Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF
Third Reading Copy link (HRep)
Date filed
November 5, 2007
Scope
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Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB03012 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF | |
| SHORT TITLE : "the Anti-discrimination Act Of 2007" | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill imposes a penalty of imprisonment for not less than 30 days but not more than 6 months and/or a fine of not less than P10,000 but not more than P100,000 for discriminating against any person on account of ethnic origin or religion. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : HATAMAN, MUJIV S. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-11-05 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Chungalao | 2. Agyao |
| 3. Ilagan | 4. Casiño |
| 5. Padilla | 6. Lazatin |
| 7. Lapus | 8. Mariano |
| COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB03571 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01392 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2008-10-07 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL CULTURAL COMMUNITIES ON 2008-05-14 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO HUMAN RIGHTS on 2007-11-12; | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2008-10-07 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2008-10-09 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2008-10-09 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2008-10-09 | |
| REMARKS : On Oct. 09, 2008, the Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2008-11-10 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2008-11-17 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:175 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2008-11-20 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2008-11-20 | |
| REMARKS : |
Abstract
The bill imposes a penalty of imprisonment for not less than 30 days but not more than 6 months and/or a fine of not less than P10,000 but not more than P100,000 for discriminating against any person on account of ethnic origin or religion.
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