Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT REQUIRING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS TO GIVE EXACT CHANGE TO CONSUMERS
Short Title
EXACT CHANGE ACT
Text as filed (link)
Sponsor
Date filed
October 9, 2013
Scope
Legislative Status
Legislative Status Date
Session Sequence No.
22
Session Type
Subjects
Document Certification
Bill Transmittal
Conference committee requested by SENATE (5/23/2016)
All Information (Senate Website)
Legislative History (Senate Website)
Committee Report Senate Link
Committee Referral (Senate Website)
Floor Activity (Senate Website)
Committee Details
Primary Committee
Committee Report No.
265
Legislative History
Entitled: AN ACT REQUIRING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS TO GIVE EXACT CHANGE TO CONSUMERS [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ] [ 2013 ] 9/10/2013 Introduced by Senator MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO; 9/17/2013 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee on TRADE, COMMERCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP; [ THIRD REGULAR SESSION ] [ 2015 ] 9/28/2015 Returned and submitted by the Committee on TRADE, COMMERCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP per Committee Report No. 265, recommending its approval with amendments, taking into consideration SBN-2389; 9/29/2015 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 9/29/2015 Sponsor: Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV; 10/6/2015 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 10/6/2015 Sponsorship speech of Senator PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV; [ 2016 ] 1/27/2016 Period of interpellation closed; 1/27/2016 Period of committee amendments; 1/27/2016 Period of committee amendments closed; 1/27/2016 Period of individual amendments closed; 1/27/2016 Approved on Second Reading with Amendments; 1/28/2016 Printed Copies were distributed to the Senators; 2/2/2016 Approved on Third Reading; 2/2/2016 In favor: (12) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, PAOLO BENIGNO "BAM" AQUINO IV, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, FRANCIS "CHIZ" G. ESCUDERO, TEOFISTO "TG" GUINGONA III, AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL, GRACE L. POE, VICENTE C. SOTTO III and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR; 2/2/2016 Against: N o n e ; 2/2/2016 Abstention: N o n e ; 2/2/2016 Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence; 2/3/2016 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1618 and HBN-4730, designating Senators Aquino IV, Angara and Ejercito as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;(Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on February 11, 2016); 2/4/2016 House of Representatives informing the Senate that Representatives Villar, Del Rosario, Rodriguez (R.), Cua, Binay, and Ty were designated as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on February 2, 2016; 5/23/2016 Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1618 and HBN-4730, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1618, in consolidation with HBN-4730, be approved as reconciled; 5/23/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate; Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on May 26, 2016); 6/13/2016 Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on June 6, 2016; FINAL TITLE: AN ACT PROHIBITING BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS FROM GIVING INSUFFICIENT OR NO CHANGE TO CONSUMERS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR 6/30/2016 Enacted into Law without Executive Approval Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution on July 21, 2016 and Became 6/30/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10909. (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10909 (SBN-1618/HBN-4730) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 9, 2016) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the Indexing, Monitoring and LIS Section, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry re conducted committee meetings/hearings, conducted technical working group, is prepared by the Committee concerned/Committee Affairs Bureau)