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PHILIPPINE PHARMACY ACT
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Legislative History

House Bill/Resolution NO. HB05616
REPUBLIC ACT NO. RA10918
FULL TITLE : AN ACT REGULATING AND MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (R.A. NO. 5921), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHARMACY LAW
SHORT TITLE : Regulating And Modernizing The Practice Of Pharmacy In The Philippines
ALIAS NAME : Philippine Pharmacy Act
PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : RODRIGUEZ, RUFUS B.
DATE FILED : 2015-03-18
SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL
NATURE : Reform
CO-AUTHORS :
1. Rodriguez (M.) 2. Arroyo
3. Macapagal-Arroyo 4. Salvacion
5. Paquiz 6. Manalo
7. Padilla 8. Bataoil
9. Leonardia
CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) :
1. Primicias-Agabas (071 2015-05-25) 2. Lanete (071 2015-05-25)
COUNTERPART HOUSE BILL/CONCURRENT RESOLUTION: SB02436
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 00638
SUBMITTED ON 2015-03-18
SUBMITTED BY: CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, APPROPRIATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: approval
SUBSTITUTED BILLS: HB01622, HB02650
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES
REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON RULES ON 2015-03-18
DATE INCLUDED IN OB: 2015-03-18
DATE CALENDARED : 2015-05-04
SECOND READING INFORMATION
PERIOD OF SPONSORSHIP : 2016-02-01
SPONSORED BY :  Rodriguez (R.)
PERIOD OF COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS : 2016-02-01
DATE APPROVED ON SECOND READING : 2016-02-01
REMARKS : Amended by substitution of the entire bill
THIRD READING INFORMATION
DATE COPY DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS: 2016-02-03
DATE APPROVED BY THE HOUSE ON THIRD READING :2016-05-23
HOUSE VOTES:    YEAS:189     NAYS:0    ABSTAIN:.0
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE SENATE:  2016-05-25
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE SENATE/HOUSE
DATE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE:  2016-05-25
DATE SENATE ADOPTED HOUSE BILL AS AN AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL:  2016-05-30
REMARKS : 
ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE PRESIDENT
DATE TRANSMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT : 2016-06-20
DATE ACTED UPON BY THE PRESIDENT : 2016-07-21
PRESIDENTIAL ACTION:(A)PPROVED/(V)ETOED/(L)APSED : L
REPUBLIC ACT NO.: RA10918
ORIGIN : HOUSE
REPUBLIC ACT TITLE: AN ACT REGULATING AND MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (R.A. NO. 5921), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHARMACY LAW

Senate Legislative History

Entitled:
AN ACT REGULATING AND MODERNIZING THE PRACTICE OF PHARMACY IN THE PHILIPPINES, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE (R.A. NO. 5921), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PHARMACY LAW
[ THIRD REGULAR SESSION, 16TH CONGRESS ]
[ 2016 ]
Introduced by Representatives RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ, MAXIMO JR. B. RODRIGUEZ, DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL ARROYO, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, ANDRES JR. D. SALVACION, et. al.;
Approved on Third Reading by the House of Representatives on May 23, 2016;
5/25/2016 Sent to the Senate requesting for concurrence;
5/30/2016 Senate adopted HBN-5616 as an amendment to SBN-2436; (Transmittal letter sent to the House of Representatives on June 1, 2016);
6/15/2016 Enrolled copies of HBN-5616, received by the Senate for the signature of Senate Secretary Yabes and Senate President Drilon;
6/30/2016 Enacted into Law without Executive Approval Pursuant to the provisions of Section 27(1), Article VI of the Constitution on July 21, 2016 and Became
6/30/2016 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10918.
(Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, R.A.No. 10918 (HBN-5616/SBN-2436) with pertinent documents transmitted to the Legislative Records and Archives Service for safekeeping and preservation on August 9, 2016)
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Date Received by the President
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