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Long Title
AN ACT MANDATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) TO PUBLISH, DISSEMINATE AND UPDATE A HANDBOOK ON THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995, AS AMENDED
Short Title
HANDBOOK FOR OFWS ACT OF 2016
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Sponsor
Co-sponsor
Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative Status
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Session Sequence No.
3
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Committee Referral (Senate Website)
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Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
222
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 1/17/2018 Sponsorship Speech Pacquiao, Emmanuel "Manny" D. 1/29/2018 Period of Interpellation Closed 1/29/2018 Period of Committee Amendments 1/29/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 1/29/2018 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 1/30/2018 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 12/11/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Villanueva, Joel 12/11/2018 Co-Sponsorship Speech Pacquiao, Emmanuel "Manny" D.
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (2/5/2018)
Voted Yes Voted No Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
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.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT MANDATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) TO PUBLISH, DISSEMINATE AND UPDATE A HANDBOOK ON THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995," AS AMENDED [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 6/30/2016 Introduced by Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO; 8/1/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; FOREIGN RELATIONS; and FINANCE; [ 2017 ] 2/1/2017 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 9/27/2017 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ] [ 2018 ] 1/15/2018 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committees on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, FOREIGN RELATIONS and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 222, recommending its approval with amendments; 1/16/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 1/16/2018 Sponsors: Senators JOEL VILLANUEVA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO; 1/17/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 1/17/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO; 1/17/2018 Senator RICHARD J. GORDON and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL were made co-authors; 1/24/2018 Letter from Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN dated January 22, 2018, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-192, received by the LBIS; 1/29/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 1/29/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 1/29/2018 Period of committee amendments; 1/29/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/30/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 1/30/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 2/1/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT MANDATING THE PHILIPPINE OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT ADMINISTRATION (POEA) TO DEVELOP, PUBLISH, DISSEMINATE AND UPDATE A HANDBOOK ON THE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF MIGRANT WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8042, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS ACT OF 1995", AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10022.; 2/5/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 2/5/2018 In favor: (18) Senators JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, 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, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 2/5/2018 Against: (None) ; 2/5/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 2/7/2018 Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated January 30, 2018, conveying her intention to be a coauthor of SBN-192, received by the LBIS; 2/7/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 12/6/2018 Senate designated Senators Villanueva, Ejercito, Angara, Pacquiao and Hontiveros as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-192 and HBN-8110; 12/11/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Manalo, Pacquiao, Violago, Tejada, Calderon and Salo as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-192 and HBN-8110 on December 10, 2018; (See: O.B. dated December 13, 2018) 12/11/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-192 and HBN-8110, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-192, in consolidation with HBN-8110, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the Conferees; 12/11/2018 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 12/11/2018 Co-sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO; 12/11/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 12/17/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on December 12, 2018; (See: O.B. dated January 21, 2019) [ 2019 ] 1/15/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 10, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-192 and HBN-8110, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 1/23/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 22, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-192 and HBN-8110, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 1/24/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-192 and HBN-8110, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 5/20/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-8110, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 22, 2019 and became 5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11227. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11227 (SBN-192) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 29, 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)