Government Bill 30L2S · No. 60
Passed The Appropriation Act, 2026 (No.1) authorizes the government to spend $654,878,000 from the general revenue fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, and $18,958,410,000 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. The funds are allocated across government departments and agencies according to the schedules attached to the bill.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) government-accountabilityhealtheducationtaxes
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 58
Passed The Time Act, 2026 establishes central standard time (UTC-6) as Saskatchewan's official time year-round and creates a framework for border municipalities to follow neighbouring jurisdictions' time zones if approved by the minister. The act repeals the existing Time Act and allows regulations to override other provincial laws on time matters.
Sponsored by Schmalz, Eric (SaskParty) government-accountabilitybusinessindigenous
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 59
Passed The Time Consequential Amendments Act, 2026 updates two existing Saskatchewan laws to replace references to 'The Time Act' with 'The Time Act, 2026.' The amendments affect The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 and The Legislation Act.
Sponsored by Schmalz, Eric (SaskParty) government-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 57
Passed This bill removes the 15% ownership limit on voting shares in Information Services Corporation (ISC), allows the provincial government to appoint two directors to the ISC board annually regardless of share ownership, and adds new restrictions on ISC transferring intellectual property or assets outside Saskatchewan that would affect service agreements with the provincial government.
Sponsored by Harrison, Jeremy (SaskParty) government-accountabilitybusiness
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 56
Passed This bill creates a new class of judicial officer called associate judges within Saskatchewan's Court of King's Bench, establishes their appointment process, jurisdiction, compensation mechanisms, and accountability structures including a review council to handle complaints.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) justicegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 55
Passed This bill grants the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan expanded enforcement powers over anyone practising or professing to practise medicine without a licence, increases fines for unauthorized practice, and allows the college to seek court injunctions and orders compelling people to provide information during investigations. The bill also authorizes government funding for the college's enforcement activities and extends the time limit for prosecutions from one year to two years after discovery of a contravention.
Sponsored by Cockrill, Jeremy (SaskParty) healthgovernment-accountabilityjusticebusiness
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 54
Passed The Correctional Services Amendment Act, 2026 changes how Saskatchewan provincial correctional facilities handle inmate segregation, discipline, and transfers. It replaces the previous system of discipline panels and segregation panels with disciplinary hearing officers, hearing adjudicators, and independent review adjudicators, limits administrative segregation to 15 consecutive days, and requires daily health assessments and independent review for inmates held in segregation.
Sponsored by Weger, Michael (SaskParty) justicepublic-safetyhealthgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 53
Passed This bill extends the deadline for making capital expenditures eligible under the Saskatchewan Chemical Fertilizer Incentive program from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2032, and sets December 31, 2034 as the final date to apply for eligibility certificates and to have certificates issued. It also moves some administrative provisions from this Act into The Income Tax Act, 2000, including documentation requirements for claiming the tax credit and recovery procedures for improperly obtained credits.
Sponsored by Kaeding, Warren (SaskParty) agriculturebusinesstaxesenergy
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 52
Passed The Heritage Property Amendment Act, 2026 authorizes the provincial government to charge application fees for archaeological and palaeontological investigation permits. The Act allows regulations setting these fees to be made retroactive to April 1, 2026.
Sponsored by Ross, Alana (SaskParty) heritagegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 49
Passed The Income Tax Amendment Act, 2026 increases the basic personal amount for the 2026 taxation year to $20,381, adds $500 annual increases for 2027 and 2028, and doubles volunteer first responder tax credits from $3,000 to $6,000. It also makes technical adjustments to ensure tax credit amounts are indexed for inflation and clarifies administration of the Saskatchewan Chemical Fertilizer Incentive Tax Credit.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) taxesfamiliesbusinessgovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 50
Passed The Financial Administration Amendment Act, 2026 grants the Minister of Finance explicit authority to create and administer grant programs and provide financial assistance to persons, organizations, or First Nations inside or outside Saskatchewan for programs and purposes prescribed in regulations. The Act also adds a good faith immunity clause protecting the Crown, the minister, and Ministry of Finance employees from civil litigation when acting under the Act's authority.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) government-accountabilitybusinesstaxes
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 51
Passed Bill 51 increases the tax rate on large financial institutions from 4.0% to 6.0% starting April 1, 2026, eliminates the tax on small financial institutions (those with aggregate taxable paid-up capital of $1.5 billion or less), and phases out the tax on Crown corporations over two years (0.3% in 2026-2027, 0.0% starting April 1, 2027).
