Entitled:
AN ACT REPLACING THE QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE WITH TARIFFS, LIFTING THE QUANTITATIVE EXPORT RESTRICTIONS ON RICE, AND CREATING THE RICE COMPETITIVENESS ENHANCEMENT FUND, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8178, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9496, AND AS FURTHER AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10848, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2018 ]
9/11/2018	Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on AGRICULTURE AND FOOD, FINANCE and WAYS AND MEANS with Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO, LEILA M. DE LIMA, JOEL VILLANUEVA, RISA HONTIVEROS, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, GRACE L. POE and CYNTHIA A. VILLAR as author(s) per Committee Report No. 440, recommending its approval in substitution of SBNos. 1476, 1689, 1839, taking into consideration SRNos. 143, 146 and HBN-7735;
9/12/2018	Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
9/12/2018	Sponsor: Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
9/17/2018	Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order;
9/17/2018	Sponsorship speech of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
9/17/2018	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA;
9/18/2018	Co-sponsorship speech of Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO and SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN;
9/19/2018	Interpellation of Senator(s) FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN and RICHARD J. GORDON;
9/24/2018	Interpellation of Senator RISA HONTIVEROS;
9/26/2018	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
10/1/2018	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
10/2/2018	Interpellation of Senator FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
10/2/2018	Period of interpellation closed;
10/2/2018	Letter from Senator EMMANUEL "MANNY" D. PACQUIAO dated September 26, 2018, conveying his intention to be made coauthor of SBN-1998, received by the LBIS;
10/9/2018	Period of individual amendments;
10/10/2018	Period of individual amendments;
10/10/2018	Inquiries of Senator Recto;
11/6/2018	Amended Copy as of October 10, 2018, were distributed to the Senators;
11/12/2018	Certified by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, for its IMMEDIATE enactment on October 10, 2018;
11/13/2018	Period of individual amendments;
11/13/2018	Manifestation of Senator(s)RALPH G. RECTO, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
11/14/2018	Period of individual amendments;
11/14/2018	Period of individual amendments closed;
11/14/2018	Approved on Second Reading with Amendments;
11/14/2018	Approved on Third Reading;
11/14/2018	In favor: (14) JUAN EDGARDO "SONNY" M. ANGARA, MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO, SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN, RISA HONTIVEROS, PANFILO M. LACSON, LOREN B. LEGARDA, RALPH G. RECTO, VICENTE C. SOTTO III, ANTONIO "SONNY" F. TRILLANES, JOEL VILLANUEVA, CYNTHIA A. VILLAR and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI;
11/14/2018	Against: (None) ;
11/14/2018	Abstention: (None) ;
11/19/2018	Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1998 and HBN-7735, designating Senators Villar, Recto, Escudero, Ejercito, Gatchalian and Drilon as its conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee;
11/21/2018	Sent to the House of Representatives requesting for concurrence;
11/26/2018	House of Representatives agreed for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1998 and HBN-7735, designating Representatives Panganiban, Jr., Yap (A.), Garin, Unabia, Violago, Yap (V.), Lagman, Romero and Salon as conferees to the Bicameral Conference Committee on November 19, 2018;
11/26/2018	Letter for Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, dated November 21, 2018, transmitting the Appendix for SBN-1998;
11/28/2018	Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1998 and HBN-7735, submitted to the Senate, recommending that SBN-1998, in consolidation with HBN-7735, be approved in accordance with the attached copy of the bill as reconciled and approved by the conferees;
AMENDED TITLE: AN ACT LIBERALIZING THE IMPORTATION, EXPORTATION AND TRADING OF RICE, LIFTING FOR THE PURPOSE THE QUANTITATIVE IMPORT RESTRICTION ON RICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
11/28/2018	Sponsorship speech on the Conference Committee Report of Senator CYNTHIA A. VILLAR;
11/28/2018	Conference Committee Report Approved by the Senate;
12/4/2018	Conference Committee Report Approved by the House of Representatives on November 28, 2018;
[ 2019 ]
1/8/2019	Letter from Senate Secretary Atty. Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 7, 2019, transmitting nine (9) enrolled copies of the consolidated version of SBN-1998 and HBN-7735, for the signature of Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
1/14/2019	Letter for Senate Secretary Myra Marie D. Villarica, dated January 14, 2019, returning eight (8) enrolled copies of SBN-1998 and HBN-7735, which were signed by Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the Acting Secretary General of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dante Roberto P. Maling;
1/15/2019	Enrolled copies of SBN-1998 and HBN-7735, sent to the Office of the President of the Philippines through PLLO for the signature and approval of His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte;
5/20/2019	Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines, His Excellency, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on February 14, 2019 and became
5/20/2019	REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11203.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 11203 (SBN-1998) with the pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on May 28, 2019)
(The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)