Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ABSENTEE VOTING AND REGISTRATION FOR QUALIFIED FILIPINOS ABROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Congress Author
Date filed
October 16, 2001
Scope
Urgent Bill
Yes

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 3570, 12th Congress of the Republic
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA09189
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF ABSENTEE VOTING AND REGISTRATION FOR QUALIFIED FILIPINOS ABROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
SHORT TITLE : The Absentee Voting and Registration Act of 2002
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : SYJUCO, AUGUSTO JR. L
DATE FILED : 2001-10-16
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. De Venecia 2. Lopez
3. Abayon 4. Lozada
5. Marcos 6. Jala
7. Estrella 8. Ablan
9. Roco 10. Taganas Layus
11. Espinosa 12. Lacson
13. Badelles 14. Cuenco
15. Jaraula 16. Libanan
17. Rodriguez 18. Mathay
19. Punzalan 20. Villareal
21. Albano 22. Uy
23. Joaquin 24. Nograles
25. Gonzales 26. Failon
27. Escudero 28. Puentebella
29. Del Mar
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Reyes (050 ) 2. Sy-alvarado (007 )
3. Wacnang (007 ) 4. Vicencio (009 )
5. Monfort (024 ) 6. Espinosa (000 )
7. Imperial (000 ) 8. Reyes (000 )
9. Cayetano (000 ) 10. Defensor (000 )
11. Ermita-buhain (000 ) 12. Pilando (000 )
13. San Juan (000 ) 14. Garin (000 )
15. Defensor (000 ) 16. Enrile (000 )
17. Baterina (000 ) 18. Crespo (000 )
19. Alfelor (000 ) 20. Fua (000 )
21. Hizon (000 ) 22. Solis (000 )
23. Beltran (000 ) 24. Amin (000 )
25. Mitra (000 ) 26. Zamora (000 )
27. Calalay (000 ) 28. Erice (000 )
29. Cruz-ducut (000 ) 30. Abad (000 )
31. Abaya (000 ) 32. Almario (000 )
33. Ancheta (000 ) 34. Angping (000 )
35. Aquino (000 ) 36. Aquino (000 )
37. Bacani (000 ) 38. Baculio (000 )
39. Banaag (000 ) 40. Bondoc (000 )
41. Bulut (000 ) 42. Cabilao (000 )
43. Cajes (000 ) 44. Carloto (000 )
45. Chiongbian (000 ) 46. Chungalao (000 )
47. Cojuangco (000 ) 48. Cua (000 )
49. Dangwa (000 ) 50. Domogan (000 )
51. Duavit (000 ) 52. Dumarpa (000 )
53. Dy (000 ) 54. Ecleo (000 )
55. Falcon (000 ) 56. Garcia (000 )
57. Garcia (000 ) 58. Gordon (000 )
59. Gozos (000 ) 60. Gullas (000 )
61. Gunigundo (000 ) 62. Javier (000 )
63. Joson (000 ) 64. Lagman-luistro (000 )
65. Lanot (000 ) 66. Leviste (000 )
67. Locsin (000 ) 68. Locsin (000 )
69. Macias (000 ) 70. Marañon (000 )
71. Matalam (000 ) 72. Maza (000 )
73. Montilla (000 ) 74. Moreno (000 )
75. Nantes (000 ) 76. Nepomuceno (000 )
77. Nicolas (000 ) 78. Ocampo (000 )
79. Pablo (000 ) 80. Paras (000 )
81. Pichay (000 ) 82. Plaza (000 )
83. Ramiro (000 ) 84. Real (000 )
85. Rodriguez (000 ) 86. Roman (000 )
87. Santiago (000 ) 88. Singson (000 )
89. Soon-ruiz (000 ) 90. Sumulong (000 )
91. Teodoro (000 ) 92. Teves (000 )
93. Tulagan (000 ) 94. Umali (000 )
95. Umali (000 ) 96. Unico (000 )
97. Villanueva (000 ) 98. Villar (000 )
99. Zubiri (000 ) 100. Castro (000 )
101. Lapus (028 ) 102. Bueser (028 )
103. Nachura (028 ) 104. Barinaga (028 )
105. Macarambon (028 ) 106. Zialcita (028 )
107. Echiverri (028 ) 108. Rosales (028 )
109. Perez (028 ) 110. Angara-castillo (028 )
111. Biazon (028 ) 112. Villarama (028 )
113. Cruz (028 )
DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT:2001-12-14
URGENT BILL? Yes
DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT:2001-12-14
COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02104
URGENT SENATE BILL? Yes
DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT HOUSE BILL: 2002-05-06
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00063
SUBMITTED ON 2001-10-16
SUBMITTED BY: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: House Bill No. 103, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 211, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 368, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1305, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1311, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1608, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1616, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1646, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1782, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1783, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1812, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1835, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 1847, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2061, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2115, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2495, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2744, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2747, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 2870, 12th Congress of the Republic
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2001-10-22
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2001-10-22
DATE CALENDARED : 2001-10-23
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2001-11-21
SPONSORED BY :  Syjuco;Lozada;Barinaga;Macarambon;Rosales;Del Mar;Nachura;Lapus
PERIOD OF INTERPELLATIONS : 2001-11-27, 2001-12-03, 2001-12-10, 2001-12-11, 2001-12-12, 2001-12-19, 2002-01-29, 2002-08-06, 2002-08-07, 2002-10-07, 2002-10-08, 2002-10-09, 2002-10-15
INTERPELLATED BY : Teves, Alfelor, Gozos, Padilla, Abaya, Wacnang, Dilangalen, Locsin, Aquino, Torres, Javier, Castro, Remulla, Zamora, Failon, Suplico, Lobregat, Plaza, Aquino, Biazon
PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2002-08-05, 2002-10-15
PERIOD OF INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENTS : 2002-07-31, 2002-10-16, 3602-08-05
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2002-10-16
REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2002-10-21
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2002-10-21
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:135     NAYS:9    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2002-10-22
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2002-10-23
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2002-10-21
CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : HOUSE
DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2002-11-11
CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Lozada, Lapus, Barinaga, Rosales, Locsin, Marcos, Nachura, Lopez, Baterina, Chatto, De Guzman, Defensor, Villanueva, Albano, Zamora, Suplico, Dilangalen, Angara-castillo, Lobregat, Failon, Remulla
CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : , , , , , , , , , ,
PERIOD OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SPONSORSHIP : 2003-02-11
SPONSORED BY : Lozada
DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2003-02-11
DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2003-02-04
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2003-02-12
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2003-02-13
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA09189
ORIGIN : SENATE
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF OVERSEAS ABSENTEE VOTING BY QUALIFIED CITIZENS OF THE PHILIPPINES ABROAD, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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