Entitled:
AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS AND OVERSEAS FILIPINOS, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2021 ]
5/25/2021	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, FOREIGN RELATIONS, CIVIL SERVICE, GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION and FINANCE with Senators AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, IMEE R. MARCOS, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., RALPH G. RECTO, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI, JOEL VILLANUEVA and RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA as authors per Committee Report No. 264, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 92, 141, 202, 407, 461, 593, 997, 1323, 1835, 1848, 1949, and 2110; taking into consideration HBN- 5832;
5/25/2021	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
5/25/2021	Sponsor: Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
5/25/2021	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
5/25/2021	Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
5/25/2021	Co-sponsorship speech of Senators CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO and RAMON BONG REVILLA JR.;
5/25/2021	Senator RICHARD J. GORDON was made a co-author;
5/25/2021	Manifestation of Senator JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
5/25/2021	Remarks of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
5/26/2021	Co-sponsorship speech of Senators RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA and RICHARD J. GORDON;
5/31/2021	Interpellation of Senator JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
6/1/2021	Certified by the President of the Philippines for its IMMEDIATE enactment on May 28, 2021;
8/2/2021	Interpellation of Senator AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL;
8/4/2021	Interpellation of Senators PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN and FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO;
8/4/2021	Remarks of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
8/31/2021	Interpellation of Senator RISA HONTIVEROS;
8/31/2021	Remarks of Senators FRANKLIN M. DRILON and SONNY ANGARA;
8/31/2021	Inquiry of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/15/2021	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/21/2021	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/21/2021	Inquiry of Senator FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO;
9/28/2021	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/29/2021	Interpellation of Senators FRANKLIN M. DRILON and RICHARD J. GORDON;
9/29/2021	Period of interpellation closed;
11/9/2021	Period of amendments (amendment by substitution);
12/6/2021	Period of individual amendments;
12/7/2021	Period of individual amendments;
12/13/2021	Period of individual amendments;
12/13/2021	Period of individual amendments closed;
12/13/2021	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF MIGRANT WORKERS, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, RATIONALIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES RELATED TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT AND LABOR MIGRATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
12/13/2021	Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON was made co-author;
12/14/2021	Approved on Third Reading;
12/14/2021	In favor: (20) Senators SONNY ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, 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, FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO "KOKO" III PIMENTEL, GRACE POE, RALPH G. RECTO, RAMON BONG REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI;
12/14/2021	Against: (None) ;
12/14/2021	Abstention: (None) ;
12/14/2021	All members who voted in favor were made co-authors;
12/14/2021	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
12/16/2021	House of Representative adopted SBN-2234 as an amendment to HBN-5832 on December 15, 2021;
12/22/2021	Letter from Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated 21 December 2021, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of SBN-2234 and HBN-5832, for the signature of Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza;
12/23/2021	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2234 and HBN-5832, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
[ 2022 ]
1/17/2022	Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-5832, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on December 30, 2021, and became
1/17/2022	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11641.