14th CONGRESS: PRO-FAMILY, PRO-LIFE BILLS (LOWER HOUSE) On DEFENDING LIFE

BILL NO. HB 419 (was HB 5327 in 13th Cong.) HB 3225 HB 3227 TITLE AUTHOR/S Pregnancy Care Centers Act of 2007 (Providing Tax Credits to Assist the Private Sector Eduardo Zialcita in Establishing Nation-wide Pregnancy Care Centers That Will Provide Counseling, Care and Information Related to Alternatives to Abortion and Artificial Contraception) The Parental Notification Act of 2007 (An Act to Provide for Parental Notification of Eduardo Zialcita Family Planning Services for Minors) The Safe Haven for Infants Act of 2007 (Providing Criminal Immunity for a Parent who Eduardo Zialcita Voluntarily Surrenders Custody of an Unharmed Infant Sixty(60) Days Old or Younger to a Hospital, Emergency Medical Facility, Police Station or the Department of Social Welfare and Development, and for Other Purposes) "Banning Experiments on Cloning of Human Beings Act" (AN ACT TO BAN Narciso Santiago III EXPERIMENTS ON THE CLONING OF HUMAN BEINGS) Maternal And Infant Care Act" (AN ACT ESTABLISHING MATERNAL AND INFANT Narciso Santiago III HEALTH HOME VISITING PROGRAM) "Women and Children's Resources Act" (AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NATIONAL Rufus Rodriguez PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE PREGNANT WOMEN WITH ALTERNATIVES TO ABORTION) (Budgetary Funding for Pregnancy Care Centers) COMMITTEE Ways & Means; Health Health; Population and Family Relations Social Services; The Welfare of Children Justice Health Health STATUS Filed July 2, 2007. Read July 30, 2007. Filed December 5, 2007 Read December 12, 2007. Filed December 5, 2007 December 12, 2007 Referred to Comm. on Welfare of Children April 29, 2008. Filed Oct. 10, 2007. Read Nov. 5, 2007. Filed Sept. 27, 2007. Read Oct. 4, 2007. Filed Sept. 24, 2007. Read Oct. 1, 2007.

HB 2891 HB 2751 HB 2649

On MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY

BILL NO. HB 53 (was HB 5607/HB 216 in 13th Cong.) HB 79 (was HB 1245 in 13th Cong.) TITLE AUTHOR/S Mandatory Marriage Counseling Act (Making it Mandatory for Couples to Undergo Rozzano Rufino Counseling Prior to the Issuance of a Marriage License, Amending Art. 16 of EO 209, as Biazon Amended by EP 227 or the Family Code) Limiting Marriage to Natural Born Males and Natural Born Females, and Amending EO 209 Rozanno Rufino as Amended by EO 227 or the Family Code Biazon COMMITTEE Revision of Laws STATUS Filed July 2, 2007. Read July 24, 2007.

Revision of Laws

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HB 861 (was HB 4663 in 13th Cong.) HB 1703 (was HB 4807 in 13th Cong.) HB 3044 HB 3305 (Substitute bill to HBs 245, 708, 1154, 1312)

Declaring the First Week of December of Every Year as Family Week

Roque Ablan, Jr.

Population and Family Relations; Revision of Laws Revision of Laws

National Filipino Family Day (An Act Declaring Sept.1 of Each Year a Non-Working Victoria H. Reyes Public Holiday in the Country to be Known as National Filipino Family Day An Act Strengthening the Family and Preserving the Solemnity of Marriage Ceremony Repealing and Amending Certain Provisions of Executive Order No. 209 Otherwise Known as the Family Code of the Philippines as Amended Anti-Obscenity and Pornography Act of 2007 (Prohibiting and Penalizing the Production, Printing, Publication, Importation, Sale, Distribution and Exhibition of Obscene and Pornographic Movies and Materials, and the Exhibition of Live Sexual Acts, Amending for the Purpose Art. 201 of the Revised Penal Code) Bienvenido Abante Jr. Bienvenido Abante,Jr Manuel Way Kurat Zamora; Thelma Almario, Eileen Buhain, Reylina Nicolas