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) taxesbusinessgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 48
Passed The Compassionate Intervention Act creates a legal framework for involuntary assessment, detention, and treatment of people determined to have severe substance use disorders and to be likely to cause harm. It establishes facilities, hearings, and orders allowing up to one year of involuntary detention or mandated out-patient treatment.
Sponsored by Carr, Lori (SaskParty) healthjusticepublic-safetygovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 47
Passed The Response to Illicit Drugs Act creates two new legal mechanisms: a direct government lawsuit to recover healthcare and other costs linked to illicit drugs trafficked in violation of federal law, and a new tort allowing individuals to sue those who commit drug trafficking offences under the federal Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. The Act also allows the government to void appointments, grants, and contracts with anyone convicted of a Schedule I drug trafficking offence within the past three years.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) healthjusticegovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 43
Passed The Municipalities Modernization and Red Tape Reduction Act amends Saskatchewan's three municipal acts (Cities, Municipalities, and Northern Municipalities) to require online publication of municipal documents, change assessment reporting procedures, standardize dangerous animal provisions, and authorize councils to appoint Indigenous advisors.
Sponsored by Schmalz, Eric (SaskParty) government-accountabilityjusticetaxesindigenous
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 41
Passed The Heritage Recognition (From Many Peoples, Strength) Act authorizes the Lieutenant Governor in Council to designate heritage days, weeks, and months by regulation. These designations recur annually unless repealed, and the bill does not apply to days, weeks, or months already recognized under other Saskatchewan laws.
Sponsored by Ross, Alana (SaskParty) heritagegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 38
Passed The Building Schools Faster Act creates a framework for municipalities to acquire and service land for new schools, with provincial cost-sharing grants and ministerial authority to order municipalities to obtain suitable sites. The Act allows the minister to withhold provincial funding from municipalities that fail to comply with land acquisition orders, and exempts school land acquisition costs from municipal debt limits.
Sponsored by Hindley, Everett (SaskParty) educationgovernment-accountabilityhousing
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 31
Passed This bill replaces Saskatchewan's existing defamation law (The Libel and Slander Act) with a new framework that includes a pre-lawsuit notice requirement, a single publication rule for online content, and procedures for consolidating multiple defamation actions. The bill also grants courts authority to order internet intermediaries to remove or de-index defamatory content.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) justicegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 24
Passed The Saskatchewan Internal Trade Promotion Act requires that goods and services approved in other Canadian provinces, territories, or under federal regulation be automatically recognized in Saskatchewan without additional approvals or fees. The Act empowers the minister to order regulatory authorities to comply with this mutual recognition principle, and allows cabinet to override existing laws and regulations that conflict with internal trade agreements.
Sponsored by Kaeding, Warren (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountabilityjustice
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 39
Passed The bill exempts land purchases for new schools under The Building Schools Faster Act from section 350 of The Education Act, 1995. Section 350 of The Education Act, 1995 currently governs how school divisions acquire land, and this bill removes that section's application when land is being acquired under the new Building Schools Faster Act process. The bill comes into force when The Building Schools Faster Act itself comes into force.
Sponsored by Hindley, Everett (SaskParty) educationgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 40
Passed This bill amends The Animal Protection Act, 2018 to authorize the Minister of Agriculture to delegate enforcement powers to animal protection agencies through administrative agreements, create animal welfare inspector and chief officer positions, and establish a regulated schedule of seizure expenses and an appeals board for disputes over animal disposition and costs.
