Bill Type
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Long Title
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING RACIAL, ETHNIC, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00079 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING RACIAL, ETHNIC, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION | |
| SHORT TITLE : The Anti-discrimination Act Of 2016 | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to recognize the fundamental right of every person, regardless of sex, age, class, status, ethnicity, color, disability, religious and political beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity, to be free from any form of discrimination, thereby intensifying efforts to fulfill its duties under international and domestic laws to respect, protect and fulfill the rights and dignity of every individual. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : AGLIPAY-VILLAR, EMMELINE | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Welfare | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Villar (007 2016-08-08) | 2. Sy-Alvarado (012 2016-08-17) |
| 3. Antonio (016 2016-08-30) | 4. Abayon (018 2016-09-05) |
| 5. Tambunting (045 2016-11-16) | 6. Batocabe (083 2017-03-15) |
| 7. Co (084 2017-05-02) | 8. De Venecia (014 2017-08-23) |
| 9. Nieto (000 2018-02-06) | 10. Arcillas (000 2018-02-06) |
| 11. Belmonte (R.) (000 2018-02-19) | 12. Sacdalan (000 2018-02-19) |
| 13. Uy (J.) (000 2018-02-19) | 14. Castro (F.L.) (000 2018-02-19) |
| 15. Kho (000 2018-02-19) | 16. Alcala (000 2018-02-19) |
| 17. Lazatin (000 2018-02-06) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Deliberated upon by the Mother Committee on 2017-02-28 | |
| 2. Referred to the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 2017-02-28 | |
| 3. Deliberated by the TWG on 2017-05-16 | |
| 4. Deliberated upon by the Mother Committee on 2017-11-21 | |
| 5. Deliberated upon by the Mother Committee on 2017-11-29 | |
| 6. Measure approved by the Committee on 2017-11-29 | |
| 7. Deliberated by the TWG on 2018-01-23 | |
| 8. Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on 2018-07-04 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Seeks to recognize the fundamental right of every person, regardless of sex, age, class, status, ethnicity, color, disability, religious and political beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity, to be free from any form of discrimination, thereby intensifying efforts to fulfill its duties under international and domestic laws to respect, protect and fulfill the rights and dignity of every individual
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