Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT GOVERNING THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Short Title
OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION ACT
Sponsor
Date filed
September 17, 2015
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
24
Session Type
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (1/25/2016)

Committee Details

Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
255

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
9/22/2015 Sponsorship Speech Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.
1/19/2016 Period of Interpellation Closed
1/19/2016 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
1/19/2016 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
1/19/2016 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
1/19/2016 Period of Individual Amendments
2/2/2016 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Angara, Juan Edgardo "Sonny" M.

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT GOVERNING THE OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE OVERSEAS WORKERS WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2015 ]
9/17/2015 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT, FOREIGN RELATIONS and FINANCE with Senator(s) JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR, LOREN B. LEGARDA, RALPH G. RECTO, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 255, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 24, 679, 721, 1147 and 1235, taking into consideration HBN-4990;
9/21/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/21/2015 Sponsor: Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA;
9/22/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
9/22/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator(s) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA;
[ 2016 ]
1/19/2016 Period of interpellation closed;
1/19/2016 Period of committee amendments closed;
1/19/2016 Period of individual amendments;
1/19/2016 Period of individual amendments closed;
1/19/2016 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
1/21/2016 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators;
1/25/2016 Approved on Third Reading;
1/25/2016 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, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, LOREN B. LEGARDA, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
1/25/2016 Against: N o n e ;
1/25/2016 Abstention: N o n e ;
1/26/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
1/28/2016 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2955 and HBN-4990, designating Senators Angara, Legarda and Binay as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on January 25, 2016;
2/2/2016 House of Representatives designated Representatives Mendoza, Gatchalian, Yap, Violago, Noel, Hicap and Dela Cruz as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4990 and SBN-2955 on January 27, 2016;
2/2/2016 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-4990 and SBN-2955, submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-4990 in consolidation with SBN-2955, be approved as reconciled;
2/2/2016 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA;
2/2/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on February 10, 2016);
2/4/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on February 2, 2016;
3/7/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-4990 and SBN-2955, received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Drilon;
4/6/2016 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-4990 and SBN-2955, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
5/16/2016 Consolidated with HBN-4990 which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III on May 10, 2016 and became
5/16/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10801.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10801 (HBN-4990/SBN-2955) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on June 1,2016)
(Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)

President's Action

Consolidated with Approved Bill
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President