Sponsored by Harrison, Daryl (SaskParty) agricultureindigenousgovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 44
Passed The Co-operatives Act, 2025 repeals and replaces Saskatchewan's existing co-operative legislation (The Co-operatives Act, 1996 and The New Generation Co-operatives Act, 1999), establishing comprehensive rules for the incorporation, governance, financing, and dissolution of co-operative entities organized on a co-operative basis.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountabilityhousingagriculture
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 45
Passed This bill updates references to co-operative legislation across 20 Saskatchewan statutes, replacing citations to The Co-operatives Act, 1996 and The New Generation Co-operatives Act with references to The Co-operatives Act, 2025. The amendments are technical and do not change the substantive rights or obligations governed by the affected statutes.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 33
Passed The Credit Union Amendment Act, 2025 modifies The Credit Union Act, 1998 to change procedures for members withdrawing from or being terminated by credit unions, including new appeal processes and timelines. It reduces the voting threshold for special resolutions from three-fourths to two-thirds, and updates administrative provisions such as notice methods and record retention rules.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountabilityjustice
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 32
Passed The Defamation Consequential Amendments Act, 2025 updates terminology in three existing Saskatchewan statutes by replacing the separate terms 'libel' and 'slander' with the single term 'defamation.' The bill amends The Jury Act, 1998, The Legislative Assembly Act, 2007, and The Small Claims Act, 2016 to align their language with The Defamation Act.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) justicegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 36
Passed This bill amends The Change of Name Act, 1995 to allow single names based on culture or religion, permit non-Roman characters in names, remove the two-component limit on surnames, eliminate the requirement to notify a spouse when changing one's own name, and clarify that only people legally entitled to remain in Canada on a permanent basis are eligible to change their name in Saskatchewan.
Sponsored by Cockrill, Jeremy (SaskParty) government-accountabilityfamiliesindigenousheritage
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 37
Passed The Vital Statistics Amendment Act, 2025 amends The Vital Statistics Act, 2009 to modify procedures for registering births, deaths, stillbirths, and marriages in Saskatchewan. The bill revises naming requirements to allow single names based on cultural or religious grounds (with prescribed evidence), removes the two-surname limit, permits spelling corrections to names, expands who can complete death statements to include funeral directors, and broadens access to vital statistics records including allowing searches by the registrar on their own initiative and expanding disclosure of medical certificates of death and stillbirth to non-adult children and siblings.
Sponsored by Cockrill, Jeremy (SaskParty) government-accountabilityfamiliesheritage
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 35
Passed The Mineral Resources Amendment Act, 2025 amends The Mineral Resources Act, 1985 to create a new framework allowing the minister to designate subsurface development areas where mineral exploration, development, or production can proceed even when some mineral rights holders cannot be located or have not consented. The bill establishes procedures for applications, notice to affected parties, production allocation, and payment of proceeds to uncontrolled interest holders through the Ministry of Finance.
Sponsored by Young, Colleen (SaskParty) energybusinessgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 29
Passed This bill amends The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Act, 1997 to allow people to bring their own alcoholic beverages to certain permitted premises and special occasion permit events, subject to regulations to be developed later. It also removes detailed requirements for interprovincial alcohol shipping agreements from the act itself, moving them to regulations, and extends existing rules about refusing service to intoxicated persons to cover special occasion permit events.
Sponsored by Ross, Alana (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 42
Passed The bill amends The Saskatchewan Firearms Act to allow deputy and assistant firearms commissioners to exercise delegated powers, authorize medical professionals to report potentially dangerous firearms licence holders to authorities, permit inspection of shooting clubs and ranges, grant the Chief Firearms Officer authority to designate and revoke firearms safety instructors, expand illegal import/export prohibitions from businesses to all persons, and create a process for firearm owners affected by federal legislation to request fair market compensation from the Government of Canada, with Saskatchewan's commissioner facilitating storage, valuation, and eventual destruction or deactivation of those firearms.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) public-safetygovernment-accountabilityhealthjustice
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 30
Passed This bill amends The Inter-jurisdictional Support Orders Act to implement the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, replacing references to telephone communication with electronic means, and establishing procedures for cross-border enforcement of maintenance obligations.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) familiesjusticegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 46
Passed The bill authorizes the government to spend $420,925,000 from the general revenue fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. The money is allocated to three areas: $335,796,000 for Corrections, Policing and Public Safety, $17,129,000 for Government Relations, and $68,000,000 for the Saskatchewan Research Council.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) government-accountabilitypublic-safetyjustice
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 34
Passed This bill amends The Victims of Interpersonal Violence Act to add two new forms of conduct to the legal definition of interpersonal violence: patterns of coercive or controlling behaviour, and cyberstalking or online harassment.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) justicepublic-safetyfamilies
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 28
Passed The Public Libraries Amendment Act, 2025 updates The Public Libraries Act, 1996 to establish special funding and governance arrangements for the Lloydminster public library (which sits on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border), modernize notice requirements to include online newspapers and email, and replace the term 'Aboriginal' with 'Indigenous' throughout the Act.
