8 LEDAC bills move forward at House

Eight priority measures of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) are moving steadily through the House of Representatives. These bills have cleared their main committees and are awaiting feedback from the Committee on Appropriations.

House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos of Ilocos Norte said Monday this progress reflects the House’s focus on steady, disciplined legislative work, guided by Speaker Faustino Dy III.

The LEDAC also met last Tuesday to review other priority measures still in the pipeline.

“These committee-level approvals show the House is doing the hard work early — building consensus, refining policies and making sure the bills we bring to the floor are ready,” Marcos said.

“Our focus remains on legislation that directly affects education, health, food security, and social protection — areas where our work really touches the lives of Filipino families,” he added.

The eight LEDAC measures awaiting fiscal and funding-related comments include the bill modernizing the Bureau of Immigration, the proposed National Land Use Act, the creation of an Independent People’s Commission, the Presidential Merit Scholarship Program, amendments to the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act, amendments to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act, amendments to the Magna Carta for micro, small and medium enterprises, and a proposal to reset the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections.

The BARMM bill was also one of four key measures endorsed under the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) during last week’s LEDAC meeting, highlighting its priority in the administration’s reform efforts. The other three CLA measures are Marcos’s proposed abolition of the travel tax, the Expanded OSAEC and CSAEM Act of 2026, and a bill targeting fake news and digital disinformation.

Marcos said this momentum builds on earlier successes, noting that 12 of the 52 LEDAC priority measures have passed on third and final reading.

“When the House treats time as a responsibility, we deliver. Out of 52 priority measures, 12 are already approved, and now eight more are moving closer to plenary action. That’s progress, and we intend to keep it going,” he said.

He added that the House continues to prioritize legislation that directly addresses household needs — from classroom access and health services to food affordability and social protection.

“The goal is to pass sound, well-vetted laws that people can actually feel in their daily lives — whether at school, at the health center, or at the dinner table,” Marcos said.

He emphasized that the House will continue to prioritize LEDAC measures touching on education, health and food systems as sessions resume, with committee-level work serving as the backbone for more efficient and focused plenary deliberations in the coming weeks.