Entitled:
AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES AS THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2007 ]
12/17/2007	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, FINANCE and WAYS AND MEANS with Senator(s) FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, "COMPANERA" PIA S. CAYETANO, MANNY VILLAR, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON and ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 24, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 132, 158, 792, 1236, 1540, 1700, 1871, and 1903;
12/17/2007	Sponsor: Senator Alan Peter Companero S. Cayetano;
12/17/2007	Calendared for Ordinary Business;
12/17/2007	Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order;
12/17/2007	Sponsorship speech of Senator ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO;
12/17/2007	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN and LOREN B. LEGARDA;
12/17/2007	Senator LEGARDA was made as coauthor;
12/18/2007	Interpellation of Senator(s) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III and M. A. MADRIGAL;
12/19/2007	Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on December 18, 2007;
12/19/2007	Period of interpellation closed;
12/19/2007	Period of committee amendments;
12/19/2007	Period of committee amendments closed;
12/19/2007	Period of individual amendments closed;
12/19/2007	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
12/19/2007	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
12/19/2007	Approved on Third Reading;
12/19/2007	In favor: (17) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, JOKER P. ARROYO, "COMPANERA" PIA S. CAYETANO, ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, PANFILO M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, M. A. MADRIGAL, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., MAR ROXAS and MANNY VILLAR;
12/19/2007	Against: (None) ;
12/19/2007	Abstention: (None) ;
12/19/2007	Senator FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN manifested that Senators EDGARDO J. ANGARA, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, PANFILO M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR. and MAR ROXAS as coauthors;
12/19/2007	Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1964 and HBN-2845, designating Senators Pangilinan, Cayetano (A), Angara, Arroyo, Enrile, Zubiri, Legarda, Lacson, and Madrigal as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
[ 2008 ]
1/28/2008	House of Representatives agreed to the request of the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1964 and HBN-2345, and designated Representatives Villar, Remulla (J.C.), Zialcita, Teodoro, Angara, Zamora and Escudero III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on December 18, 2007;
3/5/2008	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1964, in consolidation with HBN-2845, be approved as reconciled;
3/5/2008	Sponsorship speech of Senator Pangilinan on the Conference Committee Report;
3/5/2008	Remarks of Senators Angara and Villar; Manifestation of Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano;
3/5/2008	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
3/10/2008	Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on March 4, 2008;
3/12/2008	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1964 and HBN-2845, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
3/31/2008	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1964 and HBN-2845, received by the Senate, which were already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
4/2/2008	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1964 and HBN-2845, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines for the signature and approval of Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo;
4/29/2008	Approved and signed into law in consolidation with HBN-2845, by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became; (See: O.B. dated May 7, 2008);
4/29/2008	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9500.