House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-112
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7331
Direct: 8931-5615
Date Filed: 2019-07-30
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE FARMER'S BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-08-05
Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES since 2019-08-05
Date Filed: 2019-07-30
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING FARMER'S REGISTRATION AND PRESERVATION OF THEIR RIGHTS
Date Read: 2019-08-05
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD since 2019-08-05
Date Filed: 2019-08-07
Full Title: AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5487, ENTITLED, "AN ACT TO REGULATE THE ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF PRIVATE DETECTIVE, WATCHMEN OR SECURITY GUARD AGENCIES", AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2019-08-14
Primary Referral: PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY since 2019-08-14
Date Filed: 2019-08-08
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE POSTPONEMENT AND RESETTING OF THE BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTION AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-14
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Bill Status: Substituted by HB04933
Mother Bill Status: Republic Act RA11462 enacted on 2019-12-03
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: 2019-11-13
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE MALASAKIT PROGRAM AND INSTITUTIONALIZING THE DELIVERY OF MEDICAL AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE MALASAKIT CENTERS IN PUBLIC HOSPITALS TO COMPLEMENT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11223, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT" AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-11-13
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-13
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-18
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01076
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2019-12-03
Republic Act No.: RA11463
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11463 enacted on 2019-12-03
Date Filed: 2019-12-04
Date Urgent: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT MODIFYING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL AND AUTHORIZING THE GRANT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFITS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-12-09
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-12-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-12-18
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01219
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-01-08
Republic Act No.: RA11466
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11466 enacted on 2020-01-08
Date Filed: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING VALUES EDUCATION IN THE CURRICULUM BY INCORPORATING "GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT" AS A SUBJECT IN KINDERGARTEN UP TO THE GRADE 3 LEVEL
Date Read: 2019-12-17
Primary Referral: BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-01-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-02-04
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01224
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-06-25
Republic Act No.: RA11476
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11476 enacted on 2020-06-25
Date Filed: 2019-12-17
Full Title: AN ACT CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF FILIPINOS OVERSEAS AND FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT, DEFINING ITS MANDATE, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-12-17
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
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: 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: 2020-02-03
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE PROVINCE OF CATANDUANES AS THE ABACA CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-02-05
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-14
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-14, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-15 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-15
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE PROVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY (RRT) TO PATIENTS WITH END STAGE RENAL DISEASE IN NATIONAL, REGIONAL, AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS, INCREASING FOR THE PURPOSE THE PHILHEALTH PACKAGE RATE FOR MEMBERS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-27
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-05-28
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-02
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-02, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-03
Date Filed: 2020-05-26
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS STRATEGY FOR THE COUNTRY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFTERMATH OF COVID-19, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-05-26
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
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: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COVID-19 UNEMPLOYMENT REDUCTION ECONOMIC STIMULUS (CURES) FUND AND INSTITUTING MECHANISMS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-06-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-06-05
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-06-05, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-06-08 and received by the Senate on 2020-06-08
Date Filed: 2020-08-24
Full Title: AN ACT TO DECLARE THE CITY OF DAVAO AS THE CHOCOLATE AND CACAO PRODUCTION CAPITAL OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-08-25
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-15
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-18
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-09-14
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOSE IN THE PROVINCE OF BATANGAS, AS THE “EGG BASKET OF THE PHILIPPINES”
Date Read: 2020-09-16
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-02
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-07
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-07, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-09 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-09
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: 2020-11-24
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING TAXES ON OFFSITE BETTING ACTIVITIES ON LOCALLY LICENSED COCKFIGHTS AND DERBIES, AMENDING SECTION 125 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2020-11-25
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-09
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: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS AS A TRUST FUND, PROVIDING FOR ITS MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION, AUTHORIZING THE PRIVATIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO DISPOSE THE COCONUT LEVY ASSETS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COCONUT FARMERS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COCONUT INDUSTRY
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-14
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01396
Bill Status: House adopted Senate Bill as amendment to House Bill on 2020-12-16
Date Filed: 2020-12-04
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING ENHANCED PROTECTION, SECURITY, AND BENEFITS FOR MEDIA WORKERS
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-12-14
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2021-01-18
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2021-01-18, transmitted to the Senate on 2021-01-19 and received by the Senate on 2021-01-19
Date Filed: 2020-12-14
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE RIGHT TO ADEQUATE FOOD
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-12-16)
Date Filed: 2020-12-15
Full Title: AN ACT LOWERING THE MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT AND REMOVING THE HEIGHT WAIVER FOR APPLICANTS TO THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), BUREAU OF FIRE PROTECTION (BFP), BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY (BJMP), AND BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS (BUCOR), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8551, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9263, AS AMENDED, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10575
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-12-16)
Date Filed: 2021-01-18
Full Title: AN ACT PROMOTING INTEGRATED URBAN AGRICULTURE IN URBAN AREAS NATIONWIDE TO ADDRESS FOOD SECURITY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2021-01-19
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2021-01-19)
Date Filed: 2019-11-04
Full Title: JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE USE OF THE RICE SUBSIDY AS PROVIDED IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT (GAA) FOR THE PURCHASE OF PALAY FROM LOCAL FARMERS, MANDATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT (DSWD), DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL DEFENSE (DND), DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (DOTr), AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES (DENR), IN COORDINATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) AND THE NATIONAL FOOD AUTHORITY (NFA), TO DIRECTLY PURCHASE PALAY FROM LOCAL FARMERS AND DISTRIBUTE RICE SUBSIDY ALLOWANCE IN THE FORM OF ACTUAL RICE, INSTEAD OF CASH
Date Read: 2019-11-05
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-05
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-12
Senate Bill Counterpart: SJR0008
Bill Status: House requested for a conference committee on 2019-11-12
Date Filed: 2019-08-05
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF PROLIFERATION OF IMPORTED CANNED PORK MEATS AND PROCESSED PORK PRODUCTS IN THE PHILIPPINES FROM THE COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY AFRICAN SWINE FEVER
Date Read: 2019-08-07
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD since 2020-03-10
Date Filed: 2019-08-05
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND FOOD TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PREPAREDNESS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES AND ATTACHED AGENCIES CONCERNED AGAINST AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF)
Date Read: 2019-08-07
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD since 2020-03-10
Date Filed: 2019-08-14
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON AGRARIAN REFORM TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, IN THE PROLIFERATION OF IRRIGATED AND IRRIGABLE LAND CONVERTED INTO NONAGRICULTURAL PURPOSE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 65 OF RA 6657 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW OF 1988, AS AMENDED BY RA 9700
Date Read: 2019-08-27
Primary Referral: AGRARIAN REFORM
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on AGRARIAN REFORM since 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-09-02
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN THE AID OF LEGISLATION, TO REVISIT THE MANDATE OF THE LANDBANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (LBP) WITH RESPECT TO THE NEEDS OF AGRICULTURAL SECTORS
Date Read: 2019-09-04
Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES since 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-10-08
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE, STRENGTHENED IMPLEMENTATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY LAWS IN THE COUNTRY AND FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO DELIVER ON THEIR COMMITMENTS
Date Read: 2019-11-04
Primary Referral: CLIMATE CHANGE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on CLIMATE CHANGE since 2019-11-04
Date Filed: 2019-11-13
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, TO CLARIFY THE PROVISIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE JOINT ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 1-2019 AND ITS IMPLICATION TO THE ISSUED BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULARS AND THE MEMORANDA ISSUED BY THE COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TO COOPERATIVES FOR ITS COMPLIANCE WITH REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9520, THE COOPERATIVE CODE OF 2008
Date Read: 2019-11-18
Primary Referral: COOPERATIVES DEVELOPMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-23
Bill Status: Adopted on 2020-09-23
Date Filed: 2020-01-21
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY (PPA) TO IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ITS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 05-2019
Date Read: 2020-01-27
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2020-01-27
Date Filed: 2020-01-27
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO IMMEDIATELY RELEASE APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR THE AID, RELIEF, REHABILITATION AND RESETTLEMENT OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE ERUPTION OF THE TAAL VOLCANO
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2020-02-03
Date Filed: 2020-12-01
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION IN AID OF LEGISLATION OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY’S (TESDA) LOW BUDGET UTILIZATION AND SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS PROGRAMS
Date Read: 2020-12-07
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-12-07
| Committee | Position |
|---|---|
| 1. Cooperatives Development | Journal #18Member for the Majority |
| 2. Ways And Means | Journal #7Member 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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