Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN MAY USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Congress Author
Date filed
February 20, 2002
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. House Bill No. 4437, 12th Congress of the Republic
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA09255
FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING THAT ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN MAY USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF THE FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
SHORT TITLE : Providing that Illegitimate Children May Use the Surname of Their Father
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : VILLAR, CYNTHIA A.
DATE FILED : 2002-02-20
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Chipeco 2. Ablan
3. Fua 4. Jala
5. Cajes
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Tulagan (078 )
COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02510
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00247
SUBMITTED ON 2002-02-20
SUBMITTED BY: REVISION OF LAWS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: House Bill No. 793, 12th Congress of the Republic, House Bill No. 4090, 12th Congress of the Republic
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2002-02-26
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2002-02-26
DATE CALENDARED : 2002-03-05
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2002-03-07
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2002-03-07
REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of HBs 793 & 4090 as the sponsorship remarks.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2002-03-11
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2002-04-23
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:132     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2002-04-29
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2002-04-30
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION
DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2003-10-20
CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : SENATE
DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2003-10-22
REMARKS : 
CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Fua, Ablan, Villar
CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : , , , ,
DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2004-01-21
DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2004-02-04
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2004-02-17
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2004-02-24
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : A
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA09255
ORIGIN : HOUSE
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT ALLOWING ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN TO USE THE SURNAME OF THEIR FATHER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 176 OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 209, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'FAMILY CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES'
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