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Full Title of Bill
AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING AND AN ENHANCED CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009"
Short Title
AMENDING RA 10066 (NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009)
Text as Filed (File)
Third Reading Copy link (HRep)
Date filed
September 23, 2022
Date Read
September 26, 2022
Scope
Legislative Status
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Session Sequence No.
30
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Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
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Bill Status
Republic Act RA11961 enacted on 2023-08-24
Committee Details
Primary Committee
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House Counterpart
Date Approved on Third Reading (HRep)
November 7, 2022
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 5/23/2023 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Legarda, Loren B.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING AND AN ENHANCED CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ''NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009'' [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ] [ 2022 ] Introduced by Representatives CHRISTOPHER V.P. DE VENECIA, LUIS RAYMUND "LRAY" JR. F. VILLAFUERTE, MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA, NICOLAS VIII C. ENCISO, et. al.; Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on November 7, 2022; 11/8/2022 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence; 11/22/2022 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on CULTURE AND THE ARTS and LOCAL GOVERNMENT; [ 2023 ] 1/10/2023 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 1/16/2023 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; 1/18/2023 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; 2/6/2023 Returned jointly by the Committees on CULTURE AND THE ARTS and LOCAL GOVERNMENT per Committee Report No. 21, recommending that it be considered in SBN-1841; 2/6/2023 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 2/7/2023 CONSIDERED IN SBN-1841 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 21. 3/20/2023 Senate designated Senators Legarda, Binay and Pimentel III as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110; 5/9/2023 House of Representatives designated Representatives Romulo, De Venecia, Escudero and Castro as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110 on March 20, 2023; 5/23/2023 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1841, in consolidation with HBN-5110, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 5/23/2023 Sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA on the conference committee report; 5/23/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 5/24/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives; 7/6/2023 Letter from Senate Secretary Renato N. Bantug, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110, for the signature of Speaker Martin G. Romualdez and Secretary General Reginald S. Velasco; 7/25/2023 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110, sent to the Office of the President through PLLO for the signature of the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.; 8/29/2023 FINAL TITLE: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING AND AN ENHANCED CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009 8/29/2023 Consolidated with SBN-1841, which was approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on August 24, 2023 and became 8/29/2023 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11961. 9/12/2023 (Transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on September 12, 2023) 8/24/2023 Consolidated with which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines and became 8/24/2023 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11961.
Senate Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PHILIPPINE CULTURAL HERITAGE THROUGH CULTURAL MAPPING AND AN ENHANCED CULTURAL HERITAGE EDUCATION PROGRAM, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10066, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ''NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE ACT OF 2009'' [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ] [ 2022 ] Introduced by Representatives CHRISTOPHER V.P. DE VENECIA, LUIS RAYMUND "LRAY" JR. F. VILLAFUERTE, MIGUEL LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE, TSUYOSHI ANTHONY G. HORIBATA, NICOLAS VIII C. ENCISO, et. al.; Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on November 7, 2022; 11/8/2022 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence; 11/22/2022 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on CULTURE AND THE ARTS and LOCAL GOVERNMENT; [ 2023 ] 1/10/2023 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 1/16/2023 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; 1/18/2023 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; 2/6/2023 Returned jointly by the Committees on CULTURE AND THE ARTS and LOCAL GOVERNMENT per Committee Report No. 21, recommending that it be considered in SBN-1841; 2/6/2023 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 2/7/2023 CONSIDERED IN SBN-1841 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 21. 3/20/2023 Senate designated Senators Legarda, Binay and Pimentel III as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110; 5/9/2023 House of Representatives designated Representatives Romulo, De Venecia, Escudero and Castro as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110 on March 20, 2023; 5/23/2023 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1841 and HBN-5110, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1841, in consolidation with HBN-5110, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 5/23/2023 Sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA on the conference committee report; 5/23/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 5/24/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives;
Abstract
ABSTRACT : Aims to further strengthen the safeguarding and protection of heritage in the country. Seeks to amend Republic Act No. 10666 to 1.) revise, include and adopt terms and provisions as deemed fit to the current landscape of the cultural industry; 2.) mandate local government units (LGUs) to conduct a cultural mapping program for their respective areas for both tangible and intangible, and natural and built heritage, utilizing the results of the program as a framework for culture-based governance; and 3.) revise and enhance the scope of cultural education in the country.
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