Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT BANNING THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL (JBC) WHO HAS ALREADY SERVED TWO FULL TERMS
Short Title
JUDICIARY INDEPENDENCE ENHANCING ACT
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Date filed
September 22, 2014
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
24
Session Type
Subjects
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by HOUSE (1/27/2016)
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
78
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 12/10/2014 Sponsorship Speech Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L. 12/16/2014 Inquiry 12/16/2014 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 12/16/2014 Period of Interpellation Closed 12/16/2014 Period of Individual Amendments 12/16/2014 Period of Individual Amendments Closed 2/3/2016 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Pimentel, Aquilino Koko III L.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT BANNING THE RE-APPOINTMENT OF A REGULAR MEMBER OF THE JUDICIAL AND BAR COUNCIL (JBC) WHO HAS ALREADY SERVED TWO FULL TERMS [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2014 ] 9/22/2014 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS with Senator(s) FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA and AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL as author(s) per Committee Report No. 78, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 434, 581 and 1287; 9/23/2014 Committee Report calendared for Ordinary Business; 9/23/2014 Sponsor: Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 12/10/2014 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 12/10/2014 Sponsorship speech of Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 12/16/2014 Inquiry of the Chair; 12/16/2014 Period of interpellation closed; 12/16/2014 Period of committee amendments closed; 12/16/2014 Period of individual amendments; 12/16/2014 Period of individual amendments closed; 12/16/2014 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 12/17/2014 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators; [ 2015 ] 1/7/2015 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated December 15, 2014, requesting that she be made coauthor of this bill, received by the LBIS; 1/20/2015 Approved on Third Reading; 1/20/2015 In favor: (17) PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, 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; 1/20/2015 Against: N o n e ; 1/20/2015 Abstention: N o n e ; 1/22/2015 Sent to the House of Representatives for concurrence; 9/29/2015 House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-6040 and SBN-2419, designating Representatives Tupas Jr., Abaya, Escudero, Yap and Bello III as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on September 21, 2015; [ 2016 ] 2/1/2016 Senate agreed to the request of the House of Representatives for a Conference on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-6040 and SBN-2419, designating Senators Pimentel, Angara and Ejercito as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on January 27, 2016; 2/3/2016 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2419 and HBN-6040, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-2419 in consolidation with HBN-6040, be approved as reconciled; 2/3/2016 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 2/3/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on February 10, 2016); 5/23/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives; 6/13/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2419 and HBN-6040, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General; 6/21/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2419 and HBN-6040, received by the Senate which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 6/30/2016 Pursuant to the provisions of Article VI, Sec. 27 (1) of the 1987 Constitution, the President of the Philippines, President Rodrigo R. Duterte, returned the consolidated enrolled bill SBN-2419/HBN-6040, without his signature on July 20, 2016; 6/30/2016 VETOED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, Vetoed Enrolled Bill (SBN-2419/HBN-6040) with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on August 3, 2016) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry re conducted committee meetings/hearings, conducted technical working group, is prepared by the Committee concerned/Committee Affairs Bureau)