Debates.
Bills in first, second or third reading and what happened in each.
National Assembly · Panama378 debatesThe cards are public. The full record opens in Nucleus and needs an account.
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes amending Article 74 of Law 37 of 2009 to control public funds managed by corregimiento representatives and communal boards. The funds are managed by cor…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a permanent mandatory tutoring program for students in public primary and secondary schools who are academically at risk. The program also covers studen…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a simplified permit regime for installing temporary commercial structures in the Republic of Panama. It defines the conditions for using the regime, the…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a mandatory return and refund system for PET containers, aluminum cans and nonreturnable glass bottles. It covers containers marketed in the Republic of…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The bill would bar public servants from acquiring state property while in office and for five (5) years after leaving office. The bar would cover direct acquisitions or t…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes sodium limits for specified categories of processed foods produced in Panama and a warning label for products exceeding them. It assigns the Ministry of…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes free parking for taxpayer citizens completing in-person procedures at leased nonfinancial public-sector offices. It makes parking a required lease condi…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 17 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes amending Article 3 of Law 86 of 2010 to expand coverage of the monthly cash transfer program to eligible Panamanians. It would cover those aged sixty-fi…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 17 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to disclose how the dividends paid by the Panama Canal Authority (Autoridad del Canal de Panamá) to the National Treasury are used. It provides for a di…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 17 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes amendments to the Criminal Code concerning the identity, delivery, abduction, transfer and retention of minors. It also introduces an offense for falsel…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 17 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes rules for the sale of new motor vehicles by authorized dealers and distributors in the Republic of Panama. It ties prices to the year of manufacture and…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 15 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate the donation, recovery, preservation, distribution, and therapeutic transplantation of anatomical components in Panama. It sets conditions f…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 15 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate the use of animals in scientific research and teaching through ethical review and animal welfare measures. It subjects their use to scientif…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 10 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes adding eligibility requirements for the positions of director general and deputy director general under public procurement legislation. It covers nation…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 10 de julio de 2025
The bill would set qualifications for principal and alternate Board members of the Panama-Pacific Special Economic Area Agency. It addresses nationality, age, university …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 10 de julio de 2025
The bill revises qualifications for the Director General and Deputy Director General of the vocational and workforce training system. It also adds a conflict of interest …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 10 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate surgical sterilization requested by men and women in public hospitals. It sets out who could access the procedure, the conditions for perfor…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS INDIGENAS
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes changes to the territorial organization of the District of Bledechia in the Ngäbe Buglé comarca under Law 33. The replacement of Articles 14, 15 and 16 …
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a definition of political offense for all legal purposes in the Republic of Panama. It covers specified offenses under the Criminal Code and Electoral C…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes recognizing short stay tourist accommodation as a tourism activity and including it in the National Tourism Registry. It sets rules for its provision in…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 7 de julio de 2025
The bill regulates cardiovascular perfusion and circulatory support practice in Panama's public and private healthcare institutions. It proposes education and professiona…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 7 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to restrict imports of products that imitate, substitute for, or compete with national handicrafts and domestically made goods. It lists the covered art…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 7 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to repeal special retirement benefits for the public security forces and security branches under the Ministry of Public Security. It changes the service…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 3 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes making the operation of National Bingo an optional power of the State, exercisable directly or through third parties. If exercised, that power would be …