Entitled:
AN ACT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO EDUCATION THROUGH OPEN LEARNING AND DISTANCE EDUCATION IN TERTIARY LEVELS OF EDUCATION, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFORE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2014 ]
6/4/2014	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, FINANCE and WAYS AND MEANS with Senator(s) CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, RALPH G. RECTO, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA and PIA S. CAYETANO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 46, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 140, 639, 1340, 1414 and 2155;
6/4/2014	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
6/4/2014	Sponsors: Senator(s) PIA S. CAYETANO, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, RALPH G. RECTO, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA;
6/4/2014	Transferred from the Calendar for rdinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
6/4/2014	Sponsorship speech of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
6/4/2014	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
6/10/2014	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA;
6/10/2014	Period of interpellation closed;
6/10/2014	Period of committee amendments;
6/10/2014	Period of committee amendments closed;
6/10/2014	Period of individual amendments closed;
6/10/2014	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
6/11/2014	Printed copies distributed to the Senators;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
7/30/2014	Approved on Third Reading;
7/30/2014	In favor: (18) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
7/30/2014	Against: N o n e;
7/30/2014	Abstention: N o n e;
8/4/2014	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
8/12/2014	House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4553 and SBN-2274, and designated Representatives Romulo, Escudero, Rodriguez, Cortuna and Paquiz as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on August 4, 2014;
8/18/2014	House of Representatives elected Representative Piamonte Jr. as additional conferee to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4553 and SBN-2274 on August 11, 2014;
8/20/2014	Senate agreed to the request of the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2274 and HBN-4553, and designated Senators Cayetano (P.), Villar and Sotto III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee (Transmittal letter received by the House of Representatives on August 28, 2014);
9/16/2014	Senate designated Senators Angara and Cayetano (A.) as additional conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2274 and HBN-4553;
9/17/2014	House of Representatives elected Representative Celso L. Lobregat as additional conferee to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4553 and SBN-2274 on September 15, 2014;
9/22/2014	House of Representatives designated Representative Monique Yazmin Q. Lagdameo as additional conferee to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4553 and SBN-2274 on September 16, 2014;
9/23/2014	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-2274, in consolidation with HBN-4553, be approved as reconciled;
9/23/2014	Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
9/23/2014	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate (Transmitted to the House of Representatives on September 25, 2014);
10/20/2014	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on September 24, 2014;
10/28/2014	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2274 and HBN-4553, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
11/10/2014	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2274 and HBN-4553, received by the Senate, which were already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
11/17/2014	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2274 and HBN-4553, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO, for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT EXPANDING ACCESS TO EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BY INSTITUTIONALIZING OPEN DISTANCE LEARNING IN LEVELS OF TERTIARY EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
12/16/2014	Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-4553, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on December 9, 2014 and became;
12/16/2014	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10650.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R. A. No. 10650 (SBN-2274/HBN-4553)with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on December 17, 2014)
(Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)