Bills
1st Session of the 13th Republican Parliament
The Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record Bill, 2026
AN ACT to repeal and replace the Immigration (Advance Passenger Information) Act; to make provision for the collection, transmission, sharing, storage and regulation of Advance Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record in respect of persons travelling to, departing from and transiting through Trinidad and Tobago, and to operationalise the CARICOM Advance Passenger Information System and other related matters.
Bill Essentials:
Bill No:
House of Representatives Bill 6 of 2026
Introduced In:
Introduced On:
06-Mar-2026
Published In Gazette On
Vol. 65, No. 48, 9 April, 2026
Status
Senate - 3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill
Progress
6 Mar 2026
10 Apr 2026
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard 
8 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Sean Sobers, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]
2.Mr. Keith Scotland, SC, MP [Port-of-Spain South] [Opposition Member]
3.Hon. Saddam Hosein, MP [Barataria/San Juan] [Minister of Land and Legal Affairs and Minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries]
4.Mr. Marvin Gonzales, MP [Arouca/Lopinot] [Opposition Member]
5.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
6.Hon. Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, MP [Arima] [Leader of the Opposition]
7. Dr. Colin Gosine, MP [Chaguanas West] [Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism]
8.Hon. Sean Sobers, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]
10 Apr 2026
Committee Stage Hansard
approved without amendment
10 Apr 2026
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
Division: 37 for, none against, no abstentions
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Sean Sobers, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]
14 Apr 2026
Senate
1st Reading of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Sen. the Hon. John Jeremie, SC [Attorney General]
21 Apr 2026
2nd Reading of the Bill Hansard
6 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Sean Sobers, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]
2.Sen. Vishnu Dhanpaul [Opposition Senator]
3.Sen. Alicia Lalite-Ettienne [Independent Senator]
4.Sen. Francis Lewis [Independent Senator]
5.Sen. Faris Al-Rawi, SC [Opposition Senator]
6.Hon. Sean Sobers, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]
21 Apr 2026
Committee Stage Hansard
Approved without amendments
21 Apr 2026
3rd Reading and Passage of the Bill Hansard
1 speakersShow Speakers
1.Hon. Sean Sobers, MP [Tabaquite] [Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs]