House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-307
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7346
Direct: 8931-5320
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT DETERRING THE CONTINUED PROLIFERATION OF IMMORAL DOCTRINES, OBSCENE PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS AND INDECENT SHOWS BY INCREASING THE PENALTIES THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING MARITIAL INFIDELITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: REVISION OF LAWS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF VOTERS DURING BARANGAY ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8189, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'VOTER’S REGISTRATION ACT OF 1996' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COMMISSION AGAINST CORRUPTION (NICAC), APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT ENSURING THE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE INCLUSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AND GOVERNANCE EDUCATION IN BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 6 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1379, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT DECLARING FORFEITURE IN FAVOR OF THE STATE ANY PROPERTY FOUND TO HAVE BEEN UNLAWFULLY ACQUIRED BY ANY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE AND PROVIDING FOR THE PROCEEDINGS THEREFOR' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: REVISION OF LAWS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING AND ENHANCING THE SKILLS CERTIFICATE EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM (SCEP) OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (CSC) AND THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (TESDA) AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF BICOL MEDICAL CENTER FROM FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS TO ONE THOUSAND (1000) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL WORKFORCE COMPLEMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8053, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-11
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-12-17
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB00640
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-07-01
Republic Act No.: RA11478
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11478 enacted on 2020-07-01
Date Filed: 2019-07-04
Full Title: AN ACT UPGRADING THE CARAGA REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY WASHINGTON, SURIGAO CITY, SURIGAO DEL NORTE INTO A TERTIARY LEVEL HOSPITAL, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY FROM ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-27
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-12-04
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-06-19
Republic Act No.: RA11472
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11472 enacted on 2020-06-19
Date Filed: 2019-07-09
Full Title: AN ACT RENAMING THE TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN TALISAY CITY, PROVINCE OF CEBU, INTO CEBU SOUTH MEDICAL CENTER, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7799, ENTITLED 'AN ACT ESTABLISHING A DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TALISAY, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO BE KNOWN AS THE TALISAY DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR'
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-11
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-12-17
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-06-19
Republic Act No.: RA11473
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11473 enacted on 2020-06-19
Date Filed: 2019-07-10
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING INDUSTRY CLUSTER-BASED PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THROUGH INTER-LOCAL COOPERATION AND PEOPLEꞌS PARTICIPATION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: PEOPLE PARTICIPATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PEOPLE S PARTICIPATION since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-10
Full Title: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE PEOPLEꞌS RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND HONESTY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR OTHE PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-07-24
Primary Referral: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION since 2019-07-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-23
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PAMPLONA IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BICOL WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF
Date Read: 2019-07-30
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-11
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-12-17
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-11-13
Republic Act No.: RA11495
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11495 enacted on 2020-11-13
Date Filed: 2019-07-24
Full Title: AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE LYING-IN CLINIC IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF RIZAL, PROVINCE OF PALAWAN FROM TEN (10) BEDS TO TWENTY (20) BEDS, UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-31
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-11
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-12-17
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-12-17, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-12-18 and received by the Senate on 2019-12-18
Date Filed: 2019-07-31
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING SPECIAL HEALTH FACILITIES FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS (OFWs) AND THEIR DEPENDENTS TO BE KNOWN AS BAGONG BAYANING FILIPINO HOSPITAL, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-06
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2019-08-06
Date Filed: 2019-07-31
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FREE INSURANCE FOR COVERED APPLICANTS OF OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-06
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS since 2019-08-06
Date Filed: 2019-07-31
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR ALL TEACHING PERSONNEL IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND STATE-RUN TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-06
Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Bill Status: Referred to the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 2019-11-05
Date Filed: 2019-07-31
