal Assent received
2025-12-11Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Discharge the Order of referral to Committee of the Whole House
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Debated
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Motion to arrange proceedings
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Question put
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Question put
2025-10-23Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Ordered referred to Committee of the Whole House
2025-10-23Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-10-23Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated
2025-10-23Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Ordered for Second Reading
2025-05-28Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-05-28Legislative Assembly
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