House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. SW-102
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7201
Direct: 8931-6567
Date Filed: 2019-08-13
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING JUNE 18 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF STA. MARIA, PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL, IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY
Date Read: 2019-08-20
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: 2019-08-28
Date Urgent: 2019-09-17
Full Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-28
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-09-20
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-09-20
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-01-06
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11465 enacted on 2020-01-06
Date Filed: 2019-09-17
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTING REFORMS IN REAL PROPERTY VALUATION AND ASSESSMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, REORGANIZING THE BUREAU OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-09-17
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-19
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-25
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-25, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-26 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-26
Date Filed: 2019-09-30
Full Title: AN ACT POSTPONING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-10-01
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-10-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-04
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01043
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2019-12-03
Republic Act No.: RA11462
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11462 enacted on 2019-12-03
Date Filed: 2019-10-03
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: 2019-11-04
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Substituted by HB06598
Mother 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: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING THE SUM OF THIRTY BILLION PESOS (P30,000,000,000) AS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY 2020, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-01-27
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2020-01-27
Date Filed: 2020-02-06
Full Title: AN ACT RENAMING THE MALITA DISTRICT HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY POBLACION, MUNICIPALITY OF MALITA, PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL TO MALITA WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S WELLNESS CENTER
Date Read: 2020-02-10
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-19
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-03
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-11-13
Republic Act No.: RA11499
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11499 enacted on 2020-11-13
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: 2020-05-26
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: 2020-05-28
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: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION ECONOMIC STIMULUS (CURES) FUND AND INSTITUTING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-05
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-05, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-08-07
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A GENERAL HOSPITAL IN BARANGAY LACARON, MUNICIPALITY OF MALITA, PROVINCE OF DAVAO OCCIDENTAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE DAVAO OCCIDENTAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, 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: 2020-08-25
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: 2020-09-14
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AS THE “EGG BASKET OF THE PHILIPPINES”
Date Read: 2020-09-16
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
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: 2020-09-22
Date Urgent: 2020-10-09
Full Title: AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY-ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY-ONE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-09-22
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-06
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-28
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11518 enacted on 2020-12-28
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: 2020-11-03
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF THE REMITTANCES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS
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: 2020-11-23
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: 2020-11-26
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO SOLO PARENTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8972, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SOLO PARENTS WELFARE ACT OF 2000”
Date Read: 2020-12-01
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: 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 PROVIDING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS AND FOREST LANDS
Date Read: 2020-12-14
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Approved on Second Reading on 2021-01-25
Date Filed: 2020-12-10
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SPECIAL DEFENSE ECONOMIC ZONE (SpeDEZ) INSIDE THE GOVERNMENT ARSENAL DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE LOCATED IN CAMP GEN. ANTONIO LUNA, LAMAO, MUNICIPALITY OF LIMAY, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE SPECIAL DEFENSE ECONOMIC ZONE AUTHORITY (SpeDEZA) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-12-14
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Printed copies distributed to members on 2021-01-13
Date Filed: 2020-12-14
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-25
Bill Status: Approved on Second Reading on 2021-01-25
Date Filed: 2020-12-14
Full Title: AN ACT PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHTS TO EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND RELIGION
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-26
Bill Status: Approved on Second Reading on 2021-01-26
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: 2021-01-26
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NEW PASSPORT LAW, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8239, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996”
Date Read: 2021-01-26
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2021-01-26)
Date Filed: 2019-09-12
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO RESTORE CUTS IN THE MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AND STUDY OPTIONS TO AUGMENT FUNDING FOR PERSONNEL SERVICES AND CAPITAL OUTLAY
Date Read: 2019-09-16
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2019-09-16
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: 2020-01-21
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO WORK WITH ALL THE CONCERNED AGENCIES TO PASS THE PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO EXPEDITE EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY THE TAAL VOLCANO ERUPTION
Date Read: 2020-01-22
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-01-22
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00031 on 2020-01-22
| Committee | Position |
|---|---|
| 1. Southern Tagalog Development | Journal #46Chairperson |
| 2. Accounts | Journal #3Vice Chairperson |
| 3. Appropriations | Journal #3Vice Chairperson |
| 4. Public Accounts | Journal #20Member 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.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11
Introduced by Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Rep. Bienvenido M. Abante, Jr.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR FOR THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF OTHE PHILIPPINES
RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Calendar for the Second Regular Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Philippines shall be as follows:
CALENDAR OF SESSION
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
| 1. | Commencement of Session | July 27, 2020 - October 16, 2020 |
| 2. | Suspension of Session | October 17, 2020 - November 15, 2020 |
| 3. | Resumption of Session | November 16, 2020 - December 18, 2020 |
| 4. | Adjournment of Session | December 19, 2020 - January 17, 2021 |
| 5. | Resumption of Session | January 18, 2021 - March 26, 2021 |
| 6. | Suspension of Session | March 27, 2021 - May 16, 2021 |
| 7. | Resumption of Session | May 17, 2021 - June 4, 2021 |
| (Sine Die Adjournment) | ||
| 8. | Adjournment of Session | June 5, 2021 - July 25, 2021 |
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