Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 6676, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 261 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, OTHERWISE EKNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Amending Sec. 261 of BP 881, Otherwise Known as the Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines, as Amended | |
| ABSTRACT : It was the practice in the past elections to demand money or any other valuable consideration from candidates running for public office, from political parties, or persons acting in their behalf. This bill, if enacted into law, makes it an election offense for any person or group of person to ask for or demand any amount of money or any other valuable consideration by whatever means, from any political party, candidate or any person acting in their behalf, in the guise of issuing so-called "permits to campaign" and the like, or in the guise of soliciting projects/programs, in exchange for the right to campaign freely anywhere in the country. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ROSALES, ETTA | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-01-27 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Aguha | 2. Acosta |
| 3. Rodriguez | 4. Macarambon |
| 5. Nachura | 6. Veloso |
| 7. Bueser | 8. Mitra |
| 9. San Juan | 10. Andaya |
| 11. Calderon | 12. Umali |
| 13. Bondoc | 14. Sandoval |
| 15. Valdez | 16. Paras |
| 17. Tulagan | 18. Plaza |
| 19. Bernardo-lokin | 20. Solis |
| 21. Sarenas | 22. Gozos |
| 23. Bautista | 24. Mathay |
| 25. Cari | 26. Perez |
| 27. Wacnang | |
| DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT:2004-01-30 | |
| URGENT BILL? Yes | |
| DATE CERTIFIED AS URGENT:2004-01-30 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 02053 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2004-01-27 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: House Bill No. 6581, 12th Congress of the Republic | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2004-02-02 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2004-02-02 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2004-02-04 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2004-02-05 | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2004-02-05 | |
| REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks. | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2004-02-05 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:154 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2004-02-09 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2004-02-09 | |
| REMARKS : |
Abstract
It was the practice in the past elections to demand money or any other valuable consideration from candidates running for public office, from political parties, or persons acting in their behalf. This bill, if enacted into law, makes it an election offense for any person or group of person to ask for or demand any amount of money or any other valuable consideration by whatever means, from any political party, candidate or any person acting in their behalf, in the guise of issuing so-called "permits to campaign" and the like, or in the guise of soliciting projects/programs, in exchange for the right to campaign freely anywhere in the country.
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