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Social Welfare
Social protection, assistance, care services, poverty reduction, and support for vulnerable groups.
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- SB 999· Filed Aug 6, 2025Amending Book IV of Presidential Decree No. 442 (Labor Code of the Philippines)
The bill would add a new part to the Labor Code that requires employers to provide a set of family‑welfare services—such as spiritual guidance, parenting support, health care, and recreation—to help workers balance work and family life.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 676· Filed Jul 16, 2025Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (Aics) of 2025
The bill would make the AICS program a permanent national effort that gives cash, medical help, transport, food, and other aid to people who are in a crisis, as judged by DSWD social workers.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" T. Go - SB 894· Filed Aug 5, 2025Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (Aics) Act
The AICS Act would give poor families and individuals in crisis a package of cash, medical, transport, food, and other help, managed by the DSWD.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1510· Filed Nov 12, 2025Health Outreach for Seniors and Indigents Program
The bill proposes a nationwide program that brings health services, assistive devices and hygiene kits directly to seniors and poor people with disabilities, using local health workers and coordinated effort among several government agencies.
Pending in the house of representativesSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 1966· Filed Mar 16, 2026Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (Aics) Act
The bill would create a permanent program under the Department of Social Welfare and Development to give cash, goods, counseling and referrals to people and families facing emergencies such as disasters, loss of income, abuse or health crises.
Pending conference committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 254· Filed Jul 8, 2025Anti-Discrimination in the Delivery of Social Protection Programs Act
The bill makes it illegal for government workers to favor or exclude people when giving out social aid, and sets prison time and a ban from public office for violators.
Pending second reading, special orderSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 161· Filed Jul 7, 2025Unpaid Care Workers Equity and Empowerment Act
The Unpaid Care Workers Equity and Empowerment Act would give people who do unpaid household care – like looking after children, the elderly or a sick family member – a set of benefits such as livelihood training, counseling, parenting help, child‑ and elder‑care services, a 20 % discount on transport, food and medicines, and a few days of extra parental leave. The Department of Social Welfare and Development would lead the program, working with many other agencies and local governments.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 765· Filed Jul 29, 2025Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship (Present) Act
The PRESENT Act proposes to help poor communities by encouraging and supporting businesses that aim to make a profit while also solving social and environmental problems. It creates a government‑run program, a fund, and special incentives such as easier loans, grants, tax credits, and priority in government purchases for qualifying social enterprises.
Pending in the committeeSen. Bam Aquino - SB 117· Filed Jul 3, 2025Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (Aics) Act
The bill would make the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) program a permanent, government‑funded safety net that gives money, food, transport, medical, funeral, school and counseling help to people who suddenly lose income or face emergencies.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 716· Filed Jul 21, 2025Pensyonadong Magsasaka at Mangingisda Act
The bill proposes a new pension and social‑security program that would give farmers and fisherfolk benefits such as retirement, sickness, maternity, disability, death and funeral payments.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Kiko" N. Pangilinan - SB 789· Filed Aug 4, 2025Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship (Present) Act
The proposed PRESENT Act would create a national program that supports social enterprises—businesses that reinvest most of their profits to help the poor—by giving them a registry, financing guarantees, preferential government contracts, and education on social entrepreneurship.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 1822· Filed Feb 10, 2026National Autism Care, Support, and Inclusion Act
The bill creates a national plan to help Filipinos with autism get early checks, health care, inclusive schooling, jobs, and social support, and it sets up agencies to coordinate these services.
Pending in the house of representativesSen. Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri - SB 470· Filed Jul 14, 2025Hustisya Para Sa Lahat Act
The Hustisya Para sa Lahat Act would expand free legal help to all poor Filipinos by defining who is indigent, setting the documents needed to prove it, and funding the program through the Public Attorney’s Office.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 967· Filed Aug 5, 2025Center for Autism
The bill proposes creating a national Center for Autism under the Department of Health to provide free diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, vocational training, and public‑awareness programs for autistic Filipinos, especially those who are poor.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 1753· Filed Feb 5, 2026Social Benefits Corporation Act
The Social Benefit Corporation Act would add a new type of corporation that must devote most of its spending to helping low‑income and marginalized Filipinos, remove the need for a minimum capital, and give them access to a ₱900 million fund and special credit lines.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 654· Filed Jul 15, 2025Disability Support Fund Act
The bill proposes a new fund that would give a monthly Php 500 cash aid to poor persons with disabilities, covering costs like transport, medicines, and assistive devices, and would be rolled out in two three‑year phases.
