Full Title
An act declaring November of every year as National Children's Month.
Digital Resource
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Congress
16th Congress of the Republic
Senate Bill
S. No. 332
sbn-332.pdf
House Bill Text as Filed
House Bill
H. No. 1641
Legislative History
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Floor Activity
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Committee Report Senate Link
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Date of Approval
May 29, 2015

Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER 20 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL WORKING HOLIDAY TO BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL CHILDREN'S DAY
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2013 ]
7/3/2013 Introduced by Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
7/31/2013 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE and YOUTH, WOMEN AND FAMILY RELATIONS;
[ 2014 ]
5/28/2014 Letter of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR dated May 27, 2014, requesting that she be made coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
10/22/2014 Motion of Senator Cayetano (A.) that SBN-332 be referred secondarily to the Committee on WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY;
10/29/2014 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE, WOMEN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY and YOUTH with Senators Cayetano (P.), Villar and Trillanes IV as authors, per Committee Report No. 88, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration SBN-485 and HBN-1641;
11/18/2014 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
11/18/2014 Sponsor: Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
12/9/2014 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
12/9/2014 Sponsorship speech of Senator PIA S. CAYETANO;
12/10/2014 Period of interpellation closed;
12/10/2014 Period of committee amendments closed;
12/10/2014 Period of individual amendments closed;
12/10/2014 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
12/11/2014 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators;
12/15/2014 Letter of Senator AQUILINO "KOKO" PIMENTEL III dated December 9, 2014 requesting that he be made coauthor of this Bill, received by the LBIS;
12/15/2014 Approved on Third Reading;
12/15/2014 In favor: (13) Senators PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, PIA S. CAYETANO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, LOREN B. LEGARDA, FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
12/15/2014 Against: N o n e ;
12/15/2014 Abstention: N o n e ;
12/17/2014 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
12/17/2014 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-332 and HBN-1641, and designated Senators Cayetano (P.), Villar, Pimentel III and Binay as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee (Transmittal letter received by the House of Representatives on January 5, 2015);
12/18/2014 House of Representatives designated Representatives Enerio-Cerilles, Yap, Piamonte, Jr., Dimaporo, and Mercado-Revilla as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-1641 and SBN-332;
[ 2015 ]
3/11/2015 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate recommending that HBN-1641 in consolidation with SBN-332, be approved as reconciled;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDRENS MONTH
3/16/2015 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives; (See: O.B. dated May 4, 2015)
3/18/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator Cayetano (P.) on the Conference Committee Report;
3/18/2015 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
4/13/2015 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-1641 and SBN-332, received by the Senate for the signature of Secretary Yabes and Senate President Drilon;
5/6/2015 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of HBN-1641 and SBN-332, which were signed by Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Drilon, sent back to the House of Representatives;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDRENS MONTH
6/9/2015 Consolidated with HBN-1641, which was Approved and Signed into Law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III on May 29, 2015 and became;
6/9/2015 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10661.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10661 (HBN-1641 and SBN-332) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 11, 2015)
(Prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, Legislative Bills and Index Service)

Committees

Committee Report No.
88
Committee Referral
View Committee Referral in Senate website

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance
Legislative Issuance Type
Republic Act
Bill Note
House Bill First in Billing
Subjects
children
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MONTH
NATIONAL CHILDREN'S MONTH ACT
RA - 10661
Repeal Note
PROC 74, s1992
PROC 267, s1993

Full Text of Issuance

Manila Bulletin (June 05, 2015); 111 OG No. 28, 3913 (July 13, 2015)

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10661, May 29, 2015 ]

AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER OF EVERY YEAR AS NATIONAL CHILDREN’S MONTH

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the “National Children’s Month Act”.

SEC. 2. The month of November of every year is hereby declared as “National Children’s Month”. This declaration commemorates the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989, and seeks to instill its significance in the Filipino consciousness.

SEC. 3. Pursuant to the observance of National Children’s Month, an annual program of activities shall be prepared and implemented, with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), the National Youth Commission (NYC), and the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) as lead agencies. They are authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency, or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or -controlled corporations, for any assistance as may be needed in the discharge of the tasks under this Act.

SEC. 4. The Department of Education (DepED) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) shall facilitate and encourage the commemoration of this month in all schools, public and private, nationwide.

The Philippine Information Agency, in coordination with the DSWD, the DepED, the CHED, the NYC and the CWC shall ensure the effective information dissemination of this Act.

All local government units and private organizations including the civil society, private enterprises, and nongovernment, civic, and people’s organizations, are encouraged to observe National Children’s Month in simple rites and participate in the activities.

SEC. 5. Proclamation No. 74 (s. 1992) and Proclamation No. 267 (s. 1993) are hereby repealed. Any other provision of law, decree, order, rule, or regulation inconsistent with this Act is hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,

 

(SGD.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate

(SGD.) FELICIANO BELMONTE JR.
Speaker of the House
of Representatives

This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 1641 and Senate Bill No. 332 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on March 16, 2015 and March 18, 2015, respectively.

(SGD.) OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate

(SGD.) MARILYN B. BARUA-YAP
Secretary General
House of Representatives

Approved: MAY 29 2015

(SGD.) BENIGNO S. AQUINO III
President of the Philippines

 

 

 

 

 

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