House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. SWA-307
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7215
Direct: 8931-5210
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: 2019-09-03
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE CONCHU PROVINCIAL ROAD IN THE CITY OF TRECE MARTIRES AND THE MUNICIPALITY OF AMADEO, ALL IN THE PROVINCE OF CAVITE, INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-09-10
Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2019-09-10
Date Filed: 2019-09-11
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF TRECE MARTIRES, PROVINCE OF CAVITE INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAVITE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, INCREASING ITS BED CAPACITY FROM TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-FOUR (264) TO SIX HUNDRED (600), UPGRADING ITS SERVICE FACILITIES AND PROFESSIONAL HEALTH CARE, AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE OF ITS MEDICAL PERSONNEL, AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-09-13
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Substituted by HB07970
Mother Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
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: 2020-01-30
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING BANKING INSTITUTIONS TO STRENGTHEN THE FINANCING SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL, FISHERIES AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: BANKS AND FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-04
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-03-10
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-03-10, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-03-11 and received by the Senate on 2020-03-11
Date Filed: 2020-01-30
Full Title: AN ACT ENCOURAGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, PROVIDING INCENTIVES THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-03-09
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-05-20
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-05-20, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-05-21 and received by the Senate on 2020-05-21
Date Filed: 2020-02-11
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO REAL RADIO NETWORK, INC. (FORMERLY ENRIQUE M. OROZCO & SONS, INC.,) UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8717 ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE E.M. OROSCO & SONS, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES'"
Date Read: 2020-02-17
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-02-17
Date Filed: 2020-02-11
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO BLOCKBUSTER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8726, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE BLOCKBUSTER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES"
Date Read: 2020-02-17
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Substituted by HB06918
Mother 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: 2020-05-26
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: 2020-06-02
Full Title: AN ACT RENEWING FOR ANOTHER TWENTY-FIVE (25) YEARS THE FRANCHISE GRANTED TO BLOCKBUSTER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO.8726, ENTITLED "AN ACT GRANTING THE BLOCKBUSTER BROADCASTING SYSTEM, INC., A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, INSTALL, ESTABLISH, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES"
Date Read: 2020-06-02
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
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: 2020-08-26
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING SAN MIGUEL AEROCITY INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, DEVELOP, ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN A DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULAKAN, PROVINCE OF BULACAN, AND TO CONSTRUCT, DEVELOP, ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN AN ADJACENT AIRPORT CITY
Date Read: 2020-08-26
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-09-01
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-09-07
Senate Bill Counterpart: SB01823
Date Acted Upon By the President: 2020-12-20
Republic Act No.: RA11506
Bill Status: REPUBLIC ACT RA11506 (Lapsed into law on 2020-12-20)
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: 2020-10-05
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: 2020-10-05
Full Title: AN ACT PRESCRIBING URGENT RELATED MEASURES NECESSARY AND PROPER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS AND CONCERNS AFFECTING THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH)
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2020-10-15
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: 2020-11-09
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE GENERAL EMILIO AGUINALDO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN THE CITY OF TRECE MARTIRES, PROVINCE OF CAVITE, INTO A GENERAL HOSPITAL TO BE KNOWN AS THE CAVITE CENTRAL GENERAL HOSPITAL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-11-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-25
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2020-12-01
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2020-12-01, transmitted to the Senate on 2020-12-03 and received by the Senate on 2020-12-03
Date Filed: 2019-09-25
Full Title: JOINT RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE AVAILABILITY OF THE 2019 APPROPRIATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES AND CAPITAL OUTLAYS TO DECEMBER 31, 2020, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 65 OF THE GENERAL PROVISIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11260, THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF FISCAL YEAR 2019
Date Read: 2019-09-25
Primary Referral: APPROPRIATIONS
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-09-25
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-04
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-04, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-05 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-05
Mother Bill Status: Republic Act RA11464 enacted on 2019-12-20
Date Filed: 2020-03-03
Full Title: A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN THE PROVINCE OF BENGUET TO FILL IN THE VACANCY FOR THE LONE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CAUSED BY THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF REP. NESTOR B. FONGWAN SR. AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
Date Read: 2020-03-04
Primary Referral: SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS since 2020-03-04
Date Filed: 2020-07-01
Full Title: RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE PROBABLE VIOLATIONS OF AMCARA BROADCASTING NETWORK, INC. OF ITS LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISE UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8135
Date Read: 2020-07-28
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-08-11
Date Filed: 2020-07-09
Full Title: A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO INQUIRE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ALLEGED LOAN CONDONATION OR WRITE-OFF BY THE DEVELOPMENT BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES (DBP) IN FAVOR OF COMPANIES CONTROLLED BY OR AFFILIATED WITH THE LOPEZ FAMILY
Date Read: 2020-07-28
Primary Referral: GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY since 2020-08-11
Date Filed: 2020-07-28
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO CALL AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO STUDY POSSIBLE LEGISLATION WHICH SHALL RE-ORGANIZE AND REGULATE THE CABLE ANTENNA TELEVISION (CATV) SYSTEMS NATIONWIDE IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE
Date Read: 2020-08-03
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-08-03
Date Filed: 2020-07-28
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE STATUS OF THE FRAMEWORK OF THE DTTB (DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION BROADCASTING) MIGRATION PLAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (DICT)
Date Read: 2020-08-03
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-08-03
Date Filed: 2020-07-28
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (NTC) ON THE RE-ARRANGEMENT, ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE FREQUENCY SPECTRUM AND THE FREQUENCIES THEREIN IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS AND PROMOTE THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE
Date Read: 2020-08-03
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-08-03
Date Filed: 2020-07-28
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS IN ITS INTERNAL RULES IN VIEW OF THE TWG REPORT, CONTAINING ITS FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, ISSUED LAST JULY 10, 2020, PURSUANT TO THE JOINT HEARINGS CONDUCTED WITH THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE FRANCHISE APPLICATION OF THE ABS-CBN CORPORATION
Date Read: 2020-08-03
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-08-03
Date Filed: 2020-09-24
Full Title: A RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABLITY TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE DUBIOUS OPERATIONS OF SABONGINTERNATIONAL.COM AND THE PROLIFERATION OF SIMILAR ONLILNE COCKFIGHTING SCHEMES OUTSIDE LICENSED COCKPITS WITH A FACILITY FOR BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL BETTING
Date Read: 2020-09-29
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2020-09-29
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 |
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1. Good Government And Public Accountability | Journal #18Vice Chairperson |
2. Rules | Journal #1Sr. Deputy Majority Leader |
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.