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AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 53, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE PUBLISHER, EDITOR OR REPORTER OF ANY PUBLICATION FROM REVEALING THE SOURCE OF PUBLISHED NEWS OR INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONFIDENCE BY INCLUDING WITHIN ITS COVERAGE JOURNALISTS FROM BROADCAST, NEW AGENCIES AND INTERNET PUBLICATIONS
Short Title
EXEMPTING PUBLISHER, EDITOR OR REPORTER OF ANY PUBLICATION FROM REVEALING SOURCE OF PUBLISHED NEWS
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Date filed
July 19, 2016
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6
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All Information (Senate Website)
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Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
12
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 53, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE PUBLISHER, EDITOR OR REPORTER OF ANY PUBLICATION FROM REVEALING THE SOURCE OF PUBLISHED NEWS OR INFORMATION OBTAINED IN CONFIDENCE BY INCLUDING WITHIN ITS COVERAGE JOURNALISTS FROM BROADCAST, NEW AGENCIES AND INTERNET PUBLICATIONS" [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 7/19/2016 Introduced by Senator ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES; 8/8/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA; 11/29/2016 Returned and submitted by the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA per Committee Report No. 12, recommending that it be substituted by SBN-1255; 11/29/2016 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 11/29/2016 SUBSTITUTED BY SBN-1255, UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 12, WHICH BECAME R.A. NO. 11458 ON AUGUST 30, 2019. (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)