Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF THE PRE-PAID SIM CARD USERS AND MOBILE PHONE UNITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Congress Author
Date filed
July 1, 2013
Scope

Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00525
FULL TITLE : AN ACT REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF THE PRE-PAID SIM CARD USERS AND MOBILE PHONE UNITS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ABSTRACT : Seeks to require public telecommunications entities (PTEs) to establish a foolproof system of identifying users/or purchases of pre-paid Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in order to put a stop to the brazen theft of mobile phone units which have become an indispensable communication tool to everyone.
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BIAZON, RODOLFO G.
DATE FILED : 2013-07-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
NATURE : Economic
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Batocabe (009 2013-08-07) 2. Co (009 2013-08-07)
3. Ungab (028 2013-11-25) 4. Villar (014 2014-09-08)
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS:
      1. Scheduled for first meeting/hearing on 2013-10-22
      2. Under study by the Technical Working Group(TWG) on 2013-11-28
MOTHER BILL: HB05231
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON 2013-07-24

Abstract

Seeks to require public telecommunications entities (PTEs) to establish a foolproof system of identifying users/or purchases of pre-paid Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) cards in order to put a stop to the brazen theft of mobile phone units which have become an indispensable communication tool to everyone.

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