Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, January 23 shrugged off the withdrawal of support done by seven senators on the proposed Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Act of 2023 or Senate Bill No. 1979 as it is already in the advanced stage of legislation.
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00:00So ma'am, what will happen? What will be the process? Because SB 1979 is already in the Senate plenary.
00:08Yes.
00:09So now there is a substitute bill. Will that go back to the committee level and there will be a public hearing?
00:13No, thank you.
00:14That is not what I am expecting. Because this is already in the plenary. It is already sponsored.
00:29And it has been approved since last year. It has already passed the period of interpellation and debate.
00:36So what I understand is that this substitute bill will be interpellated in the plenary.
00:42In addition, to my knowledge, as I have mentioned just now, this matter is already in plenary.
00:49And the withdrawal of signatures does not have the effect of reverting it back to the committee level as we have discussed just now.
00:58Any objections by other senators should be expressed in plenary through questions and other proposed amendments.
01:07As I have mentioned, what will happen next depends on what the body will do in the plenary.
01:15Taking into consideration the substitute bill filed.
01:19So there is no implication of the withdrawal of about seven senators in their signature in the committee report?
01:25That is what I believe. Because the committee report is already in the plenary. It is already sponsored.
01:33And we are just waiting for the amendments to be interpellated and proposed.
01:38Ma'am, do you intend to give copy of this substitute bill to the President?
01:43Because he was asked if he can change his view on this bill.
01:47He said that he will read the substitute bill that you filed.
01:51Well, thank you to the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office or PLLO here in the Senate.
01:57They have already obtained a copy and a genuine copy of the substitute bill of Senate Bill 1979 from here in the Senate to be sent to the Office of the President.
02:09So thank you and I expect that the President will read our substitute bill.