Saskatchewan bills

This Saskatchewan bill creates a legal framework for the involuntary assessment and treatment of adults with severe substance use disorders who are likely to cause harm to themselves or others. It establishes assessment centres, treatment centres, a Compassionate Intervention Board, and a series of recovery orders (in-patient and out-patient) that can be issued without the individual's consent.

This Saskatchewan bill establishes that the official time throughout the province is Central Standard Time (UTC-6) year-round, eliminating daylight saving time, while allowing border communities to apply for 'time option areas' that can follow a different time offset to align with neighbouring jurisdictions.

This Saskatchewan bill requires the provincial government to publicly post information about any hospital emergency room closure within one hour of it being approved, using a website or other electronic means.

This Saskatchewan bill extends and clarifies the Chemical Fertilizer Incentive (SCFI) program by pushing the eligibility deadline from 2027 to 2032 and setting a final application cutoff of December 31, 2034, while also cleaning up administrative provisions retroactively to July 2020.

This Saskatchewan bill modernizes the rules governing cities, municipalities, and northern municipalities across the province by streamlining administrative processes, improving transparency and public access to government documents, updating assessment appeal procedures, strengthening dangerous animal regulations, and reducing outdated red tape in local government operations.

This Saskatchewan bill requires the provincial government to automatically refer any legislation that invokes the notwithstanding clause (Charter section 33) to the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal within 90 days, so the court can assess whether the legislation violates Charter rights and whether it is justifiable.

This Saskatchewan bill updates the Vital Statistics Act, 2009 to modernize administrative rules around birth and death registration, including rules for naming children, parentage amendments, access to vital records, and the appointment and independence of the Registrar of Vital Statistics.

This Saskatchewan bill establishes a mutual recognition framework that removes trade barriers between Saskatchewan and other Canadian provinces, territories, and federally regulated industries, requiring that goods and services approved in other jurisdictions be treated as meeting Saskatchewan standards without additional approvals or fees.

This bill amends Saskatchewan's Credit Union Act to modernize membership rules, including how members can withdraw or be removed from a credit union, how records are kept and destroyed, and how notices are served. It also updates board governance procedures and creates new appeal rights for members whose membership is terminated.

This Saskatchewan bill removes Provincial Sales Tax (PST) from children's clothing (under age 16) and expands the PST exemption on grocery store food to include a broader range of ready-to-eat and pre-packaged items like rotisserie chickens, sandwiches, platters, protein bars, and fruit juices.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Financial Administration Act to formally authorize the provincial Finance Minister to provide grants and other financial assistance to businesses, organizations, and First Nations to develop and diversify the Saskatchewan economy, while also adding legal immunity protections for the Crown and Ministry employees acting in good faith under the Act.

This Saskatchewan bill creates a framework to speed up land acquisition for new schools by assigning responsibilities to municipalities, school boards, and the provincial minister, and enabling cost-sharing contribution agreements and expropriation powers to secure serviced land for school construction.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Consumer Protection and Business Practices Act to ban 'personalized algorithmic pricing' — where AI or automated systems charge individual consumers higher prices based on their personal data (browsing history, income, location, health status, etc.). It applies specifically to online retailers, online distributors, and businesses using electronic shelf labelling systems.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Members' Conflict of Interest Act to define 'apparent conflict of interest' and require MLAs to disclose detailed information about any businesses held through private companies or holding companies they or their family members control.

This Saskatchewan bill updates the rules around legal name changes, expanding who can use a single name based on culture or religion, allowing names to be written in non-Roman characters, and clarifying procedures for spousal consent, multi-component surnames, and recognizing name changes made in other jurisdictions.

This bill toughens Saskatchewan's rules against illegal foreign ownership of farmland by dramatically increasing financial penalties and making enforcement mandatory rather than discretionary, while also allowing courts to forfeit sale proceeds to the Crown.

This Saskatchewan bill amends The Provincial Health Authority Act to prohibit the provincial health authority from passing resolutions to increase executive/board member pay during any period when contract negotiations with healthcare worker unions are ongoing.

Bill 44 replaces Saskatchewan's existing co-operative legislation with a new comprehensive statute governing how co-operatives are incorporated, governed, financed, and dissolved in the province. It updates rules for all types of co-operatives — including consumer, housing, employment, health care, and new generation co-operatives — and repeals two older Acts.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Corporation Capital Tax Act to restructure how financial institutions are taxed on their capital, raising the tax rate for large financial institutions from 4% to 6% starting April 1, 2026, while eliminating the tax entirely for smaller financial institutions (those with aggregate taxable paid-up capital of $1.5 billion or less). It also phases out the capital tax for designated Crown corporations by April 1, 2027.

This Saskatchewan bill amends The Child and Family Services Act to require the Minister to consider reconciliation and family needs when deciding whether to disclose child welfare records, and to preserve all records related to Indigenous children in residential schools, day schools, and the Sixties Scoop.