Parliamentary History
19.The following table sets out, for each Stage of the proceedings in the Scottish Parliament on the Bill for this Act, the dates on which the proceedings at that Stage took place, and references to the Official Report of those proceedings. It also shows the dates on which Committee reports and other papers relating to the Bill were published, and gives references to those reports and other papers.
| PROCEEDINGS AND REPORTS | REFERENCE |
|---|---|
| BEFORE INTRODUCTION | |
| Draft proposal – lodged 27 July 2016 | Proposed Football Act (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill |
| Final proposal – lodged 23 October 2016 | |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| Bill (as introduced) – 21 June 2017 | SP Bill 19 Session 5 (2017) |
| SPICe briefing on Bill (as introduced) – published 25 September 2017 | SPICe briefing SB 17-66 |
| STAGE 1 | |
| (a) Lead committee – Justice Committee | |
| Stage 1 report – published 18 January 2018 | SP Paper 258, 2nd Report 2018 (Session 5) |
| (c) Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 1 debate – 25 January 2018 | Cols 43 – 97 |
| STAGE 2 | |
| Justice Committee | |
| Stage 2 proceedings – 27 February 2018 | Cols 7 – 22 |
| Bill (as amended at Stage 2) – 28 February 2018 | SP Bill 19A, Session 5 (2018) |
| STAGE 3 | |
| Consideration by the Parliament | |
| Stage 3 proceedings – 15 March 2018 | Cols 63-116 |
| ROYAL ASSENT | |
| 19 April 2018 | Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Act 2018 (asp 7) |
