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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE REGULARIZATION OF PUNONG BARANGAY, 
SANGGUNIANG 
BARANGAY 
MEMBERS, 
SANGGUNIANG 
KABATAAN 
CHAIRMAN, BARANGAY SECRETARY AND BARANGAY TREASURER
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The barangay is the most important political unit of our country. It is where the 
interaction between the State and its people is direct and immediate. The 
barangay serves as the primary and planning and implementing unit of 
government policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community, 
and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, 
crystallized and considered, and where disputes may be amicably settled. As 
such, barangay officials not only play an indispensable role in the delivery of 
basic services, but more importantly, they are crucial partners to nation-building.
Barangay officials are tasked to perform functions and duties similar to those of 
city or municipal officials, such as enactment and enforcement of laws and 
ordinances, maintenance of peace and order, delivery of basic services and 
promotion of general welfare. However, compared to other local government 
officials, barangay officials receive monthly honoraria instead of fixed monthly 
salaries and are not entitled to the same employment benefits and privileges.
Thus, in recognition of the vital and immeasurable contribution of barangay 
officials to our nation, the proposed bill seeks to make barangay officials regular


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government employees with fixed salaries, allowances, insurance, medical and 
dental coverage, retirement benefits and other fringe benefits to which regular 
government employees are entitled to.
In view of the foregoing, the immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
MARIA LOURDES NANCY S. BINAY 
Senator


EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC 
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OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE ,
S.B. NO. 
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'19 JiJL-1 P5 57
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Introduced by Senator Maria Lourdes Nancy S. Binay
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR THE REGULARIZATION OF PUNONG BARANGAY, 
SANGGUNIANG 
BARANGAY 
MEMBERS, 
SANGGUNIANG 
KABATAAN 
CHAIRMAN, BARANGAY SECRETARY AND BARANGAY TREASURER
Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the Phiiippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. Short Title. -  This Act shall be known as the "Regularization of
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Barangay Officials act of 2019."
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Sec. 2. Barangay Officials as Regular Government Employees. -  The
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punong barangay, sangguniang barangay members, the sangguniang kabataan
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chairman, the barangay secretary, and barangay treasurer in all barangays are
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hereby declared regular government employees, and as such entitled to fixed
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salaries, allowances, insurance, medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits
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and such other fringe benefits which, under Civil Service laws, rules and
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regulations, a regular government employee may be entitled to.
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Sec. 3. Salaries o f Barangay Officials. -  As soon as the appropriate steps
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and measures are undertaken by each city or municipality in coordination with
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the individual barangay involved on matters relating to the sources of fund and
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the corresponding appropriation ordinance, which in no case shall be later than
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six (6) months from the approval hereof, all barangay officials mentioned in
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paragraph 2 hereof, shall be entitled to the following fixed salaries:
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Punong Barangay -  An amount equivalent to the salary of a 
sangguniang panlungsod or sangguniang bayan member of 
his city or municipality;
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Seven (7) Sangguniang Barangay Members -  An amount 
equivalent to eighty percent (80%) of the salary of a 
sangguniang panlungsod or sangguniang bayan member of 
his city or municipality; and
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Sangguniang 
Kabataang Chairman, 
Barangay Secretary, 
