Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING THE FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
5/16/2017	Introduced by Senator MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY;
5/17/2017	Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION; and FINANCE;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
7/26/2017	Letter from Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN dated June 7, 2017, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-1455, received by the LBIS;
7/31/2017	Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 138, recommending its approval without amendment, taking into consideration SBNos. 390 and 966;
7/31/2017	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
7/31/2017	Sponsor: Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO;
8/16/2017	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
8/16/2017	Sponsorship speech of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
8/16/2017	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
8/22/2017	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
[ 2018 ]
8/15/2018	Period of interpellation closed;
8/15/2018	Period of committee amendments closed;
8/15/2018	Period of individual amendments;
8/15/2018	Period of individual amendments closed;
8/15/2018	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
8/20/2018	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
8/28/2018	Upon their request, Senators FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, LOREN B. LEGARDA, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI were made coauthors of SBN-1455;
8/28/2018	Approved on Third Reading;
8/28/2018	In favor: (20) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, 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, 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;
8/28/2018	Against: (None) ;
8/28/2018	Abstention: (None) ;
8/30/2018	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
9/11/2018	House of Representatives adopted SBN-1455 as an amendment to HBN-7503 on September 10, 2018;(See: O.B. dated 9/12/2018)
10/1/2018	Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated September 26, 2018, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-1455 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7503, for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
10/3/2018	Letter from Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling, dated October 2, 2018, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1455 and HBN-7503, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
10/4/2018	Enrolled copies of SBN-1455 which was adopted as amendment to HBN-7503, 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 ]
1/16/2019	Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on October 30, 2018 and became
1/16/2019	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11106.
(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)