An Act Establishing the Filipino Identification System, Providing Funds Therefor, and For Other Purposes

• This bill seeks to institutionalize a unified Filipino Identification (ID) system. The adoption of a single identification system to transact with any government or business entity in the country, individuals will not have to pay more or wait longer just to avail of public or private services.
• Government agencies will not have to undergo tedious bidding processes and spend millions of taxpayers’ money to issue redundant identification cards to their clientele.
• The bill also provides for additional features to be granted to all individuals enrolled in the Filipino Identification system, like the automatic enrolment in the Philhealth program and increased internet connection speed for Free Public Wi-Fi subscribers.

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STATUS:

• Refiled as Senate Bill No. 69 on June 30, 2016 in the 17th Congress.
• Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, FINANCE and PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA per Committee Report No. 277, recommending that it be substituted by Senate Bill No. 1738
• Became Republic Act No. 11055 on August 6, 2018, signed by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte

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