C o n g r e s s o f t h e Ph iu p p in e s S e v e n t e e n t h C o n g r e s s

Third Regular Session }S E N A T E

S. No. 1455

Introduced by Senators Binay, Gatchalian, Escudero, Aquino IV, Legarda, Villanueva, Zubiri and Vi i i v̂r as authors

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

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

1 S ection l. Title. - This Act shall be known as ‘The

2 Filipino Sign Language Act”.

3 Sec. 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State shall, in

4 compUance with the United Nations Convention on the

5 Rights of Persons with Disabihties, promote, protect, and

6 ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights

7 and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities.