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Bill 234, Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Amendment Act (In Memory of Officers Impacted by Traumatic Events), 2024

Gélinas, France

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NOTE

The

Bill re-enacts

section 1 of the Highway Memorials for

Fallen Police Officers Act, 2002 to provide that the Legislative

Assembly may, by resolution, name bridges and other structures on the King’s

Highway in memory of police officers who have taken their own lives as a

consequence of being in the line of duty.

Bill 234 2024

Act to amend the Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Act, 2002 in

respect of police officers who have taken their own lives as a consequence of

being in the line of duty

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1 The

Preamble to the Highway

Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Act, 2002 is amended by adding the

following paragraph after the second paragraph:

the years since the enactment of this Act, there has been increased recognition

that being in the line of duty can have a negative impact on the mental health

and well-being of Ontario’s police officers.

Section 1 of the Act is repealed and the following substituted:

Power

of Legislative Assembly

The

Legislative Assembly may, by resolution, name bridges and other structures on

the King’s Highway in memory of police officers who have died in the line of

duty or have taken their own lives as a consequence of being in the line

of duty.

Commencement

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

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Highway Memorials for Fallen Police Officers Amendment Act (In

Memory of Officers Impacted by Traumatic Events), 2024 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

December 3, 2024

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

December 3, 2024

First Reading

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Carried

First Reading

December 3, 2024

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading