Saskatchewan Bills
Mutual Recognition for Goods and Services
Products and services approved elsewhere in Canada can be sold here without extra approvals or fees. Regulators must change rules to follow mutual recognition.
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Royal Assent
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Defamation Law for the Digital Age
You must give 14 days' written notice before suing for defamation. Courts can order removal or hiding from search engines of harmful online posts.
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Royal Assent
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Lawmakers Replace Libel and Slander Terms
It replaces the words libel and slander with defamation in other laws. It does not change legal rights or who can sue.
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Royal Assent
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Modernizing Credit Union Governance
Members can withdraw by phone and get one free paper copy of bylaws. Big decisions now pass with two-thirds and staff can handle more routine tasks.
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Royal Assent
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New Rules Allow Mineral Development Without Owners
The government can approve mining or drilling even if some mineral owners are unknown. Owners get notice and money is held for them until they prove ownership.
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Royal Assent
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Modern Name Change Rules, Stricter Eligibility
Lets people use single names and longer family names but limits who can apply. Permanent residents and citizens qualify; police and other agencies may be told about changes.
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Royal Assent
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Modernizing Vital Records and Privacy Rules
Changes let families use more name characters and single names, ease birth and death paperwork, add privacy limits, allow some police access, and enable recalling misissued certificates.
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Royal Assent
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Require Ready Land for New Schools
Cities and towns must secure and service land for new schools. The province can order action, charge developers, or withhold transfers if deadlines are missed.
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Royal Assent
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Fast-Track School Site Purchases
This lets officials use a new faster law to buy land for new schools. That may speed construction and ease crowding, but owners may face different rules.
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Royal Assent
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Faster Animal Response and Oversight Act
Makes people respond faster to animal neglect, adds oversight, and sets fees and holding times. Vets can humanely euthanize abandoned suffering animals with legal protection.
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Royal Assent
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Government to Create Official Heritage Observances
The government can name recurring official heritage days, weeks, or months. These are recognition events only and do not create new paid holidays or school closures.
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Royal Assent
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Municipal Transparency and Governance Reform
Lets you find municipal finances, minutes and bylaws online. Changes tax, assessment, animal safety, and council rules affecting residents and property owners.
Status
Royal Assent
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Modern Co-operative Act Overhauls Rules
One new law modernizes co-ops. It allows digital filings and meetings, gives members stronger rights, and sets clearer rules for housing, health, worker co-ops, and investors.
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Royal Assent
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Modernizing Co-ops and Corporate Records
Updates laws to use the new co-op act and names co-ops in other rules. Businesses must record who owns or controls them and can use electronic shareholder notices.
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Royal Assent
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Hold Drug Traffickers Financially Accountable
The law lets government and people sue drug traffickers to recover health and social costs. It can also cancel some public jobs, grants, and contracts for recent convictions.
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Royal Assent
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Rapid Treatment Orders for High-Risk Addiction
Police or health workers can take adults with severe substance problems for quick assessment. A board or judge can order short inpatient stays or community treatment with legal review.
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Royal Assent
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Income Tax Credit Updates and Volunteer Boost
Sets and indexes key tax credit amounts and raises the basic personal amount. Doubles volunteer first responder credit, clarifies senior home renovation rules, and extends a fertilizer business incentive.
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Royal Assent
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Finance Minister's Grant Power Expansion
Lets the finance minister create and run grant programs and set their rules, sometimes retroactive to January 1. Ministry staff and the minister are protected from lawsuits for honest actions.
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Royal Assent
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Higher Bank Capital Tax, Crown Tax Phaseout
Large banks pay a higher capital tax from April 1 2026. Most businesses and small lenders pay no new tax; Crown corporation taxes fall to zero by 2027.
Status
Royal Assent
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New Permit Fees for Heritage Investigations
Applicants must pay non-refundable fees for archaeology and palaeontology permits. Fees will be set by regulation and may apply back to April 1, 2026.
Status
Royal Assent
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Fertilizer Investment Credit Extended
Firms get more time to build or expand fertilizer plants and claim the tax credit. This can mean more local jobs, but also fiscal costs and environmental effects.
Status
Royal Assent
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Limits on Prison Segregation and Discipline
Caps segregation at 15 days, requires daily health checks and faster reviews. Updates discipline rules, adds short temporary confinement and moves transfer rules to regulations.
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Royal Assent
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Cracking Down on Unlicensed Medical Practice
Gives health regulators more power to stop unlicensed providers and raise fines. They can get court orders and compel records to protect patients.
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Royal Assent
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Associate Judges to Speed Family Cases
Creates associate judges to hear more civil and family cases and free up judges. They have set pay, rules, and a public complaint process.
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Royal Assent
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Registry Corporation Ownership and Golden Share Changes
More investors can buy large stakes and two government appointees keep seats. Core registry technology must stay in the province to protect services.
Status
Royal Assent
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Border Time Options Act
Most people keep Central Standard Time year-round. Border areas can match a neighbour's time after local consultation and at least 30 days' public notice.
Status
Royal Assent
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Update Time Act References
This bill updates law references to use The Time Act, 2026. It makes no change to clock rules and only requires small administrative edits.
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Royal Assent
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Tighter Rules on Politicians' Business Disclosures
MLAs must list detailed business info, including legal and trade names. They must avoid acting in ways that could look like conflicts, not just actual conflicts.
Status
First Reading
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Tightening Lobbying and Gift Rules
Lobbyists must file monthly logs listing contacts, topics, and attendees. Organizations must reveal political donations and public officials cannot accept gifts.
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First Reading
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Faster, Clearer Access to Public Records
Easier and faster access to government records. Officials can waive fees and must quickly release urgent health or environmental risk information.
