House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. SW-119
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7218
Direct: 8931-5610
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 3, RA 10054, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT MANDATING ALL MOTORCYCLE RIDERS TO WEAR STANDARD PROTECTIVE MOTORCYCLE HELMETS WHILE DRIVING AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: TRANSPORTATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on TRANSPORTATION since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 138, RA 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE OF 1991
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT PROPOSING AMENDMENTS TO SECTIONS 181, 182, AND 183 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT REVISING THE PENAL CODE AND OTHER PENAL LAWS (ACT NO. 3815)
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: REVISION OF LAWS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE AUTHENTICATION OF ONLINE AND SOCIAL MEDIA MEMBERSHIP IN THE COUNTRY THROUGH REGISTRATION OF THEIR ACCOUNTS USING ANY VALID GOVERNMENT-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION AND/OR BARANGAY CERTIFICATE
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: PUBLIC INFORMATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC INFORMATION since 2019-07-23
Date Filed: 2019-07-29
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE MAGBALLO-PINGGOT-BAYAWAN LOCAL ROAD INTO A NATIONAL ROAD
Date Read: 2019-08-05
Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2019-08-05
Date Filed: 2019-08-20
Full Title: AN ACT CONVERTING THE ROAD STRETCHING FROM BARANGAY BANGA TO BARANGAY ALI-IS, ALL IN BAYAWAN CITY, AND PROVINCE OF NEGROS ORIENTAL INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF
Date Read: 2019-08-28
Primary Referral: PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS since 2019-08-28
Date Filed: 2019-08-20
Full Title: AN ACT AMENDING TITLE IV, CHAPTER 1, ARTICLES 74, 75, 76 AND 77 OF RA 8533
Date Read: 2019-08-28
Primary Referral: REVISION OF LAWS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2019-08-28
Date Filed: 2019-09-13
Full Title: AN ACT REGULATING COCKFIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2019-09-17
Primary Referral: GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS since 2019-09-17
Date Filed: 2019-10-01
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING NOVEMBER 8 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE EASTERN VISAYAS REGION TO BE KNOWN AS THE "YOLANDA COMMEMORATION DAY"
Date Read: 2019-10-02
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-10-02
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
Date Filed: 2019-10-02
Full Title: AN ACT DECLARING FEBRUARY 24 OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL NON-WORKING PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN THE PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY IN COMMEMORATION OF ITS FOUNDING ANNIVERSARY TO BE KNOWN AS " ARAW NG SIBUGAY "
Date Read: 2019-10-02
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-06
Date Approved on Third Reading: 2019-11-12
Bill Status: Approved by the House on 2019-11-12, transmitted to the Senate on 2019-11-13 and received by the Senate on 2019-11-13
Date Filed: 2020-01-30
Full Title: AN ACT DEFINING THE OFFENSES OF DISCHARGE OF FIREARMS AND INDISCRIMINATE FIRING OF FIREARMS AND PROVIDING STIFFER PENALTIES THEREFOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLE 254 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "REVISED PENAL CODE", AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10591, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "THE COMPREHENSIVE FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION REGULATION ACT"
Date Read: 2020-02-03
Primary Referral: PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-02-26
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: 2020-05-28
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: 2020-08-25
Full Title: AN ACT GRANTING VISAYAS COCKERS CLUB. INC. A FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN COCKPIT ARENAS OR STUDIOS IN THE PROVINCES OF NEGROS ORIENTAL, NEGROS OCCIDENTAL AND CEBU, AND TO ESTABLISH, OPERATE, AND MAINTAIN OFF-COCKPIT BETTING STATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES
Date Read: 2020-09-01
Primary Referral: LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LEGISLATIVE FRANCHISES since 2020-09-01
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: 2020-11-20
Full Title: AN ACT MANDATING THE RIGHT TO PROTECT ONESELF, FAMILY, PROPERTY AND OTHERS
Date Read: 2020-11-24
Primary Referral: PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY since 2020-11-24
Date Filed: 2019-07-01
