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Bill 42IN_COMMITTEEJUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETYONTARIO

Justice for Soli Act (Stop Criminalizing Mental Health), 2025

Sponsor
Kristyn Wong-Tam, Robin Lennox, Sol Mamakwa, Jennifer Stevens
Latest recorded vote
28 / 55
Official record on ola.orgLatest recorded step: Recorded division,

Bill overview

Bill 42, “Justice for Soli Act (Stop Criminalizing Mental Health), 2025”, is an Ontario bill from session 44-1. It was introduced by Kristyn Wong-Tam, Robin Lennox, Sol Mamakwa, Jennifer Stevens (NDP, Toronto Centre), as Jennie.

Its latest recorded status is “In committee”.

In the recorded division on March 4, 2024 in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, 28 members voted in favour and 55 against. In favour: NDP (18), Liberal (8) and Green (2). Against: Progressive Conservative (54) and Independent (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.

SUMMARY FROM THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY

What you need to know

The Bill enacts the Justice for Soli Act (Stop Criminalizing Mental Health), 2025 . The Act requires the Government of Ontario to recognize that a correctional facility is not an appropriate environment for a person experiencing a mental health crisis and that mental illness should not be criminalized.

Vote roll

44th Parliament · March 4, 2024

28

Yea

55

Nay

0

Abstain

0

Absent

Catherine Fife (ONDP) — YEAChandra Pasma (ONDP) — YEAChris Glover (ONDP) — YEAJeff Burch (ONDP) — YEAJennifer (Jennie) Stevens (ONDP) — YEAJennifer K. French (ONDP) — YEAJessica Bell (ONDP) — YEAJohn Vanthof (ONDP) — YEAKristyn Wong-Tam (ONDP) — YEALisa Gretzky (ONDP) — YEALise Vaugeois (ONDP) — YEAMarit Stiles (ONDP) — YEAPeggy Sattler (ONDP) — YEAPeter Tabuns (ONDP) — YEASandy Shaw (ONDP) — YEATerence Kernaghan (ONDP) — YEATeresa J. Armstrong (ONDP) — YEAWayne Gates (ONDP) — YEAAdil Shamji (OLP) — YEAAndrea Hazell (OLP) — YEAJohn Fraser (OLP) — YEAKaren McCrimmon (OLP) — YEAMary-Margaret McMahon (OLP) — YEAStephanie Bowman (OLP) — YEAStephen Blais (OLP) — YEATed Hsu (OLP) — YEAAmarjot Sandhu (ONPC) — NAYAndrew Dowie (ONPC) — NAYAnthony Leardi (ONPC) — NAYAris Babikian (ONPC) — NAYBilly Pang (ONPC) — NAYBrian Riddell (ONPC) — NAYBrian Saunderson (ONPC) — NAYCharmaine A. Williams (ONPC) — NAYDaisy Wai (ONPC) — NAYDave Smith (ONPC) — NAYDavid Smith (ONPC) — NAYDawn Gallagher Murphy (ONPC) — NAYDeepak Anand (ONPC) — NAYDonna Skelly (ONPC) — NAYDoug Downey (ONPC) — NAYEffie J. Triantafilopoulos (ONPC) — NAYErnie Hardeman (ONPC) — NAYGraydon Smith (ONPC) — NAYJess Dixon (ONPC) — NAYJill Dunlop (ONPC) — NAYJohn Jordan (ONPC) — NAYKevin Holland (ONPC) — NAYKinga Surma (ONPC) — NAYLaurie Scott (ONPC) — NAYLisa M. Thompson (ONPC) — NAYLogan Kanapathi (ONPC) — NAYLorne Coe (ONPC) — NAYMatthew Rae (ONPC) — NAYMichael A. Tibollo (ONPC) — NAYMichael Parsa (ONPC) — NAYMichael S. Kerzner (ONPC) — NAYMike Harris (ONPC) — NAYNatalie Pierre (ONPC) — NAYNeil Lumsden (ONPC) — NAYNina Tangri (ONPC) — NAYNolan Quinn (ONPC) — NAYPaul Calandra (ONPC) — NAYPeter Bethlenfalvy (ONPC) — NAYPrabmeet Singh Sarkaria (ONPC) — NAYRaymond Sung Joon Cho (ONPC) — NAYRob Flack (ONPC) — NAYRobert Bailey (ONPC) — NAYRudy Cuzzetto (ONPC) — NAYSam Oosterhoff (ONPC) — NAYSheref Sabawy (ONPC) — NAYStan Cho (ONPC) — NAYStephen Crawford (ONPC) — NAYStephen Lecce (ONPC) — NAYSteve Clark (ONPC) — NAYStéphane Sarrazin (ONPC) — NAYSylvia Jones (ONPC) — NAYTodd J. McCarthy (ONPC) — NAYTrevor Jones (ONPC) — NAYWill Bouma (ONPC) — NAYBobbi Ann Brady (IND) — NAYAislinn Clancy (GPO) — YEAMike Schreiner (GPO) — YEASpeaker
YeaNayAbstainAbsent

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