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Bill To Law

The process of how a bill becomes a law in the Philippines starts with a member of Congress filing a proposed bill. The bill is then read three times - the first reading introduces it, the second approves its final form, and the third is a final vote. It is debated and can be amended. If approved, it moves to the Senate and may require a bicameral committee if the chambers disagree. Once both chambers approve identical versions, it is signed by legislative leaders and sent to the President, who can sign it, veto parts of it, or reject it entirely. If signed, it is published and enacted as law.

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Bill To Law

The process of how a bill becomes a law in the Philippines starts with a member of Congress filing a proposed bill. The bill is then read three times - the first reading introduces it, the second approves its final form, and the third is a final vote. It is debated and can be amended. If approved, it moves to the Senate and may require a bicameral committee if the chambers disagree. Once both chambers approve identical versions, it is signed by legislative leaders and sent to the President, who can sign it, veto parts of it, or reject it entirely. If signed, it is published and enacted as law.

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How our loss made in the Philippines a law starts off as a bill filed in Congress it then

goes through a process which culminates with its submission to the president for his
consideration one signed the bill thereafter becomes law to learn about how this
process works

we have to first look at the Congress of the Philippines Congress is divided into two
chambers the House of Representatives which is composed of district and party list
Representatives and the Senate which is composed of senators
a member of Congress can file a bill a bill is a proposed legislation hence
it's called “panukalang batas” which identifies a societal problem and
provides the solution to solve that happened through the passage and
implementation of a new law

once a bill is filed it has to go through three readings for the first reading the bill
is introduced to the plenary and is referred to the appropriate committee

a committee is a body within the House of Representatives composed of a limited


number of House members they concentrate on specific topics for legislation after
receiving the bill, the committee members deliberate the provisions of the bill
bring in resource persons and experts as part of technical working groups and
edit the bill if necessary the end point of committee action is the resulting
committee report of the bill which is voted upon by the members of the committee

an approved committee report will then be referred to the Committee


on rules which schedules the same for sponsorship interpolation and amendments

at the plenary level


the plenary is composed of all members of the house
there the bill is sponsored by the main proponent of the proposed law the
sponsor will be interpolated by his fellow members he must defend a bill and
reason with his colleagues that it must be passed some questions may be asked is
there really a problem how does the bill solve that problem is this the best
approach available is the bill constitutional the members of the house can then
introduce amendments to the

bill the bill that survives this process impact or with amendments will then be
set for second reading where all the members will vote to approve the bill in its final
form

the bill will then be set for consideration on third reading at least three days
before that date
printed copies of the bill are distributed to all the members of the house for their review

on third reading they vote whether or not to approve it


a bill approved on third reading shall then be transmitted to the Senate
the Senate can concur with the bill
if the Senate conquers the bill is then enrolled and transmitted to the
president for his signature
if the Senate and the house do not agree on the
provisions of the bill

a bicameral conference committee is created


this committee is composed of representatives from both the House and the Senate
together they harmonize the differences of the way and produce an amended or new
version which is transmitted back to both the House and the Senate for
ratification once ratified the bill is enrolled which means the Speaker of the
House the Secretary General of the House the president of the Senate and the
Secretary of the Senate signed the bill and transmitted it to the president for
his signature the president studies the bill and can either sign it as it is
sign it with vetoed items which means there are provisions that he rejects or
veto the bill outright a bill that is signed by the president shall now become
law the law shall then take effect after its publication either in the Official Gazette
or in a newspaper of general circulation

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