Human Resources Legislative Update

Amended Ontario Anti-Bullying Bill Passes Third Reading

Human Resources Legislative Update

Amended Ontario Anti-Bullying Bill Passes Third Reading

Date: June 5, 2012

On June 5, 2012, Bill 13, the Accepting Schools Act, 2012, passed at Third Reading. As previously reported, Bill 13 was extensively amended by the Standing Committee on Social Policy.

With the exception of the amendments outlined in section 7 (Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week), Bill 13 will come into force on September 1, 2012.

Background information on the Bill’s progress through the Legislature is available here, and in our FTR Now of December 9, 2011, “Anti-Bullying Legislation Tabled in Ontario Legislature.”