Bills and draft bills.

What is filed in the Assembly, with its stage, its sponsors and the law it would change.

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1,031 bills

Enviado a subcomisión para analisis
Bill 115.
Committee
ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
Filed
4 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes to encourage agricultural producers in Panama to form cooperatives through training, technical assistance and financing. It also provides for market acc…

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Ley
Bill 24.
Committee
COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
Filed
4 de julio de 2024

The bill amends Law 186 of 2020 to adjust who could form entrepreneurship companies, the activities they could carry out, and their accounting records. It also proposes r…

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Objetado por Ejecutivo
Bill 20.
Committee
TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
Filed
4 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes a framework for the protection, inclusion, and medical, social, and educational care of people with autism spectrum disorder. It sets out rights concern…

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Archived
Draft bill 16.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
4 de julio de 2024

The draft bill proposes deleting paragraph 8 of Article 14 of Law 6 of 2002 concerning access to Cabinet Council records. That paragraph permits restricted access to minu…

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Ley
Bill 29.
Committee
GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
Filed
4 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes to amend Law 53 of 2005 to require Official Gazette publications to use an open data format. It also provides for the preparation and digital publicatio…

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Ley
Bill 19.
Committee
TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes longer opening hours at public health facilities across the Republic of Panama, tailored to each health region. It assigns the Ministry of Health respon…

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Archived
Draft bill 14.
Committee
Gobierno, Justicia y Asuntos Constitucionales
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The draft bill proposes amendments to Articles 1550 and 1555 of the Judicial Code on extrajudicial inventories and estate asset valuation. It would allow the heirs’ legal…

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Second debate (plenary)
Bill 243.
Committee
COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The “Cuatro Caras de la Naturaleza” tourist route would bring together natural areas, archaeological sites and a colonial town in Herrera Province. The bill assigns the P…

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Archived
Bill 34.
Committee
EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The bill amends Law 1 of January 11, 1965, to define financial assistance and scholarships and limit awards of financial assistance. The limit depends on a student's fami…

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Withdrawn
Bill 54.
Committee
COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes a national policy to promote green hydrogen as a fuel and energy carrier in the Republic of Panama. The policy covers research, industrial production an…

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Negado
Bill 98.
Committee
EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes annual public spending on scientific research, development and innovation of at least one percent (1 %). The percentage is calculated against the previo…

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Bill 4.
Committee
CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
Filed
3 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes to amend Article 173 of the National Assembly’s Organic Rules of Procedure concerning members’ interventions in debate. It sets speaking times, allows a…

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Ley
Bill 18.
Committee
TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes to regulate injectable body contouring and filler substances in facial and body medical aesthetic treatments in Panama. It provides for lists of permitt…

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Ley
Bill 23.
Committee
COMERCIO Y ASUNTOS ECONOMICOS
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes adding a common rule on collective bargaining agreements to four laws governing state owned enterprises. Such agreements would bind the enterprise and t…

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Bill 3.
Committee
CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024
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Bill 2.
Committee
CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes to amend the National Assembly’s Organic Rules of Internal Procedure on its organization and legislative process. The amendments concern the election of…

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Bill 1.
Committee
CREDENCIALES, REGLAMENTO, ETICA PARLAMENTARIA Y ASUNTOS JUDICIALES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes to amend the National Assembly’s Organic Rules of Internal Procedure on its organization and operation. The amendments concern committee work, sittings,…

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Withdrawn
Bill 28.
Committee
GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes a state regulatory compliance auditor for every government entity that manages a budget, within its internal audit office. The auditor would conduct aud…

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Negado
Bill 51.
Committee
ASUNTOS AGROPECUARIOS
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes regulating the production, registration, use, marketing, import and export of bioinputs and related substances for agricultural use. In the Republic of …

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Second debate (plenary)
Bill 17.
Committee
TRABAJO, SALUD Y DESARROLLO SOCIAL
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes a national rehabilitation and social reintegration plan for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of it in the Republic of Panama. It organizes se…

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Second debate (plenary)
Bill 27.
Committee
GOBIERNO, JUSTICIA Y ASUNTOS CONSTITUCIONALES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes expanding the list of officials required to declare their assets and specifying the assets, income and debts to be reported. It also specifies other inf…

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Second debate (plenary)
Bill 97.
Committee
EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes universal, free and compulsory secondary education after lower secondary education in the regular education subsystem. The bill also amends the organiza…

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Archived
Bill 33.
Committee
EDUCACION, CULTURA Y DEPORTES
Filed
2 de julio de 2024

The bill proposes disclosure and selection rules for scholarships funded with public money or administered through public entities. It would require institutions to publi…

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