Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ABSENTEE VOTING FOR QUALIFIED FILIPINOS ABROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date filed
July 2, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
No
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 103, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ABSENTEE VOTING FOR QUALIFIED FILIPINOS ABROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR | |
| ABSTRACT : All Filipinos abroad and their spouse and dependents when residing with them who have all the qualifications and none of the disqualificatio ns of a voter shall have the right to register and to vote by absentee ballot.> They shall include the following: 1) Contract workers employed in foreign countries; 2) Employees of the Philippine Government assigned in foreign countries; 3) Filipino citizens who are legally immigrants or temporary residents of foreign countries. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SYJUCO, AUGUSTO JR. L | |
| DATE FILED : 2001-07-02 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Lacson (003 ) | 2. Badelles (006 ) |
| 3. Cuenco (009 ) | 4. Jaraula (010 ) |
| 5. Libanan (011 ) | 6. Rodriguez (012 ) |
| 7. Zialcita (016 ) | 8. Mathay (017 ) |
| 9. Punzalan (017 ) | 10. Espino (022 ) |
| 11. Silverio (009 ) | |
| ADMINISTRATION BILL? No | |
| URGENT BILL? No | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE ACTION: jt. ref'ls as per J.16;p.33( Aug. 27,2001);j t. ref'ls as per J.17; p.25(Aug. 28,2001) | |
| MOTHER BILL: House Bill No. 3570, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2001-07-24 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON APPROPRIATIONS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT |
Abstract
All Filipinos abroad and their spouse and dependents when residing with them who have all the qualifications and none of the disqualificatio ns of a voter shall have the right to register and to vote by absentee ballot.> They shall include the following: 1) Contract workers employed in foreign countries; 2) Employees of the Philippine Government assigned in foreign countries; 3) Filipino citizens who are legally immigrants or temporary residents of foreign countries.
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