HB 5885

House·20th Congress·Filed Nov 12, 2025

An Act Improving the Commission on Elections by Increasing the Manpower Complement in Its Field Offices, Providing Office Spaces Separate and Independent from Local Government Units, and Appropriating Funds, Amending for the Purpose Batas Pambansa Blg. 881, Amended, Otherwise Known as the "Omnibus Election Code of the Philippines"

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The bill would give the election commission more staff and its own separate offices in every province, city and municipality, and would fund these changes from its budget and future national appropriations.

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Aniela Bianca D. TolentinoReceipts →

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