summary <div>A legislative

summary is currently being prepared for this bill by the Parliamentary Information and Research Service of the Library of Parliament. Meanwhile, the following executive

summary is available.<br/><br/>On May 2025, Sen. Marc Gold introduced Bill S-2,

An Act to amend the Indian Act (new registration entitlements) in the Senate and it was given first reading. <br/><br/>Bill S-2 amends the Indian Act to provide, among other things, new entitlements to registration in the Indian Register in response to the challenge of certain provisions of the Act under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Nicholas v.

Canada (Attorney General) and that the persons who have become so entitled also have the right to have their names entered in a Band List maintained in the Department of Indigenous Services.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2025-12-10) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2026-02-27) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: In progress Senate — First reading: Completed (2025-05-29) Senate — Second reading: Completed (2025-06-25) Senate — Consideration in committee: Completed (2025-11-25) Senate — Report stage: Completed (2025-12-02) Senate — Third reading: Completed (2025-12-04) LEGISinfo: https://www.parl.ca/legisinfo/en/bill/45-1/s-2