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Eight priority measures under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) have progressed to advanced stages in the House of Representatives, according to House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos.
Marcos said the measures have been approved by their respective main committees and are now pending fiscal and funding-related comments from the Committee on Appropriations.
The Majority Leader credited the steady movement of the bills to the guidance of Speaker Faustino Dy III, noting that LEDAC convened last week to review priority legislation.
“These committee-level approvals show that the House is doing the hard work early under the leadership of Speaker Dy – building consensus, refining policy and making sure the measures we bring to the floor are ready,” Marcos said.
“Our focus remains on bills that directly affect education, health, food security and social protection – areas where legislation translates into real impact for Filipino families.”
Among the eight measures now awaiting comments from the Committee on Appropriations are bills seeking to modernize the Bureau of Immigration; enact the proposed National Land Use Act; establish an Independent People’s Commission; create a Presidential Merit Scholarship Program; amend the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act; amend the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act; amend the Magna Carta for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; and reset elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The BARMM election reset bill was included among four key measures endorsed during the recent LEDAC meeting under the Common Legislative Agenda, highlighting its significance in the administration’s reform priorities.
Also included in the Common Legislative Agenda were Marcos’ proposal to abolish the travel tax, the Expanded OSAEC and CSAEM Act of 2026, and a measure targeting fake news and digital disinformation.
Marcos noted that the House has already approved 12 of the 52 LEDAC priority measures on third and final reading, underscoring what he described as sustained legislative momentum.
“We’ve already shown that when the House treats time as a responsibility, we can deliver. Out of 52 priority measures, 12 are already approved on third reading, and now eight more are moving closer to plenary action. That’s progress, and we intend to sustain it,” Marcos stressed.
He reiterated that the House remains focused on legislation addressing household concerns, particularly in education access, public health services, food affordability and social protection.
“The goal is to pass sound, well-vetted laws that people can actually feel in their daily lives, whether in the classroom, at the health center, or at the dinner table,” Marcos said.
As sessions resume, Marcos said committee-level deliberations will continue to serve as the foundation for efficient plenary debates in the coming weeks.