How A Bill Flashcards
Preliminary Procedure
4 Origin of legislative proposals
Members of the Senate
Special interest groups
Constituents
From SONA of the President/executive branch
SSCS
Preliminary Procedure
assist in technical assistance in research and drafting legislative language
Senate Legislative Technical Affairs Bureau
Induction of Bills
may have joint sponsorship and carry members’ name
a. No limit of bills introduced
House and Senate Bills
Induction of Bills
For showcasing urgency of the issue and showing broad support for the legislation
Sponsors
General measures, which are intended to be laws once approved
Bill
Dealing with economy, increasing penalties for certain crimes, regulation on commerce and trade
Bill
Prefix of Bill
S. ____
a. Approval of both houses
b. Dealing with a single item or issue such as a continuing or emergency appropriations bill
C. Proposing amendments to the Constitution
Joint Resolution
a. S. Ct. Res.
b. Operation of both houses
c. Not referred to the President and do not have a force of law
d. Used to fix the time of adjournment of a Congress
e. Express sense of “Congress” on an issue
Concurrent Resolution
P. S. Res.
b. Prerogative of House of Congress
C. No effect and force of a law
d. Express opinion of a single house on a current issue
e. Call for congressional action on an issue affecting national interest
Simple Resolution
Title & Sponsor of the Bill
- Made by Secretary-general
1st reading
referring the bill to the committees
Jurisdiction of the Standing Committees
First Reading Senate President
How many standing committees in a Senate?
44
How many standing committees in the HOR?
66 standing committee
17 special committee
5 disposal of the bill
- Approval without amendments
- Approval with amendments
- Rewrite the bill entirely
- Rejects, kills the bill
- Report if favorably w/ or w/o recommendation
Section 29, Rules XI of the Senate
- If unfavorable -> archive of the Senate (Unless 5 Senators shall move their inclusion in the Calendar of Ordinary Business)
Section 45, Rule XVI of Rules of the Senate
a. Received by the Office of the Secretary
b. Agreed by the Senate without setting the dates
C. Bills whose consideration has been postponed indefinitely
d. Bill with committee report
Calendar of Ordinary Business
Section 45, Rule XVI of Rules of the Senate
Bills and resolutions arranged successively and chronologically for consideration
Calendar for Special Orders
Section 45, Rule XVI of Rules of the Senate
Bills and joint resolutions approved on Second Reading
Calendar for Third Reading
Section 45, Rule XVI of Rules of the Senate
For priority action
Special Order of Business
Summary of approving a bill
Calling a conference
Selection of the conference
Authority of conferees
Conference report
CSAC
certified by Secretary of House & Senate + signed by President of Senate and HOR
“Enrolled bill”
a. Approved by President
b. Lapsed by President for 30 days
C. If veto, ⅔ votes of the Congress
Becoming a law
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
First Step
Filing/Calendaring for First Reading
- Filed in the Office of the Secretary
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
Second step
First Reading
Title, bill number, and author’s name TBA
Referred to the proper committee
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
Third step
Committee Hearings/Report
- Hearings and consultations (Technical Working Group)
Action points:
Approves the bill w/o amendment
Approves the bill w/ amendment
Recommends substitution/consolidation with similar bills filed
Summary of how a bill becomes a law
Fourth step
Calendaring for Second Reading
Committee report with approved bill submitted to the Committee on Rules for calendaring
Summary on how a bille becomes a Law
Fifth step
Second Reading
a. Sponsorship speech
b. Interpellation
c. Period of individual amendments
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
Sixth step
Voting on Second Reading
Yes - for calendaring on third reading
Voting:
viva voce
count by tellers
division of the House;
nominal voting
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
Seventh step
Voting on Third Reading
Printed copies distributed to Senators
Only the title is read on the floor
Nominal voting
If yes - referred to the House for concurrence
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
8th step
At the House of Representatives
First Reading
Second Reading
Third Reading
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
9th step
Back to the Senate
If same - final version is printed
If not - bicameral conference committee
Conference committee submits report on the reconciled version of the bill
Senate prints the reconciled version
Summary on how a bill becomes a law
Last step
Submission to Malacañang
a. “Enrolled bill” – certified by Secretary of Senate & HOR; signed by Speaker & Senate President
b. Approved by Pres
Actions:
Signed
Inactive after 30 days
- To the Official Gazette after 15 days (implementation)
c. Not approved by Pres
⅔ of the Congress
10steps on how a bill becomes a law
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1. Filing/Calendaring for First Reading
Filed in the Office of the Secretary
- First Reading
Title, bill number, and author’s name
Referred to the proper committee - Committee Hearings/Report
Hearings and consultations (Technical Working Group)
Action points:
Approves the bill w/o amendment
Approves the bill w/ amendment
Recommends substitution/consolidation with similar bills filed - Calendaring for Second Reading
Committee report with approved bill submitted to the Committee on Rules for calendaring - Second Reading
Sponsorship speech
Interpellation
Period of individual amendments - Voting on Second Reading
Yes - for calendaring on third reading
Voting:
viva voce
count by tellers
division of the House;
nominal voting - Voting on Third Reading
Printed copies distributed to Senators
Only the title is read on the floor
Nominal voting
If yes - referred to the House for concurrence - At the House of Representatives
First Reading
Second Reading
Third Reading - Back to the Senate
If same - final version is printed
If not - bicameral conference committee
Conference committee submits report on the reconciled version of the bill
Senate prints the reconciled version - Submission to Malacañang
“Enrolled bill” – certified by Secretary of Senate & HOR; signed by Speaker & Senate President
Approved by Pres
Actions:
Signed
Inactive after 30 days
To the Official Gazette after 15 days (implementation)
Not approved by Pres
⅔ of the Congress
