NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
SENATE 
S. B. NO. 735
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Introduced by SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA
AN ACT
REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFANT-FRIENDLY 
FACILITIES IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND 
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Parents with little children in tow often find it difficult to enjoy their food 
while eating out, especially if the food service establishment does not have 
child-friendly seats. In addition, ttiey also have difficulty finding an appropriate 
place to change the diapers of their babies in public places.
This bill seeks to provide relief to these parents by requiring food service 
establishments to provide child-friendly seats, and for major establishments 
and all government offices to have at least one diaper-changing station in each 
floor of their establishment and/or offices, accessible by both parents. Major 
establishments include malls, shopping centers, theaters, movie houses, 
convention centers, sports arenas, auditoriums, cultural complexes, exhibition 
halls, permanent amusement parks, health facilities, restaurants that can seat 
50 people or more, gasoline stations that have restrooms that are open to the 
public, and establishments measuring 25,000 feet or more.
Covered establishments are also given one year from the effectivity of 
this Act to comply with these requirements. Any establishment found non- 
compliant with the foregoing requirements shall be meted a penalty of 
Php2,000 per day of violation.


Requiring child-friendly seats in these establishments seeks to ensure 
that patrons of food service establishments will be free from worry and anxiety 
when their children are present with them at these establishments. It also gives 
them comfort that they have an accessible place to go to when their children 
need to change.
Indeed, the passage of this bill is in accord with the Article 2 of the 
Consumer Act of the Philippines, which provides that “[i]t is the policy of the 
State to protect the interests of the consumer, promote his general welfare and 
to establish standards of conduct for business and industry” and to “implement 
measures [for their] protection against hazards to health and safety^.]”
The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA


NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
SENATE 
S. B. NO. 735
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Introduced by SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA
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AN ACT
REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFANT-FRIENDLY FACILITIES IN 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Infant- 
Friendly Facilities Act.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State recognizes that all Filipinos 
are entitled to access to convenient facilities that will enable them to properly 
undertake their childcare responsibilities. Towards this end, the State shall 
ensure that these facilities are sanitary, safe and readily available and 
accessible for all persons, with specialized seating for infants and children.
SEC. 3.
Act:
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Definition of Terms. - The following terms shall be used in this
Common Seating shall refer to the actual number of seats available for 
customers of a particular food service establishment;
b) 
Child-Friendly Seating shall refer to high chairs or any seating apparatus 
with safety features that will allow infants or children to be seated at tables 
or counters at an elevated distance from the ground;
c) 
Early-stage child shall mean any child of any age whose size and 
developmental stage allows placement in child-friendly seating 
equipment;
d) 
Diaper-changing station snail mean an area where both male and 
female can change the diaper of a child. The station shall accommodate


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at least a twenty (20)-pound child and shall have a trash bin for the 
disposal of diapers. It shall also have hand washing facilities in good 
working condition;
e) 
Food Service Establishment shall mean any privately-owned facility 
business, firm or enterprise that is primarily oriented towards the provision 
of food and related services. These include restaurants, eateries or other 
facilities located within malls or other larger structures, as well as those 
establishments that have their own independent infrastructure. This does 
not apply to food service establishments that do not allow persons under 
eighteen (18) years of age to enter the premises;
f) 
Government offices shall mean all local and national government offices, 
agencies, and government owned and controlled corporations; and
g) 
Major establishments shall include malls, shopping centers, theaters, 
movie houses, convention centers, sports arenas, auditoriums, cultural 
complexes, exhibition halls, permanent amusement parks, health 
facilities, restaurants that can seat fifty (50) people or more, gasoline 
stations that have restrooms that are open to the public, and 
establishments measuring twenty-five thousand (25,000) feet or more, 
excluding industrial buildings and nightclubs or bars that do not permit 
anyone who is under eighteen (18) years of age to enter the premises, 
among others;
h) 
Patrons refer to any individual or group that avails of any of the offered 
food, as well as the services of the food service establishment.
I. ACCESS TO CHILD FRIENDLY SEATING
SEC. 4. Provision of Child-Friendly Seating. - Food service 
establishments are required to have, at all times, child-friendly seating 
equipment for patrons that have at least one (1) early-stage child present with 
them at the time that they procure the food or the services of the establishment.
SEC. 5. Proportion of Chiid-Friendiy Seating to Common Seating. -
Food service establishments shall have at least one (1) child-friendly seat for 
every ten (10) common seats available.
II. ACCESS TO DIAPER-CHANGING STATIONS FOR MEN’S AND
WOMEN’S RESTROOMS
SEC. 6. General. - All major establishments and government offices 
shall have at least one (1) safe, sanitary, and convenient baby diaper-changing 
station that is accessible to both male and female; Provided, That a diaper­
changing station shall be available in each floor occupied by the major 
establishment and the government office.


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SEC. 7. Exceptions. - Section 6 of this Act shall not apply to a 
restaurant with a seating capacity of at least fifty (50) people, if there is a 
centrally located facility with a baby diaper-changing station located within three 
hundred (300) feet of the entrance to the restaurant.
SEC. 8. Transition Period. - All covered establishments , including 
government offices, existing at the time of the approval of this Act shall have a 
period of one (1) year from the effectivity of this Act to comply with the 
provisions hereof.
SEC. 9. Penalties. - A major establishment or food service 
establishment that fails to comply with any provisions of this Act shall be liable 
for a fine of up to Two Thousand Pesos (Php2,000.00) for every day of violation.
SEC. 10. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) 
days from the effectivity of this Act, the Department of Health (DOH) and other 
relevant stakeholders shall promulgate the implementing rules and regulations 
for the proper implementation of this Act.
SEC. 11. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof is held 
invalid or unconstitutional, the lemainder of the law or the provision not 
otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.
SEC. 12. Repealing Clause. — Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 
executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation 
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, 
modified or amended accordingly.
SEC. 13. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of 
general circulation.
Approved,