Nova Scotia: Spring 2020 House Sitting.

• Date: 22 September 2020
• Author: Boucher, Annette

The Legislature's Spring 2020 sitting lasted 13 days from February 20 to March 10, 2020. Twenty bills received Royal Assent on March 10, 2020-17 Government Bills, 2 Private Member Bills and 1 Private and Local Bill.

The budget was delivered by the Minister of Finance on February 26 and, in accordance with the Rules and Forms of Procedure, five Estimates were considered in the Committee of the Whole on Supply, for a total of 40 hours. Concurrently the Subcommittee on Supply considered the remaining Estimates. The Rules and Forms of Procedure limit the total consideration time to 80 hours with no more than four hours per day per committee. The budget passed on the last sitting day, March 10, 2020.

When the House rose on March 10, 2020 the motion passed was...