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
- 25 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Article 138-A of the Criminal Code to penalize psychological violence against women, men and minors. The amendment covers conduct carried out t…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 24 de marzo de 2025
The bill amends the municipal livestock slaughter tax and ties its payment to the district from which the animals originate. It also ties licensing and livestock brand re…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 24 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Article 196 of the Criminal Code on criminal liability for offenses against honor. The amendment concerns cases in which the alleged injured pa…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 24 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate waste collection and street sweeping through training and professional classification. It also establishes occupational safety and health me…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 24 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes changes to the organization and functions of the Panamanian Autonomous Cooperative Institute (IPACOOP). The changes cover the composition and operation …
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 20 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes a mandatory Digital School Enrollment System for official schools in the Republic of Panama. The Ministry of Education (Ministerio de Educación) would a…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 20 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to amend Articles 220 and 221 of the Criminal Code, which concern fraud as an offense against property. It establishes a prison sentence of 4 to 6 years…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 20 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate consular personnel’s share of revenue from commercial, maritime and notarial services. It sets maximum percentages and reporting duties and …
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 20 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes a framework for the use, trading and supervision of cryptoassets in the Republic of Panama. It creates coordinating bodies, sets requirements for provid…
- Committee
- DE LA MUJER, LA NIÑEZ, LA JUVENTUD Y LA FAMILIA
- Filed
- 20 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to replace Law 230 of June 24, 2021, and establish the National AMBER Alert System for minors. The system coordinates information dissemination and the …
- Committee
- POBLACION, AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
- Filed
- 19 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to regulate plastic containers for food use in domestic and commercial settings in Panama so that they are free of Bisphenol A (BPA). It would prohibit …
- Committee
- POBLACION, AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
- Filed
- 19 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes that Indigenous comarcas or peoples receive an economic share of the benefits arising from natural resource use in their territories. It provides for th…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 19 de marzo de 2025
The bill amends Article 717 of the Tax Code (Código Fiscal) to govern the documents that individuals and legal entities must submit when a business ends. It establishes a…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 18 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to update judicial territorial organization and recognize a separate judicial circuit for Panama Oeste under the Judicial Code. The circuit would compri…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 18 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to prohibit the sale in the Republic of Panama of electronic cigarettes, vaporizers and tobacco heaters. The prohibition covers similar devices, with or…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 17 de marzo de 2025
A public infrastructure program would progressively reduce State office rental spending by providing entities and institutions with their own space. It provides for const…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 17 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes establishing SECAPE to assess learning continuously in general basic and secondary education through national and international tests. It assigns the Mi…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 17 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes to establish the Sistema Nacional de Estadística Educativa (SINEE) as a centralized platform for education sector information. The National Educational …
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 17 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes a School Retention and Re-entry Network to prevent students from leaving school and help them return to education. In the Republic of Panama, it assigns…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 17 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes Basic Learning Standards (EBA) for every subject and grade from preschool through twelfth grade in Panama. The standards would apply to public and priva…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 17 de marzo de 2025
The bill would require a mental health certificate for people over seventy (70) years of age carrying out legal acts of particular significance in Panama. It sets out who…
- Committee
- POBLACION, AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
- Filed
- 6 de marzo de 2025
The bill proposes a gradual ban on expanded polystyrene (foam) containers used for food packaging in Panama. It would give the companies involved a maximum of one year to…
- Committee
- RELACIONES EXTERIORES
- Filed
- 27 de febrero de 2025
The bill approves the protocol for Guatemala’s accession to the Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and the Central American States. The protocol would make the …
- Committee
- RELACIONES EXTERIORES
- Filed
- 27 de febrero de 2025
The bill would adopt the Protocol Amending the Marrakesh Agreement and its annex on subsidies to wild marine capture fishing. The protocol amends the agreement establishi…