Criminal Justice

Legislative Measures on Criminal Justice

18th Congress

#	Session	SB No.	Title	Date Filed	Committee Referral	First Reading	Drafted by	KEYWORDS
1	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 179	AN ACT TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS	02/07/2019	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND FINANCE	24/07/2019	RLC/Niño	Justice and Human Rights; Human Rights Defenders
2	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 180	AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING PRISON REFORM AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE PHILIPPINE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	02/07/2019	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE	24/07/2019	Yeyel	Justice and Human Rights; Prison Reform
3	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 181	AN ACT INSTITUTING A UNIFIED CORRECTIONS AND JAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INTEGRATING THE NATIONAL PRISONS AND PENAL FARMS, AND THE PROVINCIAL, SUBPROVINCIAL, CITY, DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL JAILS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONS AND JAIL MANAGEMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	02/07/2019	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS; AND FINANCE	24/07/2019	Yeyel	Justice and Human Rights; Unified Corrections and Jail Management
4	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 182	AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5180, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT PRESCRIBING A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS, AND BY STATE ATTORNEYS OR THEIR ASSISTANTS”, AND OTHER RELATED LAWS AND ISSUANCES	02/07/2019	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	24/07/2019	Anna	Justice and Human Rights; Criminal INvestigation System
5	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 183	AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE PHILIPPINES AS THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	02/07/2019	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND FINANCE	24/07/2019	Ellaine	Justice and Human Rights; Commission on Human Rights
6	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 187	AN ACT PUNISHING EXTRAORDINARY HEINOUS CRIMES WITH THE PENALTY OF QUALIFIED RECLUSION PERPETUA, THEREBY AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9346, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	02/07/2019	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	24/07/2019	Yeyel	Justice and Human Rights; Qualified Reclusion Perpetua
7	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 371	AN ACT DEFINING EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING, PROVIDING FOR ITS PENALTY AND OTHER PURPOSES	11/07/2019			Yeyel	Justice and Human Rights; Penalizing; Extrajudicial Killing
8	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 373	AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES 180, 183, AND 184 OF ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, INCREASING THE PENALTIES THEREOF, CRIMINALIZING SUBORNATION OF PERJURY, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	11/07/2019			Anna	Perjury; Subornaiton of Perjury
9	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 622	AN ACT INCREASING THE AGE OF CONSENT TO PROVIDE A STRONGER PROTECTION TO CHILDREN, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 266-A (1) (d) OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE	18/07/2019			RLC	Age of Consent
10	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 624	AN ACT GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO JUSTICE SECTOR OFFICIALS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THER	18/07/2019			Anna	Justice and Human Rights; Hazard Pay
11	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 628	AN ACT REPEALING ARTICLE 133 OF ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE	18/07/2019			Anna	Revised Penal Code; Repeal; Religious Feelings
12	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 780	AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 14 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE TO ADD, AS AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE, THE CRIME HAVING BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST LAWYERS AND JUSTICE SECTOR OFFICIALS	25/07/2019			Anna	Revised Penal Code; Aggravating Circumstance
13	1ST REGULAR SESSION	SBN 782	AN ACT TO PROTECT THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR JUSTICE INSTITUTIONS	25/07/2019			Yeyel	Independence of Judicial Institutions
14		SBN-1146	AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MEDICAL PAROLE TO QUALIFIED PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY AND SETTING RULES ON THE GRANT THEREOF	05/11/2019
15		SBN-1306	AN ACT REDEFINING THE MANDATE OF THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (PAO), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9046 AND PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987’ AS AMENDED, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	03/02/2020
16		SBN-1307	AN ACT REDEFINING THE CRIME OF SYNDICATED ESTAFA, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1689	03/02/2020
17		SBN-1536	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ACT NO. 3326, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PERIODS OF PRESCRIPTION FOR VIOLATIONS PENALIZED BY SPECIAL ACTS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN PRESCRIPTION SHALL BEGIN TO RUN	19/05/2020
