Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING STRONGER MEASURES AGAINST UNLAWFUL PRACTICES, BUSINESSES, AND SCHEMES OF MATCHING AND OFFERING FILIPINOS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS FOR PURPOSES OF MARRIAGE OF COMMON LAW PARTNERSHIP, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6955, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE ANTI-MAIL ORDER BRIDE LAW
Short Title
ANTI- MAIL ORDER SPOUSE ACT
Date filed
February 2, 2016
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
54
Session Type
Document Certification

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
2/2/2016 Sponsorship Speech Cayetano, Pia S.
2/3/2016 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
2/3/2016 Period of Interpellation Closed
2/3/2016 Period of Individual Amendments Closed

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT PROVIDING STRONGER MEASURES AGAINST UNLAWFUL PRACTICES, BUSINESSES, AND SCHEMES OF MATCHING AND OFFERING FILIPINOS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS FOR PURPOSES OF MARRIAGE OF COMMON LAW PARTNERSHIP, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6955, ALSO REFERRED TO AS THE ANTI-MAIL ORDER BRIDE LAW
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2016 ]
2/2/2016 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY with Senator PIA S. CAYETANO as author per Committee Report No. 464, recommending its approval in substitution of HBN-5572;
2/2/2016 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
2/2/2016 Sponsor: Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
2/2/2016 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
2/2/2016 Sponsorship speech of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
2/3/2016 Period of interpellation closed;
2/3/2016 Period of committee amendments closed;
2/3/2016 Period of individual amendments closed;
2/3/2016 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
2/11/2016 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
5/23/2016 Approved on Third Reading;
5/23/2016 In favor: (14) 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, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
5/23/2016 Against: N o n e ;
5/23/2016 Abstention: N o n e ;
5/26/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
5/30/2016 Letter from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that it adopted SBN-3209 as an amendment to HBN-5572 on May 23, 2016;
6/16/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-3209 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5572, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
6/16/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-3209 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5572, received by the Senate signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives on June 22, 2016;
6/16/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-3209 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5572, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO, for the signature and approval of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III;
6/30/2016 Enacted into Law without Executive Approval Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution on July 21, 2016 and Became
6/30/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10906.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10906 (SBN-3209/HBN-5572) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 9, 2016)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry re conducted committee meetings/hearings, conducted technical working group, is prepared by the Committee concerned/Committee Affairs Bureau)

President's Action

Lapsed Into Law