Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND HONESTY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
PEOPLE'S FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 2013
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Sponsor
Date filed
September 24, 2013
Scope
Legislative Status
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Session Sequence No.
25
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Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
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Committee Details
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Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
2
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 9/24/2013 Co-Sponsorship Speech Ejercito, Joseph Victor G.Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.Legarda, Loren B. 9/24/2013 Sponsorship Speech Poe, Grace L. 10/21/2013 Co-Sponsorship Speech Trillanes, Antonio "Sonny" F. 12/10/2013 Interpellation Cayetano, Alan Peter Companero S.Sotto III, Vicente C.Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. 12/10/2013 Inquiry 12/16/2013 Interpellation Legarda, Loren B. 1/27/2014 Interpellation Defensor Santiago, Miriam 2/3/2014 Inquiry 2/3/2014 Interpellation Cayetano, Pia S. 2/5/2014 Interpellation Sotto III, Vicente C. 2/10/2014 Interpellation Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L. 2/11/2014 Interpellation Ejercito-Estrada, Jinggoy P. 2/11/2014 Period of Interpellation Closed 2/17/2014 Period of Committee Amendments 2/18/2014 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 2/18/2014 Period of Committee Amendments 2/24/2014 Period of Individual Amendments 2/25/2014 Period of Individual Amendments 2/26/2014 Period of Individual Amendments 3/3/2014 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 3/3/2014 Period of Individual Amendments
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND HONESTY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2013 ] 9/24/2013 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA; CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION; and FINANCE with Senators FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, LOREN LEGARDA, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA and GRACE L. POE as authors, per Committee Report No. 2, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 18, 36, 44, 64, 74, 90, 217, 514, 1219 and SRN-102 and the Citizens Petition for Indirect Initiative on FOI; 9/24/2013 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 9/24/2013 Sponsors: Senator(s) GRACE L. POE, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO and ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO; 9/24/2013 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 9/24/2013 Sponsorship speech of Senator GRACE L. POE; 9/24/2013 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA and LOREN B. LEGARDA; 10/21/2013 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES; 12/10/2013 Interpellation of Senator(s) ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; 12/10/2013 Inquiry of the Chair; 12/11/2013 Motion of Senator Poe that Senator Revilla be made coauthor; 12/16/2013 Interpellation of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA; [ 2014 ] 1/27/2014 Interpellation of Senator MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO; 2/4/2014 Interpellation of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 2/4/2014 Inquiry of the Chair; 2/5/2014 Interpellation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III; 2/10/2014 Interpellation of Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 2/11/2014 Interpellation of Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA; 2/11/2014 Period of interpellation closed; 2/17/2014 Period of committee amendments; 2/18/2014 Printed copies of SBN-1733 with approved committee amendments as of February 17, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 2/18/2014 Period of committee amendments; 2/18/2014 Period of committee amendments closed; 2/19/2014 Printed copies of SBN-1733 with approved committee amendments as of February 18, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 2/24/2014 Period of individual amendments; 2/25/2014 Printed copies of SBN-1733 with approved individual amendments as of February 24, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 2/25/2014 Period of individual amendments; 2/26/2014 Printed copies with approved individual amendments as of February 25, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 2/26/2014 Period of individual amendments; 2/27/2014 Printed copies with approved individual amendments as of February 26, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 3/3/2014 Period of individual amendments; 3/3/2014 Period of individual amendments closed; 3/3/2014 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 3/5/2014 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 3/10/2014 Approved on Third Reading; 3/10/2014 In favor: (21) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 3/10/2014 Against: N o n e; 3/10/2014 Abstention: N o n e; 3/12/2014 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-1733 (Ctte. Rpt. No. 2), with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on August 2, 2016) (Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)