Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ADOPTING INNOVATION AS VITAL COMPONENT OF THE COUNTRY'S DEVELOPMENT POLICIES TO DRIVE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
PHILIPPINE INNOVATION ACT
Sponsor
Co-sponsor
Date filed
February 27, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
68
Session Type
Document Certification
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Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
42
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 3/6/2017 Co-Sponsorship Speech Legarda, Loren B. 3/6/2017 Sponsorship Speech Gatchalian, Sherwin T. 3/15/2017 Period of Amendment Closed 3/15/2017 Period of Amendment Closed 3/15/2017 Period of Interpellation Closed 2/4/2019 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (5/2/2017)
Voted Yes Voted No Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno "Bam"
Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Cayetano, Alan Peter Companero S.
Drilon, Franklin M.
Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.
Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Legarda, Loren B.
Pacquiao, Emmanuel "Manny" D.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Recto, Ralph G.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Trillanes, Antonio "Sonny" F.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT ADOPTING INNOVATION AS VITAL COMPONENT OF THE COUNTRY'S DEVELOPMENT POLICIES TO DRIVE INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTE THE GROWTH AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2017 ] 2/27/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on ECONOMIC AFFAIRS and TRADE, COMMERCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP with Senator(s) LOREN B. LEGARDA and SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN as author(s) per Committee Report No. 42, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-38; 2/28/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 2/28/2017 Sponsor: Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN; 3/6/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 3/6/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN; 3/6/2017 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA; 3/6/2017 Manifestation of Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA that he be made co-sponsor; 3/6/2017 Manifestation of Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI that he be made co-sponsor and co-author, together with Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 3/6/2017 Upon their request, Senators Zubiri, Villar, Villanueva, Binay, Poe, Aquino and Gordon were made cosponsors of Senate Bill No. 1355. (P. 1142, Journal dated March 6, 2017) 3/8/2017 Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated March 6, 2017, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-1355, received by the LBIS; 3/15/2017 Period of interpellation closed; 3/15/2017 Period of amendment closed; 3/15/2017 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment; 3/16/2017 Letter of Senator Gordon dated March 6, 2017, requesting that he be made co-author received by the LBIS; 3/22/2017 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 5/2/2017 Approved on Third Reading; 5/2/2017 In favor: (22) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 5/2/2017 Against: (None) ; 5/2/2017 Abstention: (None) ; 5/4/2017 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] [ 2018 ] 12/13/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Laogan, Unabia, Yap (V.), Gatchalian, Villafuerte, Jr., Yap (A.), Salo and Bertiz III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1355 and HBN-8715 on December 10, 2018; [ 2019 ] 1/14/2019 Senate designated Senators Gatchalian, Legarda, Pimentel, Binay, Aquino IV, Hontiveros, Ejercito and Zubiri as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1355 and HBN-8715; 2/4/2019 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions on SBN-1355 and HBN-8715, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1355, in consolidation with HBN-8715, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 2/4/2019 Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN; 2/4/2019 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 2/8/2019 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on February 4, 2019; 3/6/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 4, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1355 and HBN-8715, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 3/13/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 12, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1355 and HBN-8715, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 3/19/2019 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1355 and HBN-8715, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 6/30/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-8715, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 17, 2019 and became (Communication received by the LBIS on July 16, 2019) 6/30/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11293. (See: O.B. dated August 19, 2019, 18th Congress) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)