SB 199

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Jul 7, 2025

Death Penalty for Large-Scale Illegal Drug Trafficking

An Act Defining Large-Scale Illegal Trafficking of Dangerous Drugs, and Controlled Precursors and Essential Chemicals, Imposing the Death Penalty, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9346 Entitled

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The bill would bring back the death penalty for anyone convicted of moving, making, or selling at least one kilogram of illegal drugs or related chemicals, except for people under 18 or over 70, and it requires a fast Supreme Court review of each death‑sentence case.

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Author · Senator

Ronald "Bato" Dela RosaReceipts →

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

HB 1206· Filed Jul 3, 2025
An Act Re-Imposing the Death Penalty on Certain Crimes Specified Under Republic Act No. 9165, Otherwise Known as the �comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002�, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9346, Also Known as �an Act Prohibiting the Imposition of Death Penalty in the Philippines�, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2025-07-29Rep. Bernadette S. Barbers
SB 619· Filed Jul 15, 2025
Amending Secs. 27 and 28 of Republic Act No. 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act)
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla
HB 3044· Filed Aug 5, 2025
An Act Imposing the Death Penalty for Specific Crimes, Repealing for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9346, Entitled �an Act Prohibiting the Imposition of the Death Penalty in the Philippines�, Further Amending Act No. 3815, Otherwise Known as �the Revised Penal Code� and Republic Act No. 7080, Entitled �an Act Defining and Penalizing the Crime of Plunder�, and Amending Republic Act No. 9165, Otherwise Known as the �comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2022�, Republic Act No. 8177, Entitled �act Designating Death by Lethal Injection�, and Other Penal Laws
Pending with the Committee on JUSTICE since 2025-08-11Rep. Bienvenido Jr. M. Abante
HB 4716· Filed Sep 23, 2025
An Act Adopting the Higher Prescribed Penalty, Including Death, of the National Law of an Alien Found Guilty of Trafficking Dangerous Drugs and Other Similar Substances, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 9165, Otherwise Known as the �comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002�
Pending with the Committee on DANGEROUS DRUGS since 2025-09-25Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez +1
SB 1343· Filed Sep 3, 2025
Reimposing Death Penalty for the Crime of Plunder
Pending in the committeeSen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa

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SBN-199 · Sources: BatasWatch