House Bill No. 6428, 16th Congress of the Republic | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB06428
FULL TITLE : AN ACT DECLARING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES
SHORT TITLE : Declaring Filipino Sign Language As The National Sign Language Of The Filipino Deaf And The Official Language Of Government In All Transactions Involving The Deaf, And Mandating Its Use In All Public Schools, Broadcast Media, And Workplaces
ALIAS NAME : The Filipino Sign Language Act
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : TINIO, ANTONIO L.
DATE FILED : 2016-02-01
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
NATURE : Reform
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Colmenares	2. Ilagan
3. Hicap	4. Zarate
5. De Jesus	6. Ridon
7. Paez	8. Lanete
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Primicias-Agabas (050 2016-02-02)
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 01007
SUBMITTED ON 2016-02-01
SUBMITTED BY: SOCIAL SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB00450
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2016-02-02
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2016-02-02
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2016-02-02
SPONSORED BY : Tinio
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2016-02-02
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2016-02-03
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2016-05-23
HOUSE VOTES: YEAS:189 NAYS:0 ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE: 2016-05-25
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE: 2016-05-25
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Entitled:

AN ACT DECLARING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES

[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]

[ 2016 ]

Introduced by Representatives ANTONIO L. TINIO, NERI J. COLMENARES, LUZVIMINDA C. ILAGAN, FERNANDO "KA PANDO" L. HICAP, CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE, et. al.;

Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016;

5/25/2016 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;

5/30/2016 Motion of the Majority Leader, Senator Alan Peter Compañero S. Cayetano, that the matters appearing in the Reference of Business for todays session be deemed read and transmitted to the Archives;

5/30/2016 SENT TO THE ARCHIVES.

(Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)

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Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2016 ]
Introduced by Representatives ANTONIO L. TINIO, NERI J. COLMENARES, LUZVIMINDA C. ILAGAN, FERNANDO "KA PANDO" L. HICAP, CARLOS ISAGANI T. ZARATE, et. al.;
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016;
5/25/2016	Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
5/30/2016	Motion of the Majority Leader, Senator Alan Peter Compañero S. Cayetano, that the matters appearing in the Reference of Business for todays session be deemed read and transmitted to the Archives;
5/30/2016	SENT TO THE ARCHIVES.
(Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)