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION TO FREELANCERS, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-06
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2019-08-06
Date Filed: 2019-07-31
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE IMPLEMENTATION BY BRAND OWNERS OF MANAGEMENT PLANS THAT PROVIDE REFUND VALUES FOR CERTAIN BEVERAGE CONTAINERS
Date Read: 2019-08-06
Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2019-08-06
Date Filed: 2019-08-01
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING WORKERS RIGHT TO SECURITY OF TENURE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 106, 107, 108, AND 109 OF BOOK III, AND ARTICLES 294 [279], 295 [280], 296 [281], AND 297 [282] OF BOOK VI OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2019-08-06
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Substituted by HB07036
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2019-09-20
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT (GMRC) IN THE K-12 CURRICULUM
Date Read: 2019-09-24
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Substituted by HB05829
Mother Bill Status: Republic Act RA11476 enacted on 2020-06-25
Date Filed: 2019-10-03
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RESTRUCTURING AND CONDONATION OF UNPAID INTERESTS, PENALTIES, AND SURCHARGES ON LOANS SECURED BY FARMERS, FISHERFOLK AND AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM (DAR), THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA), THE PEOPLE'S CREDIT AND FINANCE CORPORATION (PCFC), THE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (CDA), THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA) AND THE QUEDAN AND RURAL CREDIT GUARANTEE CORPORATION (QUEDANCOR)
Date Read: 2019-11-04
Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-05-20
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-05-20, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-05-21 and received by the Senate on 2020-05-21
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PAGKAIN PARA SA LAHAT PROGRAM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: FOOD SECURITY
Bill Status: Substituted by HB07956
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-14, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-15 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-15
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS FOR ALL TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL IN PUBLIC BASIC EDUCATION SCHOOLS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MANDATORY FREE HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION (HMO) PLAN COVERAGE TO FACULTY AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND ESTABLISHING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION HUBS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIVISIONS, PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Substituted by HB08080
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-09 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-09
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT ALLOWING THE ADOPTION OF ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT ENHANCING THE REGULATION ON EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS AND TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 40, 41, AND 42 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE DISPLAY OF CALORIE AND OTHER NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION IN MENUS OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING SPORTS VARSITY TEAMS IN ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT PROMOTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPOWERMENT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 284 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE WITNESS PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFIT PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6981, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "WITNESS PROTECTION, SECURITY AND BENEFIT ACT," APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: JUSTICE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2019-11-18
Date Filed: 2019-11-28
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (DOH) TO SET AND APPROVE THE BED CAPACITY AND SERVICE CAPABILITY OF ALL DOH-RETAINED HOSPITALS
Date Read: 2019-12-02
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-01-27
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-01-27, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-01-28 and received by the Senate on 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING VALUES EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM BY INCORPORATING "GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT" AS A SUBJECT IN KINDERGARTEN UP TO THE GRADE 3 LEVEL
Date Read: 2019-12-17
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-01-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-02-04
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01224
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-06-25
Republic Act No.: RA11476
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11476 enacted on 2020-06-25
Date Filed: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FILIPINOS OVERSEAS AND FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-12-17
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-11
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-11, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-16
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-01-22
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-22
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-24 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-24
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING ALL GRADUATING ELEMENTARY, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PLANT AT LEAST TEN (10) TREE SAPLINGS EACH AS A PREREQUISITE FOR GRADUATION
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: REFORESTATION
Bill Status: Substituted by HB06931
