The document provides the agenda for the Senate session on 24 August 2021. Key items on the agenda include: consideration of a resolution condemning the revival of the mandatory motor vehicle inspection system; amendments to bills establishing rules for domestic adoption and regulating vapor products; and sponsorship of a bill increasing the age for determining statutory rape to protect children. The agenda also includes other routine Senate business like prayer, roll call, and reading of previous session's journal.
The document provides the agenda for the Senate session on 24 August 2021. Key items on the agenda include: consideration of a resolution condemning the revival of the mandatory motor vehicle inspection system; amendments to bills establishing rules for domestic adoption and regulating vapor products; and sponsorship of a bill increasing the age for determining statutory rape to protect children. The agenda also includes other routine Senate business like prayer, roll call, and reading of previous session's journal.
The document provides the agenda for the Senate session on 24 August 2021. Key items on the agenda include: consideration of a resolution condemning the revival of the mandatory motor vehicle inspection system; amendments to bills establishing rules for domestic adoption and regulating vapor products; and sponsorship of a bill increasing the age for determining statutory rape to protect children. The agenda also includes other routine Senate business like prayer, roll call, and reading of previous session's journal.
1. Consideration and Adoption of Unnumbered Resolution
entitled: RESOLUTION STRONGLY CONDEMNING THE REVIVAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S (DOTR) MOTOR VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM (MVIS) IN BLATANT DISREGARD OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN COMMITTEE REPORT 184, AS ADOPTED BY THE SENATE AND IN VIOLATION OF THE PRESIDENT’S DIRECTIVE TO MAKE THE SYSTEM NON-MANDATORY FOR MOTORISTS IN THE PROCESS OF CAR REGISTRATION Sponsor: Sen. Grace Poe VI. FOR AMENDMENT
1. Senate Bill No. 1933 (Committee Report No. 147)
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RULES AND POLICIES ON THE
DOMESTIC ADMINISTRATIVE ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS OF FILIPINOS, REORGANIZING THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION BOARD (ICAB) INTO THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR CHILD CARE (NACC), AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8552, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9523, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11222, AND OTHER LAWS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Sponsor: Sen. Risa Hontiveros
VII. FOR INTERPELLATION
1. Senate Bill No. 2214 (Committee Report No. 258)
AN ACT RESETTING THE FIRST REGULAR ELECTIONS IN THE
BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, AMENDING, FOR THE PURPOSE, SECTION 13, ARTICLE XVI OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11054, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ORGANIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO Sponsor: Sen. Francis “Tol” Tolentino To Interpellate: Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson
2. Senate Bill No. 2239 (Committee Report No. 265)
AN ACT REGULATING THE IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, SALE,
PACKAGING, DISTRIBUTION, USE AND COMMUNICATION OF VAPOR PRODUCTS AND HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS Sponsor: Sen. Ralph G. Recto To Interpellate: Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III
3. Senate Bill No. 1928 (Committee Report No. 145)
AN ACT PROMOTING THE USE OF MICROGRID SYSTEMS FOR THE TOTAL ELECTRIFICATION OF UNSERVED AND UNDESERVED AREAS Sponsor: Sen. Sherwin T. Gatchalian 4. Senate Bill No. 1947 (Committee Report No. 150) AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF THE JUDICIARY MARSHALS, DEFINING ITS FUNCTIONS AND POWERS, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Sponsor: Sen. Richard J. Gordon
5. Senate Bill No. 2216 (Committee Report No. 260)
AN ACT ENHANCING ACCESSIBILITY IN THE VOTING OF SENIOR
CITIZENS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, PREGNANT WOMEN, AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10366, PROVIDINGS FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Sponsor: Sen. Imee R. Marcos
VIII. FOR SPONSORSHIP
1. Senate Bill No. 2332 (Committee Report No. 279) (for
transfer to special order)
AN ACT INCREASING THE AGE FOR DETERMINING STATUTORY
RAPE AND OTHER ACTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, ALSO KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8353, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ANTI-RAPE LAW OF 1997, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7610, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SPECIAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST ABUSE, EXPLOITATION AND DISCRIMINATION ACT Sponsor: Sen. Richard J. Gordon Co-Sponsor: Sen. Juan Miguel F. Zubiri