Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00149 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION | |
| SHORT TITLE : People's Freedom Of Information Act | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to a) clarify the scope of accessible information by defining clearly the list of allowable exceptions, thereby removing the wide discretion in withholding or granting access; b) provide a uniform and speedy procedure for people's access to information, thereby closing the loophole that allows administrative avoidance of access; c) enumerate specific acts violative of the right of information that constitute administrative or criminal offenses; and d) introduce mechanism to facilitate better citizen access to information, such as providing standards for record keeping and mandating the pro-active disclosure of classes of information imbued with high public interest. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : PAQUIZ, LEAH S. | |
| DATE FILED : 2013-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Reform | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Zamora (R.) (021 2013-09-17) | 2. Sy-Alvarado (023 2013-10-21) |
| 3. Velasco, L. (023 2013-10-21) | 4. Bagatsing (023 2013-10-21) |
| 5. Villanueva (024 2013-10-22) | 6. Uy (J.) (024 2013-10-22) |
| 7. Cortuna (031 2013-12-02) | 8. Yap (A.) (052 2014-02-24) |
| 9. Arenas (055 2014-03-10) | 10. Uy (R.) (002 2014-07-30) |
| 11. Olivarez (046 2015-02-09) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2015-03-04 | |
| 2. Approved by the Committee on Appropriations on 2015-03-04 | |
| MOTHER BILL: HB05801 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ON 2013-07-23 |
Abstract
Seeks to a) clarify the scope of accessible information by defining clearly the list of allowable exceptions, thereby removing the wide discretion in withholding or granting access; b) provide a uniform and speedy procedure for people's access to information, thereby closing the loophole that allows administrative avoidance of access; c) enumerate specific acts violative of the right of information that constitute administrative or criminal offenses; and d) introduce mechanism to facilitate better citizen access to information, such as providing standards for record keeping and mandating the pro-active disclosure of classes of information imbued with high public interest
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