Republic Act No. 8970 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

Full Title

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF LAUNDRY AND INDUSTRIAL DETERGENTS CONTAINING HARD SURFACTANTS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.

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Congress

11th Congress of the Republic

Senate Bill No.

S. No. 1168

House Bill

H. No. 9158

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Legislative History (PDF)

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Plenary Deliberations

Date of Approval

October 31, 2000

Legislative History

	SBN-1168, entitled: "AN ACT PROHIBITING THE MANUFACTURE, IMPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION AND SALE OF LAUNDRY DETERGENTS CONTAINING HARD SURFACTANTS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF"
	[First Regular Session, 11th Congress]
[1998]
August 28, 1998	- Introduced by Senator DRILON.
September 2, 1998	- Read on First Reading and referred to the Committee(s) on TRADE AND COMMERCE; and ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
October 6, 1998	- Senator Coseteng was made as coauthor as manifested by Senator Drilon.
	[1999]
May 5, 1999	- Conducted committee meetings/hearings.
August 23, 1999	- Conducted committee meetings/hearings.
	[2000]
February 22, 2000	- Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on Trade and Commerce; and Environment and Natural Resources per Committee Report No. 188, recommending its approval with amendments.
February 29, 2000	- Submitted said Report to the Senate; - Sponsors: Senators Magsaysay, Jr., Drilon and Coseteng.
April 11, 2000	- Assigned for consideration by Special Order; - Sponsorship Speech of Senator Magsaysay, Jr.; - Senators Flavier, Tatad, Guingona, Jr., Jaworski, Roco, and Osmeña III were made coauthors as manifested by Senator Drilon.
July 26, 2000	- Interpellation of Senator Guingona, Jr.; - Interpellation of Senator Defensor Santiago; - Period of interpellation closed.
August 1, 2000	- Period of committee amendments deferred; - Period of individual amendments.
August 7, 2000	- Period of individual amendments; - Period of amendments closed; - Approved on Second Reading with amendments.
August 8, 2000	- Printed copies were distributed to the Senators.
August 14, 2000	- Approved on Third Reading; - In favor: (21) Aquino-Oreta, Barbers, Biazon, Cayetano, Coseteng, Defensor Santiago, Drilon, Enrile, Guingona, Jr., Honasan, Jaworski, Legarda-Leviste, Magsaysay, Jr., Ople, Osmena (J.), Osmeña III, Pimentel, Jr., Revilla, Roco, Sotto, and Tatad; - Against: None - Abstention: None - Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1168 and HBN-9158, designating Senators Magsaysay, Jr., Jaworski, Pimentel, Jr., Flavier, and Legarda-Leviste as its conferees.
August 23, 2000	- Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate recommending that HBN-9158, in consolidation with SBN-1168, be approved as reconciled; - Sponsorship speech of Senator Magsaysay, Jr. on the Conference Committee Report. - Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate.
August 28, 2000	- House of Representatives agreed to a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1168 and HBN-9158, designating Representatives Sandoval, Sy-Alvarado, Maliksi, Reyes, Jr., Lobregat, Barinaga, Almario, Zubiri and Montemayor as its conferees on August 15, 2000; - Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on August 23, 2000.
September 26, 2000	- Enrolled copy of the consolidated version of SBN-1168 and HBN-9158 sent to the House of Representatives.
November 13, 2000	- Consolidated with HBN-9158, which was approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines on October 31, 2000 and became REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8970.