18		SBN-1537	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 11 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT’, AS AMENDED	19/05/2020
19		SBN-1842	AN ACT DEFINING AND CRIMINALIZING EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND RELATED ACTS, GUARANTEEING STATE OBLIGATION TO EFFECTIVELY INVESTIGATE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND ENSURE DOCUMENTATION THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR REPARATION FOR VICTIMS OF EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	22/09/2020
20		SBN-1926	AN ACT INSTITUTING DETENTION FACILITIES AND PRISONS REFORMS TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT THE RIGHT TO LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY OF MOTHERS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT MUST BE OBSERVED IN THEIR TREATMENT, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	23/11/2020

#	PSR No.	Title	Date Filed
1	SRN-208	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCESSANT DEATHS OF BILIBID INMATES DUE TO LACK OF BASIC NECESSITIES AND PROPER MEDICAL TREATMENT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF STRENGTHENING THE ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS APPLIED TO BUREAU OF CORRECTION (BUCOR) OFFICIALS AND STAFF, ADDRESSING POSSIBLE CORRUPT PRACTICES IN THE BUCOR AND INSTITUTING CORRECTIVE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE FULL RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO LIFE	11/06/2019
2	SRN-215	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED RED-TAGGING AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED BY THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE TO END LOCAL COMMUNIST ARMED CONFLICT CREATED UNDER EXCUTIVE ORDER NO. 70, SERIES OF 2018	11/11/2019
3	SRN-451	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED CASES OF RED-TAGGING BY REGIONAL OFFICES OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP) THROUGH THEIR OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, WITH THE END VIEW OF EXACTING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE AND PUTTING AN END TO THE PRACTICE OF STATE-SPONSORED DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS INTENDED TO SUPPRESS LEGITIMATE FORMS OF DISSENT AND PROTEST AND UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AMID THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC	18/06/2020
4	SRN-469	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11235, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MOTORCYCLE CRIME PREVENTION ACT, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF EASING ITS ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE MILLIONS OF LAW-ABIDING RIDERS AND MOTORCYCLE OWNERS WHILE FOCUSING OUR LIMITED GOVERNMENT RESOURCES ON APPREHENDING AND PROSECUTING ACTUAL CRIMINALS	20/07/2020
5	SRN-490	RESOLUTION TO DIRECT THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE GROWING DISREGARD FOR BASIC CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS AMONG OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL AS EVIDENCED BY THE UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF PROTEST MATERIALS DURING A MASS AT THE QUIAPO CHURCH	08/04/2020
6	SRN-491	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALARMING LACK OF TRANSPARENCY SURROUNDING THE DEATHS OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY (PDLS) AND THE ACTUAL EXTENT OF COVID- 19 CONTAGION IN JAILS AND PRISONS NATIONWIDE	08/06/2020
7	SRN-548	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE INCREASING NUMBER OF KILLINGS OF FARMER-LEADERS AND POLITICAL ACTIVISTS IN RELATION TO THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT’S ANTIINSURGENCY CAMPAIGN WHICH HAVE INTENSIFIED IN THE WAKE OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC	15/10/2020
8	SRN-602	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE PANDEMIC OF KILLING THAT CONTINUES TO INFECT THE LEGAL PROFESSION AT AN ALARMINGLY ESCALATING RATE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING THE GUARDIANS OF THE LAW AND VANGUARDS OF JUSTICE IN ORDER TO LIKEWISE ERADICATE THE SERIOUS THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW THAT THESE KILLINGS HAVE POSED	01/04/2021
9	SRN-681	RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE RECENT KILLINGS OF ACTIVISTS IN THE CALABARZON REGION AND REVIEW THE ADMINISTRATION’S COUNTER-INSURGENCY CAMPAIGN IN RELATION TO THE WIDESPREAD ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION	15/03/2021
10	SRN-689	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE ALARMING AND RAMPANT RED-TAGGING AND UNDUE INVESTIGATION OF LAWYERS, JUDGES AND TEACHERS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING MEASURES TO SECURE THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF PROFESSIONALS FIGHTING INJUSTICE AND SERVING OUR COUNTRY	24/03/2021
11	SRN-703	RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE REPORTED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF ARRESTED CURFEW VIOLATORS DURING THE REIMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENHANCED COMMUNITY QUARANTINE (ECQ)	19/04/2021

17th Congress

SB No.	Session	Title	Date Filed	Committee Referral	First Reading	Drafted by	Remarks	Legislative Updates	KEYWORDS
SBN 195	1st Regular Session	AN ACT DEFINING CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN AND INCREASING PENALTIES FOR ALL CRIMES INVOLVING THEM, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	30/06/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; and WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY;	01/08/2016	LZP		Consolidated/Substituted in the Committee Report N0. 622 (1/30/2019)	Justice and Human Rights; Exploitation, Children
