Bill Type
Full Title of Bill
AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
Short Title
PROFESSIONALISM AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES
Text as Filed (File)
Date filed
December 6, 2022
Date Read
December 6, 2022
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
41
Session Type
Document Certification
Bill Status
Republic Act RA11939 enacted on 2023-05-17

House Counterpart

Date Approved on Third Reading (HRep)
December 12, 2022

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
3/22/2023 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Estrada, Jinggoy E.

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PIHLIPPINES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2022 ]
Introduced by Representatives FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ, RAUL "BOBOY" C. TUPAS, MERCEDES K. ALVAREZ, DIVINA GRACE C. YU, JORGE "PATROL" BUSTOS, et. al.;
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on December 12, 2022;
12/14/2022 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
[ 2023 ]
1/23/2023 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES;
2/7/2023 Returned jointly by the Committees on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES per Committee Report No. 23, recommending that it be considered in SBN-1849;
2/7/2023 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
2/7/2023 CONSIDERED IN SBN-1849 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 23.
3/21/2023 Senate designated Senators Estrada, Angara, Dela Rosa, Go, Marcos, Tolentino and Pimentel III as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517;
3/22/2023 House of Representatives designated Representatives Tupas, Alvarez, Bustos, Yu, Romualdo, Colada and Paduano as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517 on March 20, 2023;
3/22/2023 FINAL TITLE: AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11709
3/22/2023 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1849, in consolidation with HBN-6517, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
3/22/2023 Sponsorship speech of Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA on the conference committee report;
3/22/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
3/27/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on March 22, 2023;
4/17/2023 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517, 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.;
5/18/2023 Consolidated with SBN-1849 which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on May 17, 2023 and became
5/18/2023 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11939.
(Transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 25, 2023)

Senate Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PIHLIPPINES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2022 ]
Introduced by Representatives FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ, RAUL "BOBOY" C. TUPAS, MERCEDES K. ALVAREZ, DIVINA GRACE C. YU, JORGE "PATROL" BUSTOS, et. al.;
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on December 12, 2022;
12/14/2022 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
[ 2023 ]
1/23/2023 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committees on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES;
2/7/2023 Returned jointly by the Committees on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES per Committee Report No. 23, recommending that it be considered in SBN-1849;
2/7/2023 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
2/7/2023 CONSIDERED IN SBN-1849 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 23.
3/21/2023 Senate designated Senators Estrada, Angara, Dela Rosa, Go, Marcos, Tolentino and Pimentel III as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517;
3/22/2023 House of Representatives designated Representatives Tupas, Alvarez, Bustos, Yu, Romualdo, Colada and Paduano as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517 on March 20, 2023;
3/22/2023 FINAL TITLE: AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11709
3/22/2023 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1849, in consolidation with HBN-6517, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
3/22/2023 Sponsorship speech of Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA on the conference committee report;
3/22/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
3/27/2023 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on March 22, 2023;
4/17/2023 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517, 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.;
5/18/2023 Consolidated with SBN-1849 which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on May 17, 2023 and became
5/18/2023 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11939.
5/25/2023 Transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation, pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate.

President's Action

Consolidated with Approved Bill
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President
Significance