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Gender Ideology and Child Protection Act
Treats the promotion of gender ideology to a child as emotional harm under child protection and family law, bars social transition in schools, and prohibits hormones and surgery for gender transition for minors, as the mover described it on first reading.
The first part amends the Child, Family and Community Service Act and the Family Law Act. The second covers schools, including changed names or pronouns kept from parents, and removes related materials from them. The third prohibits hormones and surgery for gender transition for minors.
- Sponsor
- Tara ArmstrongPrivate member's bill
- Subject
- Health and social services
Not allowed to be introduced
Motion for leave to introduce, February 19, 2026. The vote was 38 to 49.
By party
Who voted for and against
For (38)
- Tara ArmstrongKelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream · Independent
- Bruce BanmanAbbotsford South · Conservative
- Harman BhanguLangley-Abbotsford · Conservative
- Rosalyn BirdPrince George-Valemount · Conservative
- Lynne BlockWest Vancouver-Capilano · Conservative
- Dallas BrodieVancouver-Quilchena · Independent
- Hon ChanRichmond Centre · Conservative
- Brent ChapmanSurrey South · Conservative
- Sheldon ClarePrince George-North Cariboo · Conservative
- Pete DavisKootenay-Rockies · 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
- Lawrence MokMaple Ridge East · Conservative
- Korky NeufeldAbbotsford West · Conservative
- Larry NeufeldPeace River South · Conservative
- Ian PatonDelta South · Conservative
- Claire RattéeSkeena · Conservative
- John RustadNechako Lakes · Conservative
- Ward StamerKamloops-North Thompson · Conservative
- Bryan TepperSurrey-Panorama · Conservative
- Jody ToorLangley-Willowbrook · Conservative
- Á'a:líya WarbusChilliwack-Cultus Lake · Conservative
- David WilliamsSalmon Arm-Shuswap · Conservative
- Donegal WilsonBoundary-Similkameen · Conservative
Against (49)
- 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
- Rob BotterellSaanich North and the Islands · BC Green Party
- 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
- Elenore SturkoSurrey-Cloverdale · Independent
- Jessie SunnerSurrey-Newton · BC NDP
- Qwulti'stunaat - Debra ToporowskiCowichan Valley · BC NDP
- Jeremy ValerioteWest Vancouver-Sea to Sky · BC Green Party
- Jennifer WhitesideNew Westminster-Coquitlam · BC NDP
- Jodie WickensCoquitlam-Burke Mountain · BC NDP
- Terry YungVancouver-Yaletown · BC NDP
Did not vote (6)
The record names only who voted for and who voted against. It does not say why anyone is missing.
- Amelia BoultbeePenticton-Summerland · Independent
- Raj ChouhanBurnaby-New Westminster · BC NDP · Speaker, voted only to break the tie
- Brennan DayCourtenay-Comox · Conservative
- Peter MilobarKamloops Centre · Conservative
- Misty Van PoptaLangley-Walnut Grove · Conservative
- Teresa WatRichmond-Bridgeport · Conservative
Sources
- Official Report of Debates (Hansard), February 19, 2026, morning sitting
- Votes and Proceedings, February 19, 2026
- Legislative Assembly copyright terms
Conservative is the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the label the Legislative Assembly uses.