Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT LOWERING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP), BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AND BUREAU OF CORRECTION (BUCOR), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
PNP, BFP, BJMP AND BUCOR HEIGHT EQUALITY ACT
Date filed
May 28, 2020
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
67
Session Type
Document Certification

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
6/1/2020 Co-Sponsorship Speech Zubiri, Juan Miguel "Migz" F.
6/1/2020 Sponsorship Speech Dela Rosa, Ronald "Bato"
9/1/2020 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
9/1/2020 Period of Interpellation Closed
9/1/2020 Remarks Zubiri, Juan Miguel "Migz" F.Villanueva, Joel
9/1/2020 Interpellation Revilla Jr., Ramon BongGo, Christopher Lawrence T.Drilon, Franklin M.
9/1/2020 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
9/7/2020 Manifestation Dela Rosa, Ronald "Bato"Cayetano, Pia S.
3/15/2021 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Dela Rosa, Ronald "Bato"

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT LOWERING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR APPLICANTS OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP), BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AND BUREAU OF CORRECTION (BUCOR), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2020 ]
5/28/2020 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS, NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS with Senator(s) JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO and RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 95, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 312, 405 and 871;
6/1/2020 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
6/1/2020 Sponsor: Senator RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA;
6/1/2020 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
6/1/2020 Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA;
6/1/2020 Co-sponsorship speech delivered by Senator JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
6/1/2020 Manifestation of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO that he be made co-author;
9/1/2020 Interpellation of Senators RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO and FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/1/2020 Senators RAMON "BONG" REVILLA JR, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, JOEL VILLANUEVA and IMEE R. MARCOS were made co-authors;
9/1/2020 Senator(s) RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., JOEL VILLANUEVA and IMEE R. MARCOS were made co-sponsors;
9/1/2020 Remarks of Senators JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI and JOEL VILLANUEVA;
9/1/2020 Period of interpellation closed;
9/1/2020 Period of committee amendments closed;
9/1/2020 Period of individual amendments closed;
9/1/2020 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
9/3/2020 Printed copies were electonically distributed to the Senators;
9/7/2020 Approved on Third Reading;
9/7/2020 In favor: (23) 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, AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL, GRACE POE, RALPH G. RECTO, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
9/7/2020 Against: (None) ;
9/7/2020 Abstention: (None) ;
9/7/2020 Manifestation of Senators RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA and PIA S. CAYETANO;
9/7/2020 Senators GRACE POE and RICHARD J. GORDON requested to be co-authors;
9/8/2020 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ 2021 ]
2/8/2021 Senate designated Senators Dela Rosa, Zubiri, Tolentino, Go, Marcos and Hontiveros as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1563 and HBN-8261;
2/10/2021 House of Representatives designated Representatives Bravo, Jr., Tan, Cabochan III, Bustos and Bordado, Jr. conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-8261 and SBN-1563 on February 9, 2021;
3/15/2021 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1563 and HBN-8261, submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-8261, in consolidation with SBN-1563, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
3/15/2021 Sponsorship speech of Senator RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA on the conference committee report;
3/15/2021 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
4/12/2021 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on March 15, 2021;
4/13/2021 Letter from Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-8261 and SBN-1563, for the signature of Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III;
4/23/2021 Letter for Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco, dated April 21, 2021, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-8261 and SBN-1563, which were signed by Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III;
6/2/2021 Consolidated with HBN-8261, which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on May 26, 2021 and became
6/2/2021 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11549.

President's Action

Date Received by the President
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