Filed July 9, 2007. Read July 31, 2007. Pending with Comm. on Revision of Laws March 4, 2008. Filed August 1, 2007. Read August 14, 2007. Filed Nov. 8, 2007. Read Nov. 14, 2007. Filed July 1, 2007. Read July 31, 2007. Comm. Report No.206. Approved on 2nd Reading Dec. 19, 2007. Approved by the House on 3rd Reading Feb. 5, 2008. Transmitted to / Recd. by Senate Feb.11, 2008. Filed July 10, 2007. Read Aug. 1, 2007. Filed July 2, 2007. Read July 24, 2007. Approved by the Committee on Approp. on May 28, 2008. Filed July 25, 2007. Read August 7, 2007. Approved by the Committee on Approp. on May 28, 2008. Page 2 of 3

Revision of Laws Public Information

HB 998

HB 263

"Immorality, Pornography and Obscenity Deterrence Act of 2007" To Deter the Continued Proliferation of Immoral Doctrines, Obscene Publications and Exhibitions and Indecent Shows by Increasing the Penalties Against (Them), Amending RA 3815, as Amended, and RA 7610 Foster Care Act of 2007 (To Strengthen and Propagate Foster Care for Abandoned and Neglected Children and Other Children With Special Needs, Providing Appropriations Therefor and for Other Purposes) Foster Care Act of 2007 (To Strengthen and Propagate Foster Care for Abused, Abandoned, Neglected and Other Children with Special Needs, Providing Appropriations Therefor and for Other Purposes

Joel Villanueva

Revision of Laws

Darlene AntoninoCustodio

Social Services; The Welfare of Children Social Services; The Welfare of Children

HB 1333

Eileen Ermita-Buhain, Thelma Almario

HB 1744

Foster Care Act of 2007 (An Act to Strengthen and Propagate Foster Care for Abandoned and Neglected Children and Other Children with Special Needs, Providing Appropriations Therefor and for Other Purposes) Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2007 (Defining Child Pornography and Imposing Penalties Thereof) "The Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2007" (An Act Defining the Crime of Child Pornography, Imposing Penalties Therefor, and for Other Purposes Anti-Child Pornography Act (Defining the Crime of Childs Pornography Imposing Penalties Therefor and for Other Purposes "Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2007"An Act Defining Child Pornography and Child Abuse Materials and Penalizing All Forms and Means of Commission "Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2008" AN ACT PROHIBITING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR THE COMMISSION THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Anti-Child Pornography Act Of 2008 AN ACT PENALIZING THE POSSESSION, SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
The Filipino Principles and State Policies Instruction Act of 2007 (Requiring Instruction in the Principles and the State Policies of the Filipino People, Set Forth in the Constitution, in the Schools of the Nation, Public and Private, Commencing in the Third Grade and Continuing Through High School Graduation

Arthur Defensor

Education and Welfare of Special Persons; Social Services Justice

HB 264

Darlene AntoninoCustodio Monica Louise PrietoTeodoro Rene Velarde Ignacio Arroyo

HB 684

Justice; The Welfare of Children Justice Justice

HB 1772 HB 3383

Filed August 2, 2007. Read August 14, 2007. Approved by the Committee on Approp. on May 28, 2008. Filed July 2, 2007. Read July 24, 2007. 1st Committee Hearing September 16, 2008. Filed July 3, 2007. Read July 30, 2007. 1st Committee Hearing September 16, 2008. Filed August 2, 2007. Read August 14, 2007 Filed Jan. 7, 2008. Read Jan. 28, 2008. 1st Committee Hearing September 16, 2008. Filed April 23, 2008. Read April 30, 2008. 1st Committee Hearing September 16, 2008. Filed Aug. 14, 2008. Read Aug. 27, 2008. 1st Committee Hearing September 16, 2008. Filed December 5, 2007 Read Dec. 12, 2007

HB 3924

Rufus B. Rodriguez

Justice

HB 4974

Narciso Santiago III

Justice

HB 3226

Eduardo Zialcita

Basic Education & Culture

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