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
- 4 de agosto de 2025
The draft bill proposes removing limitation periods for criminal prosecution and penalties for sexual offenses committed against minors. This applies to offenses against …
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 4 de agosto de 2025
The draft bill proposes excluding alternative sentences for sexual offenses, domestic violence, and violence against women. The exclusions cover specified forms of senten…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 31 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes amending Law 11 of February 22, 2011, to redefine craft activity and reorganize its registration and accreditation. It also expands the promotional and …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 31 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes extending economic assistance to people aged sixty-five or older who receive neither a retirement benefit nor a pension. The extension covers people liv…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 31 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a framework for developing sports tourism in the Republic of Panama through certified circuits and national and international events. The framework incl…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes amending Article 74 of Law 37 of 2009 to control public funds managed by corregimiento representatives and communal boards. The funds are managed by cor…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a permanent mandatory tutoring program for students in public primary and secondary schools who are academically at risk. The program also covers studen…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 30 de julio de 2025
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a simplified permit regime for installing temporary commercial structures in the Republic of Panama. It defines the conditions for using the regime, the…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes adding Criminal Code offenses for obstructing roads and public spaces and obtaining property titles through falsehood or deception. The property titles …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes that fast-food establishments in the Republic of Panama offer water at no additional cost with food-and-beverage combos. It also sets consumer informati…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a mandatory return and refund system for PET containers, aluminum cans and nonreturnable glass bottles. It covers containers marketed in the Republic of…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes rules for extrajudicial collection of overdue debts, with limits on collection agencies’ contact with consumers. In the Republic of Panama, it limits th…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 28 de julio de 2025
The bill would amend state subsidies for preferential mortgage loans used to purchase newly built homes. It would set brackets by purchase price and location, with differ…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 24 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes to amend provisions of the Criminal Code on offenses against public administration. It reorganizes the conduct and penalties concerning the acceptance a…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 24 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a general law on investigating and prosecuting offenses against the Public Administration and other conduct harming the State. It also covers money laun…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 24 de julio de 2025
The draft bill proposes special rules for investigating and prosecuting offenses against public administration and conduct that harms state property. It governs investiga…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 24 de julio de 2025
The draft bill would create a permanent home delivery program for medicines prescribed by physicians of the Social Security Fund. The Social Security Fund (Caja de Seguro…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 24 de julio de 2025
The draft bill proposes changes to the special lifetime pension for victims of acute poisoning from heparin containing benzyl alcohol. It increases the monthly amount for…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 24 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes creating the Living Holy Week Board of Pesé to organize the religious celebration in the District of Pesé. It would grant the board legal personality, i…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The draft bill sets out rules for states of emergency and other emergency situations under Panama’s constitutional framework. It proposes distinct grounds and procedures …
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The bill would bar public servants from acquiring state property while in office and for five (5) years after leaving office. The bar would cover direct acquisitions or t…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The bill proposes a nationwide framework to promote health and to prevent, detect early, control and monitor noncommunicable diseases. It provides for epidemiological sur…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 23 de julio de 2025
The draft bill proposes measures for people affected by the events of June 20–30, 2025, in the province of Bocas del Toro. Those events followed the temporary suspension …