Bills and draft bills.
What is filed in the Assembly, with its stage, its sponsors and the law it would change.
National Assembly · Panama272 bills
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes periodic review of the salary scale for criminalistics and forensic science professionals and their category placement. The scale would apply from…
- Committee
- Comercio y Asuntos Economicos
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes to regulate crowdfunding in the Republic of Panama through authorization and supervision of platforms. It also sets rules for publishing projects …
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 29 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes public-private partnerships for drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects. It amends the scope of Law 93 of September 19, 2019 and all…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 29 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes prohibiting benefits funded with state resources that lack a strict and reasonable connection to public officials’ duties. It lists personal uses …
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 29 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes incentives for voluntary, altruistic, regular, and safe donation of blood, platelets, and other blood components in Panama. It provides benefits f…
- Committee
- Educacion, Cultura y Deportes
- Filed
- 29 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes amending Law 11 of February 22, 2011, to enable registered artisans to participate in events involving the State. Those events are national and in…
- Committee
- Educacion, Cultura y Deportes
- Filed
- 29 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes declaring Spanish-language reggae originating in Panama from 1970 to 1990 part of the Nation’s intangible cultural heritage. It directs the Minist…
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2026
The draft bill would allow the National Water and Sewerage Institute to develop water and sanitation projects through public-private partnerships. The projects would be d…
- Committee
- Asuntos Municipales
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes to amend Law 37 of June 29, 2009, to require municipal tax payments from private companies carrying out state-funded works. Those companies would …
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2026
The draft bill sets transparency and accountability measures for public resources used during states of emergency under Article 55. The states of emergency are declared u…
- Committee
- Comercio y Asuntos Economicos
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes adding automatic electronic notifications concerning Notices of Operation to Law 5 of January 11, 2007. The relevant Municipal Treasury and the So…
- Committee
- Comercio y Asuntos Economicos
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2026
The draft bill would require electricity distributors to notify users of each meter reading and maintain a consistent monthly reading date. It also sets out how consumpti…
- Committee
- Asuntos Municipales
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2026
The draft bill reorganizes territorial and urban planning rules and defines how municipalities would apply land use plans. It establishes the precedence of plans over zon…
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 21 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes allowing private initiatives to originate public-private partnership projects through amendments to Law 93 of 2019. It sets out submission require…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 21 de julio de 2026
Searches for missing persons would be supported by a National Register and a permanent coordination system led by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The system would coordin…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 21 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes amending Article 211 of the Criminal Code to penalize failures to fulfill maintenance and parental authority duties. It also establishes a specifi…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 21 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes adding Criminal Code (Código Penal) articles to protect victims’ privacy concerning sensitive images. Articles 166-B, 166-C, 166-D, 166-E and 166-…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 21 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes Panamá Alerta as a national mechanism for official warnings about threats, emergencies, and disasters. It provides for georeferenced alerts throug…
- Committee
- Asuntos Municipales
- Filed
- 21 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes temporary community use of unused properties through voluntary agreements with their owners. The program would cover properties with or without bu…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 16 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes a permanent financing model for Ministry of Public Security programs to prevent violence, crime, and antisocial conduct. It creates a fund earmark…
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 16 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes to disclose open data on current public concessions through the PanamáenConcesiones portal. It would add a requirement to Law 22 of 2006 to publis…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 15 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes penalties for the return of salaries and other remuneration paid from public funds. The penalties would apply when that return is demanded or agre…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 15 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes a framework for preventing and controlling synthetic drugs, new psychoactive substances, and their precursors. It defines substances and prohibite…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 15 de julio de 2026
The draft bill proposes to amend the Criminal Code offense of receiving stolen mobile devices or devices with altered technical identifiers. It adds circumstances involvi…