SBN 197	1st Regular Session	AN ACT TO ABOLISH THE PENALTY OF IMPRISONMENT IN LIBEL CASES, TO MAKE ANY DISCUSSION OF ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC CONCERN, OR CRITICISM OF OFFICIAL CONDUCT PRIVILEGED, AND TO PROPERLY DETERMINE THE VENUE OF CASES AND PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR LIBEL, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 354,355,357,360 AND 361 OF RA NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AND SECTION 4 (C) (4), CHAPTER II OF R.A. 10175, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CYBERCRIME PREVENTION ACT OF 201, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	30/06/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; and PUBLIC INFORMATION AND MASS MEDIA	01/08/2016	LZP		Pending in the Committee (9/14/2016) (8/1/2016)	Justice and Human Rights; Libel; Revised Penal Code
SBN 368	1st Regular Session	AN ACT PUNISHING EXTRAORDINARY HEINOUS CRIMES WITH THE PENALTY OF QUALIFIED RECLUSION PERPETUA, THEREBY AMENDING R.A. 9346, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT OF PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF DEATH PENALTY IN THE PHILIPPINES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	04/07/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	03/08/2016			1st Committee Hearing – 02 February 2017	Justice and Human Rights; Qualified Reclusion Perpetua; Death Penalty
SBN 369	1st Regular Session	AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SYSTEM, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE R.A. 5180, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT PRESCRIBING A UNIFORM SYSTEM OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION BY PROVINCIAL AND CITY FISCALS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS, AND BY THE STATE ATTORNEYS OR THEIR ASSISTANT”, AND OTHER RELATED LAWS AND ISSUANCES	04/07/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	03/08/2016			Pending in the Committee (8/3/2016)	Justice and Human Rights; Criminal Investigation System
SBN 959	1st Regular Session	AN ACT REDEFINING THE CRIME OF SYNDICATED ESTAFA, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 1 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1689	01/08/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	16/08/2016			Pending in the Committee (8/16/2016)	Justice and Human Rights; Syndicated Estafa
SBN 1208	1st Regular Session	AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE PEOPLE’S RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL POLICIES OF FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND HONESTY IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	18/10/2016	COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC INFORMATION	19/10/2016			Substitute Bill of SBN 159 CRN 3; Sponsored last 10/19/2016; Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order (10/19/2016)	Public Information; Right to Information; Honesty; Public Service
SBN 1197	1st Regular Session	AN ACT DEFINING EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING, PROVIDING FOR ITS PENALTY AND OTHER PURPOSES	11/10/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	11/10/2016			Pending in the Committee (10/11/2016)	Justice and Human Rights; EJJK
SBN 1230	1st Regular Session	AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE PHILIPPINES AS THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	07/11/2016	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND FINANCE	07/11/2016			Pending in the Committee (11/8/2016)	Justice and Human Rights; Commission on Human Rights
SBN 1345	1st Regular Session	AN ACT REDEFINING THE MANDATE OF THE PUBLIC ATTORNEY’S OFFICE (PAO), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9046 AND PERTINENT PROVISIONS OF EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF 1987”, AS AMENDED AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	22/02/2017	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL SERVICE GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION	22/02/2017	CCS/JAL	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee (2/22/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Attorney; Public Attorney’s Office; Administrative Code
SBN 1346	1st Regular Session	AN ACT TO PROTECT THE INDEPENDENCE OF OUR JUDICIAL SYSTEM	22/02/2017	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE	22/02/2017	CCS/APM	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee (2/22/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Judicial system
SBN 1347	1st Regular Session	AN ACT GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO JUSTICE SECTOR OFFICIALS AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR	22/02/2017	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE	22/02/2017	APM & ANNA	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee (2/22/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Hazard Pay; Justice Sector Officials
SBN 1359	1st Regular Session	AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLES 180, 183, AND 184 of ACT NO. 3815, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE, AS AMENDED, INCREASING THE PENALTIES THEREOF, CRIMINALIZING SUBORNATION OF PERJURY AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	06/03/2017	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	06/03/2017	JAL/CCS	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee (3/6/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Revised Penal Code; Perjury
