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
- POBLACION, AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes a framework for applying circular economy practices to production, consumption, waste management and public procurement. It assigns public institutions …
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes making nutrition and healthy eating education a compulsory cross-cutting component of school instruction. It would apply to the first and second levels …
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes recognizing December 10 of each year as Human Rights Day throughout the national territory. It provides for the State, its public institutions, civil so…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes health controls at border areas to detect the entry of animal or plant food products that lack required permits. It assigns duties to the Ministry of He…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes assigning the Judicial Branch responsibilities for community justice of the peace. These include staff funding, statistics on community justice centers,…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The draft bill proposes adding a chapter on offenses against food security to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Panama. It would punish the introduction of plant or an…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 22 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes a labor and social security framework for artists, arts workers and entertainment workers, including rules on their contracts. It also covers their pay …
- Committee
- ASUNTOS MUNICIPALES
- Filed
- 18 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes transition rules for outgoing and incoming authorities of community boards and municipalities, except when an authority is reelected. It provides for pu…
- Committee
- CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
- Filed
- 18 de julio de 2024
The bill would amend the election of National Assembly Permanent Committee members when consensus slates cannot be submitted. It would also address how long permanent sit…
- Committee
- TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
- Filed
- 18 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes to amend Law 36 of 2016 to expand protection for older persons’ rights and coordinate ageing policy through an institutional structure. It would regulat…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 18 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes to bar certain officials of Panama’s public universities from election or appointment during the two following terms. It extends the restriction to offi…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 11 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes to amend the livestock theft offense in the Criminal Code, including penalties for taking or slaughtering livestock. It sets penalties for specified for…
- Committee
- COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
- Filed
- 10 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes tax and labor incentives for company branches in La Chorrera and other districts of Panamá Oeste. It concerns companies headquartered in Panama City tha…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 10 de julio de 2024
The draft bill proposes amending Article 241 of the Criminal Code to penalize withheld contributions and blocked Social Security enrollment. It covers failure to remit em…
- Committee
- CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes barring relatives from working in the same administrative unit of the National Assembly under specified kinship rules. The ban covers public servants re…
- Committee
- ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes a nationwide network of public veterinary hospitals to care for companion animals. It places the hospitals under the direction of the Ministry of Agricu…
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes to amend the definitions and rules on legal incapacity to contract under Law 22 of 2006. Its stated purpose is to raise standards for state contractors …
- Committee
- ECONOMIA Y FINANZAS
- Filed
- 9 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes an income tax deduction for solar equipment donated to rural aqueduct systems and payments for its installation. The Rural Aqueduct Systems in Panama mu…
- Committee
- POBLACION, AMBIENTE Y DESARROLLO
- Filed
- 8 de julio de 2024
The bill recognizes the human right to water in Panama and defines conditions for availability, quality, accessibility and nondiscrimination. It also sets out state dutie…
- Committee
- Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
- Filed
- 8 de julio de 2024
The draft bill proposes amending the Penal Code to penalize a public servant who receives state pay without providing the corresponding service. The penalty would also co…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 8 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes prevention, protection and investigative measures addressing digital and media related sexual violence against women, men and minors. It sets out action…
- Committee
- GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
- Filed
- 8 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes to amend Article 389 of the Criminal Code (Código Penal) so that judges and prosecutors could also commit the offense defined there. It retains the prov…
- Committee
- CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
- Filed
- 8 de julio de 2024
The bill would amend the National Assembly’s internal rules on committees, debates, voting, and parliamentary duties and conduct. It would establish two standing committe…
- Committee
- EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
- Filed
- 8 de julio de 2024
The bill proposes dual training for people aged fifteen (15) or older, combining instruction with practical learning at training enterprises. Instruction would take place…