Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT DECLARING ARNIS AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SPORT
Short Title
ARNIS AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SPORT
Text as Filed (File)
Congress Author
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Legislative Status
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41
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Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01173
FULL TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING ARNIS AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SPORT
SHORT TITLE : Declaring Arnis as the Philippine National Sport
ABSTRACT : The bill recognizes arnis as indigeneous and uniquely Filipino by declaring it a national sport.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : ZUBIRI, JUAN MIGUEL F.
DATE FILED : 2004-07-06
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Gullas 2. Defensor
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Magsaysay (032 )
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00946
SUBMITTED ON 2005-06-22
SUBMITTED BY: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval with amendments
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT ON 2004-08-02
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2005-07-27
DATE CALENDARED : 2005-08-10
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2005-10-11
PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2005-10-11
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2005-10-11
REMARKS : The Body approved to consider the Explanatory Note of the Bill as the sponsorship remarks on the measure.
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2005-11-07
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2005-11-15
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:164     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2005-11-23
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2005-11-23
REMARKS : 

Senate Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING ARNIS AS THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL SPORT
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2005 ]
11/23/2005 Filed in the Senate requesting for concurrence by Representatives JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, EDUARDO R. GULLAS and MATIAS V. DEFENSOR JR. as authors;
11/29/2005 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE and GAMES, AMUSEMENT AND SPORTS;

Abstract

The bill recognizes arnis as indigeneous and uniquely Filipino by declaring it a national sport.'

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