House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. NW-208
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7387
Direct: 8931-5112
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING STIFFER PENALTIES FOR CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-12
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-02-17
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-02-17, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-02-18 and received by the Senate on 2020-02-18
Date Filed: 2019-07-23
Full Title: AN ACT EXTENDING FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO CALAPAN TELEPHONE SYSTEM, INC. (FORMERLY THE CALAPAN TELEPHONE SYSTEM, INC.), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8351, ENTITLED AN ACT GRANTING THE CALAPAN TELEPHONE SYSTEM, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, ESTABLISH, INSTALL, MAINTAIN AND OPERATE LOCAL EXCHANGE NETWORK IN THE PROVINCE OF ORIENTAL MINDORO
Date Read: 2019-07-30
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2019-07-30
Date Filed: 2019-07-23
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE ORIENTAL MINDORO PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL IN CALAPAN CITY, ORIENTAL MINDORO INTO A REGIONAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE MIMAROPA REGIONAL HOSPITAL AND TO UPGRADE ITS FACILITIES AND BED CAPACITY TO FIVE HUNDRED (500) AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-30
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2019-07-30
Date Filed: 2019-07-30
Full Title: AN ACT EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE REFORMATION AND REHABILITATION OF CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW AND STRENGTHENING THE SOCIAL REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT OF 2006"
Date Read: 2019-08-05
Primary Referral: JUSTICE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2019-08-05
Date Filed: 2019-07-30
Full Title: AN ACT IMPOSING THE DEATH PENALTY ON CERTAIN HEINOUS CRIMES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9346, ENTITLED "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES", AND FURTHER AMENDING ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "REVISED PENAL CODE", REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7080, AS AMENDED, ENTITLED "AN ACT DEFINING AND PENALIZING THE CRIME OF PLUNDER", AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9165, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "COMPREHENSIVE DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT OF 2002"
Date Read: 2019-08-05
Primary Referral: JUSTICE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2019-08-05
Date Filed: 2019-08-20
Full Title: AN ACT INCREASING THE PENALTY FOR LASCIVIOUS CONDUCT WHEN THE VICTIM IS UNDER TWELVE (12) YEARS OF AGE, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST CHILD ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT"
Date Read: 2019-08-28
Primary Referral: WELFARE OF CHILDREN
Bill Status: Consolidated into HB00137
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-02-17, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-02-18 and received by the Senate on 2020-02-18
Date Filed: 2019-08-22
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS 4, 5, 20, 22, 27, 28, 34, 40, 50, 73, 112, 117, 204, 222, 237, 237-A, 255, 256, 257, 258, 261, 263, 264, 266, 275, 290, 291, 292 AND ADDING NEW SECTIONS 6-A, 282-A, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315 AND 316 ALL UNDER THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2019-08-27
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-09-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-09-13
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01357
Bill Status: House agreed on 2020-12-14 to the request for a conference made by the Senate on 2020-11-26
Date Filed: 2019-11-21
Full Title: AN ACT FURTHER EXPANDING THE JURISDICTION OF THE METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980," AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2019-11-27
Primary Referral: JUSTICE
Bill Status: Substituted by HB06589
Mother 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: 2019-11-25
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO ABS-CBN CORPORATION (FORMERLY ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION) UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7966, OR "AN ACT GRANTING ABS-CBN BROADCASTING CORPORATION A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES" FOR TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS FROM THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT
Date Read: 2019-11-27
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2019-11-27
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: 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: 2020-03-11
Full Title: AN ACT FURTHER EXPANDING THE JURISDICTION OF METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURTS, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS IN CITIES, MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURTS, AND MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE BATAS PAMBANSA BLG.129, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "JUDICIARY REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1980," AS AMENDED
Date Read: 2020-03-11
Primary Referral: JUSTICE
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: 2020-05-26
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: 2020-10-05
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: 2020-10-14
Date Urgent: 2020-10-16
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT TO EXPEDITE THE PROCESSING AND ISSUANCE OF NATIONAL AND LOCAL PERMITS, LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS IN TIMES OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-10-16
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01844
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-23
Republic Act No.: RA11517
Bill Status: Republic Act RA11517 enacted on 2020-12-23
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: 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: 2020-12-10
Full Title: AN ACT PROVIDING FOR TAX INCENTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC AND MEDIUM-COST HOUSING
Date Read: 2020-12-15
Primary Referral: HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT since 2020-12-15
Date Filed: 2020-10-15
Full Title: RESOLUTION AFFIRMING AND RECOGNIZING THE ELECTION OF THE HONORABLE LORD ALLAN JAY Q. VELASCO, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE LONE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF MARINDUQUE, AS THE NEW SPEAKER OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00106 on 2020-10-16
Date Filed: 2020-10-15
Full Title: RESOLUTION AFFIRMING AND ENTERING INTO THE RECORDS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES THE ELECTION OF ATTY. JOCELIA BIGHANI SIPIN, AS THE SECRETARY GENERAL, AND POLICE MAJOR GENERAL MAO APLASCA (RET.) AS THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS, OF THE EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-10-16
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00107 on 2020-10-16
Date Filed: 2020-11-17
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE PROFOUND CONDOLENCES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAMILY OF THE HONORABLE RAUL V. DEL MAR, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT OF CEBU CITY DURING THE EIGHTH, NINTH, TENTH, TWELFTH, THIRTEENTH, FOURTEENTH, SIXTEENTH, SEVENTEENTH, AND EIGHTEENTH CONGRESSES
Date Read: 2020-11-17
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-17
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00120 on 2020-11-17
| Committee | Position |
|---|---|
| 1. Energy | Journal #10Member for the Majority |
| 2. Games And Amusements | Journal #6Member for the Majority |
| 3. Justice | 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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