SBN 1360	1st Regular Session	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 11 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 3019, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ” ANTI-GRAFT AND CORRUPT PRACTICES ACT” AS AMENDED	06/03/2017	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	06/03/2017	CCS/ANNA	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee (3/6/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Anti-Graft
SBN 1361	1st Regular Session	AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ACT NO. 3326, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO ESTABLISH PERIODS OF PRESCRIPTION FOR VIOLATIONS PENALIZED BY SPECIAL ACTS AND MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES AND TO PROVIDE WHEN PRESCRIPTION SHALL BEGIN TO RUN	06/03/2017	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	06/03/2017	CCS/ANNA	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee (3/6/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Prescription for Violations; Special Acts; Municipal Ordinances
SBN 1479	1st Regular Session	AN ACT DEFINING THE CRIME OF CADAVER DESECRATION, PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	30/05/2017	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND FINANCE	31/05/2017	LZP		Pending in the Committee (5/31/2017)	Justice and Human Rights; Cadaver Desecration
SBN 1503	2nd Regular Session	AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A BILL OF RIGHTS FOR VICTIMS OF CRIMES	20/07/2017	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	26/07/2017	JAL		Pending in the Committee (7/26/2017)	Human Rights; Victimsl Investigation; Prosecution; Corrections; Conditional Release; Court Proceedings
SBN 1665	2nd Regular Session	AN ACT AMENDING SECTIONS SECTION 9 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 651 ENTITLED “REQUIRING THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS IN THE PHILIPPINES WHICH OCCURED FROM JANUARY 1, 1974	23/01/2018	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	24/01/2018	Anna/APM		Pending in the Committee (1/24/2018)	Justice; Human Rights; Registration of Birth and Death
SBN 1677	2nd Regular Session	AN ACT PROVIDING FOR RULES ON PLEA BARGAINING AGREEMENT IN CRIMINAL CASES, PROVIDING PENALTIES IN VIOLATION THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	01/02/2018	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	05/02/2018	JAL/JLG		Pending in the Committee (2/5/2018)	Justice; Human Rights; Rules; Plea Bargaining
SBN 1699	2nd Regular Session	AN ACT TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS	21/02/2018	JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; FINANCE	21/02/2018	JVM/LZP/Mel/APM/FDS		Pending in the Committee (2/21/2018)	Human Rights; Defenders
SBN 1721	2nd Regular Session	AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 14 OF THE REVISED PENAL CODE TO ADD, AS AN AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCE, THE CRIME HAVING BEEN COMMITTED AGAINST LAWYERS AND JUSTICE SECTOR OFFICIALS	01/03/2018	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	05/03/2018	Anna/APM		Pending in the Committee (3/5/2018)	Justice; Revised Penal Code; Aggravating Circumstance; Crime against Lawyers and Justice Sector Officials
SBN 1879	3rd Regular Session	AN ACT INSTITUTING A UNIFIED CORRECTIONS AND JAIL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INTEGRATING THE NATIONAL PRISONS AND PENAL FARMS, AND THE PROVINCIAL, SUB- PROVINCIAL, CITY, DISTRICT AND MUNICIPAL JAILS, ESTABLISHING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON CORRECTIONS AND JAIL MANAGEMENT, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	18/07/2018	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS; AND FINANCE	25/07/2018	LZP/JVM/FDS		Pending in the Committee (7/25/18)	Jail Facility/Prison Facility; Prison Management
SBN 1949	3rd Regular Session	AN ACT INCREASING THE AGE OF CONSENT TO PROVIDE A STRONGER PROTECTION TO CHILDREN, AND AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ARTICLE 266-A (1) (d) OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE REVISED PENAL CODE	28/08/2018	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY		RLC		Pending in the Committee (8/28/2018)	Children/Child Care Revised Penal Code (R.A.No. 3815)
SBN 2084	3rd Regular Session	AN ACT PROVIDING FOR MEDICAL PAROLE TO QUALIFIED PRISONERS AND SETTING RULES ON THE GRANT THEREOF	07/11/2018	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	13/11/2018	APM/Anna		Pending in the Committee (11/13/2018)	Medical Parole; Prisoners/Inmates
SBN 2130	3rd Regular Session	AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING PRISON REFORM AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN PHILIPPINE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES	10/12/2018	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; WAYS AND MEANS; AND FINANCE	11/12/2018			Pending in the Committee (12/11/2018)	Prison Reform; Jail Facility/Prison Facility

PSR No.	Session	Title	Date Filed	Committee Referral/	First Reading	Drafted by	Remarks	Legislative Updates	KEYWORDS
PSRN 9	1st Regular Session	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGTHS TO INVESTIGATE, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE RECENT RAMPANT EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND SUMMARY EXECUTIONS OF SUSPECTED CRIMINALS, TO STRENGTHEN THE MECHANISMS OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF LAW ENFORCERS, AND TO INSTITUTE CORRECTIVE LEGISLATIVE MEASURES TO ENSURE FULL RESPECT FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY THE RIGHT TO LIFE	13/07/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	26/07/2016	FDS		Hearings – August 22-23; Sept 15;Sept 22; October 3 Filed CRN 18 – 12/07/16 Sponsorship Speech 12/12/16 Interpellation 12/12/16 Filed as Committee Report No. 18 Pending Second Reading	Justice and Human Rights; Extrajudicial Killings; Summary Executions
