Legislation · Ontario · Provincial
Bill 40 — Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025
Clarion tracks Bill 40 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
- Lecce, Hon. Stephen
- Introduced
- 2025-06-03
- Session
- 44-1
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Bill 40, the Protect Ontario by Securing Affordable Energy for Generations Act, 2025, is Ontario legislation aimed at protecting the province by securing affordable energy for the long term. The bill passed through Second and Third Reading in the Ontario Legislative Assembly between November and December 2025, receiving Royal Assent on December 11, 2025, and is now Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 22. The bill was amended at Second Reading before being ordered directly to Third Reading, where it carried on division.
Stage timeline
Royal Assent received
2025-12-11Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Vote (Carried on division)
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Question put (Vote deferred)
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Debated
2025-12-04Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House
2025-12-03Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Report adopted
2025-12-03Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Reported as amended
2025-12-03Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Consideration of a Bill
2025-12-02Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Consideration of a Bill
2025-11-25Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Consideration of a Bill
2025-11-18Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Vote (Carried on division)
2025-11-17Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Question put (Vote deferred)
2025-11-17Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Ordered referred to Standing Committee pursuant to the Order of the House
2025-11-17Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Time allocated
2025-11-06Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-11-04Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-11-03Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-10-30Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Ordered for Second Reading
2025-06-03Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-06-03Legislative Assembly
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