Bills and draft bills.
What is filed in the Assembly, with its stage, its sponsors and the law it would change.
National Assembly · Panama1,031 bills
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 27 de octubre de 2025
The bill amends Law 69 of 2001 to regulate the production and marketing of panela, or unrefined cane sugar, through updated definitions. It sets health and technical requ…
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 23 de octubre de 2025
The draft bill proposes to amend Article 712 of the Tax Code of the Republic of Panama to govern endorsement of income tax returns. It specifies when an Authorized Public…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 21 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes electronic monitoring to protect victims of domestic violence and other offenses that could affect their personal safety. The measure covers sexual offe…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 21 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes amendments to Law 42 of 2011 on permits for anhydrous bioethanol and its mandatory use in gasoline blends. It also changes oversight of the Biofuels Pro…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 21 de octubre de 2025
The bill would amend the Criminal Code (Código Penal) on sentences and alternative measures for certain offenses against life and sexual freedom. It proposes to bar sente…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 21 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes to prevent public entities from denying employment or entry solely because a person has temporary or permanent body tattoos. It sets exceptions for tatt…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The draft bill proposes amendments to Law 467 of 2025 governing Appeals Commissions and the transition to community peace courts. It sets rules for selecting and retainin…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes creating the Board of Trustees of the Integrated Multimodal Hospital of the Province of Colón to administer the hospital. It would also oversee the buil…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes bringing self-generation for on-site consumption from new, renewable and clean sources within the public electricity service framework. It regulates gri…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The draft bill proposes moving Father's Day from the third Sunday in June to March 19 each year and declaring it a national holiday. It also amends Article 46 of the Labo…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes local hiring of at least 25 % of skilled workers on infrastructure projects funded by the state. Private companies must hire people whose principal resi…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes adding specialized mental health units for children and adolescents to Law 364 of 2023 within integrated health service networks. It assigns them clinic…
- Committee
- INFRAESTRUCTURA PUBLICA Y ASUNTOS DEL CANAL
- Filed
- 20 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes naming the bridge at Puerto Coquira, in the District of Chepo, “FEDERICO 'BOSCO' JIMÉNEZ” in honor of Federico Jiménez Fuentes. It assigns the Ministry …
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 16 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Law 52 of 2017 to organize urban and rural street naming and address numbering through digital systems and physical signage. It allocates dutie…
- Committee
- RELACIONES EXTERIORES
- Filed
- 15 de octubre de 2025
The bill approves the Constitutive Agreement of the Multilateral Investment Fund IV and sets its objectives, operations, financing and governance. The agreement restates …
- Committee
- RELACIONES EXTERIORES
- Filed
- 15 de octubre de 2025
The bill approves the Agreement between the Republic of Panama and the Republic of Ecuador on the Exchange of Information in Tax Matters. The instrument governs exchange …
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 15 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes rules for collecting, storing, treating, trading and exporting recyclable ferrous and nonferrous materials. It would require operators to register befor…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 15 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes mandatory licensing and supervision for those providing virtual asset services to third parties in the Republic of Panama. It defines the assets and act…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 15 de octubre de 2025
The bill would provide state financial support to legally established carnival associations and boards in districts and corregimientos. In the Republic of Panama, it prov…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 14 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes a framework for planning, locating, building, operating, closing and monitoring final waste disposal sites in the Republic of Panama. It sets siting and…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 14 de octubre de 2025
The bill would change requirements for land awards and bar specified senior public officials from receiving those awards. The exclusion also covers their associates and l…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 14 de octubre de 2025
The bill would repeal Law 389 of 2023, which governs postsecondary education centers in higher technical institutes or higher education centers. As a consequence of that …
- Committee
- ASUNTOS INDIGENAS
- Filed
- 14 de octubre de 2025
The bill would place Isla Escudo de Veraguas and its surrounding waters under the administrative jurisdiction of the Municipality of Kusapin. The proposed jurisdiction wo…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 14 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes the role of Protective Educator for teachers who report abuse of children and adolescents in schools. It sets out protective action after a report, supp…