17th Congress
Senate Bill No. 1455

THE FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE ACT

Filed on May 16, 2017 by Binay, Maria Lourdes Nancy S., Gatchalian, Sherwin T., Escudero, Francis "Chiz" G., Aquino IV, Paolo Benigno "Bam", Legarda, Loren B., Villanueva, Joel, Villar, Cynthia A., Zubiri, Juan Miguel F.
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Long title

AN ACT DECLARING THE FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AS THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF THE FILIPINO DEAF AND THE OFFICIAL SIGN LANGUAGE OF GOVERNMENT IN ALL TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING THE DEAF, AND MANDATING ITS USE IN SCHOOLS, BROADCAST MEDIA, AND WORKPLACES

Scope

National

Legislative status

Approved by the President of the Philippines (10/30/2018)
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