Proposed Senate Resolution No. 499, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION URGING ALL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES, INCLUDING GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR -CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS TO IMMEDIATELY ADOPT STANDARD HEALTH AND SAFETY PROTOCOLS IN THE WORKPLACE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AMONG GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR DUTIES IN THE WORKPLACE

Senate Bill No. 1452, 18th Congress of the Republic

Long Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION TO POSTPONE THE START OF SCHOOL YEAR IN CASE OF A DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY, STATE OF CALAMITY OR SIMILAR OCCURRENCE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7977, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FROM TWO HUNDRED (200) DAYS TO NOT MORE THAN TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220) CLASS DAYS'
Short Title
AMENDING R.A. NO. 7977 (AN ACT TO LENGTHEN THE SCHOOL CALENDAR)
Date filed
April 27, 2020

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 534, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED RECORD HUNGER INCIDENCE RATE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WITH THE END VIEW OF PROVIDING IMMEDIATE FOOD RELIEF TO MILLIONS OF HUNGRY FILIPINOS NATIONWIDE AND REVIEWING AND RE-EVALUATING THE INTERMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM POLICY AND PROGRAM INTERVENTIONS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT SURROUNDING HUNGER AND FOOD INSECURITY

Senate Bill No. 1456, 18th Congress of the Republic

Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A WAGE EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR DISPLACED AND/OR VULNERABLE WORKERS, INSTITUTIONALIZING FOR THE PURPOSE THE TULONG PANGHANAPBUHAY SA ATING DISADVANTAGE/DISPLACED WORKERS (TUPAD) PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
TUPAD ACT
Date filed
April 27, 2020

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 584, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROCEDURAL OR INSTITUTIONAL BOTTLENECKS THAT PREVENTED THE TIMELY RELEASE OF THE COVID-19 HAZARD PAY AND SPECIAL RISK ALLOWANCE RIGHTLY DESERVED BY THE COUNTRY’S VALIANT FRONT LINERS IN ORDER TO PREVENT FURTHER PROBLEMS IN THE RELEASE OF THEIR WELL-DESERVED COMPENSATION AND TO AVOID MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES IN THE FUTURE

Senate Bill No. 1459, 18th Congress of the Republic

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AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE TERTIARY ONLINE LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION OFFICE UNDER THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10650 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING ACT' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
TERTIARY ONLINE LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION ACT OF 2020
Date filed
May 4, 2020

Senate Bill No. 1460, 18th Congress of the Republic

Long Title
AN ACT EXPANDING THE BASIC EDUCATION CURRICULUM, INCREASING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE BUREAU OF LEARNING DELIVERY UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO INCLUDE DISTANCE EDUCATION AND ONLINE LEARNING, THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10533 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'ENHANCED BASIC EDUCATION ACT OF 2013', AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
BASIC ONLINE LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION ACT OF 2020
Date filed
May 4, 2020

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 597, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE COUNTRY'S PROCUREMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINES AND THE NECESSARY MEDICAL SUPPLIES FOR INOCULATION OF THE DESIRED NUMBER OF THE POPULATION WHILE ENSURING THAT OTHER HEALTH PROTOCOLS NECESSARY TO DEAL WITH COVID-19, INCLUDING TESTING, QUARANTINE, CONDUCT OF CLINICAL TRIALS, AND THE USE OF MEDICATIONS CONTINUE TO BE IMPROVED

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 617, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION URGING THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT TO ALLOW THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR THE PROCUREMENT OF COVID-19 VACCINES FOR USE OF THEIR CONSTITUENTS AND EMPLOYEES INCLUDING THEIR DEPENDENTS UPON ISSUANCE OF EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION BY THE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF THE DISEASE AND FURTHER OPENING UP THE ECONOMY

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 690, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE POLICIES AND ISSUANCES OF THE GOVERNMENT RELATIVE TO THE PROCUREMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF COVID-19 VACCINES, AMIDST REPORTS THAT SOME PRIVATE ENTITIES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PROCURE VACCINES AND/OR MAKE DONATIONS TO THE COVID-19 RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT

Proposed Senate Resolution No. 695, 18th Congress

Long Title
RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAM AMID RECENT REPORTS THAT CERTAIN LOCAL CHIEF EXECUTIVES, GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS WERE ABLE TO GET VACCINATED IN VIOLATION OF THE PRIORITIZATION PROTOCOL PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE TIMELY ACCESS FOR FRONTLINERS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE HEALTH SECTOR AND THE COVID-19 RESPONSE EFFORTS

Senate Bill No. 1546, 18th Congress of the Republic

Long Title
AN ACT DECLARING THE EXISTENCE OF A CONTINUING NATIONAL EMERGENCY ARISING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) SITUATION, AMENDING SECTION 9 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11469, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'BAYANIHAN TO HEAL AS ONE ACT,' AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
AMENDING SEC. 9 OF R.A. NO. 11469 (BAYANIHAN TO HEAL AS ONE ACT)
Date filed
May 26, 2020

Senate Bill No. 1561, 18th Congress of the Republic

Long Title
AN ACT EXTENDING THE EFFECTIVITY OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11469, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BAYANIHAN TO HEAL AS ONE ACT, PROVIDING MECHANISMS TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY AND BOLSTER THE RESILIENCY OF THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11469, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
BAYANIHAN TO RECOVER AS ONE
Date filed
May 27, 2020

Senate Bill No. 1564, 18th Congress of the Republic

Long Title
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES TO EXERCISE NECESSARY POWERS TO CARRY OUT THE DECLARED NATIONAL POLICY TO RESPOND TO CRISIS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE 2019 CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) PANDEMIC AND PROVIDING MECHANISM TO ACCELERATE THE RECOVERY AND BOLSTER THE RESILIENCY OF THE PHILIPPINE ECONOMY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
BAYANIHAN TO RECOVER AS ONE ACT
Date filed
June 1, 2020