MANILA, Philippines—Over 5,000 House bills have been since the 14th Congress began in June 2007, an official said.
In a statement Tuesday, Terence Grana of the House of Representative’s Indexing and Monitoring Group, said 5,179 bills have already been filed by at least 238 lawmakers.
She said two House members topped the list with the most number of proposed legislation filed -- Cagayan de Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez and Alliance of Rural Concerns Representative Narciso Santiago.
Rodriguez has filed 508 bills, 400 of which he principally authored and the rest he co-authored with colleagues in the lower chamber. Of the 400 proposed measures, 362 are of national importance while 38 are of local concern, Grana said.
Santiago meanwhile has filed 388 house bills, 296 of which he principally authored while the remaining 92 bills he co-authored with other lawmakers. Of the proposed measures, only one involves local concern.
The proposed bills concern people's health and safety, agriculture and food security, information technology concerns, child, women and youth development, as well as environment and natural resources, among others, said Grana.