PSRN 97	1st Regular Session	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CURRENT STATE OF JAILS AND PENITENTIARIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, WITH THE END VIEW OF INSTITUTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATIVE MEASURES THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT THE GOVERNMENT ACCOMPLISHES THE GOALS OF THE PENAL AND DETENTION SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS AND WELFARE OF PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY	15/08/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; and PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS	17/08/2016	LDL		Pending in the Committee (8/17/2016)	Justice and Human Rights; Jails; Penitentiaries; Detention; Penal
PSRN 171	1st Regular Session	“RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE ‘JUVENILE JUSTICE WELFARE ACT OF 2006’ WITH THE END IN VIEW OF FURTHER STRENGTHENING CURRENT LEGISLATION PROVIDING INTERVENTIONS AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW AND ENSURE THAT LEGISLATIVE MEASURES ARE IN PLACE AGAINST PROPOSALS TO LOWER THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY (MACR) FROM FIFTEEN (15) TO NINE (9) YEARS OLD”	27/09/2016	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY	03/10/2016	LDL		Pending in the Committee (9/28/2016); Consolidated/Substituted in the Committee Report (1/30/2019); Consolidated/Substituted in the Committee Report (3/21/2018)	Justice and Human Rights; RA9344; Children; Lowering of Minimum Age; MACR
PSRN 174	1st Regular Session	“RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PROPER SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE APPARENT MISMANAGEMENT AND/OR INCOMPETENCE OF THE NATIONAL BILIBID PRISON BY THE BUREAU OF CORRECTIONS AND THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE LEADING TO A BRAWL THAT CAUSED THE DEATH OF A HIGH PROFILE INMATE AND SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURIES TO OTHERS, AND THE ALLEGED HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS COMMITTED AGAINST OTHER INMATES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION THAT WOULD PREVENT RECURRENCE OF SIMILAR INCIDENTS	28/09/2016	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	28/09/2016			Pending in the Committee (10/4/2016)
PSRN 312	1st Regular Session	RESOLUTION CONDEMNING THE DEHUMANIZING AND DEGRADING TREATMENT BY CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE PHILIPPINE DRUG ENFORCEMENT (PDEA), THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE (PNP), AND THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES (AFP) OF CEBU PROVINCIAL DETENTION AND REHABILITATION CENTER (CPDRC) INMATES LAST 28 FEBRUARY 2017, URGING THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS (CHR) TO BRING THE ERING OFFICERS AND THEIR OFFICIALS BEFORE THE BAR OF JUSTICE, AND DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION THEREON, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF ENACTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION	06/03/2017			CCS/Rose	Originals with RS and Rose	Pending in the Committee; 3/7/17 referred to Justice and Human Rights
PSRN 476	2nd Regular Session	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG) PLAN TO MARK HOMES WITH ‘DRUG FREE’ STICKERS AND TO INSTALL DROP BOXES AS A NEW ANTI-ILLEGAL DRUGS STRATEGY	29/08/2017	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT	29/08/2017	Anna/APM/CCS/LZP		Pending in the Committee (8/29/2017)	Inquiry; DILG ; Mark Homes with Drug Free Stickers and Drop Boxes
PSRN 590	2nd Regular Session	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE LATEST COMMISSION ON AUDIT (COA) REPORT REVEALING THE WORSENING STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES	23/01/2018	COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS	24/01/2018			Pending in the Committee (1/24/2018)	Inquiry; COA Report; State of Detention Facilities
PSRN 1032	3rd Regular Session	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE MOVE OF THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT TO DELIST CERTAIN CASES OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES (WGEID)	27/03/2019	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND FOREIGN RELATIONS	20/05/2019	RLC/Yeyel/Nino			Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance; United Nations
PSRN 1041	3rd Regular Session	RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE REPORTED DRASTIC INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS DUE TO INTENSIFIED ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL LUZON, LABELED THE NEW “EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS EPICENTER”, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF COMING UP WITH REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO ENSURE THAT THE WAR ON DRUGS IS NOT USED BY STATE ACTORS AS LICENSE TO COMMIT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND OTHER ILLEGAL ACTS	21/05/2019	COMMITTEES ON JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS; AND PUBLIC ORDER AND DANGEROUS DRUGS	22/05/2019				Anti-Drug; War on Drugs; Extrajudicial Killing

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