HB 8400

House·20th Congress·Filed Mar 10, 2026

An Act Protecting Rape Victims Against Coerced Marriage by Removing Pardon as a Ground to Extinguish Criminal Liability and Adding Coercion as a Consequence of Rape as a Ground for Annulment, Repealing for the Purpose Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “the Anti-Rape Law of 1997,” and Amending Articles 45 and 47 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as “the Family Code of the Philippines”

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The proposal repeals the clause that lets a rape victim’s marriage to the offender erase criminal liability, adds a specific ground for annulment when a marriage results from rape‑related coercion, and sets filing deadlines of five or twenty years for such annulments.

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HB 8400

House·20th Congress·Filed Mar 10, 2026

An Act Protecting Rape Victims Against Coerced Marriage by Removing Pardon as a Ground to Extinguish Criminal Liability and Adding Coercion as a Consequence of Rape as a Ground for Annulment, Repealing for the Purpose Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, as Amended, Otherwise Known as “the Anti-Rape Law of 1997,” and Amending Articles 45 and 47 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as “the Family Code of the Philippines”

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HB 1038· Filed Jul 1, 2025
An Act Protecting Rape Victims Against Coerced Marriage by Removing Pardon as a Ground to Extinguish Criminal Liability and Adding Coercion as a Consequence of Rape as a Ground for Annulment, Repealing for the Purpose Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, as Amended, Otherwise Known as �the Anti-Rape Law of 1997,� and Amending Articles 45 and 47 of Executive Order No. 209, Otherwise Known as �the Family Code of the Philippines�
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2025-07-29Rep. Jc M. Abalos
HB 2931· Filed Aug 4, 2025
An Act Removing the Subsequent Marriage of the Offender to the Offended Party as a Cause to Extinguish Criminal Liability, Amending for This Purpose Article 266-C of the Revised Penal Code, as Amended, and Articles 89 and 344 Thereof
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2025-12-16Rep. Audrey Kay T. Zubiri
HB 8259· Filed Mar 3, 2026
An Act Removing as Absolutory Cause the Subsequent Marriage of the Offended Party to the Offender in Cases of Rape, Seduction, Abduction and Acts of Lasciviousness, Thereby Extinguishing Criminal Liability, Repealing Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, Otherwise Known as "The Anti-Rape Law of 1997", as Amended, and Amending Articles 23, 89 and 344 of Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as "The Revised Penal Code"
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2026-03-09Rep. Ivan Howard A. Guintu
HB 6876· Filed Dec 15, 2025
An Act Removing as Absolutory Cause the Subsequent Marriage of the Offended Party to the Offender in Cases of Rape, Thereby Extinguishing Criminal Liability, Amending for This Purpose Article 344 and Repealing Article 266-C of Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as the Revised Penal Code, as Amended
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2025-12-17Rep. Iris Marie Demesa Montes
HB 6305· Filed Nov 24, 2025
An Act Removing the �forgiveness Clause� as a Ground to Extinguish Criminal Liability for Rape, Seduction, Abduction and Acts of Lasciviousness, Repealing Article 266-C of Republic Act No. 8353, Otherwise Known as �the Anti-Rape Law of 1997�, as Amended, and Amending Articles 23, 89 and 344 of Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as �the Revised Penal Code�
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2025-11-26Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla

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