Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT WAIVING GOVERNMENT FEES AND CHARGES ON THE ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS
Short Title
FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS ASSISTANCE ACT OF 2017
Sponsor
Date filed
June 12, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
40
Session Type
Document Certification
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
191
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 12/11/2017 Co-Sponsorship Speech Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.Poe, Grace L.Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. 12/11/2017 Sponsorship Speech Villanueva, Joel 9/17/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 9/17/2018 Period of Interpellation Closed 9/25/2018 Period of Individual Amendments 9/25/2018 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 9/25/2018 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 10/1/2018 Against 2/6/2019 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Villanueva, Joel
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (10/1/2018)
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.
Gordon, Richard J.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT WAIVING GOVERNMENT FEES AND CHARGES ON THE ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2017 ] 12/6/2017 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on YOUTH, CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, WAYS AND MEANS and FINANCE with Senator(s) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, JOEL VILLANUEVA, GRACE L. POE, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and LOREN B. LEGARDA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 191, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 313, 343 and 1426; 12/11/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 12/11/2017 Sponsor: Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 12/11/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 12/11/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 12/11/2017 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, GRACE L. POE and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; [ 2018 ] 3/6/2018 Letter from Senator LEILA M. DE LIMA dated February 27, 2018, conveying her intention to be made coauthor of SBN-1629, received by the LBIS; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 9/17/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 9/17/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 9/25/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 9/25/2018 Manifestation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON that he had already submitted his proposed amendments to the Sponsor to whom he left the discretion to accept or reject the same; 9/25/2018 Period of individual amendments; 9/25/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 9/25/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 9/27/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 10/1/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 10/1/2018 In favor: (18) 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, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 10/1/2018 Against: (None) ; 10/1/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 10/1/2018 Senators Aquino, Zubiri and Gordon were made co-authors; 10/1/2018 Manifestation of Senator Villanueva; 10/3/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; [ 2019 ] 1/16/2019 Senate designated Senators Villanueva, Angara, Ejercito, Binay and Aquino IV as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1629 and HBN-172; 1/28/2019 House of Representatives designated Representatives Cuaresma, Ting, Nograles (J.), Villarica, Suansing (E.), Noel and Bertiz III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1629 and HBN-172 on January 22, 2019; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT WAIVING GOVERNMENT FEES AND CHARGES IN THE ISSUANCE OF DOCUMENTS REQUIRED IN THE APPLICATION FOR EMPLOYMENT OF FIRST TIME JOBSEEKERS 2/6/2019 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1629 and HBN-172, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1629, in consolidation with HBN-172, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 2/6/2019 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 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) 2/21/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated February 20, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1629 and HBN-172, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 3/5/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 4, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1629 and HBN-172, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; 3/11/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1629 and HBN-172, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 6/4/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-172, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 10, 2019 and became 6/4/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11261. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11261 (SBN-1629) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 17, 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)