Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROTECTING SEAFARERS AND OTHER WORKERS SIMILARLY SITUATED AGAINST AMBULANCE CHASING AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF
Short Title
ANTI-AMBULANCE CHASING ACT
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Date filed
September 6, 2015
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
84
Session Type
Subjects
Document Certification
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
177
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 6/9/2015 Sponsorship Speech Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. 6/9/2015 Sponsorship Speech Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M. 9/2/2015 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 9/2/2015 Period of Interpellation Closed 9/7/2015 Period of Individual Amendments 9/16/2015 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT PROTECTING SEAFARERS AND OTHER WORKERS SIMILARLY SITUATED AGAINST AMBULANCE CHASING AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2015 ] 6/9/2015 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT with Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA as author per Committee Report No. 177, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-2627, taking into consideration HBN-5268; 6/9/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 6/9/2015 Sponsor: Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; 6/9/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 6/9/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; 6/10/2015 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated June 8, 2015, requesting that she be made coauthor of SBN-2627, which was substituted by SBN-2835 under C.R.No.177, received by the LBIS; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] 9/2/2015 Period of interpellation closed; 9/2/2015 Period of committee amendments closed; 9/7/2015 Period of individual amendments; 9/8/2015 Printed copies of SBN-2835, amended as of September 7, 2015, distributed to the Senators; 9/16/2015 Period of individual amendments closed; 9/16/2015 Approved on Second Reading with amendments; 9/17/2015 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 9/21/2015 Approved on Third Reading; 9/21/2015 In favor: (14) 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, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 9/21/2015 Against: N o n e ; 9/21/2015 Abstention: N o n e ; 9/23/2015 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 10/5/2015 House of Representatives adopted SBN-2835 as an amendment to HBN-5268 on September 30, 2015; 10/12/2015 Enrolled copies of SBN-2835 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5268, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General; 10/22/2015 Enrolled copies of SBN-2835 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5268, received by the Senate which was signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; 10/27/2015 Enrolled copies of SBN-2835 which was adopted as an amendment to HBN-5268, 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 PROTECTING SEAFARERS AGAINST AMBULANCE CHASING AND IMPOSITION OF EXCESSIVE FEES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR 12/9/2015 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-5268, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III on November 26, 2015 and became; 12/9/2015 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10706. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10706 (SBN-2835/HBN-5268) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on March 8, 2016) (Prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE)