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Hon. Galeos, Edsel A.

Hon. Galeos, Edsel A.
District Representative
Cebu, 2nd District

House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-508
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7407
Direct: 8931-5911

 

 

PRINCIPAL AUTHORED BILLS 63

HB00206
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT LOWERING THE OPTIONAL RETIREMENT AGE OF GOVERNMENT WORKERS FROM SIXTY (60) YEARS TO FIFTY-SIX (56) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 13-A OF REPUBLIC ACT 8291, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM ACT OF 1997"

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-01-25

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-31

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-31, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-01 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-01

HB03347
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-08-08

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY INTO A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO BE KNOWN AS THE “CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEM”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-08-10

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Bill Status: Substituted by HB06914

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-02-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-20 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-20

HB03622
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-15

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (PADC) BY ANOTHER FIFTY (50) YEARS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 286, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF A PHILIPPINE AEROSPACE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

Date Read: 2022-08-17

Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-09-28

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-11-07

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-11-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-11-08 and received by the Senate on 2022-11-08

HB04104
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-08-25

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTISPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARGAO, PROVINCE OF CEBU AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE

Date Read: 2022-08-31

Primary Referral: AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES

Bill Status: Substituted by HB07502

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-21, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-22

HB05001
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-20

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO WAIVE THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION FEES TO UNDERPRIVILEGED GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES BELONGING TO THE TOP TEN PERCENT (10%) OF THEIR GRADUATING CLASS

Date Read: 2022-09-21

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-09-23

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-09-26

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-09-26, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-09-27 and received by the Senate on 2022-09-27

HB05087
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-22

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING THE INTEGRATION OF THE NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6541 ENTITLED “AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE A NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES” AS A MAJOR SUBJECT IN THE CURRICULUM OF THE BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAMS IN CIVIL ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, SANITARY ENGINEERING, ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING, AND ARCHITECTURE, AND ITS INCLUSION AS A TOPIC IN THE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS FOR THESE PROFESSIONS

Date Read: 2022-09-23

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-09-28

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-11-07

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-11-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-11-08 and received by the Senate on 2022-11-08

HB06336
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-24

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT EMANCIPATING AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES FROM FINANCIAL BURDEN BY CONDONING UNPAID AMORTIZATIONS AND INTERESTS AND EXEMPTING PAYMENT OF ESTATE TAX ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS AWARDED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM

Date Read: 2022-11-28

Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-05

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01850

Date Acted Upon By the President: 2023-07-07

Republic Act No.: RA11953

Bill Status: Republic Act RA11953 enacted on 2023-07-07

HB06416
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-11-29

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-05

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06444
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-29

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749, ENTITLED “THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999"

Date Read: 2022-11-29

Primary Referral: ECOLOGY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-05

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06473
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-05

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-06

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06483
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-05

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ALLOWING COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH UNPAID TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES TO TAKE THE PERIODIC AND FINAL EXAMINATIONS ON GOOD CAUSE AND JUSTIFIABLE GROUNDS

Date Read: 2022-12-05

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-06

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01359

Bill Status: Senate agreed on 2023-05-31 to the request for a conference made by the House on 2023-05-24

HB06518
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING THE HEALTH EMERGENCY AUXILIARY REINFORCEMENT TEAM UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-06

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-06

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06527
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-06

Full Title, As Filed: ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TO FOSTER THE GROWTH OF PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS

Date Read: 2022-12-06

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-07

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB02233

Bill Status: House ratified the reconsidered CC report on 2023-09-27

HB06552
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN ISIDRO SATELLITE CAMPUS OF THE LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN ISIDRO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE LEYTE NORMAL UNIVERSITY-SAN ISIDRO CAMPUS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-07

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-23

Bill Status: House agreed to the amendments of the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB06553
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAGAC EXTENSION CAMPUS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAGAC, PROVINCE OF BATAAN, INTO A REGULAR CAMPUS OF THE BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE “BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY-BAGAC CAMPUS”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-07

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-23

Bill Status: House agreed to the amendments of the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB06571
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES IN THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY, SITE, OR LOCATION FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10752, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ACT”

