SBN-1902, entitled:

"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR AN ELECTRONIC COMMERCE LAW AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

- Introduced by Senators FLAVIER, OPLE, MAGSAYSAY, JR.. and SOTTO III;

- Read on First Reading and referred to the Committee(s) on TRADE AND COMMERCE; and SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY.

- Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on Trade and Commerce and Science; and Technology per Committee Report No. 179, recommending its approval without amendment;

- Submitted said Report to the Senate;

- Sponsors: Senators Magsaysay, Jr., Sotto III, Flavier, and Ople;

- Assigned for consideration by Special Order;

- Sponsorship speech of Senator Magsaysay, Jr.

- Interpellation of Senator Osmeña III;

- Remarks of Senator Sotto III;

- Period of interpellation closed.

- Remarks of Senator Roco;

- Interpellation of Senators Pimentel, Jr. and Osmeña III.

- Interpellation of Senator Guingona, Jr.;

- Period of interpellation closed;

- Period of committee amendments;

- Reconsideration of the approval of committee amendments;

- Proposed committee amendments.

- Clarificatory questions of Senators Guingona, Jr. and Pimentel, Jr.;

- Period of committee amendments closed.

- Period of individual amendments;

- Period of individual amendments closed;

- Approved on Second Reading with amendments;

- Senators Roco, Defensor Santiago, Drilon, Enrile, Honasan, Cayetano, Guingona, Jr., Revilla, Pimentel, Jr., and Aquino-Oreta were made coauthors as manifested by Senator Magsaysay, Jr.

- Senators Jaworski, Biazon and Legarda-Leviste were made coauthors as manifested by Senator Magsaysay, Jr.;

- Approved on Third Reading;

- In favor: (16) Aquino-Oreta, Biazon, Cayetano, Defensor Santiago, Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Guingona, Jr., Jaworski, Legarda-Leviste, Magsaysay, Jr., Ople, Osmeña III, Pimentel, Jr., Revilla, and Roco;

- Against: None;

- Abstention: (1) Tatad.

- Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, with Representatives Punzalan, Jr., Gunigundo, Sarmiento, Verceles, Jr., Moreno, Pua, Angping, Teves, Salceda, Garcia (E.), Golez, and Gonzales (R.) as conferees on the part of the House of Representatives, recommending that SBN-1902 be approved, in consolidation of HBN-9971, as reconciled;

- Sponsorship speech of Senator Magsaysay, Jr. on the Conference Committee Report;

- Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate.

- Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on June 7, 2000;

- Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines on June 14, 2000;

- REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8792.

HBN-9971, entitled:

"AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE RECOGNITION AND USE OF ELECTRONIC COMMERCIAL AND NON-COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND DOCUMENTS PENALTIES FOR UNLAWFUL USE THEREOF AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES"

- Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;

- Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1902 and HBN-9971, and designated Senators Magsaysay, Jr., Roco, Pimentel, Jr., Jaworski and Flavier as its conferees on June 6, 2000;

- Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate on June 8, 2000 with Representatives Punzalan, Jr., Teves, Salceda, Briones, Suarez, Garcia (E.), Sarmiento (A.), Sarmiento (R.), Abad, Verceles, Jr., Angping, Golez, Belmonte, Jr., Gonzalez (R.), Moreno, Pichay, Bunye, Gunigundo, Jr., and Fua as conferees on the part of the House of Representatives, recommending that SBN-1902 be approved in consolidation of HBN-9971, as reconciled;

- Sponsorship speech of Senator Magsaysay, Jr. on the Conference Committee Report (June 8, 2000).

- Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on June 7, 2000;

- Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines on June 14, 2000;

- REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8792.