Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT CREATING ADDITIONAL DIVISIONS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COURT OF APPEALS JUSTICES TO SIXTY-EIGHT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR (regionalization, regional, regionalizing)
Congress Author
Date Read
May 27, 1996
Bill Status
REPUBLIC ACT (RA08246) enacted on 1996-12-30

Committee Details

Primary Committee
House Committee Report No.
00421

Legislative History

HOUSE BILL/RESOLUTION HISTORY
House Bill/Resolution NO. HB07108
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA08246
FULL TITLE : AN ACT CREATING ADDITIONAL DIVISIONS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COURT OF APPEALS JUSTICES TO SIXTY-EIGHT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980, AS AMENDED, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR (regionalizati on, regional, regionalizing)
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DAMASING, ERASMO B.
DATE FILED : 1996-05-23
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Del Mar 2. Zubiri
3. Monfort 4. Fajardo
5. Liban 6. Lopez
7. Gullas 8. Leviste
9. Vergara 10. Cosalan
11. Lagman 12. Andaya
13. Apostol 14. Urro
15. Chipeco 16. Gonzalez
17. Cezar 18. Romualdo
19. Loreto 20. Tajon
21. Veloso 22. Natividad
23. Barbers 24. Abueg
25. Tilanduca 26. Diaz
27. Guanzon 28. Cuenco
29. Tinga 30. Zarraga
31. Tammang 32. Valdez
33. Verceles 34. Balindong
35. Almendras 36. Antonio
37. Del Rosario 38. Garcia
39. Isidro 40. Romero
41. Rodriguez 42. Gonzales
43. Candazo 44. San Buenaventura
45. Abaya 46. Cruz-ducut
47. Fuentes 48. Joaquin
49. Lara 50. Serapio
51. Luciano 52. Avila
53. 54. Montemayor
ADMINISTRATION BILL? No
URGENT BILL? No
COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB01400
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00421
SUBMITTED ON 1996-05-23
SUBMITTED BY: JUSTICE, APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB00675, HB01821, HB02062, HB02073, HB03280, HB05061
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 1996-05-27
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 1996-05-27
DATE CALENDARED : 1996-05-27
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 1996-05-27
SPONSORED BY :  Lagman
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 1996-05-27
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 1996-06-03
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :1996-06-07
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:135     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  1996-06-07
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 1996-05-30
CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : SENATE
DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 1996-06-07
REMARKS : Congressman Apostol was designated to be the head of the House delegation to the Conference Committee of HB07108 and SB01400 on September 24, 1996.
CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Angara-castillo, Gonzalez
PERIOD OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SPONSORSHIP : 1996-12-20
SPONSORED BY : Apostol
DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 1996-12-20
DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 1996-12-17
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 1996-12-23
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 1996-12-30
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA08246
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT CREATING ADDITIONAL DIVISIONS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COURT OF APPEALS JUSTICES FROM FIFTY-ONE (51) TO SIXTY-NINE (69), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1990, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE