Entitled:
AN ACT PROVIDING A MECHANISM FOR FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2008 ]
6/2/2008	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS and WAYS AND MEANS with Senator(s) MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID and FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO as author(s) per Committee Report No. 67, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-2301;
6/2/2008	Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS and WAYS AND MEANS;
6/2/2008	Sponsors: Senator(s) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID;
6/2/2008	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
6/3/2008	Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order;
6/3/2008	Sponsorship speech of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO;
6/3/2008	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN and JOKER P. ARROYO;
6/3/2008	Interpellation of Senator(s) EDGARDO J. ANGARA and AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR.;
6/3/2008	Senators ZUBIRI and ANGARA were made coauthors;
6/3/2008	Period of interpellation closed;
6/3/2008	Period of committee amendments closed;
6/3/2008	Period of individual amendments;
6/3/2008	Period of individual amendments closed;
6/3/2008	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
6/4/2008	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
6/4/2008	Senators PANGILINAN and ARROYO were made coauthors;
6/10/2008	Approved on Third Reading;
6/10/2008	In favor: (15) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, JOKER P. ARROYO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, M. A. MADRIGAL, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, MAR ROXAS, MANNY VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
6/10/2008	Against: N o n e;
6/10/2008	Abstention: N o n e;
6/10/2008	Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA was made as coauthor;
6/12/2008	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ 2010 ]
1/18/2010	House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2361 and HBN-4301, designating Representatives Defensor Jr., Javier, Gonzales II, and Rodriguez as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee; (See: O.B. dated January 26, 2010);
1/18/2010	Senate agreed to the request of the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2361 and HBN-4301, designating Senators Escudero, Lapid, Zubiri and Pangilinan as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
1/26/2010	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-2361, in consolidation with HBN-4301, be approved as reconciled;
1/27/2010	Manifestation of Senator Zubiri that the Joint Explanation of the Conference Committee Report be inserted into the Record;
1/27/2010	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
2/1/2010	Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on January 26, 2010;
2/3/2010	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2361 and HBN-4301, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
2/4/2010	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2361 and HBN-4301, received by the Senate which were already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
2/9/2010	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2361 and HBN-4301, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO, for the signature and approval of the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo;
5/31/2010	Approved and signed into law in consolidation with HBN-4301, by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on February 23, 2010, and became;
5/31/2010	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9999.