Bills and draft bills.
What is filed in the Assembly, with its stage, its sponsors and the law it would change.
National Assembly · Panama759 bills
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 5 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes a maximum profit margin of ten percent (10%) per unit on sales of agricultural inputs and products in the Republic of Panama. The limit would apply to i…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 5 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes expanding second level education in corregimientos (townships) by adapting schools and using existing facilities in the afternoon. It also creates three…
- Committee
- RELACIONES EXTERIORES
- Filed
- 5 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes approving in full the Framework Cooperation Agreement between the Republic of Panama and the Dominican Republic. Signed in Santo Domingo on November 8, …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 5 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes to create the National Health Prevention and Primary Care Program in Panama's corregimientos. It prioritizes rural, Indigenous comarca and hard-to-reach…
- Committee
- CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
- Filed
- 3 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes to revise the duties of the National Assembly's General Secretariat concerning official documents and information. These duties include records of legis…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 3 de septiembre de 2024
The bill amends the classification of special handling waste under Law 276 of December 30, 2021, on solid waste management. It adds a plan for state entities to identify,…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 3 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes an urban renewal and recovery plan for El Chorrillo, Santa Ana, Calidonia and Curundú. The plan covers areas of architectural interest and includes ince…
- Committee
- DE LA MUJER, LA NIÑEZ, LA JUVENTUD Y LA FAMILIA
- Filed
- 3 de septiembre de 2024
The bill would amend guardianship rules for minor or adult children with disabilities whose older parents live in proven poverty. It would allow those parents to designat…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 3 de septiembre de 2024
The bill proposes changes to the criminal treatment of theft and robbery committed in schools, health centers, and public or private hospitals. It includes those places i…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 28 de agosto de 2024
The bill would reorganize hospital management and establish a board of trustees attached to the Ministry of Health to administer the facilities and assets. The board woul…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 28 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes amending the criminal responsibility regime for adolescents on supplementary law, nullity, connected cases and conciliation. It also addresses the condu…
- Committee
- DE LA MUJER, LA NIÑEZ, LA JUVENTUD Y LA FAMILIA
- Filed
- 28 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes amending Articles 33 and 35 of the Consolidated Text of Law 50 of 1995 to regulate breastfeeding spaces. These spaces would be in public and private wor…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 28 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes a framework for developing, marketing and using artificial intelligence systems in the Republic of Panama. It sets out individual rights, operating prin…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes amending Law 45 of 2002 on the transfer and sale of land associated with dissolved peasant organizations. The land would be transferred to the Agricultu…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes adding Article 36-A to Law 81 of 2019 to exclude the journalistic work of social communication media from its provisions. The exclusion concerns work th…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
A Board of Trustees would administer Hospital Manuel Amador Guerrero, its assets, and the provision of health care in the Province of Colón. The bill also covers teaching…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes to regulate the profession of public administration in Panama through degree and professional licensing requirements. It also establishes a technical bo…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill would expand the National Authority for Transparency and Access to Information’s responsibilities for petitions and information access. Its remit would also cove…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
A National Network of Residential Homes and Shelters would provide temporary accommodation, food, access to care, and social reintegration options. It would serve people …
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes to amend Article 217 of the Criminal Code (Código Penal) to penalize the taking or slaughter of cattle and participation in those acts. It sets circumst…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
Management of the regional hospital would pass to a governing board attached to the Ministry of Health, with its own assets. The Board of Nicolás A. Solano Regional Hospi…
- Committee
- DE LA MUJER, LA NIÑEZ, LA JUVENTUD Y LA FAMILIA
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes to amend Article 1 of Law 56 of December 15, 2004, to establish November 1 of each year as Children’s Day in the Republic of Panama. It also expressly i…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 27 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes a general sports and recreation law governing access to sport, public policy, sports organizations and athletes’ rights. It also sets rules for organiza…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 26 de agosto de 2024
The bill proposes rainwater harvesting systems for public structures and for buildings outside the national aqueduct network or without water. It describes how collected …