Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PARTY-LIST SYSTEM ACT"
Date filed
June 12, 2008
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB04370 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7941, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PARTY-LIST SYSTEM ACT" | |
| ABSTRACT : Establishes a clear formula to fill up all seats allocated for party-list groups. Proposes the adoption of a moving qualifying threshhold instead of the fixed 2% threshold. Also proposes the removal of seat capping. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : OCAMPO, SATUR C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2008-06-12 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Casiño | 2. Maza |
| 3. Ilagan | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Colmenares (072 ) | 2. Palatino (082 ) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS ON 2009-09-09 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO REVISION OF LAWS on 2008-07-29; |
Abstract
Establishes a clear formula to fill up all seats allocated for party-list groups. Proposes the adoption of a moving qualifying threshhold instead of the fixed 2% threshold. Also proposes the removal of seat capping.
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