Bill Type
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Long Title
AN ACT MAKING ELECTION SERVICE NON-COMPULSORY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF OTHER QUALIFIED CITIZENS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6646, AND OTHER ELECTION LAWS
Short Title
ELECTION SERVICE REFORM ACT OF 2014
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Sponsor
Date filed
March 26, 2014
Scope
Legislative Status
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Session Sequence No.
66
Session Type
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (1/25/2016)
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Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
336
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 12/16/2015 Sponsorship Speech Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L. 1/20/2016 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 1/20/2016 Period of Individual Amendments 1/20/2016 Period of Interpellation Closed 1/20/2016 Period of Committee Amendments 1/20/2016 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT MAKING ELECTION SERVICE NON-COMPULSORY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF OTHER QUALIFIED CITIZENS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE THE OMNIBUS ELECTION CODE, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6646, AND OTHER ELECTION LAWS [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2014 ] 3/26/2014 Introduced by Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV; 5/5/2014 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on ELECTORAL REFORMS AND PEOPLES PARTICIPATION; and FINANCE; [ 2015 ] 3/10/2015 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 12/14/2015 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on ELECTORAL REFORMS AND PEOPLES PARTICIPATION and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 336, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration SBNos. 2443, 2516 and 2939; 12/15/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 12/15/2015 Sponsor: Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 12/16/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 12/16/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; [ 2016 ] 1/20/2016 Period of interpellation closed; 1/20/2016 Period of committee amendments; 1/20/2016 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/20/2016 Period of individual amendments; 1/20/2016 Period of individual amendments closed; 1/20/2016 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 1/20/2016 AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT RENDERING ELECTION SERVICE NON-COMPULSORY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF OTHER QUALIFIED CITIZENS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS. 1/21/2016 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators; 1/25/2016 Approved on Third Reading; 1/25/2016 In favor: (15) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 1/25/2016 Against: N o n e ; 1/25/2016 Abstention: N o n e ; 1/25/2016 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2178 and HBN-5412, designating Senators Pimentel, Villar and Ejercito as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;(Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on January 27, 2016); 1/26/2016 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-2178, dated January 25, 2016, received by the LBIS; 1/26/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 2/1/2016 House of Representatives adopted SBN-2178 as an amendment to HBN-5412 on January 26, 2016; 2/24/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2178 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5412, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General; 3/7/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2178 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5412, received by the Senate already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 3/9/2016 Enrolled copies of SBN-2178 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5412, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, through PLLO, for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT RENDERING ELECTION SERVICE NON-COMPULSORY FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS, AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF OTHER QUALIFIED CITIZENS, PROVIDING FOR COMPENSATION AND OTHER BENEFITS. 5/30/2016 Approved and signed into law in consolidation with HBN-5412, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on April 8, 2016 and became 5/30/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10756 (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10756 (SBN-2178/HBN-5412) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on April 25, 2016) (Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)