Republic Act No. 9006 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

	SBN-1742, entitled: "AN ACT TO ENHANCE THE HOLDING OF FREE, ORDERLY, HONEST, PEACEFUL, AND CREDIBLE ELECTIONS THROUGH FAIR ELECTION PRACTICES"
	[Second Regular Session, 11th Congress]
1999
January 11, 1999	- Conducted committee meetings/hearings.
February 9, 1999	- Conducted committee meetings/hearings.
September 28, 1999	- Prepared, and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS, REVISION OF CODES AND LAWS; and PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA with Senators OSMEÑA III, DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, TATAD, CAYETANO, ROCO, and REVILLA as authors per Committee Report No. 71, recommending its approval in substitution of SB Nos. 148, 353, 380, 818, and 886.
September 29, 1999	- Submitted said Report to the Senate; - Sponsors: Senators Roco, Revilla, Osmeña III, Defensor Santiago, Tatad, and Cayetano.
[2000]
April 11, 2000	- Assigned for consideration.by Special Order.
May 22, 2000	- Sponsorship speech of Senator Roco.
August 21, 2000	- Interpellation of Senators Defensor Santiago, Guingona, Jr. and Biazon.
August 22, 2000	- Interpellation of Senators Legarda-Leviste, Pimentel, Jr., and Osmeña (J.); - Period of interpellation closed.
August 28, 2000	- Period of committee amendments; - Inquiries of Senators Cayetano, Guingona, Jr., Biazon, Pimentel, Jr., and Barbers; - Period of committee amendments closed.
September 18, 2000	- Period of committee amendments; - Period of committee amendments closed (motion of Senator Roco that this Bill is reported out by the Committee on Electoral Reforms, Suffrage and People's Participation pursuant to adopted Resolution No. 53, which. created said committee on May 18, 2000; in lieu of the Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws which originally reported out the said Bill).
September 19, 2000	- Period of individual amendments.
September 25, 2000	- Period of individual amendments.
September 26, 2000	- Period of individual amendments.
October 2, 2000	- Period of individual amendments.
October 4, 2000	- Period of individual amendments.
October 9, 2000	- Period of individual amendments; - Period of individual amendments closed; - Approved on Second Reading with amendments.
October 16, 2000	- Approved on Third Reading; - In favor : (18). Aquino-Oreta, Barbers, Cayetano, Coseteng, Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Guingona, Jr., Honasan, Jaworski, Legarda-Leviste, Magsaysay, Jr., Osmeña (J), Pimentel, Jr., Revilla, Roco, Sotto III, and Tatad; - Against : None; - Abstention: None; - Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1742 and, HBN-9000, designating Senators Roco, Tatad, Sotto III, Honasan, Jaworski, Aquino-Oreta, Legarda Leviste, and Osmeña III as its conferees.
October 17, 2000	- Sent to the House of Representatives for concurrences.
October 25, 2000	- House of Representatives agreed to a conference designating Representatives Marcos, Reyes Jr., Amin, Badelles, Escudero, Jaraula, Madrona, Nieva, Saludo Jr., Gullas, Belmonte, Apostol and Pichay as its conferees on October 20, 2000.
November 13, 2000	- House of Representatives designated Representatives Syjuco, Macarambong, Barinaga, and Fariñas as additional conferees on October 27, 2000, with Representative Syjuco as chairman, followed by Representatives Marcos and Macarambong in that order.
November 27, 2000	- Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate recommending that HBN-9000, in consolidation with SBN-1742, be approved as reconciled; - Sponsorship speech of Senator Roco on the Conference Committee Report; - Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate.
[2001]
February 6, 2001	- House of Representatives recommitted to the Conference Committee for further consideration the Conference Committee Report on HBN-9000 and SBN-1742 and the election of Representatives Reyes, Paras, Syjuco, Pichay, Jr., Padilla, Saludo, Jr., Fortuno, Liban, Libarios, Ponce, Rosales, Gunigundo I, Espina, Quintos, and Rodriguez, Jr., on February 5, 2001.
February 7, 2001	- Senate has reconsidered the approval of the Conference Committee Report on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1742 and HBN-9000, and has reconstituted the Conference Committee on the part of the Senate with the designation of Senators Roco, Sotto III, Honasan, Jaworski, Aquino-Oreta, Legarda-Leviste, and Osmeña III as conferees; - Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate; - Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives.
February 12, 2001	- Consolidated with HBN-9000 which was approved and. signed into law by the President of the Philippines and became - REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9006.