Date Read: 2022-12-12

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-01-31

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-02-06

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-02-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-07

HB06575
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-09

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE BALICUATRO COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ALLEN, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, INTO A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION TO BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTHERN SAMAR POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-12

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-23

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-01-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-01-24

HB06608
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-12

Date Urgent: 2022-12-14

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MAHARLIKA INVESTMENT FUND, PROVIDING FOR THE MANAGEMENT, INVESTMENT, AND USE OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE FUND, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-12

Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-15

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-15

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB02020

Date Acted Upon By the President: 2023-07-18

Republic Act No.: RA11954

Bill Status: Republic Act RA11954 enacted on 2023-07-18

HB06630
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-13

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PRESCRIBING THE GUIDELINES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES

Date Read: 2022-12-13

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-01-24

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-31

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-31, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-01 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-01

HB06670
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-13

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE AGUSAN DEL SUR SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PROSPERIDAD, PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL SUR, INTO A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY-SUPERVISED AND ADMINISTERED POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION TO BE KNOWN AS THE “AGUSAN DEL SUR POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-14

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-23

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-01-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-01-24

HB06671
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-13

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE CAGAYAN DE ORO (BUGO) SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, INTO A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION TO BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAGAYAN DE ORO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-14

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-23

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-01-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-01-24

HB06680
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-14

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT GRANTING FULL INSURANCE COVERAGE TO ALL QUALIFIED AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9700, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988”

Date Read: 2022-12-14

Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-01-25

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-31

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-31, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-01 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-01

HB06704
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-15

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE BENGUET STATE UNIVERSITY LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LA TRINIDAD, PROVINCE OF BENGUET, TO BE KNOWN AS THE BENGUET STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-15

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-01-24

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-31

Bill Status: House agreed to the amendments of the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB06914
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-01-26

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY INTO A UNIVERSITY SYSTEM TO BE KNOWN AS THE CEBU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-01-30

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-02-07

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-02-15

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-02-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-20 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-20

HB07087
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-02-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY-MAIN CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LUCBAN, PROVINCE OF QUEZON, TO BE KNOWN AS THE SOUTHERN LUZON STATE UNIVERSITY-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-07

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-02-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-02-22

Bill Status: House agreed to the amendments of the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB07088
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-02-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CATARMAN, PROVINCE OF NORTHERN SAMAR, TO BE KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PHILIPPINES-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-07

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-02-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-02-22

Bill Status: House agreed to the amendments of the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB07089
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-02-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES-CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY CAMPUS LOCATED IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE KNOWN AS THE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-07

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-02-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-02-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-02-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-23 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-23

HB07090
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-02-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COLLEGE OF MEDICINE IN THE DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY-SOUTH LA UNION CAMPUS LOCATED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF AGOO, PROVINCE OF LA UNION, TO BE KNOWN AS THE DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL STATE UNIVERSITY-SOUTH LA UNION CAMPUS-COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-07

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-02-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-02-22

Bill Status: House agreed to the amendments of the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB07303
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-02-23

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY-LANAO DEL NORTE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE ARBORETUM IN BARANGAY RAMAIN, MUNICIPALITY OF SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-27

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-01

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-06

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-07

HB07327
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE TRANSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO E- GOVERNANCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILIPPINE INFOSTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-28

Primary Referral: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-01

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-06

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-07

HB07352
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES NO. 6 OF THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES CALLING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO, OR REVISION OF, THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2023-02-28

Primary Referral: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-07

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-14

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-14, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-15 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-15

HB07354
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING EVACUATION CENTERS IN EVERY CITY AND MUNICIPALITY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-28

Primary Referral: DISASTER RESILIENCE

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-01

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-06

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-07

HB07363
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY ESTABLISHING A SUSTAINABLE FINANCING PROGRAM FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES THROUGH THE PONDO SA PAGBABAGO AT PAG-ASENSO PROGRAM, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-03-01

Primary Referral: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-21

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-21, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-22

