Entitled:
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FREE INTERNET ACCESS PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SPACES IN THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2016 ]
12/12/2016	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE and FINANCE with Senator(s) FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, RALPH G. RECTO and PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV as author(s) per Committee Report No. 19, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 58, 190, 816 and 1050;
12/13/2016	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
12/13/2016	Sponsor: Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
12/14/2016	Transferred from the Calendar Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
12/14/2016	Sponsorship speech of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
12/14/2016	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
12/14/2016	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator PANGILINAN;
12/14/2016	Motion of Senator HONASAN to consider SRN-55 in the Committee Report;
[ 2017 ]
1/16/2017	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator GRACE L. POE;
1/16/2017	Interpellation of Senator LEILA M. DE LIMA;
1/23/2017	Interpellation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
1/24/2017	Interpellation of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
1/24/2017	Period of interpellation closed;
1/25/2017	Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA was made as co-author;
2/27/2017	Period of committee amendments;
2/27/2017	Period of committee amendments closed;
2/28/2017	Printed copies amended as of February 27, 2017, were distributed to the Senators;
3/6/2017	Period of individual amendments;
3/7/2017	Printed copies amended as of March 6, 2017, were distributed to the Senators;
3/7/2017	Period of individual amendments;
3/7/2017	Period of individual amendments closed;
3/7/2017	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
3/7/2017	FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FREE INTERNET ACCESS PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SPACES IN THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
3/8/2017	Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated March 7, 2017, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-1277, received by the LBIS;
3/9/2017	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
3/13/2017	Approved on Third Reading;
3/13/2017	In favor: (18) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
3/13/2017	Against: (None) ;
3/13/2017	Abstention: (None) ;
3/14/2017	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
5/8/2017	Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1277 and HBN-5225, designating Senators Aquino,Recto, Villanueva, Ejercito and Binay as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; (Transmittal letter received by the House of Representatives on May 10, 2017);
5/17/2017	House of Representatives agreed for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1277 and HBN-5225 and designated Representatives Victor A. Yap, Cristina "Chiqui" Roa-Puno, Rose Marie "Baby" J. Arenas, Gus S. Tambunting, Sarah Jane I. Elago, Marlyn L. Primicias-Agabas, Mariano Michael M. Velarde, Jr., Henry C. Ong, Roger G. Mercado and Aniceto "John" D. Bertis III as its conferees on May 10, 2017;;(See: O.B.dated May 22, 2017, Session No. 84);
5/24/2017	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1277 and HBN-5225, submitted to the Senate with the joint explanation on the provisions and amendments agreed upon by the conferees in the accompanying BICAM Report;
5/24/2017	Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
5/24/2017	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;(Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on May 25, 2017);
5/30/2017	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2017;
6/29/2017	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1277 and HBN-5225, sent to the House of Representatives, which were signed by Senate Secretary Lutgardo B. Barbo and Senate President Aquilino Koko L. Pimentel III;
7/10/2017	Letter from Secretary General Atty. Cesar S. Pareja, dated July 6, 2017, returning eight(8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1277 and HBN-5225, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
7/11/2017	Enrolled copies of SBN-1277 and HBN-5225, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE FREE INTERNET ACCESS PROGRAM IN PUBLIC PLACES IN THE COUNTRY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
8/15/2017	Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on August 2, 2017, in consolidation with HBN-5225 and became;
8/15/2017	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10929.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10929 (SBN-1277/HBN-5225) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 24, 2017)
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