Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING TELECOMMUTING IN THE WORKPLACE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
TELECOMMUTING ACT OF 2017
Sponsor
Date filed
July 3, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
71
Session Type
Subjects
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (8/29/2018)
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
44
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 3/7/2017 Sponsorship Speech Villanueva, Joel 3/7/2017 Remarks Poe, Grace L.Hontiveros, Risa 5/10/2017 Inquiry 5/10/2017 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M.Sotto III, Vicente C. 5/16/2017 Period of Amendment Closed 10/3/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Villanueva, Joel
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (5/22/2017)
Voted Yes Voted No Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno "Bam"
Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Drilon, Franklin M.
Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.
Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Gordon, Richard J.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Legarda, Loren B.
Pacquiao, Emmanuel "Manny" D.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Recto, Ralph G.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Trillanes, Antonio "Sonny" F.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING TELECOMMUTING IN THE WORKPLACE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2017 ] 3/7/2017 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT with Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA as author per Committee Report No. 44, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-1033; 3/7/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 3/7/2017 Sponsor: Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 3/7/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 3/7/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 3/7/2017 Remarks of Senator(s) GRACE L. POE and RISA HONTIVEROS; 3/14/2017 Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated March 13, 2017, requesting that she be made co-author of SBN-1363, received by the LBIS; 5/10/2017 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and VICENTE C. SOTTO III; 5/10/2017 Inquiry of the Chair; 5/10/2017 Period of interpellations closed; 5/16/2017 Period of amendment closed; 5/16/2017 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment; 5/17/2017 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 5/22/2017 Approved on Third Reading; 5/22/2017 In favor: (22) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, 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, LOREN B. LEGARDA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 5/22/2017 Against: (None) ; 5/22/2017 Abstention: (None) ; 5/23/2017 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; [ 2018 ] 8/29/2018 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1363 and HBN-7402, designating Senators Villanueva, Angara, Ejercito, Gatchalian and Aquino as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; 9/5/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Ting, Villafuerte, Jr., Tugna, Almario and Bertiz III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-7402 and SBN-1363 on September 3, 2018; 10/2/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1363 and HBN-7402, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1363, in consolidation with HBN-7402, be approved as reconciled; 10/3/2018 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 10/3/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 10/8/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on October 3, 2018; 11/13/2018 Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated November 7, 2018, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1363 and HBN-7402, for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 11/21/2018 Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling, dated November 19, 2018, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1363 and HBN-7402, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 11/26/2018 Enrolled copies of SBN-1363 and HBN-7402, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; [ 2019 ] FINAL TITLE: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING TELECOMMUTING AS AN ALTERNATIVE WORK ARRANGEMENT FOR EMPLOYEES IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR 1/16/2019 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on December 20, 2018 and became 1/16/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11165. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11165 (SBN-1363/HBN-7402) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 6, 2019) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)