Bill Type
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PROTECTION TO THE HOUSEHELPERS THEREBY AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 141, 142, 143, 148, AND 151 OF CHAPTER III OF P.D. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
Short Title
HOUSEHELPERS ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PROTECTION
Date filed
January 7, 2010
Scope
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
2
Session Type
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (9/10/2012)

Floor Activity

Floor Activity
Date Parliamentary status Senator(s)
11/9/2010 Co-Sponsorship Speech Legarda, Loren B.
11/9/2010 Sponsorship Speech Ejercito-Estrada, Jinggoy P.
11/15/2010 Period of Interpellation Closed
11/15/2010 Interpellation Sotto III, Vicente C.
11/22/2010 Period of Committee Amendments
11/22/2010 Period of Committee Amendments Closed
11/22/2010 Period of Individual Amendments
11/22/2012 Period of Individual Amendments Closed
11/27/2012 Sponsorship Speech on the Conference Committee Report Ejercito-Estrada, Jinggoy P.

Votes

Votes

Type of vote

Third Reading (12/13/2010)

Voted Yes Voted No

Arroyo, Joker P.
Cayetano, Alan Peter Companero S.
Cayetano, Pia S.
Ejercito-Estrada, Jinggoy P.
Enrile, Juan Ponce
Honasan II, Gregorio B.
Marcos, Ferdinand "Bongbong" R.
Osmena III, Sergio R.
Recto, Ralph G.
Revilla Jr., Ramon A.
Sotto III, Vicente C.
Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.

 

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL BENEFITS AND PROTECTION TO THE HOUSEHELPERS THEREBY AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLES 141, 142, 143, 148, AND 151 OF CHAPTER III OF P.D. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2010 ]
7/1/2010 Introduced by Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA;
7/27/2010 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT and SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT;
9/27/2010 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS;
10/18/2010 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT and SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT per Committee Report No. 7, Recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration SBN-7 and 2138;
11/8/2010 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
11/8/2010 Sponsor: Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA;
11/8/2010 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
11/9/2010 Sponsorship speech of Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA;
11/9/2010 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator LOREN B. LEGARDA;
11/9/2010 Manifestation of Senator Sotto III that Senate President JUAN PONCE ENRILE be a cosponsor;
11/15/2010 Interpellation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
11/15/2010 Period of interpellation closed;
11/22/2010 Period of committee amendments;
11/22/2010 Period of committee amendments closed;
11/22/2010 Period of individual amendments;
11/22/2010 Period of individual amendments closed;
11/22/2010 Senators CAYETANO (A), REVILLA, HONASAN and SOTTO III WERE made coauthors;
12/6/2010 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
12/7/2010 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
12/13/2010 Approved on Third Reading;
12/13/2010 In favor: (12) JOKER P. ARROYO, ALAN PETER COMPANERO S. CAYETANO, COMPANERA PIA S. CAYETANO, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, RALPH G. RECTO, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., VICENTE C. SOTTO III and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
12/13/2010 Against: N o n e;
12/13/2010 Abstention: N o n e;
12/14/2010 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 15TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2012 ]
9/12/2012 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-78 and HBN-6144, designating Senators Estrada, Legarda, Revilla, Cayetano (P), and Lapid as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on September 10, 2012;
9/18/2012 House of Representatives agreed to the request of the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-78 and HBN-6144, and designated Representatives Ong, Angara (J.), Enrile Jr., Rodriguez (R.), Bello, Gunigundo I, Garin, Lagman and Magsaysay (M.) as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on September 13, 2012;
11/27/2012 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-78, in consolidation with HBN-6144, be approved as reconciled;
11/27/2012 Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA;
11/27/2012 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
12/3/2012 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on November 26, 2012;
12/17/2012 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-78 and HBN-6144, sent to the House of Representatives for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General;
[ 2013 ]
1/10/2013 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-78 and HBN-6144, received by the Senate already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
1/14/2013 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-78 and HBN-6144, 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 INSTITUTING POLICIES FOR THE PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF DOMESTIC WORKERS
1/30/2013 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on January 18, 2013 and became
1/30/2013 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10361.

President's Action

Approved by the President
Date Received by the President
Date Signed by the President