Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING GENDER-BASED STREET AND PUBLIC SPACES HARASSMENT, EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
SAFE SPACES ACT
Date filed
August 16, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
12
Session Type
Document Certification

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
8/22/2017 Sponsorship Speech Hontiveros, Risa
8/1/2018 Interpellation Sotto III, Vicente C.
9/18/2018 Interpellation Sotto III, Vicente C.Drilon, Franklin M.
10/1/2018 Period of Interpellation Closed
10/3/2018 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
10/3/2018 Period of Individual Amendments
10/3/2018 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
2/6/2019 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Hontiveros, Risa

Votes

Votes

Type of vote

Third Reading (10/8/2018)

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.
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 DEFINING AND PENALIZING GENDER-BASED STREET AND PUBLIC SPACES HARASSMENT, EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2017 ]
8/16/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY; CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION; LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; and JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS with Senator(s) RISA HONTIVEROS and GRACE L. POE as author(s) per Committee Report No. 156, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1250, 1254 and 1326;
8/22/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
8/22/2017 Sponsor: Senator RISA HONTIVEROS;
8/22/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
8/22/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator RISA HONTIVEROS;
8/22/2017 Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA was made a co-author;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2018 ]
3/6/2018 Letter from Senator LEILA M. DE LIMA dated February 28, 2018, conveying her intention to be made coauthor of SBN-1558, received by the LBIS;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
8/1/2018 Interpellation of Senate President VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
9/18/2018 Interpellation of Senate President VICENTE C. SOTTO III and Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
10/1/2018 Period of interpellation closed;
10/3/2018 Period of committee amendments closed;
10/3/2018 Period of individual amendments;
10/3/2018 Period of individual amendments closed;
10/3/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
10/4/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
10/8/2018 Approved on Third Reading;
10/8/2018 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, 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;
10/8/2018 Against: (None) ;
10/8/2018 Abstention: (None) ;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING STREET SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND PUBLIC SPACES HARASSMENT, EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7877, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
10/9/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ 2019 ]
1/22/2019 Senate designated Senators Hontiveros, Binay, Poe, Gatchalian and Trillanes IV as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1558 and HBN-8794;
2/4/2019 House of Representatives designated Representatives Herrera-Dy, Rocamora, Villarin, Lagman, De Jesus and Antonio as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1558 and HBN-8794 on January 29, 2019;
2/6/2019 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1558 and HBN-8794, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1558, in consolidation with HBN-8794, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT DEFINING GENDER-BASED SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN STREETS, PUBLIC SPACES, ONLINE, WORKPLACES, AND EDUCATIONAL OR TRAINING INSTITUTIONS, PROVIDING PROTECTIVE MEASURES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFOR.
2/6/2019 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator RISA HONTIVEROS;
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)
3/6/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 4, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1558 and HBN-8794, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
3/20/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 19, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1558 and HBN-8794, 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 the consolidated version of SBN-1558 and HBN-8794, 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-8794, 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. 11313. (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)

President's Action

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