house bill no 5231

Yesterday, the House of Representative has approved 28 national bills, and one of which is the House Bill 5231, also known as the “Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act”, that seeks to require telcos to “establish a foolproof system of identifying users prepaid SIM cards. The House Bill 5231 also encompasses existing prepaid SIM card users. The House Bill 5231 has passed the third and final reading in the House of Representative and will now be passed to the Senate to be approved. There’s a good chance that this House bill will be passed in to a law as President Aquino already expressed his support for the bill in the past. The US House of Representatives, in a bipartisan vote (352-65), has recently passed a bill forcing ByteDance to divest TikTok or face a potential ban in the US. The House of Representatives committee on games and amusement has endorsed for plenary approval a proposed bill seeking to prohibit the online placing of bets for all lotto games in the country. In accordance with the House Bill 9283, placing of bets for all lotto games “shall only be done physically and only in authorized lotto outlets.” It aims to safeguard the youth from being exposed to and involved in application-based or web-based betting. Read more in our articles including "SIM Card Registration Act Gets a Nod From The House" and "House passes bill that could ban TikTok in the US".