House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. RVM-103
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7096
Direct: 8952-4146
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT SETTING THE MINIMUM PAID-UP CAPITAL AND LOCALLY PRODUCED STOCK INVENTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN RETAIL BUSINESS ENTERPRISES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8762, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ꞌRETAIL TRADE LIBERALIZATION ACT OF 2000ꞌ
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-11
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-11, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-16
Date Filed: 2019-07-15
Full Title: AN ACT SEPARATING PASAY CITY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL − TRAMO CAMPUS IN BARANGAY 57, TRAMO, PASAY CITY FROM PASAY CITY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS PASAY CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-29
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE since 2019-07-29
Date Filed: 2019-09-04
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING A FIXED MONTHLY HONORARIA AND ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO ACCREDITED BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS, AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE SECTION 6 OF REPUBLIC ACT 7883 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BARANGAY HEALTH WORKERS' BENEFITS AND INCENTIVES ACT OF 1995
Date Read: 2019-09-10
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-09-10
Date Filed: 2019-09-04
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO ALL BARANGAY OFFICIALS WHO HAVE RENDERED AT LEAST 3 (THREE) TERMS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-09-10
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-09-10
Date Filed: 2019-09-30
Full Title: AN ACT POSTPONING THE MAY 2020 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9340, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10632, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10656, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10923 AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10952, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-10-01
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-10-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-04
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01043
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2019-12-03
Republic Act No.: RA11462
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11462 enacted on 2019-12-03
Date Filed: 2020-01-22
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF DISASTER RESILIENCE, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-01-22
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-22
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-09-22, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-09-24 and received by the Senate on 2020-09-24
Date Filed: 2020-05-27
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO METRO MANILA TURF CLUB, INC. UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7978, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE METRO MANILA TURF CLUB, INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A RACE TRACK FOR HORSE RACING IN THE CITY OF KALOOKAN", AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8298
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-03
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-20
Republic Act No.: RA11505
Bill Status: REPUBLIC ACT RA11505 (Lapsed into law on 2020-12-20)
Date Filed: 2020-05-28
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING POLICIES, REGULATIONS, AND PUBLIC HEALTH SAFEGUARDS FOR THE BETTER NORMAL IN THE WORKPLACE, PUBLIC PLACES AND COMMUNITIES TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE RECOVERY FROM COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Date Read: 2020-05-28
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-08-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-08-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-08-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-08-19
Date Filed: 2020-09-21
Full Title: AN ACT REGULATING THE OPERATIONS AND IMPOSITION OF FEES FOR THE USE OF PARKING SPACES AND PARKING FACILITIES IN VARIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS SUCH AS TO ACCOMMODATION, COMMERCIAL SERVICES, FOOD SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, RETAIL SERVICES, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING INDEPENDENT PARKING ENTERPRISES AND PRESCRIBING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF
Date Read: 2020-09-22
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-09-22)
Date Filed: 2020-10-01
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING PROTECTION TO CONSUMERS AND MERCHANTS ENGAGED IN INTERNET TRANSACTIONS, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE ELECTRONIC COMMERCE BUREAU, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-10-02
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-18
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-11-24
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-11-24, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-11-25 and received by the Senate on 2020-11-25
Date Filed: 2020-10-01
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 35, 37, 38, 39 AND 40 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4566, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CONTRACTORS’ LICENSE LAW, MODIFYING THE CONTRACTORS’ LICENSE RENEWAL PROCESS, INCREASING FEES, AND IMPOSING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF
Date Read: 2020-10-02
Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Bill Status: Business for the day on 2020-10-14
Date Filed: 2020-10-05
Full Title: AN ACT REGULATING THE USE OF TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR MUNICIPAL AND HAZARDOUS WASTES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 20 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8749, ENTITLED “THE PHILIPPINE CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1999”
Date Read: 2020-10-05
Primary Referral: ENERGY
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-11-24
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-11-24, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-11-25 and received by the Senate on 2020-11-25
Date Filed: 2020-11-03
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR PROTECTION OF THE REMITTANCES OF OVERSEAS FILIPINO WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-07
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-15
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-15, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-16 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2019-09-12
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO RESTORE THE 2020 PROPOSED BUDGET OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT (DOLE) AMOUNTING TO 19.37 BILLION PESOS THAT WAS REDUCED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO 14.421 BILLION PESOS
Date Read: 2019-09-16
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2019-09-16
Date Filed: 2020-03-04
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES CHAIRED BY MAJORITY LEADER REP. FERDINAND MARTIN G. ROMUALDEZ TO CONSIDER CONVERTING THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON SENIOR CITIZENS INTO A REGULAR STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Date Read: 2020-03-10
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-03-10
| Committee | Position |
|---|---|
| 1. National Defense And Security | Journal #8Vice Chairperson |
| 2. Senior Citizens | Journal #32Vice Chairperson |
| 3. Energy | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
| 4. Games And Amusements | Journal #6Member for the Majority |
| 5. Labor And Employment | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
| 6. Local Government | Journal #6Member for the Majority |
| 7. Metro Manila Development | Journal #9Member for the Majority |
| 8. Population And Family Relations | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
| 9. Rural Development | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
| 10. Trade And Industry | Journal #6Member for the Majority |
| 11. Transportation | Journal #7Member for the Majority |
| 12. Youth And Sports Development | Journal #8Member for the Majority |
Born Ace S. Barbers on May 31, 1969 in Manila, Philippines. He is the second of the four siblings by ROBERT ZABALA BARBERS and VIRGINIA FLORES SMITH.
Ace as he is fondly called, successfully ventured into several business endeavors with his friends after college. He was engaged in importation business, cargo movement/logistics, and in agri/aquaculture in the countryside. After years of gaining experience in the private sector, He decided to enter politics to follow the footsteps of his father. He ran as congressman and won in the district his father once served in the province of Surigao del Norte in the north eastern part of the island of Mindanao. He served as member for three (3) consecutive terms of the Philippine House of Representatives during the 11th, 12th and 13th congresses. As member of the Philippine congress, he was elected as chairman of several committees’, such as committee on economic affairs, committee on accounts and committee on dangerous drugs. He was one of the young elected representatives of the 11th congress who played a crucial role in the ESTRADA impeachment for alleged corruption and violation of the constitution. His advocacies and principled stand on several national issues together with his equally young colleagues did not go unnoticed, the media coined a name for their group and called them THE SPICE BOYS’.
He is currently a member the 17th and 18th congresses of the House of Representatives and chairs the COMMITTEE ON DANGEROUS DRUGS.
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 11
Introduced by Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Rep. Bienvenido M. Abante, Jr.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
PROVIDING FOR THE LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR FOR THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF OTHE PHILIPPINES
RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE SENATE CONCURRING, That the Legislative Calendar for the Second Regular Session of the Eighteenth Congress of the Philippines shall be as follows:
CALENDAR OF SESSION
SECOND REGULAR SESSION
| 1. | Commencement of Session | July 27, 2020 - October 16, 2020 |
| 2. | Suspension of Session | October 17, 2020 - November 15, 2020 |
| 3. | Resumption of Session | November 16, 2020 - December 18, 2020 |
| 4. | Adjournment of Session | December 19, 2020 - January 17, 2021 |
| 5. | Resumption of Session | January 18, 2021 - March 26, 2021 |
| 6. | Suspension of Session | March 27, 2021 - May 16, 2021 |
| 7. | Resumption of Session | May 17, 2021 - June 4, 2021 |
| (Sine Die Adjournment) | ||
| 8. | Adjournment of Session | June 5, 2021 - July 25, 2021 |
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