HB07370
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING A TRIPARTITE COUNCIL TO ADDRESS UNEMPLOYMENT, UNDEREMPLOYMENT, AND THE JOB-SKILLS MISMATCH PROBLEM IN THE COUNTRY, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-03-01

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-15

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-21

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-21, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-22

HB07400
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-02

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING AN ENTERPRISE-BASED EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-03-06

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-15

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-21

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-21, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-22

HB07413
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-03-03

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT RENAMING THE AGHAM ROAD AND THE BIR ROAD, STRETCHING FROM NORTH AVENUE, TRAVERSING THROUGH QUEZON AVENUE, UP TO EAST AVENUE, ALL LOCATED IN QUEZON CITY, AS SENATOR MIRIAM P. DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO AVENUE

Date Read: 2023-03-06

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-15

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-21

Bill Status: Transmitted to the President on 2023-09-11

HB07447
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS OF EVERY PROVINCE, CITY, OR MUNICIPALITY BY INCLUDING IN THE MEMBERSHIP THEREOFA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS FEDERATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 102 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

Date Read: 2023-03-07

Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-23 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-23

HB07502
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-03-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A MULTI-SPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF ARGAO, PROVINCE OF CEBU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-03-08

Primary Referral: AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-15

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-21

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-21, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-22

HB07505
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE TECHNICAL, VOCATIONAL AND LIVELIHOOD CURRICULUM FOR THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-03-08

Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE

Bill Status: Measure recommitted on 2023-03-21

HB07744
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-21

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ENHANCING THE CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF FILIPINO PROFESSIONALS AS AN INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF CAREER PROGRESSION AND SPECIALIZATION PROGRAMS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2016”

Date Read: 2023-03-21

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-09

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-15

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-16 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-16

HB07798
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-03-29

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 6 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6958, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "CHARTER OF THE MACTAN-CEBU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY"

Date Read: 2023-05-08

Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-17

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-23

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-23, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB07922
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-03

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A VOUCHER SYSTEM FOR POOR AND ACADEMICALLY QUALIFIED STUDENTS OF PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND PRIVATE TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10931, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION ACT”

Date Read: 2023-05-08

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-17

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB07939
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-05

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE DISABILITY PENSION OF VETERANS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, ENTITLED, “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS,” AS AMENDED

Date Read: 2023-05-08

Primary Referral: VETERANS AFFAIRS AND WELFARE

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-16

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-22

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01480

Date Acted Upon By the President: 2023-08-24

Republic Act No.: RA11958

Bill Status: Republic Act RA11958 enacted on 2023-08-24

HB08008
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-09

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING INDIGENT JOB SEEKERS, DISCOUNTED OR WAIVED FEES AND CHARGES IN THE ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN PRE-EMPLOYMENT DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Date Read: 2023-05-10

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-16

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB08078
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-12

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A 30-YEAR NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM

Date Read: 2023-05-15

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-17

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB08162
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-17

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL LAND USE COMMISSION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-05-17

Primary Referral: LAND USE

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-17

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB08349
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-24

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING THE INCLUSION AND REPRESENTATION OF NON-ACADEMIC AND NON-TEACHING PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF ALL STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “HIGHER EDUCATION MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997”

Date Read: 2023-05-29

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-02

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-09

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-09, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-14 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-14

HB08456
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE DOWNSTREAM NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, CONSOLIDATING FOR THE PURPOSE ALL LAWS RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-05-30

Primary Referral: ENERGY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-31

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-02

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-03 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-03

HB08463
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DISASTER FOOD BANK AND STOCKPILE IN EVERY PROVINCE AND HIGHLY URBANIZED CITY IN THE PHILIPPINES, PROVIDING FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-05-31

Primary Referral: DISASTER RESILIENCE

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-08

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-16

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-16, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-22

HB08497
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROMOTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND EMPLOYMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AMONG 4Ps ADULT BENEFICIARIES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps)”

Date Read: 2023-07-25

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-23 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-23

