Full Title
AN ACT INCREASING THE EXCISE TAX RATES IMPOSED ON ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 131, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 AND 288 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
Date of Approval
December 21, 2004

Legislative History

Legislative History
Entitled:
AN ACT INCREASING THE EXCISE TAX RATES IMPOSED ON ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 AND 288 OF THE NATIONAL INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1997, AS AMENDED
[ First Regular Session, 13th Congress ]
[ 2004 ]
11/16/2004 Prepared and submitted by the Committee(s) on WAYS AND MEANS with Senators ENRILE and RECTO as authors per Committee Report No. 5, recommending its approval in substitution of SBN-1815, taking into consideration HBN-3174;
11/17/2004 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business;
11/17/2004 Sponsor: Senator Recto;
11/17/2004 Objection of Senator Enrile to the referral of Committee Report No. 5 to the Calendar for Ordinary Business, citing Sec. 24, Rule XI, Rules of the Senate;
11/17/2004 Remarks of Senators Pangilinan, Miriam Defensor Santiago and Pimentel, Jr.;
11/17/2004 Division of the House on the referral of the Committee Report to the Calendar for Ordinary Business;
11/17/2004 With 11 Senators voting in favor, and 8 against, Committee Report No. 5 was referred to the Calendar for Ordinary Business;
11/17/2004 Senator Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada withdraws his signature in the Committee Report No. 5;
11/17/2004 Assigned for consideration by Special Order;
11/17/2004 Sponsorship speech of Senator(s) RALPH G. RECTO;
11/22/2004 Parliamentary inquiry of Senator(s) JUAN PONCE ENRILE;
11/22/2004 Withdrawal of Senator Enrile as author of SBN-1854;
11/22/2004 Per directive of the Chair, the name of Senator Enrile was withdrawn as author of SBN-1854;
11/22/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) ALFREDO S. LIM;
11/22/2004 Certified by the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for its immediate enactment on November 17, 2004;
11/23/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA;
11/30/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) SERGIO R. OSMENA III and JUAN PONCE ENRILE;
12/1/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) JUAN PONCE ENRILE;
12/6/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) PANFILO M. LACSON and M. A. MADRIGAL;
12/7/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) M. A. MADRIGAL and SERGIO R. OSMENA III;
12/7/2004 Remarks of Senator(s) MAR ROXAS, ALFREDO S. LIM and FRANKLIN M. DRILON;
12/8/2004 Manifestation of Senator(s)PANFILO M. LACSON;
12/8/2004 Remarks of Senator(s) SERGIO R. OSMENA III;
12/13/2004 Interpellation of Senator(s) ALFREDO S. LIM;
12/13/2004 Period of interpellation closed;
12/13/2004 Period of committee amendments;
12/13/2004 Period of committee amendments closed;
12/14/2004 Period of individual amendments;
12/14/2004 Period of individual amendments closed;
12/14/2004 Reconsideration of the termination of the period of individual amendments;
12/14/2004 Period of individual amendments;
12/14/2004 Period of individual amendments closed;
12/14/2004 Approved on Second Reading;
12/14/2004 Approved on Third Reading:
12/14/2004 In favor: (17) Senator(s) JOKER P. ARROYO, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, COMPANERA PIA S. CAYETANO, MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO, FRANKLIN M. DRILON, JUAN PONCE ENRILE, JUAN M. FLAVIER, RICHARD "DICK" J. GORDON, MANUEL "LITO" M. LAPID, RAMON B. MAGSAYSAY JR., SERGIO R. OSMENA III, FRANCIS N. PANGILINAN, AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL JR., RALPH G. RECTO, RAMON A. REVILLA JR., MAR ROXAS and MANUEL B. VILLAR JR.;
12/14/2004 Against: (3) Senator(s) JINGGOY P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, PANFILO M. LACSON and M. A. MADRIGAL;
12/14/2004 Abstention: (None) ;
12/14/2004 Senate requested the House of Representatives for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1854, designating Senators Recto, Arroyo, Villar, Jr., Revilla, Lapid, Enrile, Angara and Jinggoy Estrada as conferees;
12/16/2004 House of Representatives accepted the request of the Senate for a conference on the disagreeing provisions of SBN-1854 and HBN-3174, designating Representatives Lapus, Javier, Roman, Singson, Locsin Jr., Cua, Figueroa, Badelles, Zialcito, Baterina, Remulla, Lagman, Villafuerte, Salceda, Fuentebella, Puentebella, Suarez, Barbers, Defensor, Noel, Cayetano, Zamora, Paras, Santiago, Suplico, Crisologo and Chipeco as its conferees on December 14, 2004;
12/16/2004 House of Representatives designated Representatives Teves and Mandanas as additional conferees on December 15, 2004;
12/16/2004 Conference Committee Report submitted to the Senate, recommending that HBN-3174, in consolidation with SBN-1854 be approved as reconciled;
12/16/2004 Sponsorship speech of Senator Recto on the conference committee report;
12/16/2004 Conference Committee Report approved by the Senate;
12/16/2004 Conference Committee Report approved by the House of Representatives on December 15, 2004; (See: OB dated January 10, 2005)
12/17/2004 Enrolled copy of consolidated version of HBN-3174 and SBN-1854 sent to the Senate for the signature of Senate President Drilon and Senate Secretary Yabes;
[ 2005]
1/10/2005 Consolidated with HBN-3174, which was approved and signed into law by the President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on December 21, 2004, and became;
1/10/2005 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9334.

Committees

Committee Report No.
5

Other Details

Issuance Category
Legislative Issuance Type
Approval Note
Approved by the President on December 21, 2004
Amendment Note
RA 8424 secs. 131, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 & 288
Related to Note
RA 8240

Official Gazette

Official Gazette Source
Official Gazette volume 100 number 11 page 1778 (March 14, 2005)

Newspaper Source Detail

Newspaper Source
Tribune (December 23, 2004)
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