Sponsored by Hindley, Everett (SaskParty) heritageindigenousgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 26
Passed The Miscellaneous Statutes Repeal Act, 2025 removes 200 old laws from Saskatchewan's statute books, including two public acts and 198 private acts, most of which date from the early to mid-1900s and are no longer in use. The bill cleans up defunct legislation related to bygone trust companies, religious organizations, clubs, municipal bylaws, and property tax exemptions, with most repeals taking effect immediately upon royal assent.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) government-accountabilityheritage
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 27
Passed The Statute Law Amendment Act, 2025 corrects minor errors in eleven existing Saskatchewan laws. The bill updates outdated cross-references to repealed or renamed statutes, fixes typographical errors in both English and French versions, corrects the spelling of organization names, and replaces gendered pronouns with gender-neutral language in the English version of The Vital Statistics Act, 2009.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) government-accountabilityjustice
Government Bill 30L2S · No. 25
Passed The bill amends The Income Tax Act, 2000 to allow both an individual and their cohabiting spouse to each claim Saskatchewan's one-time Fertility Treatment Tax Credit, rather than limiting the household to a single claim. It also permits claimants to calculate eligible fertility expenses using any 12-month period ending in the taxation year, and adds technical rules for situations involving death or bankruptcy.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) taxesfamilieshealth
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 23
Passed The Appropriation Act, 2025 (No. 1) authorizes the government to spend $923,955,000 from the general revenue fund for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025, and $18,318,557,000 for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. The funds are allocated across government departments and legislative offices according to the schedules attached to the bill.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) government-accountabilityhealtheducationtaxes
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 22
Passed The bill adds a provision to The King's Bench Act authorizing King's Bench judges to attend meetings, conferences, or seminars related to the administration of justice with the chief justice's approval, enabling expense reimbursement under federal law. The bill received royal assent on May 13, 2025.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) justicegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 21
Passed The bill amends The Construction Codes Act to allow derelict buildings to be demolished by controlled fire, with regulations to define what qualifies as derelict and govern the demolition process. It also expands the minister's authority to create policies and programs related to building safety.
Sponsored by Schmalz, Eric (SaskParty) housinggovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Private Member's Bill 30L1S · No. 601
Passed ★ This bill proclaims April as Sikh Heritage Month in Saskatchewan. The proclamation recognizes Sikh Canadians' contributions to the province and notes that April includes Vaisakhi and marks the creation of the Khalsa Panth.
Sponsored by Brar, Bhajan (NDP) heritagefrancophone
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 20
Passed This Act creates a tax credit program for people who invest in eligible small and medium businesses or registered venture capital corporations in Saskatchewan. Investors can receive a rebate of up to 45% of their investment through provincial income tax credits, with caps on how much individuals can invest annually and how much each business can raise.
Sponsored by Kaeding, Warren (SaskParty) businesstaxesgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 17
Passed This bill amends The Saskatchewan Commercial Innovation Incentive (Patent Box) Act to remove the economic eligibility test requirement for corporations seeking tax rebates on income from patented innovations, and extends the application deadline from 8 to 10 years after the original act came into force. Most changes are retroactive to June 30, 2017.
Sponsored by Kaeding, Warren (SaskParty) businesstaxesgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 18
Passed The Regulated Health Professions Act consolidates regulation of Saskatchewan health professions previously governed by 14 separate statutes under a single framework, creating uniform governance, registration, and discipline processes while maintaining profession-specific colleges and giving regulatory authority over who may practise and under what conditions.
Sponsored by Cockrill, Jeremy (SaskParty) healthgovernment-accountabilityjustice
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 19
Passed The bill updates the legal definitions of 'duly qualified medical practitioner' and 'physician' in two existing Saskatchewan statutes to reference the new Regulated Health Professions Act instead of older legislation. The changes take effect when section 13-13 of the Regulated Health Professions Act comes into force.
Sponsored by Cockrill, Jeremy (SaskParty) healthgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 16
Passed This bill removes the provincial sales tax exemption on vapour products (such as vaping devices and e-liquids) that are currently exempt because they are taxed under The Vapour Products Tax Act. Once the bill takes effect on June 1, 2025, vapour products will be subject to provincial sales tax in addition to the vapour products tax.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) taxeshealthbusiness
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 13
Passed The Income Tax Amendment Act, 2025 changes formulas for calculating several Saskatchewan tax credits for the 2026 through 2028 taxation years, introduces a one-time fertility treatment tax credit worth up to $10,000, and creates a new investment tax credit for equity investments in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) taxesfamilieshealthbusiness
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 14
Passed The Power Corporation Amendment Act, 2025 amends The Power Corporation Act to clarify that SaskPower and its wholly owned subsidiaries are Crown agents, confirm their property belongs to the Crown and is tax-exempt, authorize SaskPower to provide loans and guarantees to controlled entities and to other entities directed by Cabinet for power generation or related projects, and raise SaskPower's borrowing limit from $10 billion to $14 billion.
Sponsored by Harrison, Jeremy (SaskParty) energygovernment-accountabilitybusiness
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 15
Passed The Alcohol and Gaming Regulation Amendment Act, 2025 authorizes the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority to charge interest on overdue accounts for beverage alcohol purchases and increases the maximum administrative penalty for permit violations from $10,000 to $25,000. The penalty increase applies both to SLGA enforcement and to First Nation gaming licensing authorities enforcing on-reserve gaming registrations.
Sponsored by Ross, Alana (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountabilityindigenousjustice
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 10
Passed The Miscellaneous Statutes (Public Registries Enhancement) Amendment Act, 2024 amends eleven provincial statutes to authorize registrars to verify the identities of people who search or file documents in public registries, to accept digital signatures on registry documents, and to regulate how registry information is accessed, disclosed, and used.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountabilityjustice
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 11
Passed This bill grants the Corporate Registrar authority to verify the identities of people searching or filing documents in Saskatchewan's public registries for cooperatives and non-profit corporations, allows the Registrar to determine which digital signature technologies are acceptable for registry filings, and authorizes regulations governing how registry information may be accessed, disclosed in bulk, or integrated with other data to develop products and services.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) businessgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 6
Passed This Act prohibits possessing knives over 30 cm, swords, machetes, body armour, explosive devices, and bear spray over 50 grams (0.6% capsaicin or higher) in public urban spaces, with exemptions for business use, transport, and certain occupations. Police may seize items they believe on reasonable grounds constitute a threat to public safety, and courts must forfeit seized items on conviction. The Act applies only in municipalities or First Nations that opt in.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) public-safetyjusticegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 7
Passed This bill increases the number of Saskatchewan Court of Appeal judges from six to seven, requires judges to reside in Regina unless the chief justice consents to their residing in Saskatoon (up to a maximum set by regulation), and removes Humboldt from the definition of northern judicial centres.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) justicegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 3
Passed This bill expands the Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act to allow the director of SCAN to take action against properties with ongoing graffiti and stolen goods, and creates a new framework for the government to demolish derelict properties or seize them outright when owners fail to restore them. The bill grants investigators new entry and information-collection powers, and establishes penalties for interfering with enforcement.