HB08500
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT REGULATING THE PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OCCUPANCY, MAINTENANCE, AND DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS, PROMOTING BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, FLOOD, LANDSLIDE, STORM, VOLCANIC ERUPTION, AND MULTIPLE HAZARDS WITHIN AN ALL-HAZARDS APPROACH TO RESILIENCE BUILDING, ENACTING A NEW PHILIPPINE BUILDING ACT, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6541, “AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE A NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES”, AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1096, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES”

Date Read: 2023-07-25

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-02

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-09

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-09, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-14 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-14

HB08969
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-08-23

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FISCAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PENSION SYSTEM OF THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL, PROVIDING MECHANISMS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT ASSETS FOR THE PURPOSE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-08-29

Primary Referral: AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL PENSION SYSTEM

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-09-19

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-09-25

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-09-25, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-09-27 and received by the Senate on 2023-09-27

HB09015
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-08-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE EXPANDED TERTIARY EDUCATION EQUIVALENCY AND ACCREDITATION PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-04

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-09-13

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-09-18

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-09-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-09-19 and received by the Senate on 2023-09-19

HB09019
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-08-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MODERNIZING AND CONVERTING THE CABUGAO SCHOOL OF HANDICRAFT AND COTTAGE INDUSTRIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BATO, PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES, INTO A POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TO BE ADMINISTERED AND SUPERVISED BY THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-04

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-09-13

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-09-18

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-09-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-09-19 and received by the Senate on 2023-09-19

HB09284
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-09-21

Date Urgent: 2023-09-20

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DECLARING LARGE-SCALE AGRI-FISHERY COMMODITIES, AND TOBACCO SMUGGLING, HOARDING, PROFITEERING, CARTELIZING, AND OTHER ACTS OF MARKET ABUSE AS ECONOMIC SABOTAGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10845, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-AGRICULTURAL SMUGGLING ACT OF 2016

Date Read: 2023-09-21

Primary Referral: RULES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-09-25

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-09-26

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB02432

Bill Status: Approved on Third Reading on 2023-09-26

HB09292
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-09-25

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING THE INCLUSION OF A PERSONAL FINANCIAL LITERACY COURSE IN THE TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING CURRICULUM OF TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TRAINING CENTERS

Date Read: 2023-09-26

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-26)

HB09293
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-09-25

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE ATOMIC ENERGY REGULATORY AUTHORITY AND PROVIDING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY, SECURITY AND SAFEGUARDS IN THE PEACEFUL UTILIZATION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-26

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-26)

HB09316
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-09-26

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE SAN PEDRO TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE IN THE CITY OF SAN PEDRO, PROVINCE OF LAGUNA AS A STATE COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-27

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-27)

HB09318
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-09-26

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE MAKILALA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF MAKILALA, PROVINCE OF COTABATO, INTO A STATE COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-27

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-27)

HB09332
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-09-27

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES LOCATED IN BARANGAY KAWIT, PAGADIAN CITY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR INTO A STATE COLLEGE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-27

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-27)

HB09334
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-09-27

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CONVERTING THE SULU STATE COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF JOLO, PROVINCE OF SULU INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-09-27

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-27)

HR01208
  [Committee Report]
 

Date Filed: 2023-08-17

Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS TO REVIVE A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES AND PRE-POSITIONS MODULAR BRIDGES IN AREAS THAT ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR CALAMITIES, IN ORDER TO RESTORE NORMAL FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND UNDERTAKE REPAIR AND RELATED MEASURES AT THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME AFTER EVERY DISASTER

Date Read: 2023-08-22

Primary Referral: RULES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-30

Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00141 on 2023-08-30

HR01329
  [Committee Report]
 

Date Filed: 2023-09-25

Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING CZAR MATTHEW GERARD DAYDAY FOR BRINGING PRIDE AND HONOR TO PARAŇAQUE CITY AND SERVING AS A ROLE MODEL FOR THE FILIPINO YOUTH THROUGH HIS EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AS TOPNOTCHER IN THE 2022 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMINATIONS

Date Read: 2023-09-26

Primary Referral: RULES

Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2023-09-26)

