#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 House of Representatives of the Philippines approved House Bill No. House Bill 8468 still needs approval on third and final reading before it can move forward in the legislative process. 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. Read more in our articles including "SIM Card Registration Act Gets a Nod From The House" and "House approves Digital Payments Bill on second reading".