Sponsored by McLeod, Tim (SaskParty) housingpublic-safetyjusticegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 4
Passed This bill amends The Workers' Compensation Act, 2013 to expand coverage and eligibility, including allowing non-resident workers employed by Saskatchewan employers to receive compensation when injured outside the province, extending coverage to wildland firefighters for presumed occupational diseases, and recognizing health care professionals licensed in other jurisdictions. The bill also addresses procedural matters such as allowing board members to complete hearings after their terms expire and requiring appeal decisions to be published in a manner prescribed by regulation.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) labourhealthgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 5
Passed This bill amends The Saskatchewan Employment Act to change workplace scheduling, wage protections, sick leave, bereavement leave, and complaint procedures. It allows employers to choose whether a workday is a calendar day or a 24-hour period starting at shift time, extends serious illness leave from 12 to 27 weeks, restricts when employers can request medical certificates, prohibits employers from withholding tips, expands bereavement leave to cover pregnancy loss, and establishes a new complaint process for discriminatory workplace actions.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) labourhealthbusinessjusticegovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 8
Passed The Child Care (New Facilities) Amendment Act, 2024 creates two new categories of child care facility in Saskatchewan law (alternative child care services centres and preschools), raises the child limit in group family child care homes from 12 to 16, and adds requirements for parental involvement in licensed preschool governance.
Sponsored by Hindley, Everett (SaskParty) familieseducationgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 9
Passed The Traffic Safety Amendment Act, 2024 changes how government documents related to traffic safety matters can be legally served to Saskatchewan residents. The bill allows the government to add new methods of service beyond personal delivery and mail through regulations, and to set deemed receipt dates for those new methods.
Sponsored by Harrison, Jeremy (SaskParty) transportationgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 12
Passed The Appropriation Act, 2024 (No. 2) authorizes the Government of Saskatchewan to spend $130,711,000 from the general revenue fund for supplementary spending across five government departments for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2025. The largest allocation is $97,165,000 for Corrections, Policing and Public Safety.
Sponsored by Harrison, Jeremy (SaskParty) government-accountabilitypublic-safetyjustice
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 2
Passed The bill removes the ability for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to repeal by regulation the provisions that prohibited SaskEnergy from collecting or remitting the federal carbon tax on natural gas for home heating. It also removes a scheduled repeal of those same provisions.
Sponsored by Harrison, Jeremy (SaskParty) energytaxesfamiliesgovernment-accountability
Government Bill 30L1S · No. 1
Passed The Saskatchewan Affordability Act amends The Income Tax Act, 2000 and related Acts to increase several provincial tax credits and benefits. The bill raises the basic personal amount and other personal credits by $500 per year from 2025 through 2028, introduces a new home renovation tax credit, and increases the Graduate Retention Program lifetime maximum from $20,000 to $24,000.
Sponsored by Reiter, Jim (SaskParty) taxesfamilieshousingbusinesseducation
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 625
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Members' Conflict of Interest Act to define apparent conflicts of interest and require MLAs to disclose detailed descriptions of businesses held by private or holding companies they or their family members control, including operating names in addition to legal names.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) government-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 626
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Lobbyists Act to require registered lobbyists to file detailed monthly activity logs within 15 days of the end of each month, disclose political contributions made since the last provincial election, and prohibit public office holders from accepting gifts as defined by The Members' Conflict of Interest Act. It also removes the current exemption that allows in-house lobbyists for non-profits to avoid registration if their combined lobbying activity is under 30 hours annually, though this now applies only to non-profits with more than 5 employees.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) government-accountabilitybusiness
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 628
Stalled at 1st reading The bill amends The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act to expand public access to government information, create a mandatory public-interest disclosure obligation, allow the Information Commissioner to issue enforceable orders, and authorize the Commissioner to review records protected by solicitor-client privilege. It also permits fee waivers for requests in the public interest and shortens timelines for government responses to Commissioner recommendations.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) government-accountabilityenvironmenthealthpublic-safetyjustice
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 629
Stalled at 1st reading Bill 629 amends The Child and Family Services Act to require the Minister to preserve records relating to Indigenous children in residential schools, day schools, boarding homes, and the sixties scoop, and to establish specific factors the Minister must consider when deciding whether to disclose information from child welfare files. The bill also requires the Minister to provide written reasons when denying disclosure requests.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) indigenousfamiliesjusticegovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 630
Stalled at 1st reading This bill requires the government to publicly disclose contracts for privately delivered health services and to conduct independent value-for-money reviews of large contracts. It establishes a public registry where contract details must be posted within 30 days of execution, and mandates that the Provincial Auditor review contracts over $10 million.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) healthgovernment-accountabilitybusiness
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 624
Stalled at 1st reading Bill 624 amends the Provincial Sales Tax Act to exempt children's clothing and a specified list of grocery store foods from provincial sales tax. The bill adds these items to the existing list of tax-exempt goods in section 8(1) of the Act.
