The passage of the Archives Act in 1983 marked a turning point in Quebec archival practice. However, the long-awaited Bill 3 of the National Assembly gave rise to dissatisfaction among some of the archival community with its narrow view of archives as limited to historical documents. An overview of the briefs submitted at that time highlights the main criticisms of the text and shows how the involvement of the community led to a reorientation of the bill toward the integrated vision of archival science that prevailed. Unfortunately, while innovative at the time of its enactment, the Archives Act has since then been challenged by other legislative or normative instruments that have featured digital records and those who manage them, all of which are lacking in the current Act. Noting that not all mise en concurrence avec d'autres textes législatifs ou normatifs qui ont fait une place importante aux documents numériques ainsi qu'aux have featured digital records and those who manage them, all of which are lacking in the current Act. Noting that not all of the promises of the 1983 have been fulfilled, the article analyzes the hopes expressed by archival professionals, both in the briefs submitted at the consultation launched by Bibliothèque and Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) in November 2020 and at the breakout session at the 2021 annual conference of the Association des archivistes du Québec. The article concludes on a note of hope for the adoption in the near future of an updated law on archives and related records that will be more responsive to the reality of various environments.