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Long Title
AN ACT EXTENDING AND ENHANCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIFELINE RATE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 73 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10150
Short Title
EXTENSION OF LIFELINE RATE
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Date filed
October 12, 2020
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Session Sequence No.
22
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Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
132
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 11/9/2020 Sponsorship Speech Gatchalian, Win 11/9/2020 Co-Sponsorship Speech Go, Christopher Lawrence T. 11/9/2020 Manifestation Go, Christopher Lawrence T. 12/14/2020 Period of Amendment Closed 12/14/2020 Period of Interpellation Closed 12/14/2020 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M. 3/24/2021 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Gatchalian, Win
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT EXTENDING AND ENHANCING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LIFELINE RATE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 73 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9136, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY REFORM ACT OF 2001, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10150 [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2020 ] 10/12/2020 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on PUBLIC SERVICES with Senators WIN GATCHALIAN and LEILA M. DE LIMA as authors per Committee Report No. 132, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-1583; 10/12/2020 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 10/12/2020 Sponsor: Senator WIN GATCHALIAN; 11/9/2020 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 11/9/2020 Sponsorship speech of Senator WIN GATCHALIAN; 11/9/2020 Manifestation of Senator CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO; 11/9/2020 Senator CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO requested that he be made co-author; 12/14/2020 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON; 12/14/2020 Period of interpellation closed; 12/14/2020 Period of amendment closed; 12/14/2020 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment; 12/14/2020 Senators JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI and JOEL VILLANUEVA requested that they be made co-authors; 12/16/2020 Printed copies were electronically distributed to the Senators; [ 2021 ] 1/18/2021 Approved on Third Reading; 1/18/2021 In favor: (19) Senators SONNY ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, RICHARD J. GORDON, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, IMEE R. MARCOS, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN, GRACE POE, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI; 1/18/2021 Against: (None) ; 1/18/2021 Abstention: (1) Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III; 1/19/2021 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 1/25/2021 Senate requested for a bicameral conference committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, designating Senators Gatchalian, Binay, Marcos, Angara and Hontiveros as conferees; 1/27/2021 House of Representatives designated Representatives Macapagal Arroyo, De Jesus, Vergara and Dagooc as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disgreeing provisions of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145 on January 26, 2021; 2/8/2021 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1877, in consolidation with HBN-8145, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 3/10/2021 Letter from Senator Sherwin T. Gatchalian, Chairperson on the Senate Committee on Energy, withdrawing the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, received by LBIS; 3/24/2021 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on March 22, 2021; 3/24/2021 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1877, in consolidation with HBN-8145, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees; 3/24/2021 Sponsorship speech of Senator WIN GATCHALIAN on the conference committee report; 3/24/2021 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 4/12/2021 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on March 22, 2021; 4/21/2021 Letter from Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated April 21, 2021, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, for the signature of Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza; 4/26/2021 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, which were signed by Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza; 4/27/2021 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1877 and HBN-8145, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 6/2/2021 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-8145, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on May 27, 2021 and became 6/2/2021 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11552.