Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995
Short Title
MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND
Date filed
December 12, 2019
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
40
Session Type
Document Certification

Committee Details

Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
30

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
12/17/2019 Sponsorship Speech Villanueva, Joel
12/17/2019 Co-Sponsorship Speech Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.Dela Rosa, Ronald "Bato"Angara, Sonny
12/17/2019 Against
2/18/2020 Period of Interpellation Closed
2/18/2020 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
2/18/2020 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
2/18/2020 Manifestation Villanueva, Joel
2/18/2020 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M.
2/18/2020 Period of Individual Amendments

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT EXPANDING THE USE OF THE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 26 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2019 ]
12/12/2019 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT and FOREIGN RELATIONS with Senators RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY and JOEL VILLANUEVA as authors per Committee Report No. 30, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 230 and 872;
12/16/2019 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
12/16/2019 Sponsor: Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
12/16/2019 Letter of Senator EMMANUEL D. PACQUIAO, dated December 9, 2019, conveying his intention to be made co-author of SBN-230 received by LBIS;
12/17/2019 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
12/17/2019 Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
12/17/2019 Co-sponsorship speech of Senators MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA and SONNY ANGARA;
12/17/2019 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated December 17, 2019, conveying her intention to be made co-author of SBN-1233 received by LBIS;
12/17/2019 All Senators present were made co-authors; (Senators FRANKLIN M. DRILON, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, IMEE R. MARCOS, FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI)
[ 2020 ]
2/18/2020 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
2/18/2020 Period of interpellation closed;
2/18/2020 Period of committee amendments closed;
2/18/2020 Period of individual amendments;
2/18/2020 Period of individual amendments closed;
2/18/2020 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
2/18/2020 Manifestation of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
2/19/2020 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
2/26/2020 Approved on Third Reading;
2/26/2020 In favor: (21) Senators SONNY ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, RICHARD J. GORDON, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, IMEE R. MARCOS, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN, GRACE POE, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
2/26/2020 Against: (None) ;
2/26/2020 Abstention: (None) ;
2/27/2020 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;