BC Ballot / How did my MLA vote? / Bill 32, 43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Mental Health Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025
Amends the Mental Health Act to extend liability protection to providers of authorized services and removes the deemed consent to treatment rule.
- Sponsor
- Hon. Josie Osborne, Minister of Health
- Subject
- Health and social services
- Became law
- December 3, 2025
- Full text
- leg.bc.ca
7 votes on this bill
2
in the House
5
in a committee section
Passed the Legislature
, December 2, 2025. The vote was 45 to 41.
By party
Who voted for and against
For (45)
- 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
- 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 (41)
- 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
- Dallas BrodieVancouver-Quilchena · Independent
- Hon ChanRichmond Centre · 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
- Ward StamerKamloops-North Thompson · Conservative
- Bryan TepperSurrey-Panorama · Conservative
- Jody ToorLangley-Willowbrook · Conservative
- Á'a:líya WarbusChilliwack-Cultus Lake · Conservative
- Teresa WatRichmond-Bridgeport · Conservative
- David WilliamsSalmon Arm-Shuswap · Conservative
- Donegal WilsonBoundary-Similkameen · Conservative
Did not vote (7)
The record names only who voted for and who voted against. It does not say why anyone is missing.
- Amelia BoultbeePenticton-Summerland · Independent
- Brent ChapmanSurrey South · Conservative
- Raj ChouhanBurnaby-New Westminster · BC NDP · Speaker, voted only to break the tie
- Amshen - Joan PhillipVancouver-Strathcona · seat now vacant
- John RustadNechako Lakes · Conservative
- Elenore SturkoSurrey-Cloverdale · Independent
- Jeremy ValerioteWest Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC Green Party
Every division
| Date | Chamber | Stage | For | Against | Result | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 25, 2025 | House | Second reading | 46 | 46 | PassedSpeaker broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| November 27, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 1, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| December 1, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 3 | 6 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| December 1, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| December 1, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 3, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| December 2, 2025 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 3, in committee | 4 | 5 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| December 2, 2025 | House | Third reading | 45 | 41 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
Sources
- Bill 32, Mental Health Amendment Act (No. 2), 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.