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Disaster Risk Reduction
Disaster preparedness, risk reduction, emergency response, recovery, and resilience.
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- SB 1694· Filed Jan 27, 2026Department of Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act
The bill proposes a new Department that would coordinate all disaster‑risk and climate‑adaptation work in the Philippines, give it powers to plan, warn, respond, and recover, and set up funds, rules and penalties to make the system more efficient and accountable.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 380· Filed Jul 10, 2025Disaster Resilience Act
The Disaster Resilience Act creates a new Department of Disaster Resilience to coordinate all disaster‑risk reduction, response, recovery and “building forward better” activities across the Philippines, with new funding, data systems and local offices.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 143· Filed Jul 7, 2025Department of Disaster Resilience Act
The proposal creates a new Department of Disaster Resilience to lead the Philippines’ efforts in reducing disaster risk, preparing for emergencies, responding to disasters, and helping communities recover, while also handling climate‑change adaptation.
Pending in the committeeSen. Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri - SB 173· Filed Jul 7, 2025Department of Disaster Resilience Act of 2025
The bill creates a new Department of Disaster Resilience that will lead all disaster‑risk reduction, preparedness, response, and recovery efforts across the Philippines, with dedicated funding, regional offices, and powers to order evacuations and manage aid.
Pending in the committeeSen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go - SB 730· Filed Jul 21, 2025Disaster and Emergency Management Act of 2025
The bill proposes a new, full‑time Department of Disaster and Emergency Management to replace the current Office of Civil Defense and take over the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council’s duties, with its own budget, staff, and authority to coordinate disaster response, preparedness, and mitigation across the country.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Kiko" N. Pangilinan - SB 1097· Filed Aug 7, 2025Amending R.A. No. 10121 (Philippine Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Act of 2010)
The bill changes the 2010 disaster law so LGUs can use part of their disaster fund to hire rescue workers, build disaster‑proof infrastructure, and keep unused money for only three years before it goes back to the general budget.
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 790· Filed Aug 4, 2025Magna Carta for Public Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (Drrm) Workers
The bill would give disaster‑risk workers better pay, health and safety benefits, job security and training, and set up a fund to help the children of workers who die on the job.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 105· Filed Jul 3, 2025Emergency Response Department (Erd) Act
The bill creates a new, full‑time Emergency Response Department to lead all disaster‑risk reduction, preparedness, response and recovery activities, taking over the current NDRRMC and Office of Civil Defense, and establishes a dedicated fund and oversight mechanisms.
Pending in the committeeSen. Alan Peter "Compañero" S. Cayetano - SB 924· Filed Aug 5, 2025National Hazard Mapping Act
The bill would require the government to produce and keep updated a national map that shows which coastal and other areas are most at risk from sea‑level rise, earthquakes, volcanoes and other disasters, and to make the map widely available with training for local officials.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 644· Filed Jul 15, 2025Magna Carta for Public Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Workers
The bill proposes a “Magna Carta” that would give disaster‑risk workers better pay, allowances, health care, insurance, retirement benefits and the right to organize, aiming to improve their welfare and the country’s disaster response.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 1140· Filed Aug 7, 2025Resilient Housing and Human Settlements Act
The bill creates a national plan to make homes and communities safer from disasters, sets standards for building, and provides funding and oversight to rebuild homes after storms or earthquakes.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jv Ejercito - SB 1416· Filed Sep 24, 2025University of the Philippines National Climate Resilience Institute Act
The bill proposes turning the existing UP Resilience Institute into a permanent national institute (UP NCRI) with its own budget, a public data platform, and duties to research, teach, and help local governments handle climate‑related disasters.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 551· Filed Jul 14, 2025Hazard Mapping Act
The act would require the government to create and regularly update a detailed national map showing areas at risk from sea‑level rise and other natural hazards, and to make this map publicly available.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 1259· Filed Aug 27, 2025International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance Act
The bill creates a system for the Philippines to request, receive and manage foreign disaster aid quickly and transparently. It makes the NDRRMC the main coordinator, sets up fast‑track “SWIFT” teams at ports and airports, and gives aid groups visa, customs and tax breaks while the relief effort lasts.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 1357· Filed Sep 9, 2025University of the Philippines National Climate Resilience Institute Act
The bill would turn the UP Resilience Institute into a national climate‑resilience institute, give it a permanent budget, and task it with research, education, and a public data platform to help the country prepare for disasters.