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-26, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-01 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE INCLUSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION AND GOVERNANCE EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING ACCESS TO CREDIT OF MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6977, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MAGNA CARTA FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF PHILIPPINE EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT ENHANCING THE SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, FURTHER AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PENALIZING THE UNJUSTIFIED INTERRUPTION OF SERVICE PROVIDED BY DISTRIBUTION UTILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND BROADCASTING ENTITIES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT RECOGNIZING ALTERNATIVE MODES OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDING REGULATIONS GOVERNING THEIR OPERATIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 972, AS AMENDED BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1174, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1976" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DIALYSIS CLINICS IN ALL NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND PROVINCIAL HOSPITALS AND PROVIDING FOR FREE DIALYSIS TREATMENTS TO INDIGENT PATIENTS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING A STANDARD OF CARE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH BLEEDING DISORDERS, ESTABLISHING TREATMENT CENTERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING PROOF OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPACE FROM MOTOR VEHICLE OWNERS IN METROPOLITAN AREAS AS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WITH THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LAND TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC CODE" AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR DIABETES AND ENDOCRINOLOGY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT RATIONALIZING GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS IN LABOR DISPUTES BY ADOPTING THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES CRITERIA IN THE EXERCISE OF THE ASSUMPTION OR CERTIFICATION POWER OF THE SECRETARY OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, AND DECRIMINALIZING VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 278[263], 279[264] AND 287[272] OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE 442, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES, AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 16 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9231, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WELFARE OF CHILDREN since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING CAMPUS HOUSING TO TENURED FACULTY MEMBERS IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFANT-FRIENDLY FACILITIES IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WELFARE OF CHILDREN since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM AND PROVIDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES TO INMATES IN DETENTION FACILITIES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT LOWERING THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT AGE OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS FROM SIXTY (60) YEARS OLD TO FIFTY-FIVE (55) YEARS OLD, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 13-A OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8291 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM ACT OF 1997
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAXIMIZATION OF BENEFITS FROM FINITE MINERALS AND MINERAL PRODUCTS AND QUARRY RESOURCES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO ALL CASUAL AND CONTRACTUAL EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE RENDERED THE PRESCRIBED YEARS OF SERVICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT ENSURING SAFE DRINKING WATER, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 856, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CODE ON SANITATION OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING WORKERS' RIGHT TO SELF-ORGANIZATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 240[234](C), 242[235], 243[236], 244[237] AND 285[270] OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF AGE, SEX, CIVIL STATUS, COLOR, ECONOMIC STATUS, ETHNICITY, MEDICAL CONDITION, PHYSICAL DISABILITY, POLITICAL OPINION OR AFFILIATION, RACE, OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: HUMAN RIGHTS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Bill Status: Consolidated into HB06077
Mother Bill Status: Business for the day on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 55 OF BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 881, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE, AS AMENDED, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT PROTECTING UNATTENDED CHILDREN IN MOTOR VEHICLES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WELFARE OF CHILDREN since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE BARANGAY DAY CARE SYSTEM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6972 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BARANGAY-LEVEL TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN ACT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WELFARE OF CHILDREN since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING ALL FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO INTEND TO WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES TO PRESENT AN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA OR TEMPORARY ADMISSION TO THE PHILIPPINES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 613, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1940
Date Read: 2020-01-28
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2020-01-28
Date Filed: 2020-01-27
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING FEBRUARY 26 EVERY YEAR AS SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY IN CELEBRATION OF PHILIPPINES-ISRAEL FRIENDSHIP DAY
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on FOREIGN AFFAIRS since 2020-02-03
Date Filed: 2020-01-27
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS OF MEMBERS OF THE CITIZEN ARMED FORCES OR THE RESERVE FORCE OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY
Bill Status: Business for the day on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-02-05
Full Title: AN ACT PRESERVING THE INDIGENOUS GAMES OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-02-05
Primary Referral: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-26
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-11
Date Filed: 2020-02-06
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING ALL BARANGAYS TO CREATE A REGISTRY OF SKILLED WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-02-10
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-19
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-03
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-03, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-04 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-04
Date Filed: 2020-02-20
Full Title: AN ACT UPGRADING THE SIARGAO DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF DAPA, PROVINCE OF SURIGAO DEL NORTE INTO A LEVEL II GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE SIARGAO ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY, UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-02-24
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-09
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-11-13
Republic Act No.: RA11500
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11500 enacted on 2020-11-13
Date Filed: 2020-03-10
Full Title: AN ACT PROTECTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN THE PHILIPPINES GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION 5, ARTICLE III OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-03-11
Primary Referral: HUMAN RIGHTS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HUMAN RIGHTS since 2020-03-11
Date Filed: 2020-03-11
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING POOR JOB APPLICANTS A 20% DISCOUNT IN THE PAYMENT OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR CERTAIN CERTIFICATES AND CLEARANCES ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Date Read: 2020-05-04
Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-03
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-25
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-25, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-01 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-03-11
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE MUNICIPALITY OF CALACA IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS INTO A COMPONENT CITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CALACA
Date Read: 2020-05-04
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-03
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-03, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-04 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-04
Date Filed: 2020-03-12
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO RC YULO TELEPHONE SYSTEM INC., UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8348 ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE RC YULO TELEPHONE SYSTEM INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORKS IN THE MUNICIPALITIES OF BINALBAGAN, HINIGARAN, PONTEVEDRA, ISABELA, MURCIA AND THE CITY OF HIMAMAYLAN IN THE PROVINCE OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL"
Date Read: 2020-05-04
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-05-04
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO COVERED EMPLOYEES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2020-05-05
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7581, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PRICE ACT” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2020-05-05
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A WAGE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR DISPLACED AND/OR VULNERABLE WORKERS, INSTITUTIONALIZING FOR THE PURPOSE THE TULONG PANGHANAPBUHAY SA ATING DISADVANTAGED/DISPLACED WORKERS (TUPAD) PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2020-05-05
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO WORKERS IN CRITICAL INDUSTRIES DURING A STATE OF CALAMITY OR EMERGENCY OR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-05
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO POSTPONE THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE OF A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY, STATE OF CALAMITY OR SIMILAR OCCURRENCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7977, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) DAYS TO NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220) CLASS DAYS”
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Substituted by HB06895
Mother Bill Status: Republic Act RA11480 enacted on 2020-07-17
Date Filed: 2020-05-13
Full Title: AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF THE SINAIT DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN SINAIT, ILOCOS SUR FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-18
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-03
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-03, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-04 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-04
Date Filed: 2020-05-18
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP AND RETURN SERVICE PROGRAM FOR DESERVING STUDENTS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-19
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-08-05
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01520
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-23
Republic Act No.: RA11509
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11509 enacted on 2020-12-23
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) TO PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE IN NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, INCREASING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILHEALTH PACKAGE RATE FOR MEMBERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS STRATEGY FOR THE COUNTRY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WHO ARE DECLARED CONFIRMED, SUSPECT, PROBABLE AND RECOVERED CASES OF COVID-19, REPATRIATED FILIPINOS, HEALTHCARE WORKERS, RESPONDERS, AND SERVICE WORKERS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-27
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-05-28
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFEGUARDS FOR THE BETTER NORMAL IN THE WORKPLACE, PUBLIC PLACES AND COMMUNITIES TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-28
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-06-01
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 3 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7797, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS " AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) DAYS TO NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220) CLASS DAYS"
Date Read: 2020-06-01
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01541
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-07-17
Republic Act No.: RA11480
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11480 enacted on 2020-07-17
Date Filed: 2020-06-03
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING ALL GRADUATING SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PLANT TWO (2) TREES EACH AS A CIVIC DUTY FOR ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-03