Full Title: RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE COMMITTEE ON GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY, COMMITTEE ON HEALTH TO EXERCISE ITS OVERSIGHT POWERS RELATIVE TO THE PHILHEALTH SCAM
Date Read: 2019-07-23
Primary Referral: GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY since 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-08-06
Full Title: A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER AS PHILIPPINE BAMBOO MONTH
Date Read: 2019-08-13
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2019-11-27
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00020 on 2019-11-27
Date Filed: 2019-10-02
Full Title: A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONGRESS TO THE PLANNED LIBERALIZATION OR DEREGULATION OF THE IMPORTATION OF SUGAR FOR THE PURPOSE OF SAFEGUARDING THE WELFARE OF SUGAR FARMERS, FARM AND MILL WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Date Read: 2019-11-04
Primary Referral: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Bill Status: Substituted by HR01242
Mother Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00116 on 2020-11-16
Date Filed: 2019-11-25
Full Title: A RESOLUTION RESPECTFULLY URGING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) TO ISSUE THE CERTIFICATE OF PROCLAMATIONS (COPs) TO THE RESPECTIVE FIRST NOMINEES OF THE PARTY LISTS SENIOR CITIZEN AND DUTERTE YOUTH REPRESENTING THE LAST TWO REMAINING SEATS ALLOCATED TO PARTY LIST REPRESENTATIVES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 1987 CONSTITUTION
Date Read: 2019-11-25
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2019-11-25
Date Filed: 2020-05-11
Full Title: A RESOLUTION TO PAY HOMAGE TO THE FALLEN SOLDIERS WHO PERISHED WHILE AIDING FAMILIES AFFECTED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND CONDEMNING IN THE STRONGEST TERMS THE DEPLORABLE ATTACK AGAINST THESE SOLDIERS BY THE NEW PEOPLE’S ARMY
Date Read: 2020-05-11
Primary Referral: DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on DEFEAT COVID-19 AD-HOC COMMITTEE since 2020-05-11
Date Filed: 2020-09-22
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE STRONG OPPOSITION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE PLANNED LIBERALIZATION OR DEREGULATION OF THE IMPORTATION OF SUGAR, IN RECOGNITION OF THE THREAT THIS POSES TO THE WELFARE OF SUGAR FARMERS AND FARM AND MILL WORKERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
Date Read: 2020-09-23
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2020-11-16
Bill Status: Adopted as Resolution No. HR00116 on 2020-11-16
Date Filed: 2020-12-15
Full Title: MOTU PROPRIO INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUES AFFECTING SEVERAL BARANGAYS IN QUEZON CITY ALONG THE ALIGNMENTS OF SEGMENT 8.2 OF THE NORTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY CIRCUMFERENTIAL ROAD 5 (NLEX-C5) LINK PROJECT
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-20
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-12-16)
Date Filed: 2020-12-15
Full Title: MOTU PROPRIO INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE NORTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY-SOUTH LUZON EXPRESSWAY (NLEX-SLEX) CONNECTOR ROAD AND NORTH-SOUTH COMMUTER RAILWAY PROJECTS AS THESE AFFECT SEVERAL BARANGAYS IN THE CITY OF MANILA
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Date Approved on Second Reading: 2021-01-20
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-12-16)
Committee | Position |
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1. Accounts | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
2. Agrarian Reform | Journal #20Member for the Minority |
3. Agriculture And Food | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
4. Appropriations | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
5. Constitutional Amendments | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
6. Dangerous Drugs | Journal #19Member for the Minority |
7. Foreign Affairs | Journal #20Member for the Minority |
8. Games And Amusements | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
9. Justice | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
10. Legislative Franchises | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
11. Metro Manila Development | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
12. Micro, Small And Medium Enterprise Development | Journal #19Member for the Minority |
13. Mindanao Affairs | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
14. Public Accounts | Journal #20Member for the Minority |
15. Public Information | Journal #31Member for the Minority |
16. Public Order And Safety | Journal #12Member for the Minority |
17. Public Works And Highways | Journal #9Member for the Minority |
18. Transportation | Journal #20Member for the Minority |
19. Visayas Development | Journal #12Member for the Minority |
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.