Bill Type
Congress Name
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF ETHNICITY, RACE, RELIGION OR BELIEF, SEX OR GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, LANGUAGE, DISABILITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
June 30, 2022
Date Read
July 26, 2022
Bill Status
Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2022-07-26
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00188 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF ETHNICITY, RACE, RELIGION OR BELIEF, SEX OR GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, LANGUAGE, DISABILITY, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to prevent and criminalize various forms of discrimination that may be categorized as a crime against humanity and human dignity, based on several international declarations that promote the equal treatment of all people.Provides for corresponding penalties to such discriminatory acts as inflicting stigma, denial of education, political, civil, and cultural rights, right to work, access to goods and services, and the right to organize, inflicting harm on health and well-being, engaging in profiling, abuses by state and non-state agencies, and detention and confinement.Defines several terms: discrimination, profiling, stigma, vulnerable communities, and indigenous peoples, among others. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ABANTE, BIENVENIDO M. | |
| DATE FILED : 2022-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Rivera (000 2022-09-08) | 2. Delos Santos (000 2022-09-09) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON 2022-07-26 |
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Seeks to prevent and criminalize various forms of discrimination that may be categorized as a crime against humanity and human dignity, based on several international declarations that promote the equal treatment of all people.Provides for corresponding penalties to such discriminatory acts as inflicting stigma, denial of education, political, civil, and cultural rights, right to work, access to goods and services, and the right to organize, inflicting harm on health and well-being, engaging in profiling, abuses by state and non-state agencies, and detention and confinement.Defines several terms: discrimination, profiling, stigma, vulnerable communities, and indigenous peoples, among others.
Significance