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Bill 177, Test Your Smoke Alarm Day Act, 2024

Yakabuski, John

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EXPLANATORY

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The

Bill proclaims September 28 in each year as Test Your Smoke Alarm Day.

Bill 177 2024

Act to proclaim Test Your Smoke Alarm Day

Preamble

Fire

safety and prevention are priorities in Ontario.

Testing

smoke alarms every month is a simple, yet crucial action that can protect loved

ones and property from the devastating impacts of fires.

Working

smoke alarms save lives and cut the risk of dying in a house fire in half.

proclaiming September 28 in each year as Test Your Smoke Alarm Day, the

Province of Ontario recognizes the importance of working smoke alarms and will

remind Ontarians to take the simple, life-saving step to test their smoke

alarms monthly. It will also be a day to learn more about smoke alarms, home

fire escape planning and fire safety.

Therefore,

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

the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Test

Your Smoke Alarm Day

September

28 in each year is proclaimed as Test Your Smoke Alarm Day.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Test Your Smoke Alarm

Day Act, 2024 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

April 17, 2024

Second Reading

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

April 17, 2024

Second Reading

Vote

Carried

April 17, 2024

Second Reading

Question put

April 17, 2024

Second Reading

Debated

March 20, 2024

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

March 20, 2024

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

March 20, 2024

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading

Second Reading

April 17, 2024

Coe, Lorne

Whitby

McCrimmon, Karen

Kanata—Carleton

Pierre, Natalie

Burlington

Smith, Dave

Peterborough—Kawartha

Vanthof, John

Timiskaming—Cochrane

Yakabuski, John

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Question put

Carried

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on Justice Policy

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