 More than 130 lawmakers backed its complete passage and legislation in the first month of its reintroduction to Congress in 2016 alone.On September 20, 2017, the bill passed its third reading in the House of Representatives, in a unanimous 198–0 vote, under the wing of representatives Kaka Bag-ao, Teddy Baguilat, Tom Villarin, Christopher de Venecia, Geraldine Roman, Arlene Brosas, Carlos Zarate, and House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez after 17 years of languishing in Congress.After passage in the House, the bill had to be voted on in the Senate.