 

CO-AUTHORED BILLS 66

HB00004
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS ENGAGED IN INTERNET TRANSACTIONS, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE BUREAU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-06

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01846

Bill Status: House adopted Senate Bill as amendment to House Bill on 2023-09-27

HB00011
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT TO FURTHER DEVELOP CAPABILITY AND ESTABLISH EXPEDITIOUS TRANSFORMATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE AND ITS BUREAUS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY since 2022-07-26

HB00026
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT REGULATING THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, PROVISION, USE, RECOVERY, COLLECTION, RECYCLING, AND DISPOSAL OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC PRODUCTS

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: ECOLOGY

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on ECOLOGY since 2022-07-26

HB00027
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR FACILITIES UTILIZING WASTE-TO-ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: ECOLOGY

Bill Status: Substituted by HB06444

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB00029
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE DOWNSTREAM NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, CONSOLIDATING FOR THE PURPOSE ALL LAWS RELATING TO THE TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: ENERGY

Bill Status: Substituted by HB08456

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-03 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-03

HB00048
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2022-07-26

HB00055
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND THE WATER REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEFINING THEIR MANDATES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION since 2022-07-26

HB00069
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR BLUE ECONOMY, PROMOTING STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COASTAL AND MARINE ECOSYSTEMS AND RESOURCES

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on ECONOMIC AFFAIRS since 2022-07-26

HB00418
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT TO REFORM THE BUDGET PROCESS BY ENFORCING GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT (PFM), PROMOTING FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, UPHOLDING CONGRESS’ POWER OF THE PURSE, INSTITUTING AN INTEGRATED PFM SYSTEM, AND INCREASING BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND PARTICIPATION

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2022-07-26

HB00420
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: LAND USE

Bill Status: Substituted by HB08162

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB00443
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT APPROACH AS A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR INCLUSIVE GROWTH AND SOCIAL PROTECTION, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE CDD KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCE INSTITUTE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on 2023-08-05

HB00451
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ENCOURAGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, PROVIDING INCENTIVES THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-23

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-29

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-29, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-30 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-30

HB00641
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT FURTHER PROMOTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP BY STRENGTHENING, EMPOWERING, AND ENHANCING THE FINANCING AND OTHER SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR 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 (MSMEs)”

Date Read: 2022-07-27

Primary Referral: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT since 2022-07-27

HB00645
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT EXTENDING THE CORPORATE LIFE OF THE POWER SECTOR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 50 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001”

Date Read: 2022-07-27

Primary Referral: ENERGY

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on ENERGY since 2022-07-27

HB00856
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING A MANDATORY CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM FOR THE TWELVE (12) MILLION EXTREMELY POVERTY-STRICKEN FILIPINOS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-07-27

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-09-07

HB00867
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING A MONTHLY RICE SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR THE TWELVE (12) MILLION EXTREMELY POVERTY-STRICKEN FILIPINOS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-07-27

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-09-07

HB01115
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-04

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING AN AGRICULTURAL PENSION FUND FOR ENHANCED SOCIAL PROTECTION TO POOR AGRICULTURAL WORKERS

Date Read: 2022-07-27

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-09-07

HB01173
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-05

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO FILIPINO RICE FARMERS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PANTAWID MAGSASAKANG PILIPINO PROGRAM, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-08-01

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-09-07

HB01333
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE REPUBLIC ACT. NO. 9520, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE COOPERATIVE CODE OF 2008 TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THE COUNTRY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-08-01

Primary Referral: COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT since 2022-08-01

HB02097
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-18

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT GRANTING FREE VACCINATION FOR ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9257, FURTHER AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9994, OTHERWISE KNOWS AS THE "EXPANDED SENIOR CITIZENS ACT OF 2010," PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-08-02

Primary Referral: SENIOR CITIZENS

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SENIOR CITIZENS since 2022-08-02

HB02490
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-27

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE DISABILITY PENSION OF VETERANS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, ENTITLED, “AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES,” AS AMENDED

