HB 2982
House·20th Congress·Filed Aug 4, 2025
An Act Increasing the Annual Female Recruitment Quota for the Philippine National Police Amending Section 58 of Republic Act 8551 Otherwise Known as “the Philippine National Police Reform and Reorganization Act of 1998”, as Well as Setting a Minimum Quota for Annual Female Recruitment in the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology
In plain language
The bill raises the minimum annual recruitment share for women to 20 % in the Philippine National Police, the Bureau of Fire Protection, and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, and directs the relevant agencies to issue rules within 90 days after the law takes effect.
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