BC Ballot / How did my MLA vote? / Bill 31, 43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Hydro and Power Authority Act, allowing designation of First Nations ownership in the North Coast transmission line, and the Utilities Commission Act, adding power to regulate electricity for data storage or processing and for hydrogen used outside Canada.
- Sponsor
- Hon. Adrian Dix, Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions
- Subject
- Energy, environment and natural resources
Indigenous relations and treaties - Became law
- November 27, 2025
- Full text
- leg.bc.ca
13 votes on this bill
3
in the House
10
in a committee section
Passed the Legislature
, November 19, 2025. The vote was 46 to 46 and the Speaker voted for it to break the tie.
By party
Who voted for and against
For (46)
- Brittny AndersonKootenay Central · BC NDP
- George AndersonNanaimo-Lantzville · BC NDP
- Rohini AroraBurnaby East · BC NDP
- Brenda BaileyVancouver-South Granville · BC NDP
- Lisa BeareMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows · BC NDP
- Garry BeggSurrey-Guildford · BC NDP
- Jennifer BlatherwickCoquitlam-Maillardville · BC NDP
- Christine BoyleVancouver-Little Mountain · BC NDP
- Jagrup BrarSurrey-Fleetwood · BC NDP
- Susie ChantNorth Vancouver-Seymour · BC NDP
- Paul ChoiBurnaby South-Metrotown · BC NDP
- George ChowVancouver-Fraserview · BC NDP
- Laanas - Tamara DavidsonNorth Coast-Haida Gwaii · BC NDP
- Sunita DhirVancouver-Langara · BC NDP
- Adrian DixVancouver-Renfrew · BC NDP
- David EbyVancouver-Point Grey · BC NDP
- Mable ElmoreVancouver-Kensington · BC NDP
- Mike FarnworthPort Coquitlam · BC NDP
- Diana GibsonOak Bay-Gordon Head · BC NDP
- Rick GlumacPort Moody-Burquitlam · BC NDP
- Kelly GreeneRichmond-Steveston · BC NDP
- Spencer Chandra HerbertVancouver-West End · BC NDP
- Stephanie HigginsonLadysmith-Oceanside · BC NDP
- Ravi KahlonDelta North · BC NDP
- Anne KangBurnaby Centre · BC NDP
- Nina KriegerVictoria-Swan Lake · BC NDP
- Dana LajeunesseJuan de Fuca-Malahat · BC NDP
- Grace LoreVictoria-Beacon Hill · BC NDP
- Bowinn MaNorth Vancouver-Lonsdale · BC NDP
- Sheila MalcolmsonNanaimo-Gabriola Island · BC NDP
- Steve MorissetteKootenay-Monashee · BC NDP
- Randene NeillPowell River-Sunshine Coast · BC NDP
- Josie OsborneMid Island-Pacific Rim · BC NDP
- Ravi ParmarLangford-Highlands · BC NDP
- Amshen - Joan PhillipVancouver-Strathcona · seat now vacant
- Lana PophamSaanich South · BC NDP
- Darlene RotchfordEsquimalt-Colwood · BC NDP
- Janet RoutledgeBurnaby North · BC NDP
- Harwinder SandhuVernon-Lumby · BC NDP
- Amna ShahSurrey City Centre · BC NDP
- Niki SharmaVancouver-Hastings · BC NDP
- Jessie SunnerSurrey-Newton · BC NDP
- Qwulti'stunaat - Debra ToporowskiCowichan Valley · BC NDP
- Jennifer WhitesideNew Westminster-Coquitlam · BC NDP
- Jodie WickensCoquitlam-Burke Mountain · BC NDP
- Terry YungVancouver-Yaletown · BC NDP
Against (46)
- Tara ArmstrongKelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream · Independent
- Bruce BanmanAbbotsford South · Conservative
- Harman BhanguLangley-Abbotsford · Conservative
- Rosalyn BirdPrince George-Valemount · Conservative
- Lynne BlockWest Vancouver-Capilano · Conservative
- Rob BotterellSaanich North and the Islands · BC Green Party
- Amelia BoultbeePenticton-Summerland · Independent
- Dallas BrodieVancouver-Quilchena · Independent
- Hon ChanRichmond Centre · Conservative
- Brent ChapmanSurrey South · Conservative
- Sheldon ClarePrince George-North Cariboo · Conservative
- Pete DavisKootenay-Rockies · Conservative
- Brennan DayCourtenay-Comox · Conservative
- Gavin DewKelowna-Mission · Conservative
- Mandeep DhaliwalSurrey North · Conservative
- Lorne DoerksonCariboo-Chilcotin · Conservative
- Reann GasperAbbotsford-Mission · seat now vacant
- Kiel GiddensPrince George-Mackenzie · Conservative
- Trevor HalfordSurrey-White Rock · Conservative
- Sharon HartwellBulkley Valley-Stikine · Conservative
- Linda HepnerSurrey-Serpentine River · Conservative
- Jordan KealyPeace River North · Independent
- Anna KindyNorth Island · Conservative
- Steve KoonerRichmond-Queensborough · Conservative
- Kristina LoewenKelowna Centre · Conservative
- Tony LuckFraser-Nicola · Conservative
- Heather MaahsChilliwack North · Conservative
- Macklin McCallWest Kelowna-Peachland · Conservative
- Scott McInnisColumbia River-Revelstoke · Conservative
- Peter MilobarKamloops Centre · Conservative
- Lawrence MokMaple Ridge East · Conservative
- Korky NeufeldAbbotsford West · Conservative
- Larry NeufeldPeace River South · Conservative
- Ian PatonDelta South · Conservative
- Misty Van PoptaLangley-Walnut Grove · Conservative
- Claire RattéeSkeena · Conservative
- John RustadNechako Lakes · Conservative
- Ward StamerKamloops-North Thompson · Conservative
- Elenore SturkoSurrey-Cloverdale · Independent
- Bryan TepperSurrey-Panorama · Conservative
- Jody ToorLangley-Willowbrook · Conservative
- Jeremy ValerioteWest Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC Green Party
- Á'a:líya WarbusChilliwack-Cultus Lake · Conservative
- Teresa WatRichmond-Bridgeport · Conservative
- David WilliamsSalmon Arm-Shuswap · Conservative
- Donegal WilsonBoundary-Similkameen · Conservative
Did not vote (1)
The record names only who voted for and who voted against. It does not say why anyone is missing.
- Raj ChouhanBurnaby-New Westminster · BC NDP · Speaker, voted only to break the tie
Every division
| Date | Chamber | Stage | For | Against | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2025 | House | Amendment at second reading | 40 | 48 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| October 29, 2025 | House | Second reading | 48 | 42 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| October 30, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 1, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 17, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 1, in committee | 3 | 6 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 18, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Clause 1, in committee | 6 | 3 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| November 18, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 1 | 8 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 18, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 3 | 6 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 18, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 18, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 18, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 19, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| November 19, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Clause 2, in committee | 5 | 4 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| November 19, 2025 | House | Third reading | 46 | 46 | PassedSpeaker broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
Sources
- Bill 31, Energy Statutes Amendment Act, 2025, first reading text
- Progress of bills, 43rd Parliament, 1st Session
- Legislative Assembly copyright terms
Conservative is the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the label the Legislative Assembly uses.