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S-233IN_COMMITTEEJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYFEDERAL

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders)

An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders)

Sponsor
Sen. Leo Housakos
Introduced
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Royal assent
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Final vote
322 / 0

Legislative timeline

  1. 1stOct 29, 2025
  2. 2ndMay 27, 2026
  3. Comm.—
  4. 3rd—
  5. SenateSep 22, 2025
  6. Assent—

Bill overview

Bill S-233, “An Act to amend the Criminal Code (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders)”, is a federal bill from session 45-1. It was introduced by Sen. Leo Housakos.

It reached first reading on October 29, 2025, second reading on May 27, 2026 and Senate consideration on September 22, 2025. Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on May 27, 2026 in the House of Commons, 322 members voted in favour and 0 against; 11 did not vote. Every party present voted in favour: Liberal (163), Conservative (134), Bloc Québécois (18), 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 (assault against persons who provide health services and first responders)

Vote roll

45th Parliament · May 27, 2026

322

Yea

0

Nay

0

Abstain

11

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) — PAIREDChris 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) — YEADean 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) — YEAGrant 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) — 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) — YEALianne 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) — YEAMichael Cooper (CPC) — YEAMichael Guglielmin (CPC) — YEAMichael Kram (CPC) — YEAMichelle Rempel Garner (CPC) — YEAMike Dawson (CPC) — YEAMike Lake (CPC) — YEANed Kuruc (CPC) — YEAPat Kelly (CPC) — YEAPhilip Lawrence (CPC) — YEAPierre Paul-Hus (CPC) — YEAPierre Poilievre (CPC) — YEARandy Hoback (CPC) — YEARaquel 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) — PAIREDScott Anderson (CPC) — YEAScott Reid (CPC) — YEAShannon Stubbs (CPC) — YEAShelby Kramp-Neuman (CPC) — YEAStephanie Kusie (CPC) — YEASteven 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) — 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) — YEAAnita 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) — YEAClaude Guay (LPC) — YEACorey Hogan (LPC) — YEADanielle Martin (LPC) — YEADarren Fisher (LPC) — YEADavid McGuinty (LPC) 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(LPC) — YEAJohn Zerucelli (LPC) — YEAJohn-Paul Danko (LPC) — YEAJonathan Wilkinson (LPC) — YEAJoël Lightbound (LPC) — YEAJuanita Nathan (LPC) — YEAJudy A. Sgro (LPC) — YEAJulie Dabrusin (LPC) — YEAJulie Dzerowicz (LPC) — PAIREDKarim Bardeesy (LPC) — YEAKarina Gould (LPC) — YEAKent MacDonald (LPC) — YEAKevin Lamoureux (LPC) — YEAKody Blois (LPC) — YEAKristina Tesser Derksen (LPC) — YEALena Metlege Diab (LPC) — YEALeslie Church (LPC) — YEALinda Lapointe (LPC) — YEALisa Hepfner (LPC) — YEALori Idlout (LPC) — YEALouis Villeneuve (LPC) — YEAMadeleine Chenette (LPC) — YEAMaggie Chi (LPC) — YEAMandy Gull-Masty (LPC) — YEAManinder Sidhu (LPC) — YEAMarc Miller (LPC) — PAIREDMarcus Powlowski (LPC) — YEAMarianne Dandurand (LPC) — YEAMarie-France Lalonde (LPC) — YEAMarie-Gabrielle Ménard (LPC) — YEAMarilyn Gladu (LPC) — YEAMarjorie Michel (LPC) — YEAMark Carney (LPC) — YEAMark Gerretsen (LPC) — YEAMatt Jeneroux (LPC) — YEAMichael Coteau (LPC) — YEAMichael Ma (LPC) — YEAMike Kelloway (LPC) — YEAMona Fortier (LPC) — YEAMélanie Joly (LPC) — YEANathalie Provost (LPC) — PAIREDNathaniel Erskine-Smith (LPC) — ABSENTNatilien Joseph (LPC) — YEAParm Bains (LPC) — YEAPatricia Lattanzio (LPC) — YEAPatrick Weiler (LPC) — YEAPatty Hajdu (LPC) — YEAPaul Connors (LPC) — YEAPauline Rochefort (LPC) — YEAPeter Fonseca (LPC) — YEAPeter Fragiskatos (LPC) — YEAPeter Schiefke (LPC) — YEAPhilip Earle (LPC) — YEARachel Bendayan (LPC) — YEARandeep Sarai (LPC) — YEARebecca Alty (LPC) — YEARebecca Chartrand (LPC) — YEARechie Valdez (LPC) — YEARon McKinnon (LPC) — YEARuby Sahota (LPC) — YEARyan Turnbull (LPC) — PAIREDSalma Zahid (LPC) — YEASameer Zuberi (LPC) — YEASean Casey (LPC) — YEASean Fraser (LPC) — YEASerge Cormier (LPC) — YEAShafqat Ali (LPC) — YEAShannon Miedema (LPC) — YEAShaun Chen (LPC) — YEASherry Romanado (LPC) — YEASima Acan (LPC) — YEASonia Sidhu (LPC) — YEASophie Chatel (LPC) — YEASteeve Lavoie (LPC) — YEAStephanie McLean (LPC) — YEAStephen Fuhr (LPC) — YEASteven Guilbeault (LPC) — YEASteven MacKinnon (LPC) — YEAStéphane Lauzon (LPC) — YEASukh Dhaliwal (LPC) — YEATaleeb Noormohamed (LPC) — YEATatiana Auguste (LPC) — YEATerry Beech (LPC) — YEATerry Duguid (LPC) — YEATerry Sheehan (LPC) — YEATim Hodgson (LPC) — YEATim Louis (LPC) — YEATim Watchorn (LPC) — YEATom Osborne (LPC) — YEAVince Gasparro (LPC) — YEAViviane Lapointe (LPC) — YEAWade Chang (LPC) — YEAWade Grant (LPC) — YEAWayne Long (LPC) — YEAWill Greaves (LPC) — YEAYasir Naqvi (LPC) — YEAYvan Baker (LPC) — YEAZoe Royer (LPC) — YEAÉlisabeth Brière (LPC) — YEASpeaker
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