Republic Act No. 8791 | Senate of the Philippines Legislative Reference Bureau

March 17, 1999	- Prepared and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on BANKS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND CURRENCIES; and WAYS AND MEANS with Senators OSMEÑA III, DRILON, ROCO, TATAD, and ENRILE as authors per Committee Report No. 29, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-253, 589, 882, 885 and 1241; - Submitted said Report to the Senate; - Sponsors: Senators Roco, Enrile, Osmeña III, Drilon, and Tatad; - Assigned for consideration by Special Order; - Sponsorship speech of Senator Roco.
March 23, 1999	- Interpellation of Senator Guingona, Jr.
April 21, 1999	- Interpellation of Senator Guingona, Jr.
September 14, 1999	- Interpellation of Senator Guingona, Jr.
September 15, 1999	- Interpellation of Senator Guingona, Jr.
September 20, 1999	- Interpellation of Senators Defensor Santiago and Cayetano.
November 9, 1999	Interpellation of Senators Guingona, Jr., Aquino-Oreta, Cayetano, and Osmeña III.
November 10, 1999	- Interpellation of Senator Pimentel, Jr.
November 15, 1999	- Interpellation of Senator Defensor Santiago; - Period of interpellations closed.
November 16, 1999	- Period of committee amendments.
November 17, 1999	- Period of committee amendments; - Period of committee amendments closed.
November 23, 1999	- Period of individual amendments.
December 6, 1999	- Period of individual amendments.
December 15, 1999	- Period of individual amendments; - Period of individual amendments closed. - Approved on Second Reading with amendments.
December 16, 1999	- Printed copies were distributed to the Senators.
December 20, 1999	- Certified by the President of the Philippines for immediate enactment on December 16, 1999.
January 10, 2000	- Approved on Third Reading: In favor: (19) Barbers, Biazon, Cayetano, Coseteng, Defensor Santiago, Drilon, Enrile, Flavier, Guingona, Jr., Honasan, Jaworski, Ople, Osmeña (J.), Osmeña III, 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-1519 and HBN-6814, designating Senators Roco, Enrile, Sotto III, and Guingona, Jr. as its conferees.
January 11, 2000	- Senator Osmeña III withdraw as principal author.
	- House of Representatives accepted the request of the Senate for a conference designating Representatives Laurel IV, Escudero, Teves, Lapus, Diaz, Calimbas-Villarosa, Arroyo, Defensor, Apostol, and Bunye as its conferees on January 12, 2000.
January 24, 2000	- House of Representatives designated Representative Gonzales II as additional member in the Conference Committee on January 18, 2000.
January 25, 2000	House of Representatives designated Representatives Angara-Castillo and Moreno as additional members in the Conference Committee on January 19, 2000.
February 7, 2000	- House of Representatives accordingly designated Representatives Ledesma IV and Belmonte, Jr. who were originally included in the list of conferees transmitted on January 13, 2000.
March 13, 2000	- Senators Pimentel, Jr. and Barbers were designated as additional members in the Conference Committee.
April 12, 2000	- Sponsorship speech of Senator Roco on the Conference Committee Report; - Clarificatory question of Senator Guingona, Jr.; - Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate.
April 28, 2000	- Conference Committee Report submitted, recommending that SBN-1519, in consolidation with HBN-6814, be approved as reconciled by the conferees.
May 8, 2000	- Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on April 12, 2000.
May 23, 2000	- Approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines and became REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8791.