British Columbia bills

This British Columbia bill designates certain drug categories — including mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, safer supply/harm reduction drugs, puberty suppressants and gender-transition hormones, and SSRIs — as 'experimental drugs classes,' and prohibits practitioners from prescribing, dispensing, or administering these drugs unless the wholesaler has signed a government-approved risk management agreement that includes a patient compensation fund and government indemnification for health-care costs.

This BC bill requires the provincial government to notify affected parties and allow them to make representations before any Crown land is disposed of, and mandates annual public reporting on all Crown land transactions and public money involved.

This BC bill creates a legal framework for 'small farms' (under $750,000 gross revenue) and small farming cooperatives, adjusting land use rules around on-site processing and agri-tourism, and requiring an annual provincial food production report.

This British Columbia private member's bill would cut provincial income tax by 50% for anyone under 40 years old, and separately require the BC government to slash its total public spending by 50% within five years.

This BC bill repeals the Residential Tenancy Act, the Manufactured Home Park Tenancy Act, and the Short-Term Rental Accommodations Act, replacing the Residential Tenancy Branch with the Provincial Court as the forum for landlord-tenant disputes, and establishes a new regulatory framework for all rental arrangements including short-term rentals.

This bill repeals British Columbia's Speculation and Vacancy Tax Act, eliminating the annual tax on residential property owners in designated urban areas who leave homes vacant or are foreign owners not paying BC income tax. It preserves the province's ability to pursue outstanding tax obligations and ongoing audits or appeals for tax years prior to the repeal.

This BC bill amends the Mental Health Act to add a legal definition of 'brain injury' and expand the definition of 'person with a mental disorder' to include individuals whose brain injury significantly impairs their judgement, emotional regulation, or behavioural control.

This bill repeals section 8.1 of British Columbia's Interpretation Act, removing a specific interpretive provision from the statute. It takes effect immediately upon receiving Royal Assent.

This British Columbia bill requires advocacy organizations receiving $10,000 or more in government or foreign funding to publicly disclose their funding sources, display prominent notices on their websites and social media, and reveal affiliate relationships — with court-enforced penalties and funding ineligibility for non-compliance.

This British Columbia bill requires the provincial government to notify landowners (fee simple title holders) when aboriginal title claims or negotiations may affect their land, and to file notices in the land title office and publish annual reports on all such claims and negotiations.

This bill repeals British Columbia's Health Professions and Occupations Act (2022), effectively eliminating the legislative framework that was designed to modernize the regulation of health professions and occupations in BC.

This BC bill extends the claims window for catastrophic injury benefits under ICBC auto insurance and lowers the threshold for what counts as a catastrophic injury due to amputation from two limbs to one.

This bill repeals British Columbia's Health Professions and Occupations Act (2022), effectively removing the updated legislative framework that was set to govern regulated health professions in the province.

This British Columbia bill requires school boards to establish controlled access policies for school buildings during school hours, including secured exterior doors, designated monitored entry points, and visitor check-in procedures.

This BC bill prohibits public sector entities from issuing construction project tenders that require bidders to use either unionized or non-unionized workers, ensuring open-shop procurement across government construction contracts.

This British Columbia bill requires health authorities to submit monthly reports on long-term care waitlists to the minister, who must publish them publicly and produce annual reports, and also requires the minister to develop and annually update a plan to improve timely access to long-term care and hospice beds.

This bill designates November as 'Veterans and First Responders Month' in British Columbia, creating an annual occasion to recognize and honour the service of Canadian Armed Forces veterans and first responders such as police officers, firefighters, paramedics, and emergency dispatchers.

This BC bill amends the Motor Vehicle Act to create a new category of 'reckless driving' that allows police to immediately prohibit a driver from operating a vehicle for 30 days, covering behaviours like street racing, stunt driving, extreme speeding, and aggressive driving tactics.

This BC bill requires owners and operators of large commercial vehicles (over 11,793 kg gross vehicle weight) to install, maintain, and continuously operate dashboard cameras that meet specific technical standards, including 72-hour storage, 1080p resolution, and night vision capability.

This bill requires local governments in British Columbia to accept technical submissions certified by regulated professionals (engineers, geoscientists, foresters, agrologists, and similar) as meeting permit requirements, without mandatory peer review, streamlining the development approval process.