Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by Representative Hon. Christopher “Toff” V.P. De Venecia 
AN ACT 
GRANTING UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PENSION TO ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, 
AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED 
The Philippine Statistics Authority projects that the number of senior citizens, or Filipinos above 
the age of 60 is set to triple in the next thirty years, from about 7.6 million in 2015 to an 
estimated 22.6 million in 2045. As our country’s population gets older, the matter of securing a 
steady income to support the well-being of our senior citizens becomes more relevant in 
addressing issues of poverty and inequality. Social protection for our elderly is among the 
universally accepted and proven approaches in reducing incidence of poverty and in narrowing 
the equality gap. The current social pension received by our indigent senior citizens is no longer 
sufficient to answer the current rise of prices in goods and services due to inflation. 
This bill, thus seeks to lessen this gap by increasing the amount of pension received by our 
elderly, and by expanding the social pension to cover all senior citizens instead or just our 
indigent elderly. This scheme is also adopted by our neighbors in the ASEAN, such as in 
Thailand, Brunei, Timor-Leste and Vietnam. 
Thus, support for this bill is earnestly sought. 
HON. CHRISTOPHER “TOFF” V.P. DE VENECIA 
Fourth District, Pangasinan 
November 29, 2022
8:00 am
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
NINETEENTH CONGRESS 
First Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. ________ 
Introduced by Representative Hon. Christopher “Toff” V.P. De Venecia 
AN ACT 
GRANTING UNIVERSAL SOCIAL PENSION TO ALL SENIOR CITIZENS, 
AMENDING FOR THIS PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7432, AS AMENDED 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representative of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. Short Title - This Act shall be known as the “Lingap Para Kay Lolo at Lola Act” 
SEC. 2. - Section 2 of Republic Act No. 7432, as amended by Republic Act No. 9267, further amended 
by Republic Act No. 9994, and as further amended by Republic Act No. 11916, otherwise known as the 
“Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 20210”, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
“Sec. 2. Definition of Terms. For the purposes of this Act, these terms are defined as follows: 
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“(I) SOCIAL PENSION REFERS TO THE MONTHLY STIPEND OR MONETARY 
GRANT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO support THE DAILY SUBSISTENCE AND OTHER 
MEDICAL NEEDS OF SENIOR CITIZENS WHICH SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN ONE 
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED PESOS (PHP 1,500.00) PER MONTH.” 
SEC. 3. Section 5 of the same Act, as amended, is hereby further amended to read as follows: 
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“(h) Additional Government Assistance 
“(1) Social Pension 
“[Indigent] ALL senior citizens shall be entitled to a monthly [stipend] SOCIAL PENSION 
amounting  to AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND five hundred pesos (PHP 1,500.00) to augment 
their daily subsistence and other medical needs. 
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THE AMOUNT OF SOCIAL PENSION SHALL BE REVIEWED, AND, WHEN 
NECESSARY, ADJUSTED OR INCREASED BY THE DSWD EVERY TWO YEARS 
AFTER THE EFFECTIVITY OF THIS ACT, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE 
DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT (DBM) AND OTHER RELEVANT 
STAKEHOLDERS, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VARIOUS NEEDS OF SENIOR 
CITIZENS, THE NATIONAL INFLATION RATE, AND OTHER RELEVANT 
ECONOMIC INDICATORS, AS REPORTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE PERTINENT 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES OR AUTHORITIES; PROVIDED, THAT THE SOCIAL 
PENSION SHALL NOT BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT INITIALLY SPECIFIED IN 
THIS ACT.  
 
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SEC. 4. Separability Clause. – Should any provision herein be declared unconstitutional, the 
same shall not affect the validity of the other provisions of this Act.. 
 
SEC. 5. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, executive orders or rules and regulations contrary 
to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 6. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication in 
the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,