Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE THREE OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE POLICY OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ALL ITS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PUBLIC INTEREST UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT, ARTICLE TWO OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Short Title
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT OF 2009
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Co-sponsor
Date filed
March 6, 2009
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
84
Session Type
Document Certification
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Secondary Committee
Committee Report No.
534
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 8/26/2009 Co-Sponsorship Speech Zubiri, Juan Miguel F. 8/26/2009 Sponsorship Speech Cayetano, Alan Peter "Companero" S. 10/12/2009 Interpellation Defensor Santiago, Miriam 11/16/2009 Interpellation Arroyo, Joker P.
Votes
Votes
Type of vote
Third Reading (12/14/2009)
Voted Yes Voted No Aquino III, Benigno S.
Arroyo, Joker P.
Ejercito-Estrada, Jinggoy P.
Enrile, Juan Ponce
Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G.
Gordon, Richard "Dick" J.
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Lapid, Manuel "Lito" M.
Pangilinan, Francis N.
Pimentel Jr., Aquilino Q.
Revilla Jr., Ramon A.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN GUARANTEED UNDER SECTION SEVEN, ARTICLE THREE OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION AND THE STATE POLICY OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ALL ITS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PUBLIC INTEREST UNDER SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT, ARTICLE TWO OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 14TH CONGRESS ] [ 2009 ] 6/3/2009 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA and CIVIL SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION with Senator(s) RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MAR ROXAS, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, MANNY VILLAR, LOREN B. LEGARDA, ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO, "COMPANERA" PIA S. CAYETANO and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI as author(s) per Committee Report No. 534, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 16, 109, 576, 592, 1578, 2571 and 3273, taking into consideration HBN-3732 and SRN-11; 6/3/2009 Sponsors: Senator(s) ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES IV; 6/3/2009 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 8/26/2009 Transferred from Ordinary Business to Special Order; 8/26/2009 Sponsorship speech of Senator ALAN PETER "COMPANERO" S. CAYETANO; 8/26/2009 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 10/12/2009 Interpellation of Senator MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO; 11/16/2009 Interpellation of Senator JOKER P. ARROYO; 12/7/2009 Period of committee amendments; 12/7/2009 Period of committee amendments closed; 12/7/2009 Period of individual amendments closed; 12/7/2009 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 12/8/2009 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 12/14/2009 Approved on Third Reading; 12/14/2009 In favor: (12) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III, JOKER P. ARROYO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., RAMON A. REVILLA JR. and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 12/14/2009 Against: N o n e; 12/14/2009 Abstention: N o n e; 12/16/2009 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 12/16/2009 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-3308 and HBN-3732, designating Senators Cayetano (A.), Zubiri and Cayetano (P.) as its conferees; [ 2010 ] 1/26/2010 House of Representatives agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-3308 and HBN-3732, designating Representatives Abante, Jr., Zialcita, Tañada III, Marcoleta, Antonino, Remulla, Villanueva and Cruz-Gonzales as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on January 18, 2010; 2/1/2010 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-3308, in consolidation with HBN-3732, be approved as reconciled; 2/1/2010 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;