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-26
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-26, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-01 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-06-05
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE SCHISTOSOMIASIS CONTROL AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL IN PALO, LEYTE INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE GOVERNOR BENJAMIN T. ROMUALDEZ GENERAL HOSPITAL AND SCHISTOSOMIASIS CENTER, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) TO ONE HUNDRED (100), UPGRADING ITS PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-05
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-05
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-06-29
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE SECURITY OF TENURE OF WORKERS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES"
Date Read: 2020-07-28
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-25
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-01
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2020-08-07
Full Title: AN ACT REQUIRING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO INDICATE THE BLOOD TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR IDENTIFICATION CARDS, CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-08-10
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-08-11
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-26
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-26, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-01 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND MODERNIZING THE BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-11-23
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-11-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-11-24 and received by the Senate on 2020-11-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7743, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL, CITY, AND MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES AND BARANGAY READING CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES," AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT ENHANCING THE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FILIPINO WORKERS AND PROFESSIONALS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016”
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO USE AND IMPLEMENT AN AUTOMATED AND ONLINE SYSTEM FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE ACTIVE USE AND DISPLAY OF COMMERCIAL BILLBOARDS DURING TYPHOONS
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: DISASTER RESILIENCE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DISASTER RESILIENCE since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7722, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1994” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSE
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SYSTEM TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER RELATED PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND SUCH OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS OPERATION UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8160 TO ANOTHER TWENTY FIVE (25) YEARS
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Substituted by HB07616
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-28 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-28
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SIMPLIFIED REGISTRATION, FILING OF RETURNS AND PAYMENT OF INCOME AND PERCENTAGE TAXES AND PROVIDING TAX RELIEF FOR MICRO-ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 74, 128 AND 236 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: WAYS AND MEANS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WAYS AND MEANS since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA FOR WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A MAGNA CARTA OF COMMUTERS
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-08-24
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MAGNA CARTA OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS
Date Read: 2020-08-24
Primary Referral: OVERSEAS WORKERS AFFAIRS
Bill Status: Substituted by HB08057
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-09-09
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES SYSTEM UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8160 TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE FOR EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER RELATED PURPOSES RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AND IN OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ITS OPERATIONS
Date Read: 2020-09-09
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-23
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-28 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-28
Date Filed: 2020-09-17
Full Title: AN ACT REAPPORTIONING THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF CALOOCAN INTO TWO (2) LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS
Date Read: 2020-09-21
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-18
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-09-17
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING OCTOBER 31 OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL SAVINGS AND FINANCIAL LITERACY DAY
Date Read: 2020-09-21
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-11-23
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-11-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-11-24 and received by the Senate on 2020-11-24
Date Filed: 2020-09-25
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE SUBMISSION OF A TREE PLANTING PLAN AS A REQUIREMENT IN THE APPLICATION FOR BUILDING PERMITS
Date Read: 2020-09-28
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-11-24
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-11-24, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-11-25 and received by the Senate on 2020-11-25
Date Filed: 2020-10-14
Date Urgent: 2020-10-16
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERMITS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01844
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-23
Republic Act No.: RA11517
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11517 enacted on 2020-12-23
Date Filed: 2020-10-15
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR THE OFFENSES OF STEALING OR VANDALIZING OF GOVERNMENT ROAD AND TRAFFIC SIGNS, WARNING DEVICES, ACCESSORIES AND OTHER FACILITIES
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-07