Pending in the committeeSen. Imee R. Marcos - SB 568· Filed Jul 14, 2025Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship Act
The bill would create a national program (PRESENT) to help poor Filipinos start and grow social‑enterprise businesses, giving them training, financing, tax breaks and priority in government buying.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 734· Filed Jul 21, 2025Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship Act
The bill creates a national program to help social enterprises that work with poor communities. It gives them funding, tax breaks, easier access to loans, and priority when the government buys goods or services.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Kiko" N. Pangilinan - SB 1027· Filed Aug 6, 2025Indigent Children Free Medical and Dental Service Act
The bill would require every hospital, clinic and dental facility in the Philippines to give free medical and dental care to children who have no means of support.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 687· Filed Jul 17, 2025National Autism Care Plan Act
The bill would create a national plan to help Filipinos with autism and their families by setting up a coordinating committee, funding services, and ensuring health, education, employment, and financial support.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 468· Filed Jul 14, 2025Poverty Reduction Through Social Entrepreneurship (Present) Act
The bill creates a national program (PRESENT) that will coordinate government support for social enterprises that put poor people at the center of their operations. It sets up a new council, a development center, a fund of ₱500 million, special loan windows, a guarantee fund, and a movable‑collateral registry to help these enterprises get financing, training, market access, and public‑procurement opportunities.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 245· Filed Jul 8, 2025Pagkain Para Sa Lahat Act
The bill creates a national program that requires all food‑related businesses to donate any safe, unsold food to accredited food banks and soup kitchens, with the DSWD coordinating the effort and LGUs helping set up local facilities.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 1487· Filed Nov 11, 2025Expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (E4ps) Act
The bill would broaden the 4Ps poverty‑reduction program by letting poor families stay in the scheme up to three extra years, raising the age limit to 22, adding cash for food, nutrition and technical‑vocational schooling, requiring adult education, and creating after‑care and grievance‑redress systems.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 2096· Filed May 5, 2026Disability Support Fund Act
The bill proposes a new fund that would give a monthly cash allowance of about ₱2,000 (adjusted for inflation) to poor Filipinos with disabilities, to help cover extra costs such as assistive devices, transport and care.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 1390· Filed Sep 16, 2025Disability Support Fund Act
The bill creates a Disability Support Fund that will give poor persons with disabilities a monthly cash allowance and help pay for things like transport, medicines, assistive devices, and rehabilitation. The fund will be run by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and will start by helping children and adults with the greatest barriers, then later expand to all indigent persons with disabilities.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 71· Filed Jul 3, 2025Universal Social Pension to Senior Citizens
The bill would give every Filipino senior (age 60+) a cash grant from the government: ₱1,000 a month for those who are poor, and ₱500 a month (rising to ₱1,000 after five years) for all others. The amount would be reviewed every two years and the program would be run by the National Commission on Senior Citizens within three years.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 244· Filed Jul 8, 2025Pensyonadong Magsasaka at Mangingisda Act
The bill proposes a dedicated pension and social‑security program for Filipino farmers and fisherfolk, funded first from national savings and then from a share of import duties on agricultural goods, and run mainly by the PCIC and SSS.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 207· Filed Jul 7, 2025Filipino Farmers and Fisherfolk Financial Assistance Program Act
The bill would create a program that gives cash assistance and short‑term work to poor farmers and fisherfolk who meet registration and training requirements.
Pending in the committeeSen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa - SB 1642· Filed Dec 17, 2025Autism Cooperation, Accountability, Research, Education and Support (Cares) Act of 2022
The Autism CARES Act proposes a national plan that coordinates government agencies to raise awareness, improve diagnosis, provide inclusive education, ensure health‑insurance coverage, and create employment opportunities for people with autism.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 354· Filed Jul 10, 2025Disability Support Fund Act
The bill creates a fund that will give a monthly cash grant of ₱2,000 to low‑income people with disabilities, starting with children and those with severe impairments, and later expanding to all eligible disabled persons.
Pending in the committeeSen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa - SB 165· Filed Jul 7, 2025Women and Children Protection Units Act
The bill would require every government hospital and health facility across the Philippines to set up a Women and Children Protection Unit that offers medical, psychological, legal and safety help to victims of violence.
Pending in the committeeSen. Loren B. Legarda - SB 276· Filed Jul 8, 2025Uniformed Personnel Comprehensive Social Benefits Program Act
The bill proposes a ₱20 billion trust fund to provide financial, educational, housing, health, livelihood, and employment assistance to uniformed personnel and auxiliary members who are killed, wounded, or permanently disabled, as well as to their families.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Chiz" G. Escudero - SB 1113· Filed Aug 7, 2025Anti-Elder Abuse Act
The Anti‑Elder Abuse Act would create new rules to stop and punish abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Filipinos aged 60 or older, and would give victims free legal help, safe shelters, and court orders that keep abusers away.
