Entitled:
AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE DISABILITY PENSION OF VETERANS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, ENTITLED, AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR BENEFICIARIES, AS AMENDED
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2022 ]
11/8/2022	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and FINANCE with Senators JINGGOY E. ESTRADA and SONNY ANGARA as authors per Committee Report No. 11, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 683 and 911;
11/21/2022	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
11/22/2022	Letter from Senator MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID conveying his intention to be a co-author of SBN-1480, received by LBIS;
11/22/2022	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
11/22/2022	Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA;
11/22/2022	Co-sponsorship speech of Senators RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., SONNY ANGARA and RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA;
11/22/2022	Senators RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., JOEL VILLANUEVA, ROBINHOOD C. PADILLA and RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA were made co-authors;
11/24/2022	Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated November 23, 2022, conveying her intention to be co-author of SBN-1480, received by LBIS;
12/13/2022	Letter from Senator LOREN LEGARDA dated November 22, 2022, conveying her intention to be made co-author of SBN-1480, received by LBIS;
[ 2023 ]
3/13/2023	Letter from Senator FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, conveying his intention to be made a co-author of SBN-1480, received by LBIS;
3/21/2023	Manifestation of Senator Villanueva that Senator CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO be made co-author;
3/21/2023	Interpellation of Senator AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL;
3/21/2023	Period of interpellation closed;
5/8/2023	Period of committee amendments closed;
5/8/2023	Period of individual amendments;
5/8/2023	Period of individual amendments closed;
5/8/2023	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
5/9/2023	Copies were electronically distributed to the Senators;
5/15/2023	Approved on Third Reading;
5/15/2023	In favor: (21) Senators SONNY ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JINGGOY E. ESTRADA, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, RISA HONTIVEROS, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, IMEE R. MARCOS, ROBINHOOD C. PADILLA, AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL, GRACE POE, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., RAFFY T. TULFO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, MARK A. VILLAR, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
5/15/2023	Against: (None) ;
5/15/2023	Abstention: (None) ;
5/15/2023	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
5/25/2023	House of Representatives designated Representatives Primicias-Agabas, Aquino-Magsaysay, Roman, Dagooc and Bustos as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1480 and HBN-7939 on May 24, 2023; (See: O.B. dated July 25, 2023)
5/29/2023	Senate designated Senators Estrada, Poe and Pimentel III as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1480 and HBN-7939;
5/31/2023	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1480 and HBN-7939, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1480 , in consolidation with HBN-7939, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
5/31/2023	Sponsorship speech of Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA on the conference committee report;
5/31/2023	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
5/31/2023	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representaives;
7/6/2023	Letter from Senate Secretary Renato N. Bantug, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1480 and HBN-7939, for the signature of Speaker Martin G. Romualdez and Secretary General Reginald S. Velasco;
7/25/2023	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1480 and HBN-7939, 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.;
8/29/2023	FINAL TITLE: AN ACT RATIONALIZING THE DISABILITY PENSION OF VETERANS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, ENTITLED, AN ACT STANDARDIZING AND UPGRADING THE BENEFITS FOR MILITARY VETERANS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, AS AMENDED
9/11/2023	Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-7839, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on August 24, 2023 and became
9/11/2023	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11958.
9/12/2023	(Transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on September 12, 2023)
8/24/2023	Approved by the President of the Philippines and became
8/24/2023	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11958