Full Title
AN ACT DECLARING APRIL 27 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF LAPU-LAPU, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY LAPU-LAPU AND HIS MEN OVER THE SPANIARDS LED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF MACTAN ON APRIL 27, 1521, TO BE KNOWN AS LAPU-LAPU DAY OR ADLAW NI LAPU-LAPU
Date of Approval
June 29, 2018

Legislative History

Legislative History
Entitled:
AN ACT DECLARING APRIL 27 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OF LAPU-LAPU AND HIS MEN OVER THE SPANIARDS LED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF MACTAN ON APRIL 27, 1521, TO BE KNOWN AS LAPU-LAPU DAY OR ADLAW NI LAPU-LAPU
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2016 ]
6/30/2016 Introduced by Senator RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON;
8/1/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE;
[ 2017 ]
3/14/2017 Conducted JOINT COMMITTEE MEETINGS/HEARINGS;
5/16/2017 Returned and submitted by the Committee on EDUCATION, ARTS AND CULTURE per Committee Report No. 81, recommending its approval without amendment;
5/17/2017 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
5/17/2017 Sponsors: Senators FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, RICHARD J. GORDON;
5/22/2017 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
5/22/2017 Sponsorship speech of Senator FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO;
5/22/2017 Interpellation of Senators FRANKLIN M. DRILON and VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
5/22/2017 Senator JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI requested that he be made as coauthor;
5/31/2017 Letter from Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN dated May 23, 2017, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-108, received by the LBIS;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION ]
[ 2018 ]
2/14/2018 Interpellation of Senator VICENTE C. SOTTO III;
2/14/2018 Period of interpellation closed;
2/14/2018 Period of amendment closed;
2/14/2018 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment;
2/14/2018 Letter from Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR on even date, conveying her intention to be a coauthor of SBN-108, received by the LBIS;
2/15/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators;
2/19/2018 Approved on Third Reading;
2/19/2018 In favor: (20) Senators JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RICHARD J. GORDON, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
2/19/2018 Against: (None) ;
2/19/2018 Abstention: (None) ;
2/21/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
3/13/2018 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-108 and HBN-6782, designating Senators Gordon, Zubiri and Aquino as its conferees;
3/20/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-108 and HBN-6782, recommending that SBN-108 in consolidation with HBN-6782 be approved as reconciled;
3/19/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Marlyn L. Primicias-Agabas, Aileen C. Radaza, Ferdinand L. Hernandez and Eugene Michael B. De Vera as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of HBN-6782 and SBN-108; (Communication received by LBIS on March 21, 2018);
3/20/2018 Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator RICHARD J. GORDON;
3/20/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
3/21/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives; (See: O.B. dated May 22, 2018)
5/2/2018 Letter for Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez, dated April 25, 2018, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-108 and HBN-6782 for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
5/29/2018 Enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-108 and HBN-6782, received by the Senate, which were signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives;
5/31/2018 Enrolled copies of SBN-108 and HBN-6782, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
FINAL TITLE: AN ACT DECLARING APRIL 27 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF LAPU-LAPU, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OF LAPU-LAPU AND HIS MEN OVER THE SPANIARDS LED BY FERDINAN MAGELLAN IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF MACTAN ON APRIL 27, 1521, TO BE KNOWN AS LAPU-LAPU DAY OR ADLAW NI LAPU-LAPU
8/1/2018 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-6782, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on June 29, 2018, and became
8/1/2018 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11040.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11040 (SBN-108/HBN-6782) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on December 4, 2018)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)

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114 OG No. 29, 5018 (July 16, 2018); Manila Bulletin, July 5, 2018

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11040, June 29, 2018 ]

AN ACT DECLARING APRIL 27 OF EVERY YEAR AS A SPECIAL WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND A SPECIAL NONWORKING HOLIDAY IN THE CITY OF LAPU-LAPU, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORY OF LAPU-LAPU AND HIS MEN OVER THE SPANIARDS LED BY FERDINAND MAGELLAN IN THE HISTORIC BATTLE OF MACTAN ON APRIL 27, 1521, TO BE KNOWN AS LAPU-LAPU DAY OR ADLAW NI LAPU-LAPU

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

SECTION 1. Lapu-Lapu Day.- The twenty-seventh day of April of every year is hereby declared as a special working public holiday throughout the country and a special nonworking holiday in the City of Lapu-Lapu, Province of Cebu, to commemorate the victory of Lapu-Lapu and his men over the Spaniards in the historic Battle of Mactan on April 27, 1521, to be known as Lapu-Lapu Day or Adlaw ni Lapu-Lapu.

SEC. 2. Repealing Clause.- All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or other issuances or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 3. Effectivity.-This Act shall take effect after (15) days following the completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Approved,

(SGD.) PANTALEON D. ALVAREZSpeaker of the Houseof Representatives (SGD.) AQUILINO"KOKO" PIMENTEL IIIPresident of the Senate

This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 108 and the House Bill No. 6782 was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on March 20, 2018 and March 21, 2018, respectively.

(SGD.) CESAR STRAIT PAREJASecretary GeneralHouse of Representatives (SGD.) LUTGARDO B. BARBOSecretary of the Senate

Approved: JUN 29 2018

(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE  President of the Philippines 

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