Entitled:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A FULL TUITION SUBSIDY FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (SUCS), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
1/23/2017	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE and FINANCE with Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA and LOREN B. LEGARDA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 28, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 61, 158, 173, 177, 198, 962 and 1220;
1/23/2017	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
1/23/2017	Sponsor: Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
1/24/2017	Letter from Senator LEILA M. DE LIMA dated January 24, 2017 requesting that she be made co-author, addressed to Senator PAOLO BENIGNO AQUINO IV, and with his conformity, received by the LBIS;
1/24/2017	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
1/24/2017	Sponsorship speech of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
1/24/2017	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, LOREN B. LEGARDA and JOEL VILLANUEVA;
1/25/2017	Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated January 24, 2017, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-1304, received by the LBIS;
1/25/2017	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
1/25/2017	Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI was made as co-author;
2/7/2017	Interpellation of Senator PANFILO M. LACSON;
2/7/2017	Senator RICHARD J.GORDON was made as co-author;
2/8/2017	Interpellation of Senator(s) JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO and LEILA M. DE LIMA;
2/8/2017	Inquiry of the Chair;
2/15/2017	Interpellation of Senator(s) SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN and RICHARD J. GORDON;
2/20/2017	Interpellation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
3/7/2017	Period of interpellation closed;
3/7/2017	Period of committee amendments closed;
3/7/2017	Period of individual amendments;
3/7/2017	Period of individual amendments closed;
3/7/2017	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
3/7/2017	FINAL TITLE: AN ACT ACCELERATING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FOR A TUITION SUBSIDY AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STUDENTS ENROLLED IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES (SUCs), PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS (HEIs) AND TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (TVIs), AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.
3/9/2017	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
3/13/2017	Approved on Third Reading;
3/13/2017	In favor: (18) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
3/13/2017	Against: (None) ;
3/13/2017	Abstention: (None) ;
3/14/2017	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
5/22/2017	Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633, designating Senators Escudero, Aquino, Recto and Gatchalian as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on May 24, 2017);
5/24/2017	House of Representatives designated Representatives Ann K. Hofer, Joey Sarte Salceda, Evelina G. Escudero, Antonio L. Tinio and Arlene B. Arcillas as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633 on May 22, 2017;(See: O.B. dated May 30, 2017);
5/25/2017	House of Representatives designated Representatives Ben P. Evardone and Celso L. Lobregat as additional conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633 on May 23, 2017;(See: O.B. dated May 30, 2017);
5/30/2017	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1304, in consolidation with HBN-5633, be approved as reconciled on May 23, 2017;
5/30/2017	Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO;
5/30/2017	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on May 31, 2017);
5/30/2017	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on May 29, 2017; (See: O.B. dated July 25, 2017)
6/22/2017	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633,sent to the House of Representatives, which were signed by Senate Secretary Lutgardo B. Barbo and Senate President Aqilino Koko L. Pimentel III;
7/4/2017	Letter from Secretary General Atty. Cesar S. Pareja, dated July 3, 2017, returning eight(8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
7/5/2017	Enrolled copies of SBN-1304 and HBN-5633, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT PROMOTING UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION BY PROVIDING FOR FREE TUITION AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES IN STATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES AND STATE-RUN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, ESTABLISHING THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SUBSIDY AND STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM, STRENGTHENING THE UNIFIED STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR TERTIARY EDUCATION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
8/15/2017	Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on August 2, 2017, in consolidation with HBN-5633 and became;
8/15/2017	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10931.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10931 (SBN-1304/HBN-5633) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 24, 2017)
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