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Monday,June
House report
catd under Gloda:
909 bills OKA
BY WEI{DELL VIGILUT
THE House of Representatives
under outgoing Speaker Gloda
Macapagal-Aroyo was able to
process an average of 46 bills and
resolutions a day for a rotal of
2,505 measures in juit 54 session
days since she assumed of6ce in
July last year.
Undet Arroyo's leadenhip, the
House approved a total of 909
measures, 250 of which became
laws 44 that wefe transmitted
to Malacafrang foi Plesideot
Dutette's apptoval, 15 were rati-
6ed bicameral conference commit-
tee reports, 33 were passed by the
Senate vzithout amendments, 10
wete adopted Senate versions and
59 vzere concured in with Senate
ameodments.
These measrues were apptoved
from the opening of the Thjrd
Regular Session on July 23, 2018
until the sine die adjoulnmeot last
Jvre 4,2019.
In het sine die adiournment
speech, Arroyo said that upon
assuming the post, she set the
principal objective of pushing for
the President's legislative ageada,
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especially the passage of priority
bills that wete hightighred in his
2018 SONA.
She said many other ptioriry bills
of the Presidenr. including those
not in his.2018 SONA, were also
passed by the House.
In just selnen mondu since Arroy.o
assumed the F.Iouse l*deship lasr
year, tlte House was able to approve
all legislative measures incl,rded io
Dutetrct legislative agenda, ,
Of the 250 new laws, 82 were
national bills, 166 local bills and
nvo Joint Resolutions. Among the
most recendy-enacted are: Repub-
lic Act 11321 "An Act Insritu-tion
alizing the Pantawid pamilvane
Pilipino Program (4Ps;,', based oi
House Bill 7773, RA 11291 ,An
Act Providing fer A Magna Carta
of the Poor," based otr HB 5811,
M 11285 "Energy Effciency anj
Conservation Ac{' based on HB
8629;M "An Act Transfer-
1.1279
dng the Pbilippine National police
Academy (PNPA) and the National
Poiice Training Institute (NpTI)
from the Philippine Public Safew
College @PSC) to the pNp,,,basej
on HB 8628; RA 11,262.,8xterd,
iag The Period For The Grant Of
Incendves To Tourism Enterorise
Zooes And Registered Tou'tism
Enterprises," based on HB 8861:
RA 11261 "First Time Jobseekers
Assistance Act," based on HB 172;
RA 11241 "Philippine Occupa-
tional Therapy Acg" based on FIB
8528; and RA 1235 "Motorcvcle
1 apptoved 387 bills on third and
Crime Prevention Acr," based on
FiBN 8419.
These were preceded by a num,
bet of laws, among rhem: RA
11223 "Universal Health Cate For
All Filipinos," based on HB 5784;
RA.11054 "Organic I-aw For the
Barigasamoro Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao Act ', based
on IIB 6475; RA 11228',Provid-
ing for PhilHealth Coverage of all
Persons vzith Disabilil." based on
HB 8014; RA 11229 *tnid Safeo
in Motor Vehicles Act," based on
HB 69J8; RA lll06 "Filiprno
Sign Language Act," based on HB
7503; RA 11148 "Kalusugan at
Nuttisyon ng Mag,Nanay Act,"
based on HB 5777.- RA 11164
"Raising the Mond y Pension of
Senior Veterans Act," based on
7525; RA t1165 "Telecommutins
Act," basedon HB 7402:RA 112Oi.
"Mobile Numbet portaLiliw A.,.',
based on HB ?652;RA t l2t5,aJa-
tional Integfated Cancer Contol
Ac{' based on HB 8636; and RA
1 1 1 66 "Philippine HIV and AIDS
Policy Act," based on HB 66i7.
The two Joint Resolutions
passed by rhe House were Joint
Resolution No. 3 "Exrendini the
Avaitability of the 2018 A ro-
priations" and Joint Resoluion
No. 4 "Extending the Petiod of
AvailabiJity of Funds for Victims
of Human Rights Violations.,' Of
the 44 measures tansmitted to the
Presidenr for his signature. 25 are
national bilis while l9 are local bills.
Most of the local bills rans
mitted to the President seek to
inuease tle bed capacity of dif-
feient provincial hospitals in the
country, upgrade their services,
facilities and professional heirlth
cate, and increase tleir medical
petsonnel. Other local bills seek
the conversion of state colleges
mto state uruvelsltres.
In the plenary level the House
final reading and three on second
reading.
Approved on 6nal reading were
135 national bills, 251 local bills
and 1 Resolution of Both Houses
which is RBH No. 15 "Resolution
of Both Houses Proposing the
Revision of the 1 987 Constitution
of the Republic of the Philippines,,
authored by Aroyo.