Skip to content

Home
Receipts
Watchlist

About
Get involved

Privacy first · Built by HelloJoal · assisted by AI

Home
Receipts
Watchlist

SB 487

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Jul 14, 2025

Amending the Indeterminate Sentence Law

An Act Amending Section 2 of Act No. 4103, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the 'indeterminate Sentence Law'

Status

Pending in the committee

What does this mean?

It’s being studied in committee, which may hold hearings before deciding whether to recommend it. Most bills stay at this stage.

Filed
Committee
Debate
Final vote
Other chamber
Bicam
President
Law

How a bill becomes law →

Status history

No changes since we started checking daily on Oct 4, 2026.

Primary committee: Justice and Human Rights

Status via BatasWatch (independent source)

Author · Senator

Chiz Escudero
SenatorFrancis "Chiz" Escudero
Receipts →

In plain language

The bill amends the Indeterminate Sentence Law to exclude people convicted of serious crimes against children—such as kidnapping, sexual abuse, child pornography, and trafficking—from the law’s parole and indeterminate‑sentence provisions.

Public Order and SafetyJustice and JudiciaryHuman Rights

Automated summary by BatasWatch. It may miss nuance — read the bill text before citing it.

Author · Senator

Chiz Escudero
SenatorFrancis "Chiz" Escudero
Receipts →

Subjects

Indeterminate Sentence Law (R.A.No. 4103)Heinous Crimes

Official sources

Senate record
SBN-487 (AS FILED)

Spot something wrong?

Printed from CivicSync PH: https://civicsync-ph-gamma.vercel.app/bills/SBN-487. Status changes over time; check the link for the latest.

SBN-487 · Sources: BetterGov Open Congress, BatasWatch

SB 487: Amending the Indeterminate Sentence Law · CivicSync PH

Related bills · 20th Congress

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

HB 6693· Filed Dec 9, 2025
An Act Amending Section 2 of Act No. 4103, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the �indeterminate Sentence Law�
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2025-12-10Rep. Marie Bernadette G. Escudero
SB 2030· Filed Apr 8, 2026
Amending R.A. 4103 (Indeterminate Sentence Law )
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla
HB 8251· Filed Mar 3, 2026
An Act Imposing the Penalty of Life Imprisonment Without Eligibility for Parole for Child Rape and Other Forms of Aggravated Sexual Abuse Against Children, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 8353, as Amended by Republic Act N0. 11648, and for Other Purposes
Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2026-03-09Rep. Rachel Marguerite B. Del Mar
HB 8147· Filed Mar 2, 2026
An Act Imposing Stiffer Penalties for Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7610, as Amended
Pending with the Committee on WELFARE OF CHILDREN since 2026-03-04Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez +1
HB 6081· Filed Nov 18, 2025
An Act Imposing Stiffer Penalties for Child Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination, Amending for the Purpose Republic Act No. 7610, as Amended
Pending with the Committee on WELFARE OF CHILDREN since 2025-11-24Rep. Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez +3