Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITIES TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS
Short Title
LIFETIME CELLPHONE NUMBER ACT
Sponsor
Date filed
December 12, 2017
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
42
Session Type
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by HOUSE (9/26/2018)
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
213
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 1/15/2018 Sponsorship Speech Gatchalian, Sherwin T. 2/5/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M.Sotto III, Vicente C. 2/6/2018 Period of Interpellation Closed 2/6/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 2/13/2018 Period of Individual Amendments 2/13/2018 Inquiry Lacson, Panfilo M.Recto, Ralph G.Sotto III, Vicente C. 2/13/2018 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 2/14/2018 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 2/14/2018 Period of Individual Amendments 11/21/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (2/19/2018)
Voted Yes Voted No Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
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.
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.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENTITIES TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2017 ] 12/12/2017 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on ECONOMIC AFFAIRS with Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN as author per Committee Report No. 213, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-1237; 12/13/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 12/13/2017 Sponsor: Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN; [ 2018 ] 1/15/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 1/15/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN; 2/5/2018 Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANKLIN M. DRILON and VICENTE C. SOTTO III; 2/6/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 2/6/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 2/13/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 2/13/2018 Period of individual amendments; 2/13/2018 Inquiry of Senator(s) PANFILO M. LACSON, RALPH G. RECTO and VICENTE C. SOTTO III; 2/14/2018 Period of individual amendments; 2/14/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 2/14/2018 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 2/15/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 2/19/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 2/19/2018 In favor: (20) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, 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, 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, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 2/19/2018 Against: (None) ; 2/19/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 2/21/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 9/25/2018 House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-7652 and SBN-1636, and designated Representatives Yap (V.A.), Vargas, Amante, Olivarez, Velasco, Nunez-Malanyaon, Aumentado, Nieto, Lacson, Lopez (C.V.) and Matugas II as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on September 21, 2018; 9/26/2018 Senate accepted the request of the House of Representatives for a Conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1636 and HBN-7652, designating Senators Gatchalian, Pimentel, Poe, Binay, Lacson, Escudero, Ejercito, Zubiri, Aquino, Trillanes and Hontiveros as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; 11/21/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1636 and HBN-7652, submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-7652, in consolidation with SBN-1636, be approved as reconciled; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT REQUIRING MOBILE SERVICE PROVIDERS TO PROVIDE NATIONWIDE MOBILE NUMBER PORTABILITY TO SUBSCRIBERS. 11/21/2018 Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN; 11/21/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 11/26/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on November 20, 2018; 12/18/2018 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1636 and HBN-7652, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General Dante Roberto P. Maling; [ 2019 ] 1/10/2019 Letter from Acting Secretary General Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling, dated January 9, 2019, transmitting eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1636 and HBN-7652, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 1/10/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1636 and HBN-7652, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 5/20/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-7652, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 8, 2019 and became 5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11202. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11202 (SBN-1636) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 28, 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)