k5nn@lemm.ee to Philippines@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoHouse seeks to revive half-rice billnewsinfo.inquirer.netexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareDavid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI don’t remember it ever becoming a law
minus-squarepobautista@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIt never became a law, as it remained a bill after getting stuck on the First Reading way back in 2013 This is an illustration how a bill becomes a law: Source: https://medium.com/law-simple/how-do-bills-become-laws-in-the-philippines-a-guide-with-illustrations-2c4cd8ac95a6 Blue is for the first house, which may be either Senate or the House of Representatives; Orange is for the second house, which is whichever isn’t the first house; and Green is for both houses.
minus-squarek5nn@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoMaybe it’s because it was never really enforced by any establishment?
minus-squarepobautista@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoIt can’t be enforced, since it never became a law. See my other comment on this post
I don’t remember it ever becoming a law
It never became a law, as it remained a bill after getting stuck on the First Reading way back in 2013
This is an illustration how a bill becomes a law:![](https://lemmy.kya.moe/imgproxy?src=miro.medium.com%2fv2/resize:fit:750/format:webp/1*MAD86zwr-y7iK2OAjMC1-Q.png)
Source: https://medium.com/law-simple/how-do-bills-become-laws-in-the-philippines-a-guide-with-illustrations-2c4cd8ac95a6
Blue is for the first house, which may be either Senate or the House of Representatives; Orange is for the second house, which is whichever isn’t the first house; and Green is for both houses.
Maybe it’s because it was never really enforced by any establishment?
It can’t be enforced, since it never became a law. See my other comment on this post