Saskatchewan bills

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Correctional Services Act, 2012 to update rules around inmate transfers, administrative segregation (including a 15-day consecutive cap and independent review), temporary confinement, and the inmate discipline system, while also renaming 'community correctional facilities' to 'reduced custody facilities.'

This Saskatchewan bill requires the government to publicly disclose all contracts with private health care operators — including surgical clinics, staffing agencies, long-term care facilities, and P3 infrastructure projects — and mandates independent value-for-money reviews for contracts over $10 million.

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.

This Saskatchewan bill modernizes the province's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act by strengthening public access to government information, particularly where public interest or safety is concerned, and giving the Information and Privacy Commissioner new enforcement powers to compel government bodies to comply with disclosure recommendations.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Lobbyists Act to increase transparency by requiring registered lobbyists to file monthly activity logs detailing their communications with public office holders, expanding disclosure requirements around political contributions, and prohibiting public office holders from accepting gifts.

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 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 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.

This Saskatchewan bill amends The Public Works and Services Act to require that contractors bidding on provincial public works projects worth more than $50 million disclose expected community benefits and workforce composition, with the Minister required to give preference to bids that prioritize local Saskatchewan workers, unionized employees, apprentices, and Indigenous persons.

This Saskatchewan bill voids restrictive covenants and exclusivity clauses that prevent land from being used as a grocery store or supermarket, effectively banning property controls that block grocery competition. Both new and existing controls are prohibited, with limited exemptions available through ministerial regulation.

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 Provincial Health Authority Act to ban the provincial health authority from contracting with third parties to set up anonymous reporting systems where employees can report wrongdoing by coworkers.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Provincial Health Authority Act to require the provincial government to create a publicly accessible online registry listing family physicians and nurse practitioners in Saskatchewan who are currently accepting new patients, to be launched within three months of the Act coming into force.

This Saskatchewan bill officially designates October as Islamic Heritage Month, recognizing and celebrating the contributions of Islamic culture and communities in the province.

This Saskatchewan bill amends The Provincial Health Authority Act to prohibit health services entities and facility operators from charging parking fees to cancer patients attending designated cancer care facilities for treatment.

This Saskatchewan bill amends the Medical Care Insurance Act to explicitly ban physicians from charging patients private access fees or extra billing on top of publicly insured medical services, and introduces penalties for violations including warnings, regulatory referrals, and loss of billing privileges.

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 directs the Minister of Crown Investments Corporation to freeze SaskPower and SGI rates at their January 1, 2026 levels, effectively blocking proposed 2026-2027 rate increases until the Rate Review Panel issues its recommendations. It also requires annual reporting with five-year rate projections for all Crown corporation subsidiaries.

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 requires the provincial government to publicly notify residents within one hour when an emergency room is operating with only virtual (remote) physician services and no doctor is physically present on-site.