Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT CREATING THE POSITIONS FOR JUDGES-AT-LARGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980,' AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Short Title
JUDGES-AT-LARGE ACT OF 2018
Author
Date filed
October 10, 2018
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
31
Session Type
Document Certification

Committee Details

Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
496

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
11/19/2018 Sponsorship Speech Gordon, Richard J.
11/19/2018 Co-Sponsorship Speech Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
1/23/2019 Interpellation Drilon, Franklin M.
1/29/2019 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
1/29/2019 Period of Interpellation Closed
1/29/2019 Period of Committee Amendments
2/4/2019 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
2/4/2019 Period of Individual Amendments

Votes

Votes

Type of vote

Third Reading (5/20/2019)

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.
Gatchalian, Sherwin T.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Hontiveros, Risa
Lacson, Panfilo M.
Legarda, Loren B.
Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Poe, Grace L.
Recto, Ralph G.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Villanueva, Joel
Villar, Cynthia A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.

 

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT CREATING THE POSITIONS FOR JUDGES-AT-LARGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS 'THE JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980,' AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2018 ]
10/10/2018 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS and FINANCE with Senator(s) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON and LOREN B. LEGARDA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 496, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1681, 1691 and 2002 taking into consideration HBN-7309;
10/10/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
10/10/2018 Sponsor: Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
11/19/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
11/19/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
11/19/2018 Co-sponsorship speech of SenatorJUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA;
11/19/2018 Upon their request, Senators JOEL VILLANUEVA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, RISA HONTIVEROS, JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI and FRANKLIN M. DRILON were made co-authors of SBN-2065;
[ 2019 ]
1/23/2019 Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
1/29/2019 Period of interpellation closed;
1/29/2019 Period of committee amendments;
1/29/2019 Period of committee amendments closed;
1/30/2019 Amended copy of SBN-2065, as of January 29, 2019, were distributed to the Senators;
2/4/2019 Period of individual amendments;
2/4/2019 Period of individual amendments closed;
2/4/2019 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
2/7/2019 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
5/20/2019 Approved on Third Reading;
5/20/2019 In favor: (17) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
5/20/2019 Against: (None) ;
5/20/2019 Abstention: (None) ;
5/27/2019 Senate designated Senators Gordon, Zubiri, Gatchalian, Angara and Drilon as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2065 and HBN-7309;
6/4/2019 House of Representatives adopted SBN-2065 as an amendment to HBN-7309 on June 3, 2019;
6/30/2019 Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated July 17, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-2065 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7309, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; (Communication received by the HOR on July 19, 2019)
6/30/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated July 24, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2065 and HBN-7309, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling; (Communication received by the LBIS on July 29, 2019)
6/30/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-2065 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-7309, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on July 31, 2019;
6/30/2019 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on August 30, 2019 and became (Communication received by the LBIS on September 25, 2019)
6/30/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11459. (See: O.B. dated October 1, 2019; 18th Congress)
(Pursuant to Rule V, Sec. 7, paragraph (g) of the Rules of the Senate, Committee Report No. 496 with pertinent documents transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on January 21, 2021)
(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)

President's Action

Approved by the President
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President