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Entitled: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RANK CLASSIFICATION IN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 28 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 'DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990' [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 9/25/2018 Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS and LOCAL GOVERNMENT with Senator(s) PANFILO M. LACSON, GRACE L. POE and JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA as author(s) per Committee Report No. 483, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1869 and 1875, taking into consideration HBN-5236; 9/26/2018 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 9/26/2018 Sponsor: Senator PANFILO M. LACSON; 10/1/2018 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 10/1/2018 Sponsorship speech of Senator PANFILO M. LACSON; 10/3/2018 Period of interpellation closed; 10/3/2018 Period of amendment closed; 10/3/2018 Approved on Second Reading without Amendment; 10/4/2018 Printed copies were distributed to the Senators; 10/8/2018 Approved on Third Reading; 10/8/2018 In favor: (18) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GREGORIO B. HONASAN II, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI; 10/8/2018 Against: (None) ; 10/8/2018 Abstention: (None) ; 10/9/2018 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 10/10/2018 Upon his request, Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA was made a co-author of SBN-2031; 10/10/2018 Senate designated Senators Lacson, Villanueva, Gatchalian, Honasan and Trillanes as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2031 and HBN-5236; 11/12/2018 House of Representatives designated Representatives Acop, Sarmiento, Espino, Jr., Bataoil, and Eusebio as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on the disagreeing provisions on HBN-5236 and SBN-2031 on October 10, 2018 11/21/2018 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-2031 and HBN-5236, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-2031, in consolidation with HBN-5236, be approved as reconciled; 11/21/2018 Sponsorship speech on the conference committee report of Senator PANFILO M. LACSON; 11/21/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; 11/28/2018 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on November 26, 2018; 12/12/2018 Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated December 10, 2018, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2031 and HBN-5236, for the signature of the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives; [ 2019 ] 1/10/2019 Letter for Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 8, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-2031 and HBN-5236, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante P. Maling; 1/10/2019 Enrolled copies of SBN-2031 and HBN-5236, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte; 5/20/2019 Approved and signed into law, in consolidation with HBN-5236, by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 8, 2019 and became 5/20/2019 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11200. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11200 (SBN-2031) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 28, 2019) (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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Manila Bulletin, February 23, 2019; 115 OG No. 14, 3356 (April 8, 2019)
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11200, February 08, 2019 ]
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RANK CLASSIFICATION IN THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 28 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT OF 1990"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Section 28 of Republic Act No. 6975, otherwise known as the "Department of the Interior and Local Government Act of 1990", is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 28. Rank Classification. - For purposes of clarity of command and responsibility, and for the effective and efficient administration, supervision and control, the rank classification of the uniformed personnel of the PNP shall be as follows:
"Police General
"Police Lieutenant General
"Police Major General
"Police Brigadier General
"Police Colonel
"Police Lieutenant Colonel
"Police Major
"Police Captain
"Police Lieutenant
"Police Executive Master Sergeant
"Police Chief Master Sergeant
"Police Senior Master Sergeant
"Police Master Sergeant
"Police Staff Sergeant
"Police Corporal
"Patrolman/Patrolwoman"
SEC. 2. The remaining provisions of Republic Act No. 6975, as amended by Republic Act No. 8551, otherwise known as the "Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998", that have reference to the rank classification of the uniformed personnel of the Philippine National Police, and all other laws, executive orders, rules and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall be deemed modified or repealed accordingly.
SEC. 3. Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity of this Act, the Chief of the Philippine National Police shall issue the necessary rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act.
SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its full publication in a newspaper of general circulation.
Approved,
(SGD.) VICENTE C. SOTTO III President of the Senate | (SGD.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO Speaker of the House of Representatives |
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2031 and House Bill No. 5236 was passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on November 21, 2018 and November 26, 2018, respectively.
(SGD.) MYRA MARIE D. VILLARICA Secretary of the Senate | (SGD.) DANTE ROBERTO P. MALING Acting Secretary General House of Representatives |
Approved: FEB 08 2019
(SGD.) RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE President of the Philippines
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