BC Ballot / How did my MLA vote? / Bill 9, 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026
Amends the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, covering request detail, response times and extensions, grounds to refuse disclosure or to let a public body disregard a request, and a connected services provider the minister may establish.
- Sponsor
- Hon. Diana Gibson, Minister of Citizens' Services
- Subject
- Privacy and information
- Became law
- May 28, 2026
- Full text
- leg.bc.ca
16 votes on this bill
8
in the House
8
in a committee section
Passed the Legislature
, May 28, 2026. 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 · Independent
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | House | Amendment at second reading | 48 | 41 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| May 6, 2026 | House | Amendment at second reading | 42 | 48 | Defeated | V&P Hansard |
| May 6, 2026 | House | Second reading | 48 | 42 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| May 6, 2026 | House | Motion to place the bill on the Orders of the Day for committal | 48 | 42 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| May 19, 2026 | House | Amendment at government motion on the conduct of House business | 48 | 42 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| May 19, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Clause 1, in committee | 5 | 5 | PassedChair broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| May 20, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Clause 5, in committee | 5 | 5 | PassedChair broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| May 21, 2026 | House | Amendment to clause 2, in committee | 49 | 42 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| May 21, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Clause 2, in committee | 5 | 5 | PassedChair broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| May 21, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Clause 7, in committee | 5 | 5 | PassedChair broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| May 25, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 13, in committee | 5 | 5 | DefeatedChair broke the tie against it | V&P Hansard |
| May 26, 2026Deferred division | House | Amendment to clause 13, in committee | 48 | 41 | Passed | V&P Hansard |
| May 26, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Amendment to clause 13, in committee | 5 | 5 | DefeatedChair broke the tie against it | V&P Hansard |
| May 26, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Clause 13, in committee | 5 | 5 | PassedChair broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| May 26, 2026 | Committee, Section A | Clause 21, in committee | 5 | 5 | PassedChair broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
| May 28, 2026 | House | Third reading | 46 | 46 | PassedSpeaker broke the tie for it | V&P Hansard |
Sources
- Bill 9, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026, first reading text
- Progress of bills, 43rd Parliament, 2nd Session
- Legislative Assembly copyright terms
Conservative is the Conservative Party of British Columbia, the label the Legislative Assembly uses.