Entitled:
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES AND AQUATIC RESOURCES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2014 ]
9/17/2014	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and FINANCE with Senator(s) CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, LOREN B. LEGARDA, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, GRACE L. POE, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO and VICENTE C. SOTTO III as author(s) per Committee Report No. 76, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 138, 536, 961, 1271, 1374, 2115 and 2267, SRNos. 158 and 726, and taking into consideration HBN-4536;
9/22/2014	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/22/2014	Sponsor: Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
9/22/2014	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
9/22/2014	Sponsorship speech of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
10/22/2014	Period of interpellation closed;
10/22/2014	Period of committee amendments;
10/22/2014	Period of committee amendments closed;
10/22/2014	Period of individual amendments closed;
10/22/2014	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
10/23/2014	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
10/27/2014	Approved on Third Reading;
10/27/2014	In favor: (16) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES;
10/27/2014	Against: N o n e;
10/27/2014	Abstention: N o n e;
10/29/2014	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
11/17/2014	House of Representatives informed the Senate that it elected Representatives Salimbangon, Teves, Yap, Acharon, Jr., Romualdo and Jalosjos as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2414 and HBN-4536; (See: O.B. dated November 26, 2014)
11/24/2014	Senate accepted the request of the House of Representatives for a Conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2414 and HBN-4536, designating Senators Villar, Poe and Sotto as its conferees;
12/1/2014	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
12/9/2014	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on December 1, 2014;
[ 2015 ]
1/12/2015	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2414 and HBN-4536, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
1/22/2015	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2414 and HBN-4536, received by the Senate which were already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
1/26/2015	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2414 and HBN-4536, 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;
1/27/2015	Enrolled copies of SBN-2414 and HBN-4536, received by the Office of the President of the Philippines;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT TO PREVENT, DETER AND ELIMINATE ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGULATED FISHING, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8550, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE FISHERIES CODE OF 1998, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
3/9/2015	Enacted into Law in consolidation with HBN-4536, without Executive Approval Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution on February 27, 2015 and became;
3/9/2015	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10654.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10654 (SBN-2414 and HBN-4536), with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on March 10, 2015)
(Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)