Pending in the committeeSen. Bam Aquino - SB 746· Filed Jul 29, 2025National and Disaster Management Authority Act
The bill creates a new National Resiliency and Disaster Management Authority under the President to coordinate all disaster‑related activities, from planning and early warning to response, recovery and rebuilding, and gives it power to command agencies, accept donations, and manage the National Disaster Resilience Fund.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 926· Filed Aug 5, 2025Language Accessibility of Public Information on Disasters Act
The bill requires every government agency and local government to rewrite and translate all disaster‑related notices—like weather warnings, volcanic alerts, health emergency updates, and social‑aid information—into Filipino and the local languages spoken where the information is needed.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 805· Filed Aug 4, 2025Language Accessibility of Public Information on Disasters Act
The proposal would require every government agency and local government unit to translate all disaster‑related announcements, advisories and related information into Filipino and the regional language(s) spoken by the affected community.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 1210· Filed Aug 19, 2025Pangkabuhayan Sa Pagbangon at Ginhawa Act or the Ppg Act
The bill would make permanent a DTI‑run program that gives disaster‑hit micro‑businesses a starter kit of tools or cash vouchers, plus training and counseling, to help them restart or grow.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 669· Filed Jul 16, 2025Hazard Pay for All Disaster Personnel and Volunteers Act of 2025
The bill would require every local government unit to pay a monthly hazard allowance, without tax, to all disaster‑response staff and accredited volunteers for as long as a state of calamity is in effect.
Pending in the committeeSen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go - SB 1912· Filed Feb 26, 2026Public Infrastructure Financing and Insurance Act
The bill would set up a council and an insurance consortium to finance and insure government‑owned infrastructure after disasters, create a dedicated fund and a digital claims system, and give tax breaks to participating insurers.
Pending in the committeeSen. Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri - SB 77· Filed Jul 3, 2025Disaster Food Bank and Stockpile Act
The bill would create a disaster food bank and stockpile in each province and highly‑urbanized city, storing enough food, water, medicine and other essentials to feed the whole population for at least three weeks, and would manage them jointly through the NDRRMC and DSWD.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1660· Filed Jan 12, 2026National Civil Emergency Preparedness and Resilience Act
The bill would require every Filipino aged 18‑25 to complete a government‑run emergency‑preparedness course, create a volunteer corps, and make them serve one day each month in community disaster activities.
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla - SB 1481· Filed Nov 6, 2025National Hazard Mapping Act
The National Hazard Mapping Act proposes to create a nationwide map of areas vulnerable to sea‑level rise and other natural hazards, declare those areas as no‑build zones, and fund a public information campaign.
Pending in the committeeSen. Robinhood Padilla - SB 1799· Filed Feb 9, 2026Gender-Responsive and Inclusive Emergency Management Act
The proposal would create a national plan and new rules to make sure women’s specific needs—such as safety from gender‑based violence, access to health, legal and livelihood services—are addressed in every stage of a disaster or pandemic.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 964· Filed Aug 5, 2025Resettlement, Aid and Rehabilitation Services for the Informal Settlers
The bill would give money to help poor families who lose their homes because of demolition, disasters, or government projects, and would set up new housing sites for them.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1334· Filed Sep 2, 2025Full Tax Benefits to Government Purchases During a State of Calamity
The bill would let national and local government agencies buy food, medicines, medical supplies, clothing and hygiene kits for disaster relief without paying VAT or customs duties, but only after the President declares a state of calamity.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 714· Filed Jul 17, 2025Resilient Agriculture Support and Crop Insurance Act of 2025
The bill would give small farmers (up to 8 ha) automatic weather‑triggered insurance, with the government paying all or half of the premium, and also provide fast cash aid after a typhoon, all tracked on a public online dashboard.
Pending in the committeeSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 431· Filed Jul 10, 2025Masustansyang Pagkain Para Sa Batang Pilipino Act
The bill adds fortified Nutribuns to the existing school feeding program for all public‑school children in kindergarten through Grade 6 and allows the same buns to be used in disaster relief food packs, with funding to come from the yearly national budget.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 475· Filed Jul 14, 2025The Free Mobile Disaster Alerts Act
The bill would add tougher punishments for anyone who misuses free mobile disaster alerts, such as sending campaign ads, with up to five years in jail and fines up to ₱1 million.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 2482· Filed Sep 21, 2026Revised National Building Code
The bill would replace the old building code with a new one that adds modern safety, sustainability and disaster‑risk rules, and creates a national agency to oversee permits, inspections and penalties.
