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C-225PASSEDJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Sponsor
Frank Caputo
Introduced
—
Royal assent
JUNE 17, 2026
Final vote
321 / 0

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stSep 18, 2025
  2. 2ndDec 3, 2025
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rdApr 27, 2026
  5. SenateApr 28, 2026
  6. AssentJun 17, 2026

Bill overview

Bill C-225, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. It was introduced by Frank Caputo (Conservative, Kamloops-Thompson-Nicola).

It reached first reading on September 18, 2025, second reading on December 3, 2025, third reading on April 27, 2026 and Senate consideration on April 28, 2026. It received royal assent on June 17, 2026.

In the recorded division on December 3, 2025 in the House of Commons, 321 members voted in favour and 0 against; 18 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (165), Conservative (129), Bloc Québécois (20), NDP (5), Independent (1) and Green (1).

This overview is written automatically from the registry and vote records on this page and updates when they sync. It describes the bill's path, not its merits.

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An Act to amend the Criminal Code

Vote roll

45th Parliament · December 3, 2025

321

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

18

Absent

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YEABilly Morin (CPC) — YEABlaine Calkins (CPC) — YEABlake Richards (CPC) — YEABob Zimmer (CPC) — YEABrad Redekopp (CPC) — YEABrad Vis (CPC) — YEABranden Leslie (CPC) — YEABurton Bailey (CPC) — YEACarol Anstey (CPC) — YEACathay Wagantall (CPC) — YEAChak Au (CPC) — YEACheryl Gallant (CPC) — YEAChris Lewis (CPC) — YEAChris Warkentin (CPC) — YEAClifford Small (CPC) — YEAColin Reynolds (CPC) — YEAConnie Cody (CPC) — YEACorey Tochor (CPC) — YEACostas Menegakis (CPC) — YEADalwinder Gill (CPC) — YEADan Albas (CPC) — YEADan Mazier (CPC) — YEADan Muys (CPC) — YEADane Lloyd (CPC) — YEADave Epp (CPC) — YEADavid Bexte (CPC) — YEADavid McKenzie (CPC) — PAIREDDean Allison (CPC) — YEADominique Vien (CPC) — YEADoug Shipley (CPC) — YEAEllis Ross (CPC) — YEAEric Duncan (CPC) — YEAEric Lefebvre (CPC) — YEAEric Melillo (CPC) — YEAFrank Caputo (CPC) — YEAFraser Tolmie (CPC) — YEAFred Davies (CPC) — YEAGabriel Hardy (CPC) — YEAGarnett Genuis (CPC) — YEAGaétan Malette (CPC) — YEAGlen Motz (CPC) — PAIREDGrant Jackson (CPC) — YEAGreg McLean (CPC) — YEAGérard Deltell (CPC) — YEAHarb Gill (CPC) — YEAHelena Konanz (CPC) — YEAJacob Mantle (CPC) — YEAJacques Gourde (CPC) — YEAJagsharan Singh Mahal (CPC) — YEAJames Bezan (CPC) — YEAJamie Schmale (CPC) — YEAJamil Jivani (CPC) — YEAJason Groleau (CPC) — YEAJasraj Hallan (CPC) — YEAJeff Kibble (CPC) — YEAJeremy Patzer (CPC) — YEAJim Bélanger (CPC) — YEAJohn Barlow (CPC) — YEAJohn Brassard (CPC) — YEAJohn Nater (CPC) — YEAJohn Williamson (CPC) — YEAJonathan Rowe (CPC) — YEAJoël Godin (CPC) — YEAKathy Borrelli (CPC) — YEAKelly Block (CPC) — YEAKelly DeRidder (CPC) — YEAKelly McCauley (CPC) — YEAKerry Diotte (CPC) — YEAKevin Waugh (CPC) — YEAKurt Holman (CPC) — YEAKyle Seeback (CPC) — YEALaila Goodridge (CPC) — YEALarry Brock (CPC) — YEALeslyn Lewis (CPC) — PAIREDLianne Rood (CPC) — YEALuc Berthold (CPC) — YEAMarc Dalton (CPC) — YEAMark Strahl (CPC) — YEAMatt Strauss (CPC) — YEAMel Arnold (CPC) — YEAMelissa Lantsman (CPC) — YEAMichael Barrett (CPC) — YEAMichael Chong (CPC) — ABSENTMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Guglielmin (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Dawson (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEANed Kuruc (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — PAIREDPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — ABSENTRaquel Dancho (CPC) — YEARhonda Kirkland (CPC) — YEARichard Bragdon (CPC) — YEARichard Martel (CPC) — YEARob Moore (CPC) — YEARob Morrison (CPC) — YEARoman Baber (CPC) — YEARosemarie Falk (CPC) — YEASandra Cobena (CPC) — YEAScot Davidson (CPC) — YEAScott Aitchison (CPC) — YEAScott Anderson (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — ABSENTShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — YEAShuvaloy Majumdar (CPC) — ABSENTStephanie Kusie (CPC) — ABSENTSteven Bonk (CPC) — YEASukhman Gill (CPC) — YEATako Van Popta (CPC) — YEATamara Jansen (CPC) — YEATamara Kronis (CPC) — YEATed Falk (CPC) — YEATerry Dowdall (CPC) — YEATim Uppal (CPC) — YEATodd Doherty (CPC) — YEATom Kmiec (CPC) — YEATony Baldinelli (CPC) — YEAVincent Ho (CPC) — YEAWarren Steinley (CPC) — YEAWilliam Stevenson (CPC) — YEAZiad Aboultaif (CPC) — YEAAlexandre Boulerice (IND) — ABSENTSimon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay (IND) — YEAAbdelhaq Sari (LPC) — YEAAdam van Koeverden (LPC) — YEAAhmed Hussen (LPC) — YEAAlana Hirtle (LPC) — YEAAlexandra Mendès (LPC) — YEAAli Ehsassi (LPC) — YEAAmandeep Sodhi (LPC) — YEAAngelo Iacono (LPC) — YEAAnita Anand (LPC) — PAIREDAnita Vandenbeld (LPC) — YEAAnju Dhillon (LPC) — YEAAnna Gainey (LPC) — YEAAnnie Koutrakis (LPC) — YEAAnthony Housefather (LPC) — YEAArielle Kayabaga (LPC) — YEAAslam Rana (LPC) — YEABardish Chagger (LPC) — YEABen Carr (LPC) — YEABienvenu-Olivier Ntumba (LPC) — YEABraedon Clark (LPC) — YEABrendan Hanley (LPC) — YEABruce Fanjoy (LPC) — YEABuckley Belanger (LPC) — YEACarlos Leitão (LPC) — YEACaroline Desrochers (LPC) — YEACharles Sousa (LPC) — YEAChi Nguyen (LPC) — YEAChris Bittle (LPC) — YEAChris Malette (LPC) — YEAChris d'Entremont (LPC) — YEAClaude Guay (LPC) — YEACorey Hogan (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) — YEADavid Myles (LPC) — YEADominic LeBlanc (LPC) — PAIREDDominique O'Rourke (LPC) — YEADoug Eyolfson (LPC) — YEAEleanor Olszewski (LPC) — YEAEmma Harrison (LPC) — YEAEmmanuella Lambropoulos (LPC) — YEAEric St-Pierre (LPC) — YEAErnie Klassen (LPC) — YEAEvan Solomon (LPC) — YEAFares Al Soud (LPC) — YEAFayçal El-Khoury (LPC) — YEAFrancis Scarpaleggia (LPC) — ABSENTFrançois-Philippe Champagne (LPC) — YEAGary Anandasangaree (LPC) — YEAGinette Lavack (LPC) — YEAGinette Petitpas Taylor (LPC) — YEAGiovanna Mingarelli (LPC) — YEAGreg Fergus (LPC) — YEAGregor Robertson (LPC) — YEAGuillaume Deschênes-Thériault (LPC) — YEAGurbux Saini (LPC) — YEAHeath MacDonald (LPC) — YEAHedy Fry (LPC) — YEAHelena Jaczek (LPC) — YEAIqra Khalid (LPC) — YEAIqwinder Gaheer (LPC) — YEAJacques Ramsay (LPC) — YEAJaime Battiste (LPC) — YEAJake Sawatzky (LPC) — YEAJames Maloney (LPC) — YEAJean Yip (LPC) — YEAJean-Yves Duclos (LPC) — YEAJenna Sudds (LPC) — YEAJennifer McKelvie (LPC) — YEAJessica Fancy (LPC) — YEAJill McKnight (LPC) — YEAJoanne Thompson (LPC) — YEAJohn Zerucelli (LPC) — YEAJohn-Paul Danko (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJuanita Nathan (LPC) — YEAJudy A. 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