Entitled:
AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER S & T PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
7/31/2017	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION and FINANCE with Senator(s) LOREN B. LEGARDA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 144, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 394, 679 and 1333;
8/1/2017	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
8/1/2017	Sponsor: Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
8/2/2017	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
8/2/2017	Sponsorship speech of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
8/2/2017	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
8/2/2017	Senators AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI were made co-authors;
8/2/2017	Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN manifested his intention to be made coauthor of SBN-1534;
8/30/2017	Period of interpellation closed;
11/21/2017	Period of individual amendments;
11/21/2017	Inquiry of Senator RALPH G. RECTO;
11/22/2017	Printed copies, amended as of November 21, 2017, were distributed to the Senators;
[ 2018 ]
3/7/2018	Period of individual amendments;
3/7/2018	Period of individual amendments closed;
3/7/2018	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
3/7/2018	AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT
3/8/2018	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
3/12/2018	Approved on Third Reading;
3/12/2018	In favor: (15) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
3/12/2018	Against: (None) ;
3/12/2018	Abstention: (None) ;
3/14/2018	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ 2019 ]
1/23/2019	House of Representatives designated Representatives Aumentado, Romero, Ungab, Yu and Arcillas as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734 on January 21, 2019;
1/23/2019	Senate designated Senators Aquino IV, Gatchalian and Villanueva as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734;
2/6/2019	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1534, in consolidation with HBN-8734, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE MAGNA CARTA FOR SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, RESEARCHERS AND OTHER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PERSONNEL IN THE GOVERNMENT, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8439.
2/6/2019	Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV;
2/6/2019	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
2/7/2019	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on February 6, 2019; (See: O.B. dated June 4, 2019)
3/11/2019	Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 6, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/19/2019	Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 18, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1534 and HBN-8734, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/21/2019	Enrolled copies of SBN-1534 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-8734, 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-8734, 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. 11312. (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)