Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL VISION SCREENING PROGRAM FOR KINDERGARTEN PUPILS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Short Title
NATIONAL VISION SCREENING ACT
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Date filed
October 9, 2015
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
21
Session Type
Subjects
Document Certification
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Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
500
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL VISION SCREENING PROGRAM FOR KINDERGARTEN PUPILS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2015 ] 9/10/2015 Introduced by Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 9/14/2015 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE; HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; WAYS AND MEANS; and FINANCE; [ 2016 ] 2/3/2016 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY, FINANCE and WAYS AND MEANS per Committee Report No. 500, recommending its approval with amendments; 2/3/2016 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 2/3/2016 Sponsor: Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 2/3/2016 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 2/3/2016 Sponsorship speech of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO; 5/23/2016 Period of interpellation closed; 5/23/2016 Period of committee amendments; 5/23/2016 Period of committee amendments closed; 5/23/2016 Period of individual amendments closed; 5/23/2016 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 5/25/2016 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 5/30/2016 Approved on Third Reading; 5/30/2016 In favor: (12) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 5/30/2016 Against: N o n e ; 5/30/2016 Abstention: N o n e ; 6/1/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-2948 (Ctte. Rpt. No. 500), with pertinent documents, transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service, for safekeeping and preservation on August 2, 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)