THE House of Representatives has approved on third and final reading 12 of the 48 priority measures identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), putting President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.’s reform agenda at the center of the chamber’s work in the first regular session of the 20th Congress.
House Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander “Sandro” A. Marcos of Ilocos Norte said Sunday the LEDAC scorecard crowns a busy first regular session that saw 7,030 bills and 645 resolutions filed, 86 measures approved and 584 measures processed by the House Committees and the plenary in just 22 session days.
“Under the leadership of Speaker Bojie Dy, we wanted the first months of the 20th Congress to send a clear signal that the House is serious about delivering on the LEDAC. This signifies the hard work and unity of House members in passing these vital pieces of legislation,” Marcos said.
Marcos noted that the House has already produced one national law transmitted to the President – the P6.793-trillion 2026 General Appropriations Act – and has generated 52 adopted resolutions, while 32 House-approved bills, 26 of which are national and six local measures, now await Senate action.
He said these numbers reflect “a House that is trying to match the pace of the challenges facing the country,” with LEDAC priorities serving as the spine of the chamber’s reform workload.
He explained that of the 48-item LEDAC, 12 bills were already approved on third reading, five measures approved by the committee and awaiting comments from the Appropriations and Ways and Means panels, 15 measures under technical working group or committee deliberation, and 17 measures that are queued for full committee hearings.
Marcos pointed out that the 12 LEDAC measures already passed on third and final reading in the House are:
(1) the EPIRA amendments to strengthen the Energy Regulatory Commission’s oversight and consumer protection powers;
(2) the waste-to-energy bill on waste treatment technology;
(3) the National Center for Geriatric Health;
(4) the amendments to the Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Act;
(5) the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situations (AICS) Act;
(6) the amendments to the National Building Code;
(7) the Blue Economy Act;
(8) the National Reintegration Bill;
(9) the amendments to the Teachers Professionalization Act;
(10) the Extension of the Estate Tax Amnesty Period;
(11) the Department of Water Resources bill; and
(12) the amendments to the Bank Deposits Secrecy Law.
He added that five other LEDAC measures have already cleared their main substantive committees and now await the input of the Appropriations and Ways and Means panels, namely:
(1) the bill modernizing the Bureau of Immigration;
(2) the National Land Use Act;
(3) the measure creating the Independent People’s Commission;
(4) the Presidential Merit Scholarship Program; and
(5) the amendments to the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
“These are big structural reforms, from land use to immigration to scholarships, and we want to make sure that when they reach the plenary, their funding and fiscal implications are fully worked out,” Marcos said.
At the same time, he stressed that 15 LEDAC items are in the thick of technical working group and committee deliberations, including:
(1) the second waste-to-energy bill on the broader regulatory framework;
(2) amendments to the Universal Health Care Act;
(3) the proposed excise tax on single-use plastics;
(4) amendments to the Rice Tariffication Law;
(5) amendments to the Masustansyang Pagkain Para sa Batang Pilipino Act;
(6) the Classroom-Building Acceleration Program;
(7) the Philippine Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Act;
(8) amendments to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act;
(9) the measure strengthening the Bases Conversion and Development Authority;
(10) disaster risk financing insurance;
(11) amendments to the Magna Carta for MSMEs;
(12) amendments to the Fisheries Code; (13) the Right to Information bill;
(14) amendments to the Local Government Code on the special education fund; and
(15) the reprogramming of the Seal of Good Local Governance.
Marcos said the remaining 17 LEDAC measures are already docketed for committee deliberation, namely:
(1) amendments to the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund Act;
(2) the general tax amnesty bill;
(3) the proposed law on online gambling;
(4) the masterplan for infrastructure and national development;
(5) the Progressive Budgeting for Better and Modernized Governance Act;
(6) the measure disqualifying relatives of officials up to the fourth degree from certain government contracts;
(7) the Cybersecurity Act;
(8) the Digital Payments Act;
(9) the bill on fair use of social media, artificial intelligence and internet technology in elections;
(10) the Magna Carta for Barangays;
(11) amendments to the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Law;
(12) amendments to the Biofuels Act;
(13) the proposal requiring civil servants to waive bank secrecy;
(14) amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act;
(15) the Citizen Access and Disclosure of Expenditures for National Accountability (CADENA) Act;
(16) the Anti-Political Dynasty bill; and
(17) the Party-list System Reform Act.
“Our target when we return from recess is to move as many of the social protection, health, education and good governance measures up the pipeline, from TWG briefings to committee reports, then to the floor,” Marcos said. “LEDAC is not a separate track from the people’s priorities; these are the same bills that touch classrooms, hospitals, barangay halls, rice prices and jobs.”
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