Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT TO ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFFICIAL RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CONCERN
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
July 1, 2013
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00347 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO ENSURE PUBLIC ACCESS TO OFFICIAL RECORDS, DOCUMENTS AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CONCERN | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to eliminate the hardly comprehensible and excessively broad jargon of exemptions to the exercise of the right to official information and put in place a uniform, simple, speedy and effective means of enforcing the right to information and thereby including absolute and mandatory access to matters of official information. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : COLMENARES, NERI | |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Zarate | 2. Ilagan |
| 3. De Jesus | 4. Tinio |
| 5. Hicap | 6. Ridon |
| 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 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2013-07-23 |
Abstract
Seeks to eliminate the hardly comprehensible and excessively broad jargon of exemptions to the exercise of the right to official information and put in place a uniform, simple, speedy and effective means of enforcing the right to information and thereby including absolute and mandatory access to matters of official information.
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