SB 157

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Jul 7, 2025

The Anti-Conflict of Interest in Public Utilities Act

An Act Prohibiting Elected Public Officials and Their Immediate Family Members from Owning, Controlling, or Having Financial or Material Interest in Public Utilities During Their Term of Office, Providing Penalties Therefor, and for Other Purposes

In plain language

The bill would bar elected officials and their close relatives from owning or benefiting from any public utility while they are in office, require them to sell such interests within 60 days, and impose fines, loss of the interest, and possible removal from office for violations.

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Author · Senator

Erwin Tulfo
SenatorErwin Tulfo
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Subjects

Anti-Conflict of Interest in Public Utilities

Official sources

Similar in what they’d do, filed by any lawmaker.

HB 8402· Filed Mar 10, 2026
An Act Prohibiting Elected Public Officials and Their Immediate Family Members from Owning, Controlling, or Having Financial or Material Interest in Public Utilities During Their Term of Office, Providing Penalties Therefor, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION since 2026-03-16Rep. Eric Go Yap
HB 5222· Filed Oct 7, 2025
An Act Prohibiting Public Officers and Certain Persons Affiliated to Public Officers and Their Relatives from Entering into Government Contracts and Providing Penalties Therefor
Pending with the Committee on APPROPRIATIONS since 2025-10-10Rep. Dale B. Corvera
HB 5940· Filed Nov 12, 2025
An Act Prohibiting Relatives of Public Officials Up to the Fourth Civil Degree of Consanguinity or Affinity, and Entities with Beneficial Ownership or Interest Thereof, from Entering into Any Government Contract, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2026-02-25Rep. Jan "Atty. Jp" Padiernos
SB 1091· Filed Aug 7, 2025
Amending R.A. No. 9136 (Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001)
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian
HB 750· Filed Jul 1, 2025
An Act Penalizing the Illegal Use of Electricity, the Theft and Destruction of Electric Power Lines, Equipment, and Materials, Rationalizing System Loss, Repealing Republic Act No. 7832, Otherwise Known as the Anti-Electricity and Electric Transmission Lines/Materials Pilferage Act of 1994, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on ENERGY since 2025-07-29Rep. Jurdin Jesus M. Romualdo

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SBN-157 · Sources: BetterGov Open Congress, BatasWatch