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-11-04
Full Title: AN ACT REDUCING WASTAGE BY DONATING AND RECYCLING EXCESS EDIBLE FOOD
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-14
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-14, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-15 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-15
Date Filed: 2020-11-15
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE CONVERGENCE STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-11-18
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-11-23
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MAGNA CARTA OF FILIPINO SEAFARERS
Date Read: 2020-11-24
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-18
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-11-25
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING SERVICES FOR LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES IN SUPPORT OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, ESTABLISHING INCLUSIVE LEARNING RESOURCE CENTERS IN ALL SCHOOL DISTRICTS, PROVIDING FOR STANDARDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-11-25
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-07
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-09 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-09
Date Filed: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS AS A TRUST FUND, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION, AUTHORIZING THE PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO DISPOSE THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COCONUT FARMERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COCONUT INDUSTRY
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-14
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01396
Bill Status: House adopted Senate Bill as amendment to House Bill on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-12-09
Full Title: AN ACT INCREASING THE BED CAPACITY OF ILOCOS SUR DISTRICT HOSPITAL-MAGSINGAL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAGSINGAL, PROVINCE OF ILOCOS SUR FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) BEDS TO ONE HUNDRED (100) BEDS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-12-14
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-20
Bill Status: Approved on Third Reading on 2021-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-12-11
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING OWNERS OR OPERATORS OF HOTELS AND RESORTS WITH SWIMMING POOLS AND BEACHFRONT FACILITIES TO EMPLOY THE SERVICES OF CERTIFIED LIFEGUARDS, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Date Read: 2020-12-14
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-19
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-19, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-20 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-20
Date Filed: 2021-01-05
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE SUSPENSION OF THE SCHEDULED INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTION RATE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11199, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 2018,” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2021-01-18
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2021-01-18
Date Filed: 2021-01-18
Full Title: AN ACT PROMOTING INTEGRATED URBAN AGRICULTURE IN URBAN AREAS NATIONWIDE TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2021-01-19
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2021-01-19)
Date Filed: 2021-01-20
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE SUBMISSION OF A GREENING PLAN AS A REQUIREMENT FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT
Date Read: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2021-01-20)
Date Filed: 2021-01-20
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITIES TO DISCLOSE SERVICE COVERAGE DATA TO THE PUBLIC
Date Read: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2021-01-20)
Date Filed: 2021-01-21
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9500, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES CHARTER OF 2008, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2021-01-21)
Date Filed: 2021-01-21
Full Title: AN ACT PROHIBITING EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS FROM WITHHOLDING THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF STUDENTS BY REASON OF NON-PAYMENT OF TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2021-01-21)
Date Filed: 2021-01-21
Full Title: AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE MANDATORY GUIDELINES ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Pending First Reading (Filed last 2021-01-21)
Date Filed: 2019-08-27
Full Title: RESOLUTION CALLING FOR INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION OF THE QUEZON CITY MALL INCIDENT INVOLVING A TRANSGENDER, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO GET THE SIDE OF THE JANITRESS, THE SECURITY GUARD, AND MALL MANAGEMENT CONCERNED AS WELL
Date Read: 2019-09-03
Primary Referral: WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY since 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-09-12
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO RESTORE THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AMOUNTING TO 19.37 BILLION PESOS THAT WAS REDUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO 14.421 BILLION PESOS
Date Read: 2019-09-16
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2019-09-16
Date Filed: 2019-09-20
Full Title: A RESOLUTION URGING SPEAKER ALAN PETER CAYETANO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO RESTORE THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 PROPOSED SUBSIDY FROM THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OF PHP 6.146 BILLION FOR THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION REDUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO PHP 1.531 BILLION PESOS
Date Read: 2019-09-24
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2019-09-24
Date Filed: 2019-09-25
Full Title: RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE 2019 ASEAN-REPUBLIC OF KOREA COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT (ARCS) AND WELCOMING THE BILATERAL SUMMIT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Date Read: 2019-09-30
Primary Referral: FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-19
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00019 on 2019-11-19
Date Filed: 2019-11-25