Sponsored by Wotherspoon, Trent (NDP) taxesfamilies
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 622
Stalled at 1st reading Bill 622 amends The Provincial Health Authority Act to prohibit the Saskatchewan Health Authority board from passing resolutions to increase the remuneration of its own members during any period when the authority is negotiating contracts with unions representing healthcare workers.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) healthlabourgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 621
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Public Works and Services Act to require bidders on provincial construction, maintenance, or repair projects valued over $50,000,000 to report expected community benefits and hours worked by Saskatchewan residents, unionized employees, apprentices, Indigenous persons, other Canadian residents, and non-Canadian residents. The minister must consider these factors when awarding contracts, and contractors must prioritize hiring Saskatchewan residents, unionized employees, apprentices, and Indigenous persons during construction, with monthly public reporting required.
Sponsored by Housser, Sally (NDP) labourgovernment-accountabilityindigenousbusiness
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 620
Stalled at 1st reading This bill voids restrictive covenants and exclusivity clauses that prevent land from being used as a grocery store or supermarket, whether those restrictions were created before or after the bill comes into force. The minister may exempt pre-existing restrictions if they do not unduly impede competition and serve the public interest.
Sponsored by Beck, Carla (NDP) businesshousinggovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 619
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Consumer Protection and Business Practices Act to prohibit retailers and online platforms from using algorithms and consumer data to charge different prices to different customers for the same goods. It defines personalized algorithmic pricing as automatically setting prices based on individual consumer data such as browsing history, income level, location, or willingness to pay, and makes such pricing an unfair business practice.
Sponsored by Senger, Brittney (NDP) businessgovernment-accountabilitytaxes
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 618
Stalled at 1st reading This bill adds a prohibition to The Provincial Health Authority Act that prevents the Saskatchewan Health Authority from contracting with a third party to create a system where employees can anonymously report wrongdoing by other employees. The prohibition would take effect when the bill receives Royal Assent.
Sponsored by Teed, Nathaniel (NDP) healthlabourgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 617
Stalled at 1st reading This bill requires the Minister of Health to create and maintain a public online registry listing family physicians and nurse practitioners in Saskatchewan who are currently accepting new patients. The registry must be established within 3 months of the bill coming into force, using existing ministry resources without drawing from the General Revenue Fund.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) healthgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 616
Stalled at 1st reading This bill proclaims October of each year as Islamic Heritage Month in Saskatchewan. The proclamation takes effect when the bill receives royal assent.
Sponsored by Burki, Noor (NDP) heritagegovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 615
Stalled at 1st reading The bill adds a requirement that health facilities designated for cancer care cannot charge parking fees to patients attending those facilities for cancer treatment. The prohibition applies to any health services entity or person operating a designated cancer care facility.
Sponsored by Clarke, Jared (NDP) health
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 614
Stalled at 1st reading Bill 614 amends The Saskatchewan Medical Care Insurance Act to prohibit physicians from charging patients any amount beyond what the Minister pays for insured services, including fees for faster or preferred access, membership fees, or fees imposed as a condition of receiving insured care. Physicians who violate the ban face escalating penalties: written warning for first offence, referral to the College of Physicians and Surgeons for second offence, and loss of eligibility for public payment for third offence.
Sponsored by Conway, Meara (NDP) healthgovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 613
Stalled at 1st reading This bill increases financial penalties for violating Saskatchewan's farmland ownership rules, removes time limits on investigations into past transactions, makes statutory declarations mandatory for all farmland acquisitions, and allows net proceeds from court-ordered sales of improperly acquired farmland to be forfeited to the Crown.
Sponsored by Wotherspoon, Trent (NDP) agriculturebusinessgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 612
Stalled at 1st reading The Lower Power Bills and Car Insurance Act would prevent SaskPower and SGI from implementing rate increases proposed in their 2026 and 2027 rate applications, freezing rates at January 1, 2026 levels until the Rate Review Panel issues recommendations. The bill also requires the Minister of Crown Investments Corporation to publish five-year rate increase projections for all CIC subsidiary Crown corporations in annual reports.
