with Dsabiliw", based on tionalizing The Seal Of
HB 8014; RA i1229 "Child GoodLocalGovernanceFor
sures in iust 54 session
daSa or an average of 46
d|easurespetsession dav.
The House perfoi-
mance showed the hard
worl focus, and determi-
nation of lawmalers in
passing vital socio-eco-
nomic measu.es that will
benefftthepres€ntandnext
gmera tion of Filipinos.
. During her sine die ad-
loumFqrtspeechlast lune
4, SpealerArrovo said she
set the principal obiective
of tle Houseto pushior the
legislative aseida of pres-
ident Rodrito Duterte, es-
pecially the passage of pri-
ority bills tllat werc hish-
lighred in his 2018 SOIVA.
Shesaidn ranyodrcr ori-
ority bills of the president,
induding those not in his
2018 SONA, were also
passed by *re House. She
also lauded the House
Members ior their tireless
workanddedicationwhich
resulted in genuine mile.
stones that will benefir Fil_
ipinos now and in the fu-
ture.
Based on the most re.
cent report of the House
ConLmi:ttee on Rules. from
ttre opening of the Third
Regujar Sessjon on Tulv23.
2018 unfi.l tl'e sine did ad-
journment last lune 4.
2019, of the 2,5d5 mea_
suesprocessed, theliouse
approved a total of 909
measures, 250 of whichbe_
carne laws, 44 were trans-
mifted to President Du-
terte for approval, 15 were
ratified bicam reports, 33
were passed by the Senate
wrthout amendrnents, 10
were adopted Senate ver-
sion while 59 were con-
. cuiredwithsenateamend-
ments.
Moreover, the House
substituted/consolidated
1,565 measures, had 25
measures in the Calendar
'of Bushess, and refered
six resolufons on inquir-
1€S.
Of the 250 new laws, 82
were national bills, 165 lG
cal bils and two Ioint Res-
olutions. Amone the most
recently3nacted' are: Re.
public Act 1 1321 "An Act
Institutionatizing thepan-
71279 "A\ Act Transfur-
dng thePhilippineNation-
alPolice Acadimy (pNpA)
and the Nationii police
TraininA Institute (NPTI)
from *rc Philippine publii
SaJery Colegii ppsc) to
tlrc PNP", based on HB
8623; RA 17262 'Extend-
ing The Period For The
Grant Of Incentives To
Tourism Entemrise nes
And RegjEtedd Tourism
Enterpriies", based on HB
8861;RA11251 "Fi$tTisre
Jobseekers Assistance
Act",based on HB 122; RA
ll241 "Philippine Occu-
pational Therapy Act,,,
based on tm 8528;'and RA
11235 "Motorcyde Crime
Prevention ActT', based on
FIBN 8419.
Thesewerepreceded bv
a nurnber of ldws, amoni
them: RA 11223 ',Ilnivei
sal Health Care For All Fil-
ipinos",based onHB 5784;
RA 11054 "Organic Law
For the Bangasamoro Au-
tronornous Region in Mu,s-
lim Mindanao Acf'. baspd
'on HB 6475; IL{ 11223
"I'roviding for PhilHealth
Coverage of all persons
Safuty in Motor Vehides
Act", based on HB 6938:
RA 11106 "Filipino Sigr
Language Act", based on
HB 7503; RA 11148
"Kalusugan at Nutrisyon
ngMag-NanayAcf ,, bdsed
on HB 5777i RA
11164
"RaisingtheMonthlypen-
sion of Senior Veierans
Acf', based on 2525; RA
11165 "Telecommutine
Act",.bas€d on IIB 74Oi
RA 11202 'Mobile Num-
ber Portabifk Act", based
on HB 765i: RA 1i215
"National Integra ted Can-
cer Control Act-', based on
HB 8536; and RA
11166
"PhilippineHIVandAIDS
Policy Act", based on HB
6617.
Meanwhile,thetwoToint
Resolutions passed bv the
Hduse were-Joint Rdolu-
tion No. 3 "Extendine the
Availabilitv of the i0i8
Appropriafrons " and Ioint
ResolutionNo. 4,,Extend-
ingthePedodof Availabil-
ity of Rmds for Victims of
HumanRightsViolations.-
On the 44 measures
transmit&d- to the presi-
dent for his signature 25
are national biiis while 19
are local biIs. These in-
dudg amone others: FIB
No. 8795 "SEensrhmins
The National Mnietrm C#
The Philippines,,;HB 8n 9
"Estab[shingAnd L6titu-
l,ocal Govemrnent Units,
And Allocatine For This
ftupose TtleSe;l Of C,ood
local Govemance Fund,,;
FIB 8715
"Adopting Inno-
vahon As Vital Comoo.
nent Of The Countrv,s i)e-
velopment Policies To
Drive Iaclusive Develoo-
nrent,PrornoteTheGrowih
And National Comoeti-
tiveress Of Micro, Sinall
AndMediumEnbrD!ises,':
FIB 7260
"Declariis Feb-
ruary Four Of Everi year
Asfire"Philippine-i\mer-
ican War Meiiorial Dav,,:
HB 8794 "Definine Car:
der- Based Street,'public
Spaceg And Ontine Sexual
Harassment, Providine
Protective Measures AnX
PrescnlingPenaltiesTh6e-
for"; HB 8885 "Institution-
alizing The Grant Of Shr-
dent Farc Discormt privi-
Ieges On Public Trarsoor-
tationl HB 725 ,,Itohibih
ing The Collection Of Fees
From Pass€ng€ts For The
Use Of Sanitarv Facitities
locatedhThel;ndTrarrs-
poftation Temdnals, Sta-
tions, Stops And Resi Ar-
easl and HB 7ru .pr"'-
viding Policies And pre.
scribinq Procedures On
SuweillanceAndResoonse
To Notifiable Disclrses,
Epidemics, Anif.Healtli
Events Of Publfd:H&hh
Conc€n"
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