How does a

bill become a
law?
Castro, Aldrissalyn E.

1JD-A
 The General
Secretary will
A member of the legislature calendar the Bill
proposes a bill to the for the FIRST
Secretary General with his READING
signature affixed and FIRST READING
stating the purpose therein
The Secretary will
only read the number
and the title of the
After the Reading, the bill is bill
referred by the Legislative
Head to the Appropriate
Committees for study

The Committee
shall decide SECOND
whether or not READING
The bill shall be
to report the bill calendared by the The bill is read in
favorably Committee on its entirety
rules for its
SECOND READING.

The bill is open for

debates and further
The Committee
amendments may
will vote to pass
be introduced by
the bill for
other members of
The bill is printed in THIRD READING.
the Legislature.
its final form and
distributed to all
members three days
before its THIRD
READING.
THIRD READING A roll call voting
ensues and if a
The Secretary
member so
General only reads
desires, be given a
the Title and the
If signed, the three minutes to
Number of the bill.
bill now explain his vote.
At this stage, NO
becomes a
law

BICAMERAL SYSTEM
After the bill has
been finally passed, it The bill shall go back to
Otherwise, he shall
will be submitted to the first step and will
veto it and return the
same with his the President for his undergo the same process
objections to the house approval.
where it originated and
approved by two-thirds
of its members, it shall
become a law