Manitoba bills

This bill amends Manitoba's Planning Act and the City of Winnipeg Charter to streamline and clarify timelines for Municipal Board hearings and reviews of planning by-laws, expand the definition of minor subdivisions, and update rules for livestock operations — including allowing supply-managed farms to increase animal units by up to 15% without a new conditional use approval.

This bill amends Manitoba's Commemoration of Days, Weeks and Months Act to officially designate September as Indigenous Heritage Month in Manitoba each year, recognizing Indigenous cultures, histories, and languages.

This Manitoba bill formally recognizes sign languages — including American Sign Language, Quebec Sign Language, Indigenous sign languages, and tactile sign languages — as the primary languages of communication for the Deaf and Deaf-Blind communities in the province.

This bill amends The Winnipeg Foundation Act to remove the requirement that the Mayor of Winnipeg sit on the Foundation's board of directors, and updates how audit results are disclosed — shifting from newspaper publication to posting a summary of financial statements and the auditor's opinion on the Foundation's website.

This Manitoba bill increases the fines for drivers who illegally pass a stopped school bus, creating a tiered penalty system of up to $2,500 for a first offence, $5,000 for a second, and $7,500 for third and subsequent offences.

This Manitoba bill amends the Highway Traffic Act to strengthen impaired driving rules, including zero blood alcohol requirements for commercial drivers and repeat offenders, longer roadside suspensions, and mandatory ignition-interlock program participation.

This Manitoba bill amends the Adult Abuse Registry Act to streamline the review process by the Adult Abuse Registry Committee, replacing language about 'suspected' abusers with 'alleged in the report to have abused or neglected' a specified adult, and consolidating the committee's review into a single hearing while maintaining the accused person's right to provide information.

This Manitoba bill restricts when employers can ask employees for a sick note, limiting requests to absences longer than one week or more than 10 missed scheduled workdays in a calendar year, and requires employers to reimburse employees for the cost of obtaining the note.

This Manitoba bill requires the provincial cancer authority to develop and maintain plans for breast cancer screening eligibility and expanded access, with a focus on underserved communities, and to report annually on screening outcomes.

This Manitoba bill prohibits carrying street weapons — including long-bladed weapons (like machetes and swords), axes, hatchets, and pepper spray — in public spaces within populated areas of the province, with specific exemptions for certain workers and situations.

This Manitoba bill allows pharmacists to substitute a therapeutically equivalent drug (with different active ingredients) for one originally prescribed, enables health profession regulatory colleges to amalgamate under ministerial direction, and clarifies procedural rules for public health detention orders.

This Manitoba bill creates a new electricity levy on cryptocurrency operations, large-scale data centres, and other large power supply projects that purchase electricity from Manitoba Hydro, and establishes separate customer rate classes for these operations. The levy rate can be set by regulation, but defaults to 100% of the standard electricity charges if no rate is prescribed.

This Manitoba bill amends the Apprenticeship and Certification Act to require the creation of an online public registry of certified tradespeople and apprentices within 60 days of royal assent, and allows the sharing of personal information with approved training providers.

This Manitoba bill amends the Child and Family Services Act to expand support for young adults in care up to age 21, broaden the definition of Indigenous law to include self-governance agreements, and allow the director to terminate guardianship or supervision orders when an applicable Indigenous law and service provider take over responsibility for a child.

This Manitoba bill updates highway traffic rules to formally regulate personal electric vehicles (e-scooters, skateboards, self-balancing scooters, unicycles), introduces rules for three-wheeled vehicles, and restricts automated driving systems to permitted pilot projects or technology testing permits.

This Manitoba bill requires developers who hold building permits for residential housing to complete construction within set timeframes or risk having their permits revoked. Approving authorities can cancel permits if work doesn't start within 6 months, is suspended for more than 3 months, or isn't finished within 18 months to 3 years depending on the project type.

This Manitoba bill amends the Consumer Protection Act to require manufacturers and sellers of designated consumer goods to make repair tools, parts, software, manuals, and diagnostics available to buyers at a reasonable cost and within a reasonable timeframe — commonly known as a 'right to repair' law.

Manitoba's Budget Implementation and Tax Statutes Amendment Act, 2026 makes a wide range of tax and regulatory changes flowing from the 2026 provincial budget, including new taxes on bare-trust real estate transfers, retail sales tax exemptions for food and prenatal vitamins, increased homeowner and renter tax credits, and a new municipal short-term accommodation tax framework.

This Manitoba bill requires that any budget implementation bill be reviewed by a public standing committee, giving citizens at least seven days' notice and ensuring a minimum of 10 hours of public hearings before the committee proceeds.

This Manitoba bill amends three environmental laws — covering dangerous goods handling, general environmental regulation, and waste reduction — to expand fee-charging authority for inspections and document review, strengthen prohibitions on obstruction and false information, extend prosecution timelines from one to two years, and improve public disclosure through an expanded environmental registry.