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First Reading
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Preserve and Share Child Welfare Records
Requires the minister to preserve records about Indigenous children and the Sixties Scoop. It favors sharing those records and requires written reasons if requests are refused.
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First Reading
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Cutting Sales Tax on Kids' Clothes and Groceries
Stops the provincial sales tax on children's clothing and many grocery store foods. Families will pay less at checkout, and stores must update pricing.
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First Reading
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Freeze Health Authority Pay During Bargaining
Stops the health authority from approving pay raises for board members while union talks are happening. It does not change frontline workers' pay.
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First Reading
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Big Projects Must Deliver Local Jobs
Companies bidding on big public projects must set out local hiring and training plans. Winners must prioritize local, Indigenous, union and apprentice workers and report hours monthly online.
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First Reading
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Ban on Grocery Store Blocking Clauses
Stops lease or land rules that block new grocery stores. Makes it easier for more grocers and supermarkets to open in your area.
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First Reading
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Emergency Room Closure Notices Online
Creates an official website that posts emergency room closures within one hour so people can check before they travel. The ministry must use existing resources, no new provincial funding.
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Second Reading
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Stop Secret Algorithmic Price Hikes
Stores and online sellers must tell you and get your clear yes before charging higher prices based on your data. Electronic shelf prices must be honored at checkout.
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First Reading
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Ban on Outsourced Anonymous Staff Hotlines
Stops the health authority from hiring outside anonymous hotlines for staff to report co-workers. Workers can still report named concerns through supervisors, HR, unions, or police.
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First Reading
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List of Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Accepting Patients
The health minister must publish a website list of family doctors and nurse practitioners who are taking new patients within three months. No new provincial money will be used.
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First Reading
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October Named Islamic Heritage Month
October will be officially marked each year as Islamic Heritage Month. It creates no new day off or costs, and schools or groups may choose to hold events.
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First Reading
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Bring Your Own Alcohol at Tailgates
Some events may allow fans to bring alcohol under special permits. You must show ID and intoxicated people will be refused; shipping between provinces can be changed by regulation.
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Third Reading
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Cross Border Child Support Made Easier
Makes it simpler to register and enforce child and family support orders from other places. Courts can take evidence remotely and hide contact details for safety.
Status
Royal Assent
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New Firearms Inspections and Compensation Rules
The law lets officials inspect ranges, lets doctors report unsafe owners, and creates a way to get paid if federal bans strip ownership rights.
Status
Royal Assent
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Free Parking for Cancer Treatment Patients
Cancer patients need not pay parking at designated cancer treatment sites. It only covers patients during treatment and not family, visitors, or other appointments.
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First Reading
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Ban Extra Fees for Insured Health Services
You cannot be charged for care covered by the public plan. Providers must give written notice, may need to refund fees, and face penalties if they charge.
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First Reading
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Tougher Rules on Foreign Farmland Ownership
Buyers must file a sworn statement when buying farmland. Big fines and new powers let government penalize and seize profits, and investigations can reach past deals.
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First Reading
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Two-Year Freeze on Power and Auto Rates
This law keeps electricity and car insurance rates at their Jan 1, 2026 levels through the 2026–2027 review. The minister must publish a five-year rate outlook each year.
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First Reading
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Refundable Fertility Treatment Tax Credit
Pays back 50% of eligible fertility costs, up to $10,000 per person. Each partner may claim once; refund is paid even if you owe no tax.
Status
Royal Assent
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Statute Cleanup and Repeals
Removes many old, unused laws so the lawbook is simpler. Most people will see no change in services or taxes.
Status
Royal Assent
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Law Cleanup: Licensing, Records, Courts
Small wording and reference fixes across several laws. Day-to-day services stay the same; forms and court titles are updated and wording is modernized.
Status
Royal Assent
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Update Public Libraries Act for Lloydminster
Libraries can send notices online and by email. Lloydminster will be treated as one city and get a three‑party funding agreement.
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Royal Assent
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New Law Covers Coercive Control, Cyberstalking
People can get protection orders for patterns of control or online harassment by family or partners. Orders can ban contact, tracking, or online abuse.
Status
Royal Assent
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Top-Up Funding for Public Safety and Research
Allows government to spend up to $420.9 million to keep corrections, policing and research services running through 2026. It does not create new taxes or programs.
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Second Reading
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Mandatory Court Review of Notwithstanding Laws
If the government uses the notwithstanding clause, the Court of Appeal must quickly review the law within 90 days. The law still applies unless a court pauses it.
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First Reading
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Quick Public Notice When ER Is Virtual
The health ministry must post online within one hour when an ER has no doctor in the building. You can check the notice before deciding to go.
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First Reading
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Mandatory Wildfire Strategy and Annual Reports
One ministry must make and report on a clear wildfire plan. The government must share risk data and consult Indigenous and local communities each year.
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First Reading
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Annual Rent Increase Cap Tied to Inflation
Annual rent increases are capped by a published inflation guideline. Higher hikes need tenant consent plus major upgrades or new services.
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First Reading
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French-Language Community Consultation and Report
The bill makes the government hold a formal consultation with French-speaking residents. It collects experiences on schools and services and must publish a report with recommendations.
Status
First Reading
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Mutual Recognition for Goods and Services
Approvals and licences from other provinces would be accepted here, so more products and services could enter and businesses save time and fees. Core safety and buying rules still apply.
Status
First Reading
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Public Registry for Private Health Contracts
Requires posting of private health contracts and audits. People can see what services cost, staffing levels, and wait times.
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N/A
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Spending Authority for 2026–27 Budget
Gives legal permission to spend on health, schools, roads and social programs for 2026–27. It does not change taxes or create new programs.
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N/A
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