Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND EXPANDING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8282, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1997
Short Title
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 2018
Sponsor
Date filed
March 19, 2018
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
71
Session Type
Subjects
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.
300
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 5/22/2018 Sponsorship Speech Gordon, Richard J. 7/25/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 7/30/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 7/31/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 8/1/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 8/8/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 8/14/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 8/15/2018 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 9/10/2018 Interpellation Recto, Ralph G. 9/25/2018 Period of Interpellation Closed 10/1/2018 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 10/2/2018 Period of Individual Amendments 10/2/2018 Against 10/2/2018 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 10/8/2018 Manifestation Gordon, Richard J. 10/10/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gordon, Richard J. 10/10/2018 Manifestation Drilon, Franklin M.Gordon, Richard J.Zubiri, Juan Miguel F. 11/28/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gordon, Richard J.
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.
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 RATIONALIZING AND EXPANDING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, FURTHER AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8282, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1997 [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 3/19/2018 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES and LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT with Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, RICHARD J. GORDON and SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN as author(s) per Committee Report No. 300, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 63, 91, 145, 150, 181, 400, 767, 802, 1036, 1038, 1068, 1129, 1198 and 1236, taking into consideration HBN-2158; 3/20/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 3/20/2018 Sponsor: Senator RICHARD J. GORDON; 5/22/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 5/22/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 7/25/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 7/30/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 7/31/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 8/1/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 8/8/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 8/14/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 8/15/2018 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 9/10/2018 Interpellation of Senator RALPH G. RECTO; 9/25/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 10/1/2018 Period of committee amendments closed; 10/2/2018 Senator Gordon presented his proposed amendment in the nature of a substitute to SBN-1753; 10/2/2018 The Body approved the amendment by substitution which shall be used as working draft for further individual amendments; 10/2/2018 Period of individual amendments; 10/2/2018 Period of individual amendments closed; 10/2/2018 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: (20) 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, 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) ; 10/8/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence on October 9, 2018; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT RATIONALIZING AND EXPANDING THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY COMMISSION TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM VIABILITY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1161, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8282, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1997" 10/8/2018 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1753 and HBN-2158, designating Senators Gordon, Gatchalian, Recto and Drilon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; 10/10/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Sacdalan, Go, Pichay, Jr., Santos-Recto and Salon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1753 and HBN-2158 on October 8, 2018; 10/10/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1753 and HBN-2158, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1753, in consolidation with HBN-2158, be approved as reconciled; 10/10/2018 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON; 10/10/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 10/10/2018 Manifestation of Senator(s)FRANKLIN M. DRILON, RICHARD J. GORDON and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 11/14/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on October 10, 2018; 11/21/2018 Manifestation of Senator Gordon to reconsider the approval of the Conference Committee Report; 11/21/2018 Manifestation of Senator Drilon; 11/21/2018 Reconvening of the Bicameral Conference Committee; 11/28/2018 House of Representatives reconsidered the ratification of the Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-2158 and SBN-1753 on November 27, 2018;(See: O.B. dated December 3, 2018) 11/28/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Pichay, Jr., Go, Sacdalan, Vargas, Espina, and Salon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-2158 and SBN-1753 on November 27, 2018;(See: O.B. dated December 3, 2018) 11/28/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1753 and HBN-2158, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1753, in consolidation with HBN-2158, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 11/28/2018 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON; 11/28/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 12/4/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on November 28, 2018; 12/18/2018 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1753 and HBN-2158, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General Dante Roberto P. Maling; [ 2019 ] 1/8/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-1753 and HBN-2158, 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 by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 7, 2019 and became 5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11199. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11199 (SBN-1753) 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)