Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT DECLARING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES
Short Title
FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE ACT OF 2014
Co-authors
Date filed
November 2, 2014
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
52
Session Type

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2014 ]
2/11/2014 Introduced by Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
2/11/2014 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION; and FINANCE;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
[ 2015 ]
7/2/2015 Letter of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA, conveying of her intention to be a coauthor of SBN-2118 with the conformity of the principal author Senator Aquino IV, received by the LBIS;
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, all Senate Bills pending in the committee/s, with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on July 19, 2016)
(Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)