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Bill 112, Lydia’s Law (Accountability and Transparency in the Handling of Sexual Assault Cases), 2026

Fife, Catherine

Kernaghan, Terence

Mamakwa, Sol

Vanthof, John

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The

Bill enacts Lydia’s Law (Accountability and Transparency

in the Handling of Sexual Assault Cases), 2026 .

Section 2 of the Act

provides that the Attorney General shall prepare and publish a progress report

describing the extent to which the Ministry of the Attorney General has

implemented certain recommendations set out in the Auditor General’s Report and

shall lay the progress report before the Assembly.

Section 3 of the Act

requires the Standing Committee on Justice Policy to establish a working group

to review the progress report and report on their review to the Assembly.

Section 4 of the Act provides that the Attorney General shall review the

efficiency of the Victim Quick Response Program and report the results of the

review to the Assembly.

Section 5 of the Act requires police services that

receive a sexual assault complaint from persons who are 16 years of age or

older to make the person aware of the Independent Legal Advice Program.

Section

6 of the Act provides that there shall be no time limits on funding provided by

regulatory bodies for mental health supports for persons who allege they have

been the subject of sexual abuse by a person regulated by the regulatory body.

Bill 112 2026

Act to enact Lydia’s Law (Accountability and Transparency in the Handling of

Sexual Assault Cases), 2026

His

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Definitions

this Act,

“Auditor

General’s Report” means the 2019 Annual Report that was prepared by the Auditor

General and tabled in the Assembly on December 4, 2019; (“ rapport de

la vérificatrice générale ”)

“police

service” has the same meaning as in the Community Safety

and Policing Act, 2019 . (“ service de police ”)

Progress

report

(1) The

Attorney General shall, every year, prepare a progress report describing the

extent to which the Ministry of the Attorney General has implemented the

following recommendations made in

Chapter 3 of Volume 3 of the Auditor

General’s Report:

1. Recommendation

No. 1 on page 161.

2. Recommendation

No. 3 on page 166.

Report

to the Assembly

(2) The

Attorney General shall lay each progress report before the Assembly on or

before March 1 in each year.

Publication

(3) The

Attorney General shall publish each progress report on a Government of Ontario

website within 10 days after the report is laid before the Assembly.

Review

of progress report

(1) The

Standing Committee on Justice Policy shall establish a working group to review

each progress report.

Working

group

(2) The

working group shall begin the review no later than 10 sitting days after the

progress report has been laid before the Assembly.

Report

to the Assembly

(3) The

Committee shall report on the review of the working group to the Assembly

within 20 sitting days after the progress report has been laid.

Victim

Quick Response Program

The

Attorney General shall,

(

a) review

the efficiency of the Victim Quick Response Program as a replacement for the

Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in supporting survivors of domestic

violence, sexual assault and human trafficking; and

(

b) report

the results of the review to the Assembly within one year after this Act comes

into force.

Independent

Legal Advice Program

Every

police service that receives a sexual assault complaint from a person who is 16

years of age or older shall make the person aware of the Independent Legal

Advice Program that is delivered through Ontario Victim Services of the

Ministry of the Attorney General.

Mental

health supports funded by regulatory body

(1) This

section applies with respect to any regulatory body that is required or

authorized to establish a program to provide funding for mental health

supports, such as therapy or counselling, for persons who allege they have been

the subject of sexual abuse by a person regulated by the regulatory body.

Time

limits not applicable

(2) Despite

any Act or regulation, there shall be no limit on the period of time within

which funding may be provided under a program described in subsection (1).

Commencement

This Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The short

title of this Act is Lydia’s Law (Accountability and

Transparency in the Handling of Sexual Assault Cases), 2026 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 28, 2026

Second Reading

Vote

Lost on division

May 27, 2026

Second Reading

Question put

Vote deferred

May 27, 2026

Second Reading

Debated

May 4, 2026

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 4, 2026

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 4, 2026

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

May 27, 2026

Ciriello, Monica

Hamilton Mountain

Clancy, Aislinn

Kitchener Centre

Collard, Lucille

Ottawa—Vanier

Fife, Catherine

Waterloo

Gélinas, France

Nickel Belt

Kernaghan, Terence

London North Centre

Mamakwa, Sol

Kiiwetinoong

Sattler, Peggy

London West

Wong-Tam, Kristyn

Toronto Centre

Question put

May 28, 2026

Lost on division

Vote on second reading - Lost (May 28, 2026)

Ayes

(41) Teresa J. Armstrong

Jessica Bell

Stephen Blais

Guy Bourgouin

Stephanie Bowman

Bobbi Ann Brady

Jeff Burch

Rob Cerjanec

Lucille Collard

Lee Fairclough

Catherine Fife

John Fraser

Jennifer K. French

Wayne Gates

France Gélinas

Alexa Gilmour

Chris Glover

Lisa Gretzky

Andrea Hazell

Ted Hsu

Terence Kernaghan

Robin Lennox

Sol Mamakwa

Karen McCrimmon

Catherine McKenney

Mary-Margaret McMahon

Chandra Pasma

Tom Rakocevic

Peggy Sattler

Mike Schreiner

Adil Shamji

Sandy Shaw

Stephanie Smyth

Jennifer (Jennie) Stevens

Marit Stiles

Peter Tabuns

Jonathan Tsao

Lise Vaugeois

Tyler Watt

Jamie West

Kristyn Wong-Tam

Nays

(58) Tyler Allsopp

Deepak Anand

Aris Babikian

Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy

Will Bouma

Ric Bresee

Hon. Paul Calandra

Hon. Stan Cho

Monica Ciriello

Hon. Steve Clark

Lorne Coe

Michelle Cooper

Hon. Stephen Crawford

Rudy Cuzzetto

Billy Denault

Jess Dixon

Andrew Dowie

Hon. Jill Dunlop

Mohamed Firin

Hon. Rob Flack

Dawn Gallagher Murphy

Hardeep Singh Grewal

Hon. Ernie Hardeman

Hon. Mike Harris

Hon. Sylvia Jones

Hon. Trevor Jones

John Jordan

Logan Kanapathi

Hon. Michael S. Kerzner

Hon. Natalia Kusendova-Bashta

Hon. Stephen Lecce

Hon. Neil Lumsden

Hon. Todd J. McCarthy

Hon. Caroline Mulroney

Hon. Sam Oosterhoff

Natalie Pierre

Steve Pinsonneault

Hon. Nolan Quinn

Joseph Racinsky

Matthew Rae

Brian Riddell

Bill Rosenberg

Sheref Sabawy

Amarjot Sandhu

Hon. Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria

Stéphane Sarrazin

Brian Saunderson

Hon. Laurie Scott

Dave Smith

David Smith

Hon. Graydon Smith

Laura Smith

Hon. Nina Tangri

Hon. Lisa M. Thompson

Hon. Michael A. Tibollo

Effie J. Triantafilopoulos

Paul Vickers

Hon. Charmaine A. Williams

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