The following are the first 10 bills filed in the 18th Congress:
Please click the title to view the actual bill as filed.
HB 156: On-site, In-city or Near-City Resettlement Act
A policy that will adopt the standardization of the “People’s Plan” which will ensure a constant participation and partnership with informal settler families (ISFs) to ensure sustainability and continuity of resettlement programs.
HB 157: Rental Subsidy Program for ISFs Act
Rental subsidy is practicable and pragmatic. By granting ISF financial assistance. They can immediately leave danger areas or infrastructure project sites and merge with the mainstream populace within a city.
HB 158: National Land Use and Management Act of the Philippines
This bill will formally institutionalize people’s participation in defining the framework and principles of land allocation and utilization. This bill also creates the National land Use Council, providing an avenue for mandatory participation of all stakeholders in key decision-making bodies in all levels in order to resolve conflicting land use management policies.
HB 159: Expropriating the Idle Lands for Socialized Housing
This bill, amending section 9, 10 and 11 of RA 7279, will provide more power to the local government in using idle lots in its jurisdiction by rationalizing the order and mode of land acquisition and lifting the exemption on residential lands the ownership of which are subject of pending litigation.
There is a need to overturn how our very own institutions have treated LGBTQ+ as lepers – isolated and beneath the rule of law. In light of this, an appropriate legislative measure has yet to be enacted to guarantee the protection of LGBTQ+ people across all spaces in the country.
HB 161: Human Rights Defenders Protection Act
This bill is in response to the contravention of various international human rights standards and freedoms of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) and the obligations of the State and public authorities for the protection of such rights. It also aims the creation and composition of the Human Rights Defenders Protection Committee which will be tasked to enforce these obligations and the penalties for the violations of the Act.
This bill provides for harm reduction diversion program for personal use and low-level possession of drugs, prohibiting discriminatory and harmful drug-related interventions and practices.
HB 163: Comprehensive Renal Replacement Therapy Act
The bill aims to increase the number of Filipino renal patients to undergo kidney transplant procedures by developing PhilHealth packages that would cover their expenses.
HB 164: Department of Disaster Resiliency Act
This bill proposes the creation of a Department of Disaster Resiliency to apportion the function of agencies concerning disaster risk management, mitigation, planning, coordination, monitoring, and implementation of disaster risk and vulnerability reduction management.
HB 165: Barangay Health Workers Empowerment Act
The lack of sufficient training and commensurate incentives for the services of barangay health workers can be addressed with appropriate legislative action.