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SB 823

Senate·20th Congress·Filed Aug 4, 2025

Waling-Waling Orchids as Second National Flower of the Philippines

An Act Declaring the Waling-Waling Orchids as the Second National Flower of the Philippines in Addition to Sampaguita

Status

Consolidated/substituted in the committee report

What does this mean?

The committee merged it with similar bills into one substitute bill. Its ideas continue there; this bill number won’t move on its own.

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Status history

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

Primary committee: Culture and the Arts
Secondary: Environment, Natural Resources and Climate Change

Status via BatasWatch (independent source)

Author · Senator

Loren Legarda
SenatorLorna Regina "Loren" Legarda
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In plain language

The bill would make the waling‑waling orchid a second national flower of the Philippines and require the DENR to create rules to protect and grow it.

Culture, Arts and HeritageEnvironment and Natural ResourcesBusiness, Trade and Industry

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

Author · Senator

Loren Legarda
SenatorLorna Regina "Loren" Legarda
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Subjects

Waling-Waling Orchid

Official sources

Senate record
SBN-823 (AS FILED)

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Printed from CivicSync PH: https://civicsync-ph-gamma.vercel.app/bills/SBN-823. Status changes over time; check the link for the latest.

SBN-823 · Sources: BetterGov Open Congress, BatasWatch

SB 823: Waling-Waling Orchids as Second National Flower of the Philippines · CivicSync PH

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