New Brunswick bills

This New Brunswick bill updates the Motor Vehicle Act to modernize vehicle registration procedures, allowing digital or printable registration certificates instead of only paper, eliminating the annual sticker requirement, and standardizing identification references to use both the vehicle identification number (VIN) and registration plate number throughout the Act.

This New Brunswick bill creates a legal framework allowing First Nations to have their band by-laws and land management laws enforced and prosecuted through the existing provincial offences court system, including allowing First Nations to appoint their own enforcement officers and directing fine revenues back to the First Nation.

This bill amends New Brunswick's Gaming Control Act to update how charitable and religious organizations apply for lottery licences, clarifies record-keeping rules for certain licensees, and requires that net proceeds from tickets sold in New Brunswick be used for charitable or religious purposes within the province.

This bill amends New Brunswick's Local Governance Act to allow local governments to construct, own, or operate 'clean energy generation facilities' (replacing the broader term 'generation facility'), and to establish or invest in corporations for that purpose, with profits flowing back into municipal general funds.

This bill authorizes the New Brunswick provincial government to spend up to $14.54 billion from the Consolidated Fund to cover public service expenses for the fiscal year April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, as laid out in the Main and Capital Estimates.

This New Brunswick bill amends pension legislation to update rules around commuted value payments, unclaimed pension property, non-resident member withdrawals, and regulatory powers for pension administrators and financial institutions.

This New Brunswick bill amends the Health Quality and Patient Safety Act to strengthen oversight of patient safety incidents in health care organizations, requiring mandatory quality reviews for critical events, new reporting obligations, and the creation of a provincial advisory committee to oversee health care quality improvement.

This bill authorizes the New Brunswick government to spend an additional $121.5 million from the provincial Consolidated Fund for the 2024-2025 fiscal year, covering expenses not included in the original budget across several departments.

This bill amends the University of New Brunswick Act to update governance structures, job titles, and definitions, including creating a formal Libraries Council, adding new vice-presidential roles, modernizing language to remove gendered pronouns, and formally recognizing librarians and contract academic instructors as participants in university governance.

This bill makes technical amendments to two New Brunswick laws — the Highway Act and the Salvage Dealers Licensing Act — updating language around vehicle identification to require both a vehicle identification number (VIN) and a vehicle registration plate number when establishing vehicle identity in offence proceedings and salvage dealer record-keeping.

This New Brunswick bill amends the Apprenticeship and Occupational Certification Act to recognize apprenticeship credentials from other Canadian provinces and territories, introduces compliance orders for enforcement, and waives registration and assessment fees for out-of-province apprentices.

This New Brunswick bill overhauls the rules for privately owned signs (billboards, placards, advertisements) displayed within 150 metres of provincial highways, replacing the old Highway Advertisements Regulation with a new permit-based framework and introducing a formal Tourist-Oriented Directional (TOD) sign program for tourism businesses.

This bill authorizes the New Brunswick government to borrow up to $3.1 billion to fund public services, pay down provincial debt, and finance government-approved public works projects.

This New Brunswick bill replaces the 'Public Intervener' role with a new 'Energy Sector Consumer Advocate' and expands regulatory oversight of NB Power's consumer-facing policies, giving the Energy and Utilities Board new powers to hear complaints, order reimbursements, and approve the utility's customer-related policies.

This New Brunswick bill raises the threshold for simplified probate procedures from $3,000 to $25,000 for small estates, and allows the Public Trustee to release property held for a deceased person using an authentic copy of a will (rather than full probate) when the estate value is $25,000 or less.

This New Brunswick bill creates a unified complaints process for handling misconduct, neglect of duty, and incapacity allegations against Provincial Court judges and Small Claims Act adjudicators, replacing the separate procedures that previously existed under the Provincial Court Act and the Small Claims Act.

This New Brunswick bill establishes a legal right for all residents to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment, creates an Environmental Rights Commissioner, and sets up mechanisms for public participation, investigations, and legal action to protect environmental rights.

This bill overhauls New Brunswick's Lobbyists' Registration Act by consolidating registration requirements into a single framework, introducing monthly reporting obligations, establishing a code of conduct for lobbyists, and creating new enforcement tools including administrative penalties, lobbying prohibitions, and formal investigation powers for the Integrity Commissioner.

This New Brunswick bill integrates the Bee Act into the existing Agriculture Appeal Board framework, giving beekeepers and other affected parties the right to appeal decisions made by the Provincial Apiarist or inspectors to the Agriculture Appeal Board. It also makes minor language updates for gender neutrality in the Agriculture Appeal Board Act.

This New Brunswick bill removes limitation periods for certain personal injury claims — specifically trespass, assault, or battery of a sexual nature, or where the victim was in an intimate relationship or was financially, emotionally, or physically dependent on the defendant. It also revives previously time-barred claims that were dismissed solely due to expired limitation periods.