Full Title
AN ACT REDEFINING THE TERM "VETERAN" THEREBY AMENDING FURTHER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948, AS AMENDED.
Date of Approval
March 18, 2007

Legislative History

Legislative History
Entitled:
AN ACT REDEFINING THE TERM `VETERAN' THEREBY AMENDING FURTHER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6948 AS AMENDED
[ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2005 ]
3/17/2005 Prepared and submitted by the Committee on NATIONAL DEFENSE AND SECURITY with Senators VILLAR JR. and BIAZON, as authors, per Committee Report No. 18, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 648 and 1285;
3/18/2005 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
3/18/2005 Sponsors: Senators Biazon and Villar Jr.;
[ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 13TH CONGRESS ]
8/16/2005 Assigned for consideration by Special Order;
8/16/2005 Sponsorship speech of Senator Biazon;
8/17/2005 Interpellation of Senator Enrile;
8/30/2005 Interpellation of Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago;
8/30/2005 Period of interpellations closed;
9/21/2005 Period of committee amendments;
9/21/2005 Period of committee amendments closed;
9/21/2005 Period of individual amendments closed;
9/21/2005 Approved on Second Reading with amendments;
9/22/2005 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators;
9/26/2005 Approved on Third Reading;
9/26/2005 In favor: (18) JOKER P. ARROYO, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, LUISA "LOI" P. EJERCITO ESTRADA, JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, JUAN M. FLAVIER, PANFILO M. LACSON, ALFREDO S. LIM, M. A. MADRIGAL, SERGIO R. OSMENA III, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., RALPH G. RECTO, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MAR ROXAS, MANUEL B. VILLAR JR. and FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
9/26/2005 Against: (None) ;
9/26/2005 Abstention: (None) ;
9/27/2005 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ]
[ 2006 ]
8/29/2006 House of Representatives requested the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, and designated Representatives Dumpit, Gidaya, Biazon and Mandanas, as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee (See: O.B. dated September 4, 2006);
11/13/2006 Senate agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, designating Senators Biazon, Lim and Gordon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
12/19/2006 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1967, in consolidation with HBN-4451, be approved as reconciled;
12/19/2006 Sponsorship speech of Senator Biazon on the Conference Committee Report;
11/7/2006 House of Representatives elected Representative Villar as additional conferee to the Bicameral Conference Committee(See: O.B. dated November 13, 2006);
12/19/2006 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
[ 2007 ]
2/5/2007 Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on January 29, 2007;
2/13/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, already signed by the Speaker and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives, received by the Senate;
2/19/2007 Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of SBN-1967 and HBN-4451, already signed by Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Villar, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines;
3/18/2007 Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, and became;
3/18/2007 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9396

Committees

Committee Report No.
18

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Approval Note
Approved by the President on March 18, 2007 Origin: Senate
Amendment Note
RA 6948, sec. 2(a), T.I
Related to Note
RA 7696

Newspaper Source Detail

Newspaper Source
Business Mirror (5/11/2007)
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