Anti-Distracted Driving Act (Philippines)

Anti-Distracted Driving Act
Congress of the Philippines
An Act Defining and Penalizing Distracted Driving
Citation	Republic Act No. 10913
Territorial extent	Philippines
Enacted by	Senate of the Philippines
Date enacted	February 3, 2016
Enacted by	House of Representatives of the Philippines
Date enacted	June 6, 2016
Date signed	July 21, 2016
Signed by	lapsed into law
Date commenced	May 18, 2017
Legislative history
Bill introduced in the Senate of the Philippines	An Act Defining and Penalizing Distracted Driving
Bill citation	Senate Bill 3211
Bill published on	February 3, 2016
Introduced by	Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada and Sergio Osmeña III
Bill introduced in the House of Representatives of the Philippines	An Act Defining and Penalizing Distracted Driving
Bill citation	House Bill 4531
Bill published on	June 6, 2016
Introduced by	Romeo Acop (Antipolo), et. al.
Status: In force

The Anti-Distracted Driving Act, officially recorded as Republic Act No. 10913, is a law in the Philippines that prohibits distracted driving by restricting and penalizing the use of mobile phones and other electronics devices while driving on any public thoroughfare, highway or street in the Philippines. The republic act defines "distracted driving" as "using mobile communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication or to make or receive calls" or "using an electronic entertainment or computing device to play games, watch movies, surf the internet, compose messages, read e-books, perform calculations, and other similar acts" while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle or while temporarily stopped at a red light. The law covers all private and public vehicles, including agricultural machines, construction equipments, public utility buses and jeepneys, taxicabs, motorcycles, tricycles, pedicabs, kuligligs and carriages.

On February 3, 2016, Senators Bong Revilla, Jinggoy Estrada and Sergio Osmeña III filed Senate Bill No. 3211 at the Philippine Senate Committee on Public Services which aims to "safeguard its citizenry from the ruinous and extremely injurious effects of vehicular accidents" caused by the "unrestrained use of electronic mobile devices." Similar legislation was also introduced in the Philippine House of Representatives as House Bill No. 4531 on June 6, 2016 by Tarlac Rep. Susan Yap, Northern Samar Rep. Harlin Abayon, Buhay Party-List Reps. Irwin Tieng and Lito Atienza, Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Antipolo Rep. Romeo Acop, DIWA Party-List Rep. Emmeline Aglipay, Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento, Camiguin Rep. Xavier Jesus Romualdo, and Quezon Rep. Angelina Tan.

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