Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 2009
Short Title
PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 2009
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Date filed
August 24, 2009
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
11
Session Type
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
561
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 9/2/2009 Sponsorship Speech Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G. 9/9/2009 Interpellation Pimentel Jr., Aquilino Q.Arroyo, Joker P.Biazon, Rodolfo G. 12/16/2009 Period of Amendment Closed 12/16/2009 Interpellation Cayetano, "Companera" Pia S. 1/18/2010 Period of Individual Amendments
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (1/27/2010)
Voted Yes Voted No Angara, Edgardo J.
Aquino III, Benigno S.
Arroyo, Joker P.
Biazon, Rodolfo G.
Cayetano, Alan Peter "Companero" S.
Defensor Santiago, Miriam
Enrile, Juan Ponce
Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Lapid, Manuel "Lito" M.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel Jr., Aquilino Q.
Roxas, Mar
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: PHILIPPINE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 2009 [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ] [ 2009 ] 8/24/2009 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION and FINANCE with Senator(s) JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV, PANFILO M. LACSON, EDGARDO J. ANGARA and FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 561, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1614 and 1713; 8/24/2009 Sponsors: Senator(s) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV, PANFILO M. LACSON and EDGARDO J. ANGARA; 8/24/2009 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 9/2/2009 Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order; 9/2/2009 Sponsorship speech of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO; 9/9/2009 Interpellation of Senator(s) AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., JOKER P. ARROYO and RODOLFO G. BIAZON; 12/16/2009 Interpellation of Senator "COMPANERA" PIA S. CAYETANO; 12/16/2009 Period of interpellations closed; 12/16/2009 Period of interpellations closed; 12/16/2009 Period of amendment closed; 12/16/2009 Approved on Second Reading without Amendments; 12/18/2009 Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on December 16, 2009; [ 2010 ] 1/7/2010 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 1/18/2010 Reconsideration of Approval on Second Reading; 1/18/2010 Period of committee amendments; 1/18/2010 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/18/2010 Period of individual amendments; 1/20/2010 Period of individual amendments; 1/26/2010 Period of individual amendments; 1/26/2010 Period of individual amendments closed; 1/26/2010 Period of committee amendments; 1/26/2010 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/26/2010 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 1/27/2010 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 1/27/2010 Approved on Third Reading; 1/27/2010 In favor: (14) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, JOKER P. ARROYO, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., MAR ROXAS and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 1/27/2010 Against: N o n e; 1/27/2010 Abstention: N o n e; 1/27/2010 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-3404 and HBN-6568, designating Senators Escudero, Zubiri and Alan Peter Compañero S. Cayetano as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; 2/1/2010 House of Representatives agreed to the request of the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-3404 and HBN-6568, designating Representatives Defensor Jr., Cua, Romualdo, Remulla, Rodriguez, Villarosa and Lagman as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; 2/1/2010 House of Representatives elected Representatives Romulo and Chipeco as additional conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on January 27, 2010; 6/4/2010 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-6568, in consolidation with SBN-3404, be approved as reconciled; 6/4/2010 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;