Date Read: 2022-08-03

Primary Referral: VETERANS AFFAIRS AND WELFARE

Bill Status: Substituted by HB07939

Mother Bill Status: Republic Act RA11958 enacted on 2023-08-24

HB02514
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-07-27

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A FREE MEDICINE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THE POOR, ESTABLISHING ACCESS SITES IN ALL CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES OF THE COUNTRY, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-08-03

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2023-06-13

HB02902
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-01

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE TRANSITION OF THE GOVERNMENT TO E-GOVERNANCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-08-08

Primary Referral: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

Bill Status: Substituted by HB07327

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-07

HB03015
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-02

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND FRAMEWORK FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION OF THE PHILIPPINE MIDSTREAM NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-08-08

Primary Referral: ENERGY

Bill Status: Substituted by HB08456

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-03 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-03

HB03158
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-03

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION, LIVELIHOOD, AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM TO QUALIFIED UNDERPRIVILEGED AND UNEMPLOYED AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

Date Read: 2022-08-09

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-09-07

HB03596
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-15

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10845, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ANTI-AGRICULTURAL SMUGGLING ACT OF 2016, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-08-17

Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Bill Status: Substituted by HB09284

Mother Bill Status: Approved on Third Reading on 2023-09-26

HB03735
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-17

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO ALL INDIGENT FILIPINOS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE CHAPTER 5, TITLE III, BOOK IV OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987" AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-08-22

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-09-07

HB04265
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROTECTING CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS ENGAGED IN INTERNET TRANSACTIONS, CREATING FOR THIS PURPOSE THE E-COMMERCE BUREAU, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-09-05

Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Bill Status: Consolidated into HB00004

Mother Bill Status: House adopted Senate Bill as amendment to House Bill on 2023-09-27

HB04266
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-08-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTING THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-09-05

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Bill Status: Substituted by HB06518

Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB04372
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-02

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INCREASE OF THE MINIMUM AMOUNTS OF THE COMPONENTS OF PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4PS) GRANTS

Date Read: 2022-09-06

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 2023-05-30

HB04573
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-08

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING SUBSIDIES AND OTHER INCENTIVES FOR INDIGENT PUBLIC UTILITY DRIVERS IN THE PAYMENT OF FEES AND CHARGES FOR CERTAIN CERTIFICATES AND CLEARANCES REQUIRED BY THE LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE (LTO) IN APPLYING FOR A PROFESSIONAL DRIVER'S LICENSE

Date Read: 2022-09-13

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on POVERTY ALLEVIATION since 2022-09-13

HB04911
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-16

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ORDAINING THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (PRESENT) PROGRAM AND PROVIDING INCENTIVES AND BENEFITS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-09-20

Primary Referral: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT since 2022-09-20

HB05226
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING THE PROVISION OF BURIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF TWENTY THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 20,000.00) FOR EVERY FILIPINO CITIZEN WHO DIES WITHIN PHILIPPINE TERRITORY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR"

Date Read: 2022-11-07

Primary Referral: SOCIAL SERVICES

Bill Status: Transmitted to the Committee on Appropriations on 2023-03-13

HB05287
  [Committee Report]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-29

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR STRONGER MEASURES TO PRESERVE AGRICULTURAL LAND AND REGULATE ITS CONVERSION TO NON-AGRICULTURAL PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-11-07

Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM

Bill Status: Business for the day on 2022-11-08

HB05547
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-10-13

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MODERNIZATION FUNDINGFOR THE NATIONAL ANTI-POVERTY COMMISSION (NAPC), INCREASING AND REORGANIZING ITS ADMINISTRATION, TO STRENGTHEN AND INVIGORATE THE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND THE BASIC SECTORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-11-07

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-11-10

HB05554
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-10-13

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ORDAINING THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISES TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE POVERTY REDUCTION THROUGH SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP (PRESENT) PROGRAM AND PROVIDING SUPPORT, BENEFITS AND APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-11-07

Primary Referral: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT since 2022-11-07