Pending in the committeeSen. Win T. Gatchalian - SB 393· Filed Jul 10, 2025Disability Support Allowance for Persons with Disabilities Act
The bill creates a universal monthly cash grant of ₱2,000 for every person with a certified disability, rolled out in three phases over several years.
Pending in the committeeSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 299· Filed Jul 9, 2025Autism Center
The bill would set up a national Center for Autism that offers free diagnosis, therapy, rehabilitation, and job‑training for autistic people, especially those who are poor, and would run public awareness campaigns.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Juan Miguel "Migz" F. Zubiri - SB 544· Filed Jul 14, 2025Homes for the Elderly Act
The bill would require at least one nursing home or similar residential care facility in every province and highly urbanized city to provide shelter, food, health care, counseling, family outreach, livelihood training, and cultural activities for abandoned, neglected, unattached, or homeless senior citizens.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 718· Filed Jul 21, 2025Rural Employment Assistance Program Act
The Rural Employment Assistance Program Act proposes a government‑run scheme that gives short‑term, paid work to poor people living in rural barangays, paying them at least three‑quarters of the local minimum wage.
Pending in the committeeSen. Francis "Kiko" N. Pangilinan - SB 766· Filed Jul 29, 2025Sustainable Livelihood Act of 2025
The bill makes the DSWD’s Sustainable Livelihood Program a permanent, nationwide effort that gives cash, training and start‑up help to poor families so they can start small businesses or find jobs.
Pending in the committeeSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 1417· Filed Sep 24, 2025Senior Health Aid and Community Visit Act of 2025
The bill creates a national program that registers seniors with disabilities, gives them free assistive devices and hygiene kits, and sends health workers to their homes at least every two months.
Consolidated/substituted in the committee reportSen. Risa Hontiveros - SB 155· Filed Jul 7, 2025Simplified Government Aid Access Act
The bill would make it easier and faster for poor Filipinos to get government help for medical, burial or similar needs by limiting paperwork to a government ID, a billing statement, and a referral from the local social‑welfare office, and by requiring agencies to act within three days.
Pending in the house of representativesSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 2082· Filed May 4, 2026Free Assistance Devices for Senior Citizens and Indigents Act
The bill would make dentures, glasses and hearing aids free for seniors (60+) and people who cannot afford them, using PhilHealth and the health department to pay for the devices.
Pending in the committeeSen. Erwin T. Tulfo - SB 440· Filed Jul 10, 2025Anti-Elderly Abuse Act of 2025
The Anti‑Elderly Abuse Act of 2025 seeks to define elder abuse, set criminal penalties, create barangay help desks, and provide shelter, counseling and rehabilitation for victims and offenders.
Pending in the committeeSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 1224· Filed Aug 20, 2025Digitalized OFW Welfare and Monitoring System Act
The bill would create an online system that registers all Filipino workers abroad, lets them update their location and job status, and lets them ask for help quickly. The Department of Migrant Workers would run the system and share information with other agencies while protecting personal data.
Pending in the committeeSen. Raffy T. Tulfo - SB 958· Filed Aug 5, 2025Right to Adequate Food Act
The Right to Adequate Food Act proposes a national framework that makes access to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food a legal right for every Filipino, and sets up a government commission to coordinate policies, monitor hunger, and enforce penalties against those who block or deny food.
Pending in the committeeSen. Jinggoy Ejercito Estrada - SB 31· Filed Jul 2, 2025Expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4ps) Act of 2025
The bill adds a new “Pantawid Pag‑Asa” pillar that would combine all existing cash‑aid programs (like AKAP, AICS, TUPAD, Food STAMP) into one system, create a single database for all beneficiaries, and set rules to stop political meddling and fraud.
Pending in the committeeSen. Panfilo M. Lacson - SB 96· Filed Jul 3, 2025Educational Assistance for Children and Dependents of Farmers and Fisherfolks Act
The bill would give free schooling and related costs to the children of registered farmers and fisherfolk, from elementary up to college, using a ₱50 million fund managed by UniFAST with input from the Department of Agriculture and sector representatives.
Pending in the committeeSen. Mark A. Villar - SB 2070· Filed Apr 27, 2026Expanded Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino (E4ps) Act
The bill creates a new cash‑assistance program called Pantawid Pag‑asa to help families and individuals who suddenly lose income or face emergencies, adding it to the existing 4Ps system.
Pending in the committeeSen. Joel Villanueva - SB 1400· Filed Sep 23, 2025Universal Social Pension to Senior Citizen
The bill would give every Filipino senior citizen a monthly cash grant from the government, with higher amounts for those who are poor.
Pending in the committeeSen. Camille A. Villar
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