position in February 2017 due to his opposition on a Duterte-backed legislation. He was chairman of the Committee on Trade, Commerce, and Entrepreneurship and Committee on Youth from July 2013 to June 2016. Laws passed Senator Aquino passed more than 40 laws during his first five and half years in office. Republic Act 10931, or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act Republic Act 10929, or Free Internet Access in Public Space Republic Act 10693, or Microfinance NGOs Act Republic Act 10911, or Anti Age-Discrimination Act Republic Act 10821, or Children's Emergency Relief and Protection Act Republic Act 10863, or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) Republic Act 10909, or No Shortchanging Act Republic Act 10644, or the Go Negosyo Act Republic Act 10642, or the Philippine Lemon Law Republic Act 10667, or the Philippine Competition Act Republic Act 10668, or the Foreign Ships Co-Loading Act Republic Act 10679, or the Youth Entrepreneurship Act Under Republic Act No. 10742, or the Sangguniang Kabataan Reform Act Republic Act No. 10693, or the Microfinance NGOs Act Republic Act No. 10744, or the Credit Surety Fund Act of 2014 Republic Act No. 10756, or the Election Service Reform Act of 2014 Republic Act 10755, or the Act Authorizing The Punong Barangay to Administer the Oath of Office Republic Act No. 10844, or the Department of Information and Communication Technology Act of 2015 Republic Act No. 10754, or the Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability Republic Act 10905, or Closed Caption Broadcasting of Television Programs Act Republic Act 11054, or the Bangsamoro Organic Law Republic Act No. 11106, or the Filipino Sign Language Act 2019 re-election bid Aquino ran for re-election as senator as one of the Otso Diretso candidates. He failed to win in his re-election bid, placing 14th overall with 14,144,923 votes. Aquino was quoted that "There are 14 million people who voted for an Aquino during the time of Duterte. That's something". According to his wife, he might return to his social entrepreneurship initiatives after his term ended on June 30, 2019. On July 19, 2019, the PNP–Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) filed charges against Aquino and other members of the opposition for "sedition, cyber libel, libel, estafa, harboring a criminal, and obstruction of justice". On February 10, 2020, he was cleared of all charges. Campaign manager of Leni Robredo Aquino initially planned to