Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT ENSURING THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUALITY OF MEN AND WOMEN UNDER THE LAWS ON MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
AMENDING ARTS.14,96, 124, 211 & 225, FAMILY CODE
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Date filed
March 6, 2014
Scope
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Session Sequence No.
79
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Document Certification
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Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
41
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT ENSURING THE FUNDAMENTAL EQUALITY OF MEN AND WOMEN UNDER THE LAWS ON MARRIAGE AND FAMILY RELATIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2014 ] 6/3/2014 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY and CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REVISION OF CODES with Senator(s) MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO and MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 41, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1260 and 2072; 6/3/2014 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 6/3/2014 Sponsor: Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 6/3/2014 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 6/3/2014 Sponsorship speech of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 6/10/2014 Period of interpellation closed; 6/10/2014 Period of committee amendments closed; [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ] [ 2015 ] 3/4/2015 Letter of Senator RAMON A. REVILLA JR. dated February 18, 2015 addressed to the Sponsor of this measure, Senator Pia S. Cayetano, received by the LBIS, the Principal Author of the Original Bill as filed which is SBN-1260, is Senator Nancy S. Binay; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 8/26/2015 Period of individual amendments closed; 8/26/2015 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment; 8/27/2015 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 9/1/2015 Approved on Third Reading; 9/1/2015 In favor: (16) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 9/1/2015 Against: N o n e ; 9/1/2015 Abstention: N o n e ; 9/7/2015 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-2270 (Ctte. Rpt. No. 41), with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on August 2, 2016) (Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)