AS PROMISED, the Senate on Tuesday, July 28, 2020, approved the Bayanihan 2 bill on third reading with 22 affirmative votes and one negative vote.
Only Senator Francis Pangilinan voted against the measure.
Senate Bill 1564, or Bayanihan to Recover as One Act, will extend the special powers granted to President Duterte under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, or Republic Act No. 11469, to respond to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.
The bill provides for a P140-billion standby fund.
The approved version of SB 1564 includes amendments inserted by Senator Ramon Revilla Jr., as follows: