A bill must be read how many times in the House of Commons and Senate before it becomes law?

Discover Canada records this in the legislative-process diagram in the chapter How Canadians Govern Themselves. The guide lists the named seven-step legislative process for how a bill becomes law. The three readings are: First Reading – The bill is considered read for the first time and is printed... Second Reading – Members debate the bill's principle... Third Reading – Members debate and vote on the bill. The number the test wants is therefore three readings.

Three named readings, three different purposes. Discover Canada commits the three readings to THREE specific named purposes: (1) First Reading — the bill is considered read for the first time and is printed; (2) Second Reading — Members debate the bill's principle; (3) Third Reading — Members debate and vote on the bill. So the readings are not redundant — each has its own named role in the parliamentary review of legislation.

The full legislative process has SEVEN steps. Discover Canada commits the bill-to-law process to a specific seven-step sequence: First Reading; Second Reading; Committee Stage (Committee members study the bill clause by clause); Report Stage (Members can make other amendments); Third Reading; Senate (the bill follows a similar process in the Senate); Royal Assent (the bill receives royal assent after being passed by both Houses). So in addition to the three readings in the House of Commons, the bill goes through the three readings again in the Senate, then receives royal assent — making the full process more than just three readings overall.

Both chambers must agree before royal assent. Discover Canada commits the bill-to-law rule to a specific principle: "Both the House of Commons and the Senate consider and review bills (proposals for new laws). No bill can become law in Canada until it has been passed by both chambers and has received royal assent, granted by the Governor General on behalf of the Sovereign." So the THREE readings happen in BOTH the House of Commons and the Senate — meaning each chamber gives the bill three readings before passing it to the next stage. The royal assent comes last, granted by the Governor General on behalf of the Sovereign. So when the test asks how many times a bill must be read in the House of Commons and Senate before becoming law, the source-precise answer is three times — in each chamber.

The question is testing whether new citizens know the number of readings a bill receives. Discover Canada commits to one number: three readings. The right test answer matches that.

The wrong answer choices each substitute a different number. The first choice is one — but the source's named process has three readings, not one. The second choice is two — but the source has First, Second, and a Third reading. The fourth choice is four — but the source's process names exactly three readings. Only three — the source's exact named number — matches.