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
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 13 de octubre de 2025
The draft bill proposes studies on patterns of violence against women and mandatory programs on managing emotional control. The programs would cover every level of educat…
- Committee
- COMUNICACION Y TRANSPORTE
- Filed
- 13 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes to equip traffic signals in Panama with audible devices for people with visual disabilities or reduced vision. The requirement covers every existing and…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 9 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes to introduce life imprisonment into the Criminal Code’s sentencing rules and amend the duration of imprisonment. It would amend the definition of impris…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 7 de octubre de 2025
The draft bill proposes a framework for bringing and hearing class actions concerning harm or risks affecting identifiable groups of people. It defines who can bring an a…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 6 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes protection for people who report or testify about administrative misconduct affecting State assets. Protection also extends to certain relatives exposed…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 6 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes adding plantains to the National Grain and Other Agricultural Products Production Incentive Program. It also revises its objectives, covered products, a…
- Committee
- INFRAESTRUCTURA PUBLICA Y ASUNTOS DEL CANAL
- Filed
- 6 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes a national framework for planning, installing, protecting, recording and maintaining fire hydrants in the Republic of Panama. It assigns responsibilitie…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 6 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes a framework to record, publish, and evaluate incentives, subsidies, tax exemptions, and other State benefits. It creates the National Registry of Incent…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 6 de octubre de 2025
The bill would create an office for investment attraction and export promotion within the Ministry of Commerce and Industries. It names the Office for the Promotion of In…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 6 de octubre de 2025
The bill would remove limitation periods for sentences and criminal actions involving sexual offenses against minors under both criminal codes. It would amend the Crimina…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 3 de octubre de 2025
The bill would require vehicle safety ratings in advertisements for new and used motor vehicles sold in Panama when issued by a recognized agency. It specifies the inform…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS INDIGENAS
- Filed
- 3 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes an annual parade in the District of Arraiján to promote and share the culture and traditions of the Guna people. It assigns responsibility for organizin…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 2 de octubre de 2025
The bill would amend product recall rules under Law 45 of 2007 and set duties for recalls of motor vehicles with safety defects. It requires public notices, identificatio…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 1 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes a special enforcement jurisdiction to enforce the Audit Court’s (Tribunal de Cuentas) rulings on financial liability. It assigns the Comptroller General…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 30 de septiembre de 2025
The bill would record social security contributions on accrued or retroactive wages against the periods actually worked. The measure covers public officials and private s…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 30 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes to recognize street vending as an economic activity and establish municipal rules for registration, operation and gradual formalization. It provides for…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 30 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes public access to the identities of the ultimate beneficial owners of legal entities contracting with the State. It amends contractor obligations and eli…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 29 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes a market for discounting certified invoices by assigning receivables to authorized trusts. The invoices are issued to state entities and certain private…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 29 de septiembre de 2025
The draft bill would require future laws to state whether they need implementing regulations and set a deadline for the Executive Branch to issue them. It establishes a g…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 29 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes adding a condition to the Fiscal Code for paying bonuses to public officials at institutions whose incentives are recognized by law. Payment would depen…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 26 de septiembre de 2025
The draft bill proposes to amend Article 212 of the Labor Code (Código de Trabajo) to identify the workers excepted from Article 211. For those cases, it requires the com…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 23 de septiembre de 2025
The draft bill proposes to amend Article 1 of Law 241 of 2021 on payment of the seniority benefit for public servants. Each entity would individually recognize the years …
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 23 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes adding a minimum staffing requirement for qualified community development practitioners in Panama’s municipalities to Law 49 of 2007. The requirement wo…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 23 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes a Responsible Fishing Reserve on the Calovébora coast for the management of marine resources. The reserve would give priority access to the corregimient…