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Ten o’clock a.m.
Prayers and Reflections by Rosalyn Bird.
The Hon. Niki Sharma (Attorney General and Deputy Premier) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 28) intituled Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 2, 2025.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. Christine Boyle (Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 25) intituled Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 8, 2025.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. Christine Boyle (Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 26) intituled Vancouver Charter Amendment Act, 2025, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 2, 2025.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The Hon. Mike Farnworth (Minister of Transportation and Transit) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 27) intituled Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 7, 2025.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
Order called for “Members’ Statements.”
Order called for “Oral Questions by Members.”
Amna Shah presented the Report of the Select Standing Committee on Private Bills and Private Members’ Bills for the First Session of the Forty-third Parliament (Fifth), October 9, 2025, regarding its consideration of Bill (No. M 210) intituled Korean Heritage Month Act.
The Committee reported Bill (No. M 210) complete without amendment.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 22) intituled Statutes Act, a debate arose.
Bill (No. 22) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 23) intituled Regulations Act, a debate arose.
On the motion of Steve Kooner, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 12 noon.
One o’clock p.m.
The Hon. Jodie Wickens (Minister of Children and Family Development) presented to the Speaker a Message from Her Honour the Lieutenant Governor, which read as follows:
Wendy Cocchia
Lieutenant Governor
The Lieutenant Governor transmits herewith Bill (No. 29) intituled Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 2025, and recommends the same to the Legislative Assembly.
Government House,
October 2, 2025.
Bill introduced and read a first time.
Bill Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for second reading at the next sitting after today.
The House proceeded to “Orders of the Day.”
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 17) intituled Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2025.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 87 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip |
Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora Shah |
Chow Dhir Rattée Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Dew Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Boultbee Chan Toor Hepner |
Giddens Wilson Davis McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok Gasper Maahs Block Luck Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Valeriote Botterell Kealy |
Bill (No. 17) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
The House resumed the adjourned debate on the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 12) intituled Motor Vehicle Amendment Act, 2025.
The House divided.
Motion agreed to nemine contradicente on the following division:
| Yeas — 85 | |||
| Lore G. Anderson Blatherwick Routledge Chant Toporowski B. Anderson Neill Osborne Brar Krieger Davidson Parmar Sunner Beare Chandra Herbert Wickens Kang Sandhu Begg Higginson Phillip |
Lajeunesse Choi Rotchford Elmore Morissette Popham Dix Sharma Farnworth Eby Bailey Kahlon Greene Whiteside Boyle Ma Yung Malcolmson Gibson Glumac Arora |
Shah Chow Dhir Rattée Kindy Milobar Warbus Rustad Banman Kooner Halford Hartwell L. Neufeld Van Popta Dew Clare K. Neufeld Bhangu Paton Chan Toor |
Hepner Giddens Wilson Davis McInnis Bird McCall Stamer Day Tepper Mok Gasper Maahs Block Luck Williams Loewen Dhaliwal Doerkson Valeriote Botterell |
Bill (No. 12) read a second time and Ordered to be placed on the Orders of the Day for committal at the next sitting after today.
On the motion for second reading of Bill (No. 18) intituled Sexual Violence Policy Act, a debate arose.
The debate continued.
On the motion of Brennan Day, the debate was adjourned to the next sitting of the House.
And then the House adjourned at 5.25 p.m.
HON. RAJ CHOUHAN, Speaker
Monday, October 20
George Anderson to introduce a Bill intituled Professional Reliance Act.
Monday, October 20
62 Janet Routledge to move —
That this House recognizes the suffering of women who were denied safe abortions in the years prior to legalization, including those who suffered injury, illness or died after unsafe, illegal procedures, and recommits to support access to abortion and reproductive health for British Columbians.
63 Janet Routledge to move —
That this House recognizes that sexual and intimate partner violence is pervasive and underreported, as described in Dr. Kim Stanton’s independent review, and commits to addressing systemic barriers to justice for survivors.
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