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AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, KNOWN AS 'THE FORESTRY PROFESSION LAW', APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
FORESTRY PROFESSION ACT OF 2013
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Date filed
January 15, 2014
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Session Sequence No.
43
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Committee Report No.
12
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Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 2/5/2014 Sponsorship Speech Trillanes, Antonio "Sonny" F. 8/12/2014 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 8/12/2014 Interpellation Legarda, Loren B. 8/12/2014 Interpellation Legarda, Loren B. 8/12/2014 Period of Committee Amendments 8/12/2014 Period of Interpellation Closed 8/12/2014 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 8/27/2014 Period of Individual Amendments 9/1/2014 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIXTY-TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE, KNOWN AS 'THE FORESTRY PROFESSION LAW', APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2014 ] 1/15/2014 Introduced by Senator ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES; 1/21/2014 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION; and FINANCE; 2/4/2014 By virtue of the approved motion of Senator Cayetano (A.) on the process of coauthorship on January 21, 2014, letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated February 3, 2014, requesting that she be made coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS; 2/5/2014 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION and FINANCE per Committee Report No. 12, recommending its approval with amendments; 2/5/2014 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 2/5/2014 Sponsors: Senator(s) ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO; 2/5/2014 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 2/5/2014 Sponsorship speech of Senator ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES; 8/12/2014 Interpellation of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA; 8/12/2014 Period of interpellation closed; 8/12/2014 Period of committee amendments; 8/13/2014 Printed copies with approved committee amendments as of August 12, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 8/27/2014 Period of individual amendments; 9/1/2014 Printed copies with approved amendments as of August 27, 2014 distributed to the Senators; 9/1/2014 Period of individual amendments; 9/1/2014 Period of individual amendments closed; 9/1/2014 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 9/2/2014 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators; 9/8/2014 Approved on Third Reading; 9/8/2014 In favor: (16) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 9/8/2014 Against: N o n e ; 9/8/2014 Abstention: N o n e ; 9/10/2014 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] [ 2015 ] 8/11/2015 Senate concurs with HBN-5707 and adopt it as an amendment to SBN-2055, on motion of Senator Pimentel, Jr.; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on August 11, 2015); 9/14/2015 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2055 and HBN-5707 received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Drilon; 9/28/2015 Enrolled copies of HBN-5707 which was adopted as an amendment to SBN-2055, returned to the House of Representatives already signed by Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Drilon; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF FORESTRY IN THE PHILIPPINES AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SIX THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE (R.A. NO. 6239), KNOWN AS THE FORESTRY PROFESSION LAW 11/23/2015 Consolidated with HBN-5707 which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on October 23, 2015 and became 11/23/2015 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10690. Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10690 (HBN-5707/SBN-2055) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on November 3, 2015) (Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)