HB05578
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-10-17

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MODERNIZATION FUNDINGFOR THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION FOR THE URBAN POOR (PCUP), INCREASING AND REORGANIZING ITS ADMINISTRATION, TO EFFECTIVELY COORDINATE, FORMULATE AND EVALUATE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS CONCERNING THE URBAN POOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2022-11-07

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2022-11-10

HB06336
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-24

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT EMANCIPATING AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES FROM FINANCIAL BURDEN BY CONDONING UNPAID AMORTIZATIONS AND INTERESTS AND EXEMPTING PAYMENT OF ESTATE TAX ON AGRICULTURAL LANDS AWARDED UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM

Date Read: 2022-11-28

Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-05

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01850

Date Acted Upon By the President: 2023-07-07

Republic Act No.: RA11953

Bill Status: Republic Act RA11953 enacted on 2023-07-07

HB06362
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-11-24

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER IN THE CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL, TO BE KNOWN AS PHILIPPINE HEART CENTER – MINDANAO, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THERFOR

Date Read: 2022-11-28

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2022-11-28

HB06365
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-24

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP AND RETURN SERVICE PROGRAM FOR DESERVING STUDENTS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-11-28

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION since 2022-11-28

HB06444
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-29

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749, ENTITLED “THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999"

Date Read: 2022-11-29

Primary Referral: ECOLOGY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-05

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06452
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-11-29

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE VIROLOGY AND VACCINE INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-11-29

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-11-29

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-05

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-05, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-06 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-06

HB06518
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING THE HEALTH EMERGENCY AUXILIARY REINFORCEMENT TEAM UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-06

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-06

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06522
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE CENTERS FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL, DEFINING THEIR POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-06

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-06

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01869

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06557
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MAGNA CARTA OF BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS

Date Read: 2022-12-07

Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-07

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-12

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-14 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-14

HB06576
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-09

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT RENAMING AGHAM ROAD AND BIR ROAD LOCATED IN QUEZON CITY AS SENATOR MIRIAM P. DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO AVENUE

Date Read: 2022-12-13

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Bill Status: Substituted by HB07413

Mother Bill Status: Transmitted to the President on 2023-09-11

HB06680
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-14

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT GRANTING FULL INSURANCE COVERAGE TO ALL QUALIFIED AGRARIAN REFORM BENEFICIARIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6657, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9700, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988”

Date Read: 2022-12-14

Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-01-25

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-01-31

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-01-31, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-02-01 and received by the Senate on 2023-02-01

HB06687
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-12-14

Date Urgent: 2022-12-14

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL CITIZENS SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM IN ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TERTIARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9163, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL SERVICE TRAINING PROGRAM ACT”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-14

Primary Referral: HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2022-12-15

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2022-12-15

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2022-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2022-12-19 and received by the Senate on 2022-12-19

HB06759
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-01-11

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR POOR LITIGANTS

Date Read: 2023-01-23

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to Stakeholders on 2023-05-25

HB07076
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROHIBITING BANKS AND LENDING COMPANIES FROM REQUIRING A CO- MAKER BEFORE EXTENDING LOANS

Date Read: 2023-02-07

Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES since 2023-02-07

HB07102
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-07

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE MODERNIZATION OF THE PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY (PHIVOLCS), PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2023-02-13

Primary Referral: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY since 2023-02-13

HB07295
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-02-22

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CENTRAL MULTI-SPECIES MARINE HATCHERY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CARLES, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-02-22

Primary Referral: AQUACULTURE AND FISHERIES RESOURCES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-01

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-06

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-07

HB07352
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-02-28

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES NO. 6 OF THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES CALLING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO, OR REVISION OF, THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2023-02-28

Primary Referral: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-03-07

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-14

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-14, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-15 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-15

HB07410
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-02

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT TO CREATE THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO (4PS) REGIONAL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT OFFICE, PROVINCIAL OPERATIONS OFFICE, AND CITY/MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS OFFICE, IN RELATION TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4PS) ACT, TO CREATE PLANTILLA POSITIONS THEREIN WITH ENTITLEMENT TO SECURITY OF TENURE AND OTHER BENEFITS, AND APPRORIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-03-06

