Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 30 OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM DAY
Short Title
NATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM DAY, AUGUST 30 OF EVERY YEAR
Sponsor
Date filed
July 22, 2019
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
10
Session Type
Subjects
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
Committee Report No.
48
Floor Activity
Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s) 3/9/2020 Co-Sponsorship Speech Poe, Grace 3/9/2020 Sponsorship Speech Revilla Jr., Ramon Bong 1/27/2022 Period of Committee Amendments 1/27/2022 Period of Committee Amendments Closed 1/27/2022 Period of Interpellation Closed 1/27/2022 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT DECLARING AUGUST 30 OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL PRESS FREEDOM DAY [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 18TH CONGRESS ] [ 2019 ] 7/22/2019 Introduced by Senator RAMON BONG REVILLA JR.; 8/13/2019 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA; [ 2020 ] 2/10/2020 Letter from Senator GRACE POE dated February 6, 2020, coveying her intention to be made co-author of SBN-670, received by LBIS; 2/12/2020 Returned and submitted by the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA per Committee Report No. 48, recommending its approval with amendments; 2/17/2020 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 2/17/2020 Sponsor: Senator RAMON BONG REVILLA JR.; 3/9/2020 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 3/9/2020 Sponsorship speech delivered by Senator RAMON BONG REVILLA JR.; 3/9/2020 Manifestation of Senator GRACE POE; [ 2022 ] 1/27/2022 Period of interpellation closed; 1/27/2022 Period of committee amendments; 1/27/2022 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/27/2022 Period of individual amendments closed; 1/27/2022 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 1/27/2022 All Senators present were made co-authors; 1/27/2022 Senator FRANCIS "TOL" N. TOLENTINO was made a co-sponsor; Copies were electronically distributed to the Senators; 1/31/2022 Approved on Third Reading; 1/31/2022 In favor: (19) Senators SONNY ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, RONALD "BATO" DELA ROSA, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, WIN GATCHALIAN, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO "PING" M. LACSON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, 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) ; 2/2/2022 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 2/3/2022 House of Representatives adopted SBN-670 as an amendment to HBN-9182 on February 2, 2022; 3/9/2022 Letter from Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated March 8, 2022, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-670 and HBN-9182, for the signature of Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza; 3/14/2022 Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-670 and HBN-9182, which were signed by Speaker Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Secretary General Mark Llandro L. Mendoza; 3/15/2022 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-670 and HBN-9182, sent to the Office of the President through PLLO for the signature of the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 4/27/2022 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-9182, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on April 13, 2022 and became 4/27/2022 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11699.