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AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL BY EXPANDING AND STREAMLINING ITS BUREAUCRACY, UPGRADING EMPLOYEE SKILLS AND AUGMENTING BENEFITS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL (OSG)
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Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 2/5/2007 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Enrile, Juan Ponce
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05956 | |
| REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA09417 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL BY EXPANDING AND STREAMLINING ITS BUREAUCRACY, UPGRADING EMPLOYEE SKILLS AND AUGMENTING BENEFITS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES | |
| SHORT TITLE : Strengthening the Office of the Solicitor General by Expanding and Streamlining its Bureaucracy | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill seeks to expand the Office of the Solicitor General from fifteen (15) to thirty (30) legal divisions consisting of ten (10) lawyers per division. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : DE VENECIA, JOSE JR. C. | |
| DATE FILED : 2006-11-23 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Nograles | 2. Salceda |
| 3. Datumanong | 4. Jaraula |
| 5. Cuenco | 6. Zubiri |
| 7. Gullas | 8. Ablan |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Del Mar (038 ) | |
| AUTHORS(Final/Third Reading) : | |
| 1. Villarosa | 2. Chatto |
| 3. Nantes | |
| COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02249 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 02074 | |
| SUBMITTED ON 2006-11-23 | |
| SUBMITTED BY: APPROPRIATIONS | |
| RECOMMENDATIONS: approval | |
| SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB05463 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2006-11-27 | |
| DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2006-11-27 | |
| DATE CALENDARED : 2006-11-29 | |
| SECOND READING INFORMATION | |
| PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2006-12-19 | |
| SPONSORED BY : Datumanong | |
| FINAL LIST OF AUTHORS : Villarosa, Chatto, Nantes | |
| DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2006-12-19 | |
| THIRD READING INFORMATION | |
| DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2007-01-22 | |
| DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2007-01-29 | |
| HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:123 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0 | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2007-01-31 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE | |
| DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2007-01-31 | |
| CONFERENCE COMMITTEE INFORMATION | |
| DATE REQUESTED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2007-01-29 | |
| CONFERENCE COMMITTEEE REQUESTED BY : SENATE | |
| DATE AGREED TO FORM A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE : 2007-01-31 | |
| REMARKS : | |
| CONCOM MEMBERS(HOUSE) : Salceda, Nograles, Lagman, Datumanong, Suplico | |
| CONCOM MEMBERS(SENATE) : Enrile, Revilla, Lim | |
| DATE HOUSE RATIFIED CONCOM REPORT : 2007-02-06 | |
| DATE SENATE APPROVED CONCOM REPORT : 2007-02-05 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT | |
| DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2007-02-27 | |
| DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2007-03-30 | |
| PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : L | |
| REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA09417 | |
| ORIGIN : SENATE | |
| REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL BY EXPANDING AND STREAMLINING ITS BUREAUCRACY, UPGRADING EMPLOYEE SKILLS AND AUGMENTING BENEFITS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES |
Senate Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL BY EXPANDING AND STREAMLINING ITS BUREAUCRACY, UPGRADING EMPLOYEE SKILLS AND AUGMENTING BENEFITS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ] [ 2007 ] 1/31/2007 Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives JOSE DE VENECIA JR., PROSPERO C. NOGRALES, JOEY SARTE SALCEDA, SIMEON A. DATUMANONG, CONSTANTINO G. JARAULA, ANTONIO V. CUENCO, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, EDUARDO R. GULLAS, ROQUE R. ABLAN JR., MA. AMELITA C. VILLAROSA, EDGAR M. CHATTO and RAFAEL P. NANTES; 1/31/2007 Read on First Reading and referred to the Committee on RULES; 1/31/2007 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-5956 and SBN-2249, and has designated Senators Enrile, Revilla, Jr. and Lim as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on January 29, 2007; 2/5/2007 House of Representatives agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2249 and HBN-5956, and has designated Representatives Salceda, Nograles, Lagman, Datumanong and Suplico as its conferees on January 31, 2007; 2/5/2007 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-2249, in consolidation with HBN-5956, be approved as reconciled; 2/5/2007 Sponsorship speech of Senator Enrile on the Conference Committee Report; 2/5/2007 Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate; 2/7/2007 Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on February 6, 2007; [ THIRD SPECIAL SESSION ] 2/20/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-5956 and SBN-2249, sent back to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General; 2/22/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-5956 and SBN-2249, received by the Senate, already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 2/27/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of HBN-5956 and SBN-2249, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, for the signature of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo; 3/30/2007 Consolidated with SBN-2249 which was enacted into law without the signature of the President of the Philippines, pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1) Article VI of the Constitution, and became 3/30/2007 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9417
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Abstract
The bill seeks to expand the Office of the Solicitor General from fifteen (15) to thirty (30) legal divisions consisting of ten (10) lawyers per division. '
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