Sponsored by Young, Aleana (NDP) energytransportationgovernment-accountabilitybusiness
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 611
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Constitutional Questions Act, 2012 to require the government to refer any Saskatchewan law that invokes the notwithstanding clause (section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms) to the Court of Appeal for review. The referral must occur within 90 days of the law coming into force and must ask the court whether the provision violates Charter rights and, if so, whether it can be justified under section 1 of the Charter.
Sponsored by Sarauer, Nicole (NDP) justicegovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 610
Stalled at 1st reading This bill requires the Minister of Health to publicly post, within one hour, when an emergency room in Saskatchewan is staffed only by virtual physicians with no doctor physically present. The information must be published on a website or other electronic means whenever the Saskatchewan Health Authority approves virtual-only physician coverage for an emergency room.
Sponsored by Jorgenson, Keith (NDP) healthgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 609
Stalled at 1st reading This bill requires the Ministry of Corrections, Policing and Public Safety to establish a provincial wildfire management strategy that includes public awareness guidelines, published statistics, collaboration promotion, best practices definitions, and evidence-based research promotion. The ministry must consult annually with First Nations, Métis, municipal governments in Northern Saskatchewan, the federal government, and wildfire experts, and report progress in its annual report.
Sponsored by Laliberte, Leroy (NDP) public-safetyindigenousenvironmentgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 608
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Residential Tenancies Act to cap annual rent increases during a tenant's lease to the percentage change in Saskatchewan's Consumer Price Index, with exemptions for new buildings, certain types of accommodations, and units where the landlord and tenant agree to increases in exchange for capital improvements or new services. When a unit in a building with four or more units becomes vacant, the landlord may raise the rent to the average of comparable units in the same building.
Sponsored by ChiefCalf, April (NDP) housingfamiliesgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 607
Stalled at 1st reading The Fransaskois Community Consultation Act requires the Ministers responsible for Education and Francophone Affairs to establish a consultation initiative within six months, gathering testimony from Fransaskois students, parents, and elders on historical and contemporary barriers to French-language education and cultural services. The Ministers must table a public report in the Legislative Assembly within one year of starting consultations, including recommendations for improving access to French-language education, cultural preservation, and government services.
Sponsored by Roy, Jacqueline (NDP) educationfrancophoneheritagegovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 606
Removed from Order Paper This bill requires the Minister of Health to publicly post information about any emergency room closure in Saskatchewan within one hour of the Provincial Health Authority approving the closure. The information must be made available through a website or other electronic means, and no new government funding is allocated for this requirement.
Sponsored by Clarke, Jared (NDP) healthgovernment-accountabilitypublic-safety
Private Member's Bill 30L2S · No. 605
Removed from Order Paper This bill would require Saskatchewan regulatory bodies to automatically recognize certifications, licenses, and product approvals from other Canadian provinces and territories that have passed similar legislation. Goods and services approved in those reciprocating jurisdictions would be treated as meeting Saskatchewan standards without additional testing, fees, or approval processes.
Sponsored by Breckner, Kim (NDP) businesslabourgovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L1S · No. 604
Stalled at 1st reading This bill amends The Referendum and Plebiscite Act to prohibit the provincial government from initiating any referendum or plebiscite on Saskatchewan leaving Canada, and requires any citizen-initiated petition on secession to collect signatures from at least 30% of registered voters (rather than the standard threshold).
Sponsored by Beck, Carla (NDP) government-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L1S · No. 603
Stalled at 1st reading This bill proclaims September as Ukrainian Heritage Month in Saskatchewan, recognizing September 7th as the anniversary of the first documented Ukrainian arrivals in Canada in 1891. The proclamation affirms the contributions of Ukrainian Saskatchewanians and Ukraine's right to sovereignty.
Sponsored by Jorgenson, Keith (NDP) heritagegovernment-accountability
Private Member's Bill 30L1S · No. 602
Stalled at 1st reading This bill proclaims the first Saturday of each month as Buy Local Day in Saskatchewan. It defines local businesses as those owned and operated by Saskatchewan residents or Saskatchewan-based co-operatives, and encourages residents to patronize them.
Sponsored by Young, Aleana (NDP) businessheritage