Prince Edward Island bills

This PEI bill corrects two definition errors in the Powers of Attorney and Personal Directives Act — updating the definitions of 'Public Guardian and Trustee' and 'service provider' — that were accidentally introduced when the new Public Guardian and Trustee Act came into force on March 30, 2026.

This PEI bill amends the provincial Income Tax Act to add a new top personal income tax bracket of 20% on taxable income exceeding $200,000, repeal an existing tax subsection, and enhance a low-income benefit program (renamed the 'Island Essentials Benefit') by increasing payment amounts and raising the income threshold for eligibility.

This Prince Edward Island bill establishes a new standalone Intestate Succession Act to govern how a deceased person's estate is distributed when they die without a will, replacing the previous rules found in Part IV of the Probate Act.

This bill amends Prince Edward Island's Planning Act to set strict timelines requiring the Minister to approve or refuse municipal official plans and planning bylaws within 90 days of receiving them, and to provide written reasons within 30 days if refusing.

This Prince Edward Island bill authorizes the provincial government to borrow up to $900 million for public purposes, including funding public services, discharging provincial debt, financing public works, and refinancing existing loans or securities.

This PEI bill repeals the Chiropractic Act, removing the existing standalone legislation that governs chiropractic practice in Prince Edward Island. The repeal will take effect on a date set by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

This bill updates Prince Edward Island's Ambulance Services Act to replace outdated 'emergency medical technician' terminology with 'paramedic' and 'paramedicine,' reflecting the repeal of the old Emergency Medical Technicians Act and the shift to regulating paramedics under the Regulated Health Professions Act. It also removes the requirement for ambulance operators to retain a medical advisor, transferring that oversight role to the Director.

This bill updates Prince Edward Island's Registry Act to clarify how documents (deeds, mortgages, and certain Family Law Act affidavits) are defined and registered, and makes related housekeeping amendments to remove outdated references to non-existent regulations.

This bill establishes a new standalone Wills Act for Prince Edward Island, replacing the wills provisions previously found in the Probate Act. It sets out the rules for making, altering, revoking, and interpreting wills, and gives courts the power to validate wills that don't meet all formal requirements.

This bill amends Prince Edward Island's Community Care Facilities and Nursing Homes Act to cap the daily rate that operators of care homes and nursing homes can charge residents for room, meals, and housekeeping, with annual increases tied to PEI's Consumer Price Index.

This bill amends Prince Edward Island's Early Learning and Child Care Act to allow the licensing board to refuse to process applications (for licences or certifications) when an associated person is under investigation or charged with an offence involving child safety, and requires licensed childcare centre operators to establish a formal sexual misconduct policy within one year of the bill coming into force.

This bill amends PEI's Lands Protection Act to restrict non-resident persons from owning or acquiring more than one small urban property (one acre or less within a municipality with an approved official plan) without government permission, and adds housing affordability as an explicit purpose of the Act.

This Prince Edward Island bill creates a formal process allowing people who may be at risk of intimate partner violence to apply to a police service for a risk assessment and disclosure of information about the threat posed by their intimate partner, while protecting the partner's personal information and restricting how the disclosed risk information can be used.

This bill amends PEI's Employment Standards Act to prohibit employers from requiring a doctor's note or medical certificate when an employee requests a sick leave of absence.

This bill authorizes approximately $161 million in additional government spending for Prince Edward Island for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, covering capital and current expenditures across departments including Health PEI, Agriculture, and Education.

This Prince Edward Island bill broadens the duty to report child safety concerns beyond the existing 'child in need of protection' standard to any situation where a child's safety or well-being is endangered, and adds new referral options including services for victims of violence.

This Prince Edward Island bill amends the Private Schools Act to require private schools to adopt sexual misconduct prevention policies, expand criminal record and vulnerable sector check requirements to all employees, and obligate operators to share student records with other educational institutions upon request.

This bill amends Prince Edward Island's Petroleum Products Act to require the provincial fuel price regulator (the Commission) to use the New York Harbor benchmark as the wholesale price reference point when setting maximum prices for heating fuel and motor fuel.

This bill amends Prince Edward Island's Electric Power Act to require public utilities to publish annual reliability reports, submit integrated resource plans every three years, conduct cost-benefit assessments of alternatives to major capital projects over $10 million, and operate under a performance-based incentive scheme tied to service reliability.

This bill amends Prince Edward Island's Financial Administration Act to tighten the criteria for issuing special warrants, requiring that a payment be 'urgently and immediately required' rather than simply 'required' before such a warrant can be authorized.