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Pangilinan thanks colleagues for passage of permanent validity of the certificates of live birth, death and marriage: Sen. Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan thanks his colleagues for the approval of Senate Bill No. 2450 also known as the Permanent Validity of the Certificates of Live Birth, Death and Marriage Act Monday, May 23, 2022. As principal author of the bill, Pangilinan thanked Sen. Ramon Revilla Jr., sponsor of SBN 2450, for shepherding the passage of the bill as well as his other colleagues for supporting the measure. SBN 2450 seeks to provide permanent validity of the civil registry documents regardless of the date of issuance. Under the measure, all government offices, private companies, schools and non-government entities will be banned from requiring newly-issued birth, death or marriage certificates from those transacting business with them. (Screen grab/Senate PRIB)