Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT GRANTING COVID-19 BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTH WORKERS DURING THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
COVID-19 BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES FOR HEALTH WORKERS ACT OF 2021
Sponsor
Date filed
September 29, 2021
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
22
Session Type
Document Certification

Committee Details

Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
325

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT GRANTING COVID-19 BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTH WORKERS DURING THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2021 ]
9/29/2021 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committees on FINANCE, HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY and WAYS AND MEANS with Senators RICHARD J. GORDON, SONNY ANGARA, IMEE R. MARCOS, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, RISA HONTIVEROS, JOEL VILLANUEVA, JUAN MIGUEL "MIGZ" F. ZUBIRI, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO and RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA as authors per Committee Report No. 325, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 2371, 2398 and 2406;
9/29/2021 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/29/2021 Sponsor: Senator SONNY ANGARA;
9/29/2021 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
9/29/2021 Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator SONNY ANGARA;
9/29/2021 Co-sponsorship speech of Senators JOEL VILLANUEVA, FRANCIS "KIKO" N. PANGILINAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA and CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO;
9/29/2021 Manifestation of Senator Pangilinan that SBN-2351 be considered in the Committee Report;
[ 2022 ]
1/17/2022 Letter of WIN GATCHALIAN received by LBIS, expressing his intention to become a co-author of SBN-2421;
1/25/2022 Period of interpellation closed;
1/25/2022 Period of committee amendments closed;
1/25/2022 Period of individual amendments;
1/25/2022 Period of individual amendments closed;
1/25/2022 Approved on Second Reading with Amendment;
1/25/2022 Senators VICENTE C. SOTTO III, WIN GATCHALIAN, FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO, GRACE POE, RALPH G. RECTO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and PIA S. CAYETANO were made co-authors;
1/26/2022 Copies were electronically distributed to the Senators;
1/31/2022 Approved on Third Reading;
1/31/2022 In favor: (23) Senators SONNY ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, WIN GATCHALIAN, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE T. GO, RICHARD J. GORDON, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, IMEE R. MARCOS, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, 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;
1/31/2022 Against: (None) ;
1/31/2022 Abstention: (None) ;
1/31/2022 Senate designated Senators Angara, Gordon, Go, Binay and Hontiveros as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2421 and HBN-10701;
2/2/2022 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
2/2/2022 House of Representatives designated Representatives Tan, Gato Jr., Tambunting and Co as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2421 and HBN-10701 on January 31, 2022;
2/2/2022 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-10701 and SBN-2421, submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-10701, in consolidation with SBN-2421 be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
2/2/2022 Sponsorship speech of Senator SONNY ANGARA on the conference committee report;
2/2/2022 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
2/3/2022 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on February 2, 2022;
3/14/2022 Letter from Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-10701 and SBN-2421, for the signature of Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III;
3/23/2022 Letter for Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-10701 and SBN-2421, which were signed by Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica and Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III;
4/27/2022 FINAL TITLE: AN ACT GRANTING MANDATORY CONTINUING BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES TO PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HEALTH CARE WORKERS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND OTHER FUTURE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
5/12/2022 Consolidated with HBN-10701, which was approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 27, 2022 and became
5/12/2022 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11712.