- SB 2017· Filed Mar 25, 2026Free Transportation of Relief Goods Act
The bill would make it free for logistics companies to move donated food, medicine and other aid to any area officially declared a disaster, and it would waive related port and airport fees while giving carriers a full tax deduction for the costs they incur.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jv Ejercito - SB 187· Filed Jul 7, 2025Free Transportation of Relief Goods Act
The bill would require transport companies, both public and private, to move donated relief items to disaster‑hit areas at no cost, waive port and airport fees, and give carriers a full tax deduction for the expenses they incur.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar - SB 1393· Filed Sep 16, 2025Donations and Humanitarian Aid Portal Act
The Donation and Humanitarian Aid Portal Act creates a nationwide system, led by the DSWD’s regional offices, to receive, manage, and account for cash donations and other aid during disasters. It requires banks and aid groups to be accredited, mandates that withdrawn funds be used for relief items, and obliges officials to file a post‑crisis report, with costs covered by the DSWD’s budget.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 850· Filed Aug 4, 2025Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (Ridpa) Act
The RIDPA would create a legal framework that obliges national and local governments to protect displaced Filipinos, guarantee them basic needs, health, education and freedom of movement, and guide their safe return or resettlement.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 278· Filed Jul 8, 2025Donation Transparency Act
The Donation Transparency Act would require every cash donation for disaster relief to be placed in a Treasury account, foreign aid to be cleared by the President, and all donations—cash or in‑kind—to be reported quarterly on agency websites.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Chiz" G. Escudero - SB 519· Filed Jul 14, 2025National Coastal Greenbelt Act
The bill creates a nationwide program to protect, restore, and manage mangrove and beach‑forest belts along the coast to reduce storm damage, adapt to climate change, and conserve biodiversity.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 206· Filed Jul 7, 2025Amending R.A. No. 11696 (Marawi Siege Victims Compensation Act)
The bill adds many barangays—including Brgy. Bubonga Marawi—to the list of areas eligible for compensation, changes how compensation is calculated (using replacement cost instead of fair market value), gives claimants a one‑year filing window, and sets a three‑year deadline for the board to finish its work.
Pending in the committeeSen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa - 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 2159· Filed May 25, 2026New Philippine Building Act
The New Philippine Building Act would replace the old building code, set new safety and disaster‑resilience standards for all buildings, require professional design and regular inspections, and give the DPWH Secretary power to enforce rules, issue permits and fines, and create incentives for safer, more sustainable construction.
Pending in the committeeSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 2040· Filed Apr 13, 2026Philippine Strategic Petroleum Reserve Act
The proposal would create a government‑run emergency stockpile of crude oil and refined fuels, aiming to keep at least 90 days of national consumption on hand and to release it only when the President, advised by the Energy Department, declares a supply emergency.
Pending in the committeeSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 777· Filed Jul 31, 2025Youth Patriotism and Bayanihan Act
The bill creates a nationwide youth‑patriotism curriculum. All students from Grade 1 to 12 must take a “Fundamental Program” covering fitness, culture, community service, disaster preparedness and basic security; senior‑high students may instead take a more advanced “Specialized Program” focused on security, disaster response, and career skills. Completion of either program is required before a student can enroll in college.
Pending in the committeeSen. Pia S. Cayetano - SB 520· Filed Jul 14, 2025Calamity Work Compensation Act
The Calamity Work Compensation Act would require private‑sector employers to pay workers an extra 30 % of their daily wage when they must report for work during a declared typhoon (Signal 3‑5) or a similarly severe disaster, unless the employer provides an approved non‑cash support plan.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 248· Filed Jul 8, 2025Student Assistance Fund for Emergencies (Safe) Act
The SAFE Act would create a fund that quickly gives students money for things like travel, food, housing, school fees, or medical costs when a disaster or other emergency stops them from studying.
Pending in the committeeSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 1109· Filed Aug 7, 2025Rental Payment and Eviction Moratorium During Disaster and Emergencies Act
The bill would stop landlords from demanding rent and from evicting tenants while a disaster or emergency is declared, and for 30 days after the declaration ends; if the emergency lasts more than 60 days, the missed rent would be spread over six months without interest or penalties.
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 137· Filed Jul 3, 2025Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Act
The bill creates a law called the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Act that sets out the government’s duties to protect and assist people forced to move within the Philippines because of conflict, disaster, or other crises.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 2479· Filed Sep 21, 2026Emergency Volunteer Protection Act
The bill would shield unpaid volunteers who help during emergencies from civil lawsuits, as long as they are authorized, act within their duties, and are not committing crimes or gross negligence.
- SB 1498· Filed Nov 11, 2025Amending R.A. No. 6657 as Amended by R.A. No. 9700 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law of 1988)
The bill would give farmers who are part of the agrarian reform program full crop‑insurance coverage for losses caused by storms, disease, pests or accidents, with the cost paid from the existing crop‑insurance fund.
Pending in the committeeSen. Manuel "Lito" M. Lapid - SB 119· Filed Jul 3, 2025LGU Fiscal Autonomy Act
The LGU Fiscal Autonomy Act proposes to give Philippine local governments more freedom to spend their own revenues, especially for education, development projects, disaster risk reduction, and personnel costs, by loosening existing legal caps and oversight.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 1586· Filed Dec 9, 2025Fisherfolk Fuel Subsidy and Calamity Relief Act
The bill would create a government‑run fuel‑subsidy or voucher system for small‑scale fishers and, when a disaster is declared, provide cash, gear, or low‑interest loans to help them recover.
Pending in the committeeSen. Raffy T. Tulfo
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