Legislative Table of the Haitian Parliament: Bills and Private Members' Bills Pending
Summary: The table of bills and private members' bills pending before Parliament, each with its originating ministry or chamber. It distinguishes projets de loi, tabled by the executive, from propositions de loi, which start in Parliament: a proposal on paternity, maternity and filiation, one establishing the status of parliamentary staff, a bill reforming adoption, a bill on the integration of persons with disabilities, a proposal on civic social service, and a bill amending the state-of-emergency law.
Key Findings
- The legislative table lists pending bills and private members' bills before the Haitian Parliament, with the originating ministry or parliamentary body, committee assignment, chamber vote status, Senate vote status, adoption status and promulgation date where shown.
- Items already voted in the Chamber include paternity maternity and filiation, parliamentary civil servants, adoption reform, integration of persons with disabilities, social-civic service, customs code, banks and financial institutions, FY2009-2010 finance, minimum wage, political parties, and amendment of article 232 of the 9 July 2008 electoral law.
- Items voted in both chambers and marked adopted include the amendment to the 9 September 2008 emergency law, the FY2009-2010 finance bill, the legislative body's constitutional amendment declaration, the minimum-wage proposal and the electoral-law article 232 amendment.
- Several executive or ministry bills remain deposited, including firearms, electoral districts, electricity theft, placage, new banknotes and local-government organization.
- The table identifies social affairs and women's rights, justice and public security, economy finance commerce and budget, special commission, territorial collectivities, public works and communications as committee areas.
- The last entries include a bill on prevention and repression of corruption and a Senate proposal on telecommunications-sector reform, both shown as deposited.
Full Description
The table of bills and private members' bills pending before Parliament, each with its originating ministry or chamber. It distinguishes projets de loi, tabled by the executive, from propositions de loi, which start in Parliament: a proposal on paternity, maternity and filiation, one establishing the status of parliamentary staff, a bill reforming adoption, a bill on the integration of persons with disabilities, a proposal on civic social service, and a bill amending the state-of-emergency law.
How to cite
Parliament of the Republic of Haiti, 2011, Legislative Table of the Haitian Parliament: Bills and Private Members' Bills Pending, http://parlementhaitien.ht/cariboost_files/Tableau_legislatif_haitien.pdf