BC Ballot / How did my MLA vote? / Bill 30, 43rd Parliament, 1st Session
Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury Leave) Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Employment Standards Act to add up to 27 weeks of unpaid job protected leave in 52 weeks for serious illness or injury.
- Sponsor
- Hon. Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Labour
- Subject
- Labour and employment
- Became law
- November 27, 2025
- Full text
- leg.bc.ca
2 votes on this bill
1
in the House
1
in a committee section
Passed second reading
, October 30, 2025. The vote was 81 to 2.
By party
Who voted for and against
For (81)
- Brittny AndersonKootenay Central · BC NDP
- George AndersonNanaimo-Lantzville · BC NDP
- Rohini AroraBurnaby East · BC NDP
- Brenda BaileyVancouver-South Granville · BC NDP
- Bruce BanmanAbbotsford South · Conservative
- Lisa BeareMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows · BC NDP
- Garry BeggSurrey-Guildford · BC NDP
- Harman BhanguLangley-Abbotsford · Conservative
- Rosalyn BirdPrince George-Valemount · Conservative
- Jennifer BlatherwickCoquitlam-Maillardville · BC NDP
- Lynne BlockWest Vancouver-Capilano · Conservative
- 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
- Brent ChapmanSurrey South · Conservative
- Paul ChoiBurnaby South-Metrotown · BC NDP
- George ChowVancouver-Fraserview · BC NDP
- Sheldon ClarePrince George-North Cariboo · Conservative
- Laanas - Tamara DavidsonNorth Coast-Haida Gwaii · BC NDP
- Pete DavisKootenay-Rockies · Conservative
- Brennan DayCourtenay-Comox · Conservative
- Mandeep DhaliwalSurrey North · Conservative
- Sunita DhirVancouver-Langara · BC NDP
- Adrian DixVancouver-Renfrew · BC NDP
- Lorne DoerksonCariboo-Chilcotin · Conservative
- David EbyVancouver-Point Grey · BC NDP
- Mable ElmoreVancouver-Kensington · BC NDP
- Mike FarnworthPort Coquitlam · BC NDP
- Reann GasperAbbotsford-Mission · seat now vacant
- Diana GibsonOak Bay-Gordon Head · BC NDP
- Rick GlumacPort Moody-Burquitlam · BC NDP
- Kelly GreeneRichmond-Steveston · BC NDP
- Trevor HalfordSurrey-White Rock · Conservative
- Sharon HartwellBulkley Valley-Stikine · Conservative
- Linda HepnerSurrey-Serpentine River · Conservative
- Spencer Chandra HerbertVancouver-West End · BC NDP
- Stephanie HigginsonLadysmith-Oceanside · BC NDP
- Ravi KahlonDelta North · BC NDP
- Anne KangBurnaby Centre · BC NDP
- Jordan KealyPeace River North · Independent
- Anna KindyNorth Island · Conservative
- Steve KoonerRichmond-Queensborough · Conservative
- Nina KriegerVictoria-Swan Lake · BC NDP
- Dana LajeunesseJuan de Fuca-Malahat · BC NDP
- Kristina LoewenKelowna Centre · Conservative
- Grace LoreVictoria-Beacon Hill · BC NDP
- Tony LuckFraser-Nicola · Conservative
- Bowinn MaNorth Vancouver-Lonsdale · BC NDP
- Heather MaahsChilliwack North · Conservative
- Sheila MalcolmsonNanaimo-Gabriola Island · BC NDP
- Macklin McCallWest Kelowna-Peachland · Conservative
- Scott McInnisColumbia River-Revelstoke · Conservative
- Peter MilobarKamloops Centre · Conservative
- Lawrence MokMaple Ridge East · Conservative
- Steve MorissetteKootenay-Monashee · BC NDP
- Randene NeillPowell River-Sunshine Coast · BC NDP
- Korky NeufeldAbbotsford West · Conservative
- Larry NeufeldPeace River South · Conservative
- Josie OsborneMid Island-Pacific Rim · BC NDP
- Ravi ParmarLangford-Highlands · BC NDP
- Amshen - Joan PhillipVancouver-Strathcona · seat now vacant
- Lana PophamSaanich South · BC NDP
- Misty Van PoptaLangley-Walnut Grove · Conservative
- Darlene RotchfordEsquimalt-Colwood · BC NDP
- Janet RoutledgeBurnaby North · BC NDP
- John RustadNechako Lakes · Conservative
- Harwinder SandhuVernon-Lumby · BC NDP
- Amna ShahSurrey City Centre · BC NDP
- Niki SharmaVancouver-Hastings · BC NDP
- Ward StamerKamloops-North Thompson · Conservative
- Jessie SunnerSurrey-Newton · BC NDP
- Bryan TepperSurrey-Panorama · Conservative
- Jody ToorLangley-Willowbrook · Conservative
- 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
- David WilliamsSalmon Arm-Shuswap · Conservative
- Donegal WilsonBoundary-Similkameen · Conservative
- Terry YungVancouver-Yaletown · BC NDP
Against (2)
- Tara ArmstrongKelowna-Lake Country-Coldstream · Independent
- Dallas BrodieVancouver-Quilchena · Independent
Did not vote (10)
The record names only who voted for and who voted against. It does not say why anyone is missing.
- Amelia BoultbeePenticton-Summerland · Independent
- Hon ChanRichmond Centre · Conservative
- Raj ChouhanBurnaby-New Westminster · BC NDP · Speaker, voted only to break the tie
- Gavin DewKelowna-Mission · Conservative
- Kiel GiddensPrince George-Mackenzie · Conservative
- Ian PatonDelta South · Conservative
- Claire RattéeSkeena · Conservative
- Elenore SturkoSurrey-Cloverdale · Independent
- Á'a:líya WarbusChilliwack-Cultus Lake · Conservative
- Teresa WatRichmond-Bridgeport · Conservative
Every division
Sources
- Bill 30, Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury Leave) 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.