Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO INFORMATION HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
July 1, 2013
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00026 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS TO INFORMATION HELD BY THE GOVERNMENT | |
| SHORT TITLE : Freedom Of Information Act Of 2013 | |
| ABSTRACT : Declares it a State policy to recognize the right of the people to information on matters of public concern, and adopts and implements a policy of full disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest, subject to the procedure of this Act, and this right is indispensable to the exercise of the right of the people and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social, political and economic decision-making. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DEL MAR, RAUL V. | |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Revilla (017 2013-09-04) | 2. Abellanosa (045 2014-02-05) |
| 3. Tan (A.) (050 2014-02-18) | 4. Gullas (055 2014-03-10) |
| 5. Primicias-Agabas (026 2014-11-19) | 6. Asilo (071 2015-05-25) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2015-03-04 | |
| 2. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2015-03-04 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB05801 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2013-07-23 |
Abstract
Declares it a State policy to recognize the right of the people to information on matters of public concern, and adopts and implements a policy of full disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest, subject to the procedure of this Act, and this right is indispensable to the exercise of the right of the people and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social, political and economic decision-making.
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