Entitled:
AN ACT REQUIRING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD) TO DECLARE A 'CHILD LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION' AS A PREREQUISITE FOR ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DOMESTIC ADOPTION ACT OF 1998, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 1995, PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 603, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHILD AND YOUTH WELFARE CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2008 ]
6/10/2008	Prepared and submitted by the Committee on YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS with Senator(s) AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO and LOREN B. LEGARDA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 72, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 113, 1634 and 2012;
6/11/2008	Sponsors: Senator(s) M. A. MADRIGAL, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO and LOREN B. LEGARDA;
6/11/2008	Committee Report calendared for Ordinary Business;
6/11/2008	Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order;
8/13/2008	Sponsorship speech of Senator M. A. MADRIGAL;
8/13/2008	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
8/13/2008	Remarks of Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA;
9/2/2008	Interpellation of Senator(s) EDGARDO J. ANGARA, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON and GREGORIO B. HONASAN II;
9/2/2008	Period of interpellation closed;
9/3/2008	Period of committee amendments;
9/3/2008	Period of committee amendments closed;
9/22/2008	Reconsideration of the termination of the period of committee amendments; Period of committee amendments; Period of committee amendments closed;
9/30/2008	Period of individual amendments;
9/30/2008	Period of individual amendments closed;
9/30/2008	Approved on Second Reading with amendments;
10/2/2008	Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
10/6/2008	Senator LITO LAPID was made as coauthor;
10/6/2008	Approved on Third Reading;
10/7/2008	In favor: (17) JOKER P. ARROYO, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, "COMPANERA" PIA S. CAYETANO, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, M. A. MADRIGAL, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MAR ROXAS, MANNY VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
10/7/2008	Against: (None) ;
10/7/2008	Abstention: (None) ;
10/8/2008	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
12/5/2008	Senate requested the House of Representatives for conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2391 and HBN-10, and designated Senators Madrigal, Legarda and Pimentel Jr. as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
12/16/2008	House of Representatives agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-10 and SBN-2391, and designated Representatives Defensor (M.), and Lacson (J.C.), on the part of the Majority and Representative Binay (M.A.) on the part of the Minority as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on December 9, 2008;
12/17/2008	Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate recommending that SBN-2391, in consolidation with HBN-10, be approved as reconciled;
12/17/2008	Sponsorship speech of Senator Pimentel, Jr. on the Bicameral Conference Committee Report;
12/17/2008	Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate;
12/17/2008	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives; (See: O.B. dated January 19, 2009);
[ 2009 ]
2/11/2009	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2391 and HBN-10, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
2/26/2009	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2391 and HBN-10, received by the Senate which were already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
3/2/2009	Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2391 and HBN-10, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines, for the signature and approval of Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo;
4/20/2009	Approved and signed into law in consolidation with HBN-10, by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on March 12, 2009, and became;
4/20/2009	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9523.