Primary Referral: POVERTY ALLEVIATION

Bill Status: Referred to the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 2023-05-30

HB07411
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-02

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING A MAGNA CARTA FOR ESPORTS GAMERS

Date Read: 2023-03-07

Primary Referral: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT since 2023-03-07

HB07447
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-03-06

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL HEALTH BOARDS OF EVERY PROVINCE, CITY, OR MUNICIPALITY BY INCLUDING IN THE MEMBERSHIP THEREOFA REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS FEDERATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 102 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991

Date Read: 2023-03-07

Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-14

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-23 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-23

HB07941
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-08

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAMBOO INDUSTRY BY STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE BAMBOO INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL, CREATING THE BAMBOO INDUSTRY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, PROVIDING INCENTIVES FOR BAMBOO PLANTATION DEVELOPMENT, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-05-09

Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-22

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-29

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-29, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-30 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-30

HB08009
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-10

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DEFINING ELECTRONIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES, AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ANTI-VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN ACT OF 2004”

Date Read: 2023-05-10

Primary Referral: WOMEN AND GENDER EQUALITY

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-16

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-22

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-24 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-24

HB08204
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-22

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, RESTORE, AND SUSTAINABLY MANAGE PEATLANDS AND THEIR RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE COUNTRY’S RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Date Read: 2023-05-22

Primary Referral: CLIMATE CHANGE

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-23

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-29

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-29, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-30 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-30

HB08268
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-22

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DECLARING APRIL OF EVERY YEAR AS THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL MONTH

Date Read: 2023-05-23

Primary Referral: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-08

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-16

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-16, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-22

HB08325
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-23

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS HOSPITAL AS A LEVEL III HOSPITAL UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-05-24

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-24

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-05-29

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-05-29, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-05-30 and received by the Senate on 2023-05-30

HB08495
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-31

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT STRENGTHENING LOCAL SPORTS PROGRAMS TO DEVELOP YOUNG ATHLETES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-07-25

Primary Referral: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-08

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-08-16

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-08-16, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-08-22 and received by the Senate on 2023-08-22

HB08895
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2023-08-15

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT ESTABLISHING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF LILOY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, A LEVEL II HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE LILOY DISTRICT HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-08-22

Primary Referral: HEALTH

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2023-08-22

HB08918
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-08-16

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT MANDATING THE FORMULATION, FINANCING, IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE AND MULTI-YEAR "TATAK PINOY" (PROUDLY FILIPINO) STRATEGY, ESTABLISHING A TATAK PINOY COUNCIL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-08-22

Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRADE AND INDUSTRY since 2023-08-22

HB08969
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-08-23

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT CREATING A SUSTAINABLE FISCAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PENSION SYSTEM OF THE MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL, PROVIDING MECHANISMS FOR THE DISPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT ASSETS FOR THE PURPOSE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-08-29

Primary Referral: AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND UNIFORMED PERSONNEL PENSION SYSTEM

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-09-19

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-09-25

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-09-25, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-09-27 and received by the Senate on 2023-09-27

RBH0006
  [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Date Filed: 2023-02-21

Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES CALLING FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO, OR REVISION OF, THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Date Read: 2023-02-21

Primary Referral: RULES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-02-28

Date Approved on Third Reading: 2023-03-06

Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2023-03-06, transmitted to the Senate on 2023-03-07 and received by the Senate on 2023-03-07

 

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP

CommitteePosition
1. Government Enterprises And PrivatizationVice Chairperson 
2. Visayas DevelopmentVice Chairperson 
3. Cooperatives DevelopmentMember for the Majority 
4. Disaster ResilienceMember for the Majority 
5. EcologyMember for the Majority 
6. Higher And Technical EducationMember for the Majority 
7. Micro, Small And Medium Enterprise DevelopmentMember for the Majority 
8. People's ParticipationMember for the Majority 
9. Population And Family RelationsMember for the Majority 
10. Poverty AlleviationMember for the Majority 
11. Public Works And HighwaysMember for the Majority 
12. Rural DevelopmentMember for the Majority