Bill Type
Short Title
POLICE, FIRE AND JAIL HEIGHT EQUALITY ACT OF 2012
Text as Filed (File)
Congress Author
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
23
Session Type
Document Certification

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
12/5/2012 Sponsorship Speech Honasan II, Gregorio B.

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT REMOVING THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENT FOR POLICE, FIRE AND JAIL APPLICANTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 30 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990', AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8551, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE REFORM AND REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1998', AND SECTION 4 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION AND BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 2004'
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2012 ]
Introduced by Representatives PABLO JOHN F. GARCIA, RODOLFO W. ANTONINO, ROMEO M. ACOP, MEL SENEN S. SARMIENTO and JOSEPH EMELIO A. ABAYA;
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on September 20, 2012;
9/26/2012 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
10/9/2012 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on RULES;
10/16/2012 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-3217 and HBN-6203, designating Senators Honasan, Lacson and Cayetano (A.) as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
11/7/2012 House of Representatives agreed to a conference on the disagreeing votes on SBN-3217 and HBN-6203, and designated Representatives Garcia, Antonino, Acop, Sarmiento, and Mercado-Revilla, as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on November 5, 2012;
11/27/2012 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-3217, in consolidation with HBN-6203, be approved as reconciled;
12/4/2012 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on November 26, 2012;
12/5/2012 Sponsorship speech of Senator GREGORIO B. HONASAN II;
12/5/2012 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
[ 2013 ]
1/16/2013 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-3217 and HBN-6203, sent to the House of Representatives, for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
1/28/2013 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-3217 and HBN-6203, received by the Senate already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
1/29/2013 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-3217 and HBN-6203, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, for the signature and approval of His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III;
6/6/2013 Vetoed by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on February 25, 2013;
6/6/2013 VETOED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES.
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