Bills and draft bills.

What is filed in the Assembly, with its stage, its sponsors and the law it would change.

National Assembly · Panama

272 bills

Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 185.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
14 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes to regulate civilian possession and carrying of firearms in Panama and license requirements. The framework covers training, psychosocial assessmen…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 182.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
14 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill would require private healthcare facilities to provide a free medical report immediately when transferring or referring patients. The transfer or referral …

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 179.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
9 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill establishes how Mobile Crisis Units respond to mental health situations and specifies their teams and ways to request assistance. Their approach is based o…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 174.
Committee
Comercio y Asuntos Economicos
Filed
8 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill adds nonprofit community organizations that supply drinking water to the customers eligible for an electricity subsidy. It sets their basic or subsistence …

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Negado
Draft bill 173.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
8 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes six-month performance reviews for retired public servants and pension recipients who continue working in the public sector. The reviews would be m…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 172.
Committee
Asuntos Municipales
Filed
8 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill sets procedures to identify and declare ownerless immovable property and movable property without an identifiable owner. It also provides for incorporating…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 176.
Committee
Comunicacion y Transporte
Filed
8 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes free, unlimited access to Panamá Conecta through public telecommunications and mobile internet concession holders. It also requires all State plat…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 175.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
8 de septiembre de 2026

The Second Notary Office of the Veraguas Circuit would authenticate and provide a public record of declarations, acts, and contracts. The draft bill proposes creating it …

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Archived
Draft bill 177.
Committee
Educacion, Cultura y Deportes
Filed
8 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes a mandatory mechanism under Law 47 of 1946 for temporarily replacing teachers at public educational centers. The mechanism would be special and ex…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 171.
Committee
Economia y Finanzas
Filed
7 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes free awards of lots containing former banana sector housing in distrito de Barú. It establishes a special procedure for lots in corregimiento Rodo…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 165.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill would bring the prevention of criminal recruitment of children and adolescents into the child protection system. Law 285 of 2022 established that system. T…

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Negado
Draft bill 162.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill sets the maximum period of public service at five (5) years beyond the applicable old-age retirement age. It provides for the end of service when its condi…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 165.
Committee
De la Mujer, la Niñez, la Juventud y la Familia
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill would add prevention of youth recruitment by criminal groups to the child and adolescent protection system. It proposes amendments to Law 285 of 2022, a te…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 164.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes a national plebiscite on the Republic of Panama’s continued membership in the Central American Parliament. Citizens would vote on that question co…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 163.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes general rules for recognizing and paying length-of-service bonuses with public funds. They would apply to public institutions, autonomous and semi…

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Withdrawn
Draft bill 168.
Committee
Educacion, Cultura y Deportes
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes designating Natá a historical, archaeological, tourism, cultural and agricultural district of the Republic of Panama. It also proposes declaring C…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 167.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes updating Law 135 of April 30, 1943 on administrative litigation claims and labor cassation appeals. It allows those claims and appeals to be filed…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 160.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes rules for Rural Aqueduct Administrative Boards that operate community drinking water systems. It regulates their establishment, registration, mana…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 166.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
2 de septiembre de 2026

The draft bill proposes to amend the penalties and civil liability provisions governing discriminatory conduct under Law 7 of February 14, 2018. It also revises the right…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 158.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
27 de agosto de 2026

The draft bill provides for a provisional ban on entering or visiting areas of Panama City after certain apprehensions in flagrante delicto. In those cases, it proposes t…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 157.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
27 de agosto de 2026

The draft bill proposes to regulate board meeting fees at state-owned and mixed-ownership enterprises and decentralized institutions. It also covers governance practices …

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 151.
Committee
Comunicacion y Transporte
Filed
20 de agosto de 2026

The draft bill proposes to protect users of public telecommunications services from changes to the essential terms of their contracts. It regulates bundled services, the …

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 149.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
19 de agosto de 2026

The draft bill proposes creating the José Agustín Donderis Miranda Decoration for contributions to disaster risk management and civil protection. It would recognize extra…

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Awaiting committee adoption
Draft bill 147.
Committee
Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
Filed
18 de agosto de 2026

The draft bill proposes changes to the membership and contribution rules and funding sources of the Social Security Fund (Caja de Seguro Social). It also changes several …

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