Legislation · Ontario · Provincial
Bill 72 — Buy Ontario Act, 2025
Clarion tracks Bill 72 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
- Crawford, Hon. Stephen
- Introduced
- 2025-11-20
- Session
- 44-1
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What it does
AI plain-language summary of the official text.
Bill 72, the Buy Ontario Act, 2025, is Ontario legislation aimed at promoting the purchase of Ontario-made goods and services. The bill was introduced on November 20, 2025, debated at Second Reading over several days, and passed both Second and Third Reading on December 8, 2025, under a time allocation order. It received Royal Assent on December 11, 2025, and is now law as Statutes of Ontario 2025, chapter 27.
Stage timeline
Royal Assent received
2025-12-11Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Time allocated
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Debated
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Question put
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Question put
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Ordered for Third Reading pursuant to the Order of the House
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Third Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-12-08Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-11-27Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-11-26Legislative Assembly
Second Reading — Debated (Debate adjourned)
2025-11-25Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Vote (Carried)
2025-11-20Legislative Assembly
First Reading — Ordered for Second Reading
2025-11-20Legislative Assembly
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