Entitled:
AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 2, 6, 10, 11 AND 15 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11709 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PRESCRIBING FIXED TERMS FOR KEY OFFICERS THEREOF, INCREASING THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE OF GENERALS/FLAG OFFICERS, PROVIDING FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE ATTRITION SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 19TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2023 ]
2/7/2023	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY, PEACE, UNIFICATION AND RECONCILIATION and GOVERNMENT CORPORATIONS AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES with Senators JINGGOY E. ESTRADA, JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI and ALAN PETER S. CAYETANO as authors per Committee Report No. 23, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1601 and 1603, taking into consideration HBN-6517;
2/7/2023	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
2/7/2023	Sponsor: Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA;
2/7/2023	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
2/7/2023	Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA;
2/7/2023	Co-sponsorship speech of Senators RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, ROBINHOOD C. PADILLA and RAFFY T. TULFO;
2/7/2023	Manifestation of Senators RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA and LOREN B. LEGARDA that they be made co-authors;
2/13/2023	Interpellation of Senators PIA S. CAYETANO and RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA;
2/14/2023	Interpellation of Senator AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL;
2/14/2023	Period of interpellation closed;
2/15/2023	Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on 02/15/2023;
2/22/2023	Period of committee amendments closed;
2/22/2023	Period of individual amendments;
2/28/2023	Period of individual amendments;
3/6/2023	Period of individual amendments;
3/6/2023	AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11709 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, BY PRESCRIBING FIXED TERMS FOR KEY OFFICERS THEREOF, INCREASING THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE OF GENERALS/FLAG OFFICERS, PROVIDING FOR A MORE EFFECTIVE ATTRITION SYSTEM, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
3/6/2023	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
3/6/2023	Approved on Third Reading;
3/6/2023	In favor: (17) Senators PIA S. CAYETANO, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JINGGOY E. ESTRADA, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, RISA HONTIVEROS, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, ROBINHOOD C. PADILLA, AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, RAFFY T. TULFO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
3/6/2023	Against: (None) ;
3/6/2023	Abstention: (None) ;
3/8/2023	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
3/21/2023	Senate designated Senators Estrada, Angara, Dela Rosa, Go, Marcos, Tolentino and Pimentel III as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517;
3/22/2023	House of Representatives designated Representatives Tupas, Alvarez, Bustos, Yu, Romualdo, Colada and Paduano as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517 on March 20, 2023;
3/22/2023	FINAL TITLE: AN ACT FURTHER STRENGTHENING PROFESSIONALISM AND PROMOTING THE CONTINUITY OF POLICIES AND MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11709
3/22/2023	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1849, in consolidation with HBN-6517, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
3/22/2023	Sponsorship speech of Senator JINGGOY E. ESTRADA on the conference committee report;
3/22/2023	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
3/27/2023	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on March 22, 2023;
4/17/2023	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1849 and HBN-6517, sent to the Office of the President through PLLO for the signature of the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.;
5/18/2023	Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-6517, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. on May 17, 2023 and became
5/18/2023	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11939.
(Transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 25, 2023)