Bills and draft bills.
What is filed in the Assembly, with its stage, its sponsors and the law it would change.
National Assembly · Panama195 bills
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 3 de marzo de 2026
The draft bill would create a national system to improve service to the public in health facilities run by the Ministry of Health and Social Security Fund. The system wou…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 2 de marzo de 2026
Law 431 of 2024 would be amended to clarify care providers' duties and require them to undergo periodic training. The bill reorganizes the membership and functions of the…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 23 de febrero de 2026
The draft bill proposes measures addressing aggressive or dangerous conduct that affects others and disrupts social coexistence. The measures are preventive, psychosocial…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 23 de febrero de 2026
The bill proposes amendments to Law 35 of May 30, 2018, on voluntary blood donation and medical criteria for donor selection. It would strengthen the coordination and ove…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 9 de febrero de 2026
The bill proposes adding measures to the Labor Code against discrimination in access to employment, continued employment, and working conditions. It regulates pregnancy t…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 3 de febrero de 2026
The draft bill proposes extending maternity employment protection to one adoptive parent from the formal placement of the child. The protection would last for a period eq…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 26 de enero de 2026
The draft bill allows public servants enrolled in SIACAP to withdraw part of their individual account balance during study leave abroad. They could withdraw, once, up to …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 21 de enero de 2026
The bill expands the Urban and Household Waste Management Authority’s exclusive jurisdiction over solid waste services to San Miguelito. The jurisdiction also covers the …
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 13 de enero de 2026
The draft bill proposes restricting personal use of cell phones by public servants during working hours in specified areas of health care facilities. It provides exceptio…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 28 de octubre de 2025
The bill proposes exempting immediate family members of patients who die in Ministry of Health facilities from hospital charges. The exemption would apply to facilities a…
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 23 de septiembre de 2025
The draft bill proposes expanding the National Beneficiaries Registry (Registro Nacional de Beneficiarios, RENAB) to all State social benefit recipients. It requires gran…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 22 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes to prohibit food and beverages for human consumption in Panama if they contain the synthetic artificial colorants listed in Annex A. The ban covers thei…
- Committee
- Trabajo, Salud y Desarrollo Social
- Filed
- 18 de septiembre de 2025
The draft bill proposes to recognize psychopedagogy and its specialties as a liberal profession in the Republic of Panama. It defines the field of practice in teaching an…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 18 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes broader care for people with diabetes through mental health support and access to glucose management devices. It also provides for regional clinics for …
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 18 de septiembre de 2025
The bill proposes front-of-package nutrition warning labels for prepackaged foods, including beverages. It covers products made in Panama or imported for sale and consump…