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Bill 128, Hot Days, Cool Homes Act, 2026

McKenney, Catherine

Lennox, Robin

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 .

The definition of “vital services” in subsection 2 (1) of the Act is amended by

adding cooling, which is described in new subsections 2 (5) and (6) of the Act.

The Act is also amended by adding new transition regulation-making authority.

Bill 128 2026

Act to amend the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006

His

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

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

(1) The definition of “vital services” in subsection 2 (1) of the Residential Tenancies Act, 2006 is amended by adding,

“cooling, as described in subsection (5) and during the part of each year set

out in that subsection” after “gas”.

(2) Section

2 of the Act is amended by adding the following subsections:

Interpretation,

vital service

(5) For

the purposes of the definition of “vital services”, cooling shall be provided

so, during the period of June 1 to September 30 in each year, the room

temperature of any room intended for tenants to live in is, at most, 26 degrees

Celsius.

Same

(6) The

cooling requirements set out in subsection (5) are deemed to be met in a rental

unit in which the tenant can regulate the temperature to a maximum of 26

degrees Celsius but the tenant does not do so.

The Act is amended by adding the following section:

Transition

regulations, Hot Days, Cool Homes

Act, 2026

241.6

(1) The Lieutenant

Governor in Council may make regulations governing transitional matters that,

in the opinion of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, are necessary or

advisable to deal with issues arising out of the amendments to this Act made by

the Hot Days, Cool Homes Act, 2026 .

Same

(2) A

regulation made under subsection (1) may,

(

a) provide

that, despite the coming into force of a provision of this Act as enacted by

the Hot Days, Cool Homes Act, 2026 , the provision

does not take effect in all or part of the province until the date specified in

the regulation;

(

b) provide

that a provision of this Act, as it reads immediately before the commencement

date of its amendment, repeal or re-enactment by the Hot

Days, Cool Homes Act, 2026 , continues to apply, for a specified period

of time and with necessary modifications, to specified things or in specified

circumstances;

(

c) govern

the application of provisions of this Act to proceedings before a court or the

Board in which a claim is made relating to amendments to this Act made by the Hot Days, Cool Homes Act, 2026 and which were commenced

before the commencement date of the amendment.

Commencement

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, this Act comes

into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

(2) Section

1 comes into force on the later of January 1, 2035 and the day this Act

receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

The

short title of this Act is the Hot Days, Cool Homes

Act, 2026 .

Date Bill stage Event Outcome Committee

May 27, 2026

First Reading

Ordered for Second Reading

May 27, 2026

First Reading

Vote

Carried

First Reading

May 27, 2026

Carried

Ordered for Second Reading