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
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to amend five articles of Law 242 of October 13, 2021, governing medical cannabis and its derivatives. It regulates the number of manufacturing licenses…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes amending Law 37 of 2009 to organize territorial planning and the transfer of powers and resources to municipalities. It defines planning instruments and…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The bill creates the Paraísos del Istmo National Tourism and Heritage Development Program to identify and certify communities in Panama. The program also promotes communi…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes a framework for independent musical bands in Panama and creates a board to coordinate their activities. It establishes an annual festival as a source of…
- Committee
- POBLACION, AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes a phased replacement of single-use expanded polystyrene (EPS) products intended to come into contact with food and beverages. It sets producer-specific …
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to declare the buildings and land parcels of three schools in Panama national historic monuments. The schools are Colegio José Antonio Remón Cantera, Es…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 19 de agosto de 2025
The draft bill proposes to protect the presumption of innocence by limiting public servants' disclosures about people under investigation. It concerns people who have not…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate lobbying before state entities and branches through licenses and a public register of meetings. It establishes duties for lobbyists and publ…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes amendments to Law 113 of November 18, 2019, on food products and the identification of substitute or imitation products. It defines food products and se…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes a national education program on values, ethics, corruption prevention and environmental awareness in Panama. It also covers nondiscrimination and patrio…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to replace Law 70 of 1975 and define the powers of the Agricultural Marketing Institute (Instituto de Mercadeo Agropecuario). It addresses the Institute…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Article 36 of Law 4 of 2006, which reorganizes the Autonomous University of Chiriquí (Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquí). It sets five-year term…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Law 113 of November 18, 2019 to distinguish original food products from substitutes or imitations. It requires labels and visible signs in comm…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate how parents and guardians participate in public and private schools through parents’ associations. It defines the associations’ purposes and…
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The draft bill proposes a fee for transit passengers who use airport facilities, with exemptions based on age, connection time, and type of flight. It assigns collection …
- Committee
- Economia y Finanzas
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The draft bill proposes creating the Sustainable Investment and Citizen Development System (SISDEC) to finance regional investments. SISDEC, named SISTEMA DE INVERSIÓN SO…
- Committee
- Educacion, Cultura y Deportes
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The draft bill proposes a framework for ethics, transparency and good governance at Panama’s official universities and their units. It sets publication duties, prohibits …
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 18 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes assigning jurisdiction over certain property-related conduct to community judges or the criminal courts. The allocation depends on the amount involved, …
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 14 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to grant qualified investors a right to a special travel document and expand the Passport Authority’s functions. Those functions would include issuing p…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 13 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Article 85 of Law 22 of June 27, 2006, governing the special procedure for emergency procurement. It sets conditions for authorizing and using …
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 13 de agosto de 2025
The bill would make the use of Panama Canal Authority funds transferred to the National Treasury public and traceable after each transfer. It requires the Ministry of Eco…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 13 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes to repeal Law 6 of March 30, 1993, on foot-and-mouth disease control in the Republic of Panama. The law covers sanitary measures to control and eradicat…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 13 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes regulating the requirements, training, and restrictions for appointing treasurers to community boards in Panama. Local governments recognize these board…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 13 de agosto de 2025
The bill proposes a right to be forgotten in relation to cancer when obtaining banking, credit, and insurance services. Once five years have elapsed since treatment ended…