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Constitutional and Electoral Matters
Constitutional change, elections, suffrage, representation, and political participation.
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- SB 889· Filed Aug 5, 2025Mandatory Constitutional Education Act
The proposal would make a dedicated course on the 1987 Constitution a required part of every secondary school’s curriculum, for both public and private schools.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1994· Filed Mar 19, 2026Fair Election Act
The bill amends the Fair Election Act to let ordinary people put political signs on their own homes or land without size limits, while keeping size limits for public poster boards that the COMELEC can approve.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 2117· Filed May 6, 2026Amending Sec. 5 (3) of R.A. No. 9225, Citizenship Rentention and Re-Aquisition Act of 2003
The bill would change the law so that Filipino citizens who have kept or regained Philippine citizenship can become faculty, researchers, or administrators in public universities without having to give up any previous oath they took to another country.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 13· Filed Jul 2, 2025Abolishing the Travel Tax on Filipinos and Asean Members
The bill would eliminate the travel tax for all Filipino travelers and for citizens of ASEAN countries when they leave the Philippines to go to another ASEAN country.
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla - SB 2024· Filed Apr 7, 2026Acquisition of Filipino Citizenship by the Children of Former Natural-Born Filipino Citizens
The bill lets children whose parents were once natural‑born Filipinos but gave up Filipino citizenship before the child was born become Filipino citizens by swearing an oath.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 2004· Filed Mar 19, 2026Strengthening the Bases Conversion and Development Authority
The bill changes the law that creates the Bases Conversion and Development Authority’s board, removing the requirement that the Commission on Appointments must confirm the President’s picks for the board’s chairman and members.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 1849· Filed Feb 12, 2026Abolishing the Travel Tax
The proposal would eliminate the travel tax for Filipino citizens and for travelers from ASEAN countries when they leave the Philippines, and would shift funding for tourism‑related agencies to the regular national budget.
Pending in the committeeSen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go - SB 858· Filed Aug 4, 2025Order of Presidential Succession
The bill creates a clear line of who will become President if both the President and Vice‑President cannot serve, starting with the Senate President, then the Speaker, senior legislators, and a designated Cabinet member.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 36· Filed Jul 2, 2025Presidential Succession Act
The bill would set a clear line of who takes over if the President, Vice‑President, or any acting successor cannot serve, so the presidency is never left empty.
Pending in the committeeSen. Panfilo M. Lacson - SB 1529· Filed Nov 17, 2025Abolishing the Travel Tax
The bill proposes to eliminate the travel tax for all Filipino travelers and for ASEAN nationals traveling from the Philippines to another ASEAN country.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 1142· Filed Aug 7, 2025Revised Philippine Coast Guard Law
The bill reorganizes the Philippine Coast Guard, aligns its ranks and pay with the military and police, expands its bases and equipment, and sets new rules for retirement, benefits, and discipline.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Jv Ejercito - SB 48· Filed Jul 2, 2025Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act
The Magna Carta on Religious Freedom Act would make it a constitutional duty of the government to safeguard every Filipino’s right to choose, practice, express, and share their religion or belief, including atheism, while allowing the state to limit that right only when it causes violence or threatens public safety, order, health, property, or good morals.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 867· Filed Aug 4, 2025Revised Cooperative Code of the Philippines
The bill updates the rules for cooperatives to make them easier to start, run and grow, gives them tax breaks and clearer rights, and sets up stronger oversight by the government.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 572· Filed Jul 14, 2025Revised Cooperative Code of the Philippines
The bill rewrites the rules that govern cooperatives, making it easier to start and run them, giving them tax breaks, setting how profits are shared, and creating a single agency to oversee them.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 1431· Filed Sep 30, 2025Revised Cooperative Code of the Philippines
The Revised Cooperative Code proposes a new legal framework for cooperatives in the Philippines. It sets out how cooperatives are formed, governed, taxed, and supervised, and gives them special rights such as tax exemptions and priority in government procurement.
Pending second reading, special orderSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 622· Filed Jul 15, 2025Revised Cooperative Code of the Philippines
The Revised Cooperative Code updates the rules for forming, running and regulating cooperatives in the Philippines, aiming to boost their growth, protect members, and give them tax and other government benefits.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 116· Filed Jul 3, 2025Revised Cooperative Code of the Philippines
The Revised Cooperative Code would make it easier and faster to start a cooperative—especially for farmers and fisherfolk—by lowering the capital needed, cutting registration time to 20 days, giving tax breaks, and allowing foreign partners under strict rules.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 573· Filed Jul 14, 2025Local Cooperatives Development Fund Act
The proposal would create a Local Cooperatives Development Fund in each province, city and municipality and require those local governments to set aside at least 2 % of their internal revenue allotment (or, for lower‑income LGUs, 2 % of their development funds) to finance cooperative‑related programs.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 560· Filed Jul 14, 2025National Coastal Greenbelt Act
The bill creates a national program to plant and protect at least 100‑meter‑wide strips of mangroves and beach forests along the coast, starting with the Eastern Pacific area most hit by typhoons.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 1990· Filed Mar 17, 2026Agricultural Cooperatives Act
The bill proposes to create a new Bureau to help farmers and fisherfolk form and run cooperatives, give them tax breaks, easier loans, training, and market links, and set up a council to guide the sector.
Pending in the house of representativesSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 1647· Filed Dec 17, 2025Polytechnic University of the Philippines National Center for Cooperative Development Act
The proposal would create a new National Center for Cooperative Development inside the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, fund it with an initial ₱100 million, and task it with offering degree programs, training, research, and consultancy services for cooperatives across the country.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 571· Filed Jul 14, 2025Water Service Cooperatives Development Act
The Water Service Cooperatives Development Act would create a local fund, funded by at least 2 % of each LGU’s national tax allotment, to give water cooperatives tax breaks, low‑interest capital, priority loans and technical help, aiming to expand safe water access in underserved areas.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 1181· Filed Aug 13, 2025Doubling Income of Farmers Act
The proposed Doubling Income of Farmers Act would create farmer federations, set up Farmer Hubs, allow various partnership contracts with private investors, give tax and fee exemptions, and provide a ₱500 million fund plus incentives to shift to high‑value crops.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 389· Filed Jul 10, 2025Agricultural Cooperatives Act of 2025
The Agricultural Cooperatives Act of 2025 proposes to boost small‑holder farms by giving them tax breaks, free training, easier access to credit, and a new government bureau to coordinate support, while creating a national federation and a climate‑resilience fund.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 222· Filed Jul 7, 2025Post-Harvest Facilities Support Act of 2025
The proposal would have the government build warehouses and rice mills in every rice‑producing area, supply the needed equipment, and sell the whole package at cost to qualified farmer cooperatives, which could pay for it over 25 years.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Kiko" N. Pangilinan
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