House of Representatives, Quezon City
Rm. S-202
Phone: (632) 8931-5001, Local: 7263
Direct: 8931-6697
Date Filed: 2019-11-27
Full Title: AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE SAFE OPERATIONS OF THE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS (LPG) INDUSTRY, DELINEATING THE POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, DEFINING AND PENALIZING CERTAIN ACTS
Date Read: 2019-12-02
Primary Referral: ENERGY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on ENERGY since 2020-08-04
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: 2020-05-26
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: 2020-09-21
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: 2020-10-14
Full Title: AN ACT AUTHORIZING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GRANT FRANCHISES AND TO OPERATE SMALL TOWN LOTTERIES TO GENERATE LOCAL REVENUES FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES AND CALAMITIES, AND TO AUGMENT LOCAL FUNDS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE ACT, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE PROGRAMS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7160, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE 1991 LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2020-10-15
Primary Referral: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on LOCAL GOVERNMENT since 2020-10-15
Date Filed: 2020-12-14
Full Title: AN ACT PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE RIGHTS TO EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF RACE, ETHNICITY AND RELIGION
Date Read: 2020-12-16
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending With Rules (Included in OB on 2020-12-16)
Date Filed: 2021-01-05
Full Title: AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE SIERRA MADRE REGION, CREATING THE SIERRA MADRE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE PURPOSE, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Date Read: 2021-01-18
Primary Referral: GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION since 2021-01-18
Date Filed: 2021-01-05
Full Title: JOINT RESOLUTION BY BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS DEFERRING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PREMIUM RATE INCREASE BY THE PHILIPPINE HEALTH INSURANCE CORPORATION (PHILHEALTH) FOR 2021
Date Read: 2021-01-18
Primary Referral: HEALTH
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on HEALTH since 2021-01-18
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: 2019-12-19
Full Title: RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO SUPPORT THE RESUMPTION OF THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES (GRP) AND THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC FRONT OF THE PHILIPPINES (NDFP) BASED ON PREVIOUS AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES INCLUDING THE HAGUE JOINT DECLARATION OF 1992 AND THE STAND-DOWN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 2018
Date Read: 2020-01-20
Primary Referral: PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND UNITY since 2020-01-20
Date Filed: 2021-01-16
Full Title: A RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PROPRIETY OF THE PHILIPPINE CHARITY SWEEPSTAKES OFFICE’S (“PCSO”) 2020 REVISED IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS (“RIRR”) ON SMALL TOWN LOTTERIES (STL) WITH EXISTING LAWS AND JURISPRUDENCE
Date Read: 2021-01-18
Primary Referral: RULES
Bill Status: Pending with the Committee on RULES since 2021-01-18
Committee | Position |
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1. Government Reorganization | Journal #32Vice Chairperson |
2. Trade And Industry | Journal #31Vice Chairperson |
3. Banks And Financial Intermediaries | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
4. Energy | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
5. Good Government And Public Accountability | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
6. Labor And Employment | Journal #31Member for the Majority |
7. Public Accounts | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
8. Public Information | Journal #31Member for the Majority |
9. Suffrage And Electoral Reforms | Journal #32Member for the Majority |
10. Ways And Means | Journal #32Member 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.