Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF) AND ESTABLISHING THE PQF-NATIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL
Short Title
PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK (PQF) ACT OF 2017
Co-sponsor
Date filed
May 16, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
86
Session Type
Document Certification

Committee Details

Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
80

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
5/17/2017 Sponsorship Speech Villanueva, Joel
12/4/2017 Period of Interpellation Closed
12/4/2017 Period of Amendment Closed

Votes

Votes

Type of vote

Third Reading (12/11/2017)

Voted Yes Voted No

Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno "Bam"
Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S.
Drilon, Franklin M.
Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.
Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Trillanes, Antonio "Sonny" F.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.

 

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF) AND ESTABLISHING THE PQF-NATIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
5/16/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT and FINANCE with Senator(s) JOEL VILLANUEVA and FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 80, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-211;
5/17/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
5/17/2017 Sponsors: Senator(s) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, JOEL VILLANUEVA;
5/17/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
5/17/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
5/24/2017 Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated May 22, 2017, requesting that she be made co-author of SBN-1456, received by the LBIS;
6/22/2017 Letter from Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA dated May 29, 2017, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-1456, received by the LBIS;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
8/1/2017 Letter from Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN dated July 31, 2017, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-1456, received by the LBIS;
8/14/2017 Letter from Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO dated August 7, 2017, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-1456, received by the LBIS;
12/4/2017 Period of interpellation closed;
12/4/2017 Period of amendment closed;
12/4/2017 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
12/5/2017 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators;
12/11/2017 Approved on Third Reading;
12/11/2017 In favor: (17) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
12/11/2017 Against: (None) ;
12/11/2017 Abstention: (None) ;
12/13/2017 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
12/13/2017 Senate adopted HBN-6572 as an amendment to SBN-1456;
12/18/2017 Enrolled copies of HBN-6572 which was adopted as an amendment to SBN-1456, received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Lutgardo B. Barbo and Senate President Aquilino "Koko" L. Pimentel III;
12/20/2017 Enrolled copies of HBN-6572 which was adopted as an amendment to SBN-1456, sent to the House of Representatives, which were signed by Senate Secretary Lutgardo B. Barbo and Senate President Aquilino Koko III L. Pimentel;
[ 2018 ]
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING THE PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK (PQF), ESTABLISHING THE PQF-NATIONAL COORDINATING COUNCIL (NCC) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
1/31/2018 Consolidated with HBN-6572, which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on January 16, 2018 and became
1/31/2018 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10968
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.NO. 10968 (HBN-6572/SBN-1456), with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on February 5, 2018)
(The LEGISLATIVE HISTORY/PLENARY DELIBERATIONS is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; THE LBIS IS NOT IN CHARGE OF CONDUCTING ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR TWG; The data entry on COMMITTEE MEETINGS/TWG is prepared by the COMMITTEE AFFAIRS BUREAU)

President's Action

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