New Brunswick Legislation

Pay Transparency Act would require employers to post wage ranges in new public and internal job postings and file annual pay reports for firms with 50+ employees.

Bill would create a student midwife register in New Brunswick and require employers to verify registrations at least annually.

New Brunswick bill would raise the probate estate limit to $25,000 and require a will copy for estates up to that amount. It would grant regulatory powers to delegate matters.

A bill would create a centralized complaints process for provincial court judges and adjudicators, with a complaints committee and six public members, plus annual reporting to the Justice Minister.

New Brunswick lawmakers would require adjudicators to retire at age 75 under a first-reading bill.

Parliament would let New Brunswick recognize out-of-province credentials with zero registration and assessment fees. Compliance officers could issue orders and the Director would handle reviews.

Bill would require matching vehicle identification number and registration plate for certificates under the Highway Act, and would update language in the Salvage Dealers Licensing Act.

A bill would tax probate grants and accounts. Rates start at $200 up to $20,000, $200 + $5 per $1,000 above $20,000, and $600 + $15 per $1,000 above $100,000.

New Brunswick bill would let police officers and RCMP take affidavits for two motor-vehicle sections 310.04 and 310.06.

New Brunswick bill would authorize up to $121,503,446.55 from the Consolidated Fund for 2024-25 public-service expenses, tied to Supplementary Estimates (April 1, 2024–March 31, 2025).

The appropriations bill would authorize up to $14.544 billion from the Consolidated Fund for April 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027, for operating, capital, and loans, subject to votes.

New Brunswick lawmakers introduce a provincial bill to expand the investment tax credit, offering 50% credits up to $250,000 for individuals and up to $1 million for strategic-sector investments.

A bill would require New Brunswick health-care organizations to report patient-safety incidents promptly and notify affected patients. Data-reporting to CIHI begins April 1, 2027; to ISMP Canada, December 1, 2027.

Bill would let New Brunswick local governments build, own, or operate clean-energy facilities and borrow up to 50% of that year's revenue. It would also allow creation of local-government corporations.

New Brunswick bill would add a disclosure route to professional regulatory bodies during investigations. It would also change consent wording in the Child and Youth Well-Being Act.

Bill would require permits for signs within 150 metres of provincial highways. The Minister could order changes or removal; tourism signs could be installed, start date set by proclamation.

Bill would require lobbyists to register before lobbying public office holders. Consultant lobbyists would file initial returns within 15 days; in-house within two months.

Bill would replace the Mining Act with a Mineral Resources Act, requiring prospecting licences and mining leases.

Bill would create the Office of the Energy Sector Consumer Advocate to represent residential and small-business energy consumers in board proceedings. Funding would come from regulatory assessments.

Bill would create an Energy Sector Consumer Advocate and give the board new powers to regulate energy consumer policies and pricing.

Bill would let the Lieutenant-Governor in Council borrow up to $3.1 billion to fund public services, debt, and public works.

New Brunswick's minister introduces a bill to reform property taxes, enabling electronic notices, new appeal deadlines, 2027 CPI-based rate changes, and residential relief up to $400.

Lawmakers would apply provincial offences procedures to qualifying First Nations laws that opt in. Fines would go to the First Nation that made the law.

First-reading bill would replace the 1994 Real Estate Act and create a regulator with public representatives, discipline and inspection powers.