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Hon. Javier, Lolita T.

Hon. Javier, Lolita T.
District Representative
Leyte, 2nd District

House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. SW-406
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7247
Direct: 88931-6487

 

 

PRINCIPAL AUTHORED BILLS 12

HB04605
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-08

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHT OF MARRIED WOMEN TO RETAIN THEIR MAIDEN SURNAMES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 370 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 386, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NEW CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Date Read: 2022-09-13

Primary Referral: REVISION OF LAWS

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

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

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

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

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

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

HB08617
 [Text As Filed]
 

Date Filed: 2023-07-26

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DECLARING BARANGAY RUBAS, MUNICIPALITY OF JARO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE AS AN ECO-TOURISM SITE, PROVIDING FOR ITS DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-07-31

Primary Referral: TOURISM

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2023-07-31

HB08618
 [Text As Filed]
 

Date Filed: 2023-07-26

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DECLARING THE KALABATO HOT SPRINGS AND ECO-PARK AND ITS PREMISES LOCATED IN BARANGAY BOCAWON, LA PAZ, LEYTE AS A TOURIST SPOT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-07-31

Primary Referral: TOURISM

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2023-07-31

HB08619
 [Text As Filed]
 

Date Filed: 2023-07-26

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DECLARING SILAWA FALLS IN BARANGAY VILLA CONZOILO, MUNICIPALITY OF JARO, LEYTE PROVINCE OF LEYTE AS AN ECOTOURISM SITE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2023-07-31

Primary Referral: TOURISM

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TOURISM since 2023-07-31

HR00615
 [Text As Filed]
 

Date Filed: 2022-12-05

Full Title, As Filed: A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MARIANO R. MASANO FROM THE PROVINCE OF MAYORGA, LEYTE FOR WINNING GOLD IN THE MEN’S 800-METER RUN AND SILVER IN THE MEN’S 1500-METER RUN DURING THE 2022 THAILAND TRACK AND FIELD OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS IN PATHUMBATI, THAILAND

Date Read: 2022-12-06

Primary Referral: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT since 2022-12-06

HR00983
  [Adopted Resolution/RBH] [Committee Report]
 

Date Filed: 2023-05-16

Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING MARK DAVE “DOBERMANN” APOLINARIO FOR WINNING THE INTERNATIONAL BOXING ORGANIZATION FLYWEIGHT WORLD TITLE IN EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA

Date Read: 2023-05-17

Primary Referral: RULES

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-05-24

Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00081 on 2023-05-24

HR00988
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2023-05-17

Full Title, As Filed: RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING AND COMMENDING FORMER THREE-DIVISION WORLD CHAMPION JOHN RIEL "QUADRO ALAS" CASIMERO FOR WINNING THE WORLD BOXING ORGANIZATION (WBO) GLOBAL SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE AT OKADA MANILA HOTEL AND CASINO, PARAÑAQUE, PHILIPPINES

Date Read: 2023-05-22

Primary Referral: GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS

Date Approved on Second Reading: 2023-08-23

Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00137 on 2023-08-23

 

CO-AUTHORED BILLS 20

HB00023
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-06-30

Full Title, As Filed: 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: 2022-07-26

Primary Referral: FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Bill Status: Substituted by HB06510

Mother Bill Status: Senate requested for a conference committee on 2023-09-26

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

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

HB04605
 [Text As Filed] [Committee Report] [Third Reading Copy]
 

Significance: National

Date Filed: 2022-09-08

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHT OF MARRIED WOMEN TO RETAIN THEIR MAIDEN SURNAMES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 370 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 386, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NEW CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES

Date Read: 2022-09-13

Primary Referral: REVISION OF LAWS

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

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

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

HB06677
 [Text As Filed]
 

Significance: Local

Date Filed: 2022-12-14

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT DECLARING THE WATERS SURROUNDING PANAON ISLAND, IN THE PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, A PROTECTED AREA WITH THE CATEGORY OF PROTECTED SEASCAPE UNDER THE NATIONAL INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREAS SYSTEM (NIPAS), TO BE REFERRED TO AS THE PANAON ISLAND PROTECTED SEASCAPE, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

Date Read: 2022-12-15

Primary Referral: NATURAL RESOURCES

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on NATURAL RESOURCES since 2022-12-15

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

HB07757
 [Text As Filed]
 

Date Filed: 2023-03-22

Full Title, As Filed: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REGULATION OF ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF COMMUNITY MICROFINANCE GROUPS ALSO KNOWN AS PALUWAGAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

Date Read: 2023-03-22

Primary Referral: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT since 2023-03-22

HR00250
 [Text As Filed]
 

Date Filed: 2022-08-15

Full Title, As Filed: A RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT THRU THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS, DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM TO ALLOCATE 1 BILLION PESOS IN EACH AND EVERY AGRICULTURE BASED DISTRICT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR OF FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD

Date Read: 2022-08-17

Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS

Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2022-08-17

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. Visayas DevelopmentChairperson 
2. Foreign AffairsVice Chairperson 
3. Games And AmusementsVice Chairperson 
4. Micro, Small And Medium Enterprise DevelopmentVice Chairperson 
5. EnergyMember for the Majority 
6. Legislative FranchisesMember for the Majority