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) TO ADDRESS SALIENT CONSIDERATIONS IN FURTHERANCE OF THE LEGISLATIVE INTENT AND SPIRIT OF THE LAW IN THE PROMULGATION OF THE IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (IRR) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310, ALSO KNOWN AS THE "PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps) ACT"
Date Read: 2019-11-26
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2019-11-26)
Date Filed: 2019-12-19
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) BASED ON PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES INCLUDING THE HAGUE JOINT DECLARATION OF 1992 AND THE STAND-DOWN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 2018
Date Read: 2020-01-20
Primary Referral: PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY since 2020-01-20
Date Filed: 2020-01-20
Full Title: A RESOLUTION COMMENDING ALL THE DIFFERENT, DISTINCT, AUTONOMOUS AND INDEPENDENT FILIPINO BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THE CELEBRATION OF THE 120TH YEAR SINCE THE FOUNDING AND ESTABLISHMENT OF BAPTIST CHURCHES IN THE COUNTRY AND RECOGNIZING THEIR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO GOOD GOVERNANCE AND NATION-BUILDING
Date Read: 2020-01-21
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-01-21
Date Filed: 2020-03-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES CHAIRED BY MAJORITY LEADER REP. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ TO CONSIDER CONVERTING THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZENS INTO A REGULAR STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Date Read: 2020-03-10
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-03-10
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE/S OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND A SECTORAL APPROACH POLICY IN GRADUALLY LIFTING THE LOCKDOWN IN ORDER TO DAMPEN THE IMPACT OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) TO THE ECONOMY WITHOUT INCREASING THE SPREAD OF INFECTION
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, TO INQUIRE AND REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PREPAREDNESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO SHIFT TO ONLINE MODES OF LEARNING IN LIGHT OF THE CONTINUING THREAT OF THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) AND THE STATUS OF THE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN THE COUNTRY
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-27
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION TO AUTHORIZE AND ENCOURAGE ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO END THE CURRENT SEMESTER OR EQUIVALENT ACADEMIC PERIOD BY APRIL 30, 2020 AND TO ADOPT A “PASS” OR “DROP” GRADING SYSTEM
Date Read: 2020-05-05
Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2020-05-05
Date Filed: 2020-05-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE DECISION OF THE PHILIPPINE AMUSEMENT AND GAMING CORPORATION (PAGCOR), AS APPROVED BY THE INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE ON EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES (IATF-EID), TO ALLOW PHILIPPINE OFFSHORE GAMING OPERATORS (POGOs) TO RESUME OPERATIONS AMIDST THE CURRENT COVID-19 STATE OF NATIONAL HEALTH EMERGENCY AND THEREBY URGES THE SAME TO RESCIND THE DECISION IMMEDIATELY
Date Read: 2020-05-06
Primary Referral: GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS since 2020-05-06
Date Filed: 2020-08-05
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE HOUSE COMMITTEE/S TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALLEGED CORRUPTION AND FUNDS MANAGEMENT CONTROVERSIES THAT HOUND THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH) WITH THE END VIEW OF INSTITUTING NECESSARY REFORMS FOR THE EFFECTIVE AND TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAM
Date Read: 2020-08-10
Primary Referral: PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC ACCOUNTS since 2020-09-01
Date Filed: 2020-08-17
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEES ON HIGHER, TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND BASIC EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON HOW THE EDUCATION SECTOR PLANS TO ADAPT TO THE NEW NORMAL WITH A VIEW TO PROMULGATING COORDINATED POLICIES THAT WILL DEMONSTRATE A SYNCHRONIZED APPROACH TO EDUCATION RESPONSES TO THE NEW NORMAL
Date Read: 2020-08-25
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2020-09-15
Date Filed: 2020-09-22
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PLANNED LIBERALIZATION OR DEREGULATION OF THE IMPORTATION OF SUGAR, IN RECOGNITION OF THE THREAT THIS POSES TO THE WELFARE OF SUGAR FARMERS AND FARM AND MILL WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Date Read: 2020-09-23
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00116 on 2020-11-16
Committee | Position |
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1. Foreign Affairs | Journal #8Vice Chairperson |
2. Poverty Alleviation | Journal #10Vice Chairperson |
3. Science And Technology | Journal #10Vice Chairperson |
4. Senior Citizens | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
Born Ace S. Barbers on May 31, 1969 in Manila, Philippines. He is the second of the four siblings by ROBERT ZABALA BARBERS and VIRGINIA FLORES SMITH.
Ace as he is fondly called, successfully ventured into several business endeavors with his friends after college. He was engaged in importation business, cargo movement/logistics, and in agri/aquaculture in the countryside. After years of gaining experience in the private sector, He decided to enter politics to follow the footsteps of his father. He ran as congressman and won in the district his father once served in the province of Surigao del Norte in the north eastern part of the island of Mindanao. He served as member for three (3) consecutive terms of the Philippine House of Representatives during the 11th, 12th and 13th congresses. As member of the Philippine congress, he was elected as chairman of several committees’, such as committee on economic affairs, committee on accounts and committee on dangerous drugs. He was one of the young elected representatives of the 11th congress who played a crucial role in the ESTRADA impeachment for alleged corruption and violation of the constitution. His advocacies and principled stand on several national issues together with his equally young colleagues did not go unnoticed, the media coined a name for their group and called them THE SPICE BOYS’.
He is currently a member the 17th and 18th congresses of the House of Representatives and chairs the COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS DRUGS.