Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NEW PASSPORT LAW, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE (R.A NO. 8239), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996
Short Title
NEW PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT
Text as filed (link)
Date filed
January 8, 2016
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
10
Session Type
Subjects
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
45
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NEW PASSPORT LAW, REPEALING REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED EIGHT THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE (R.A NO. 8239), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHILIPPINE PASSPORT ACT OF 1996 [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 8/1/2016 Introduced by Senator JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA; 8/16/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS; 10/4/2016 Conducted COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS; 11/7/2016 Letter from Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA dated October 25, 2016, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-943, received by the LBIS; 11/24/2016 Conducted TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP; [ 2017 ] 3/7/2017 Returned and submitted by the Committee on FOREIGN RELATIONS per Committee Report No. 45, recommending that it be considered in SBN-1365; 3/7/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 3/7/2017 CONSIDERED IN SBN-1365 UNDER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 45, WHICH BECAME R.A.NO. 10928 ON AUGUST 2, 2017. (The LEGISLATIVE HISTORY/PLENARY DELIBERATIONS is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; THE LBIS IS NOT IN CHARGE OF CONDUCTING ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR TWG; The data entry on COMMITTEE MEETINGS/TWG is prepared by the COMMITTEE AFFAIRS BUREAU)