Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, January 25 said she expects that the Senate will schedule the sponsorship of the proposed Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC).
Hontiveros, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Women, Children, Family Relations and Gender Equality, said the committee report on the bill has garnered three-fourths of the signatures of senators.
“Three-fourths of the senators have signed the committee report, so I expect that the bill will be scheduled for sponsorship,” Hontiveros said.
The senator earlier released Committee Report No. 15 under Senate Bill No. 1600 in substitution of three bills that seek to prohibit discrimination on the basis of SOGIESC.
Senators who signed the report include Hontiveros, Senators Sonny Angara, Imee Marcos, Cynthia Villar, Nancy Binay, Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa, Grace Poe, Mark Villar, Francis Tolentino, JV Ejercito, Robin Padilla, Raffy Tulfo, Jinggoy Estrada, Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Manuel “Lito” Lapid, and Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.