Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLES UNDER SECTIONS 118, 119, AND OTHER RESTRICTION AGAINST ENCUMBRANCE OR ALIENATION ON FREE PATENTS ISSUED UNDER SECTION 44 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141 OR THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS AMENDED
Short Title
AGRICULTURAL FREE PATENT REFORM ACT OF 2017
Date filed
May 16, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
82
Session Type
Document Certification

Committee Details

Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
79

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
5/16/2017 Sponsorship Speech Gordon, Richard J.
5/24/2017 Period of Committee Amendments
5/24/2017 Period of Interpellation Closed
5/24/2017 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
5/24/2017 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
5/24/2017 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M.
12/6/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gordon, Richard J.

Votes

Votes

Type of vote

Third Reading (5/30/2017)

Voted Yes Voted No

Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno "Bam"
Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Drilon, Franklin M.
Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.
Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Gordon, Richard J.
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.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.

 

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLES UNDER SECTIONS 118, 119, AND OTHER RESTRICTION AGAINST ENCUMBRANCE OR ALIENATION ON FREE PATENTS ISSUED UNDER SECTION 44 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141 OR THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS AMENDED
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
5/16/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS and ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES with Senator(s) RICHARD J. GORDON, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR as author(s) per Committee Report No. 79, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 101, 645 and 1260;
5/16/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
5/16/2017 Sponsor: Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
5/16/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
5/16/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
5/24/2017 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
5/24/2017 Period of interpellation closed;
5/24/2017 Period of committee amendments;
5/24/2017 Period of committee amendments closed;
5/24/2017 Period of individual amendments closed;
5/24/2017 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS IN THE REGISTRATION OF LAND TITLES UNDER SECTIONS 118, 119 AND 121, AND OTHER RESTRICTION AGAINST ENCUMBRANCE OR ALIENATION ON FREE PATENTS ISSUED UNDER SECTION 44 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141 OR THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS AMENDED
5/25/2017 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
5/30/2017 Approved on Third Reading;
5/30/2017 In favor: (21) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, 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, 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, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
5/30/2017 Against: (None) ;
5/30/2017 Abstention: (None) ;
5/31/2017 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
[ 2018 ]
11/27/2018 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1454 and HBN-8078, designating Senators Gordon, Zubiri, Villar and Aquino IV as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
12/3/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Leachon, Yap, Salceda, Bravo, Salon and Belmonte (J.C.) as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-8078 and SBN-1454 on November 27, 2018;
12/5/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1454 and HBN-8078, submitted to the Senate, recommending to adopt HBN-8078 in toto;
12/6/2018 Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
12/6/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
12/13/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on December 10, 2018;
[ 2019 ]
1/15/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 10, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1454 and HBN-8078, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
1/23/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 22, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1454 and HBN-8078, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
1/24/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1454 and HBN-8078, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT REMOVING THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON THE REGISTRATION, ACQUISITION, ENCUMBRANCE, ALIENATION, TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE OF LAND COVERED BY FREE PATENTS UNDER SECTIONS 118, 119 AND 121 OF COMMONWEALTH ACT NO. 141, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PUBLIC LAND ACT, AS AMENDED
5/20/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-8078 by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 22, 2019 and became
5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11231.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11231 (SBN-1454) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 29, 2019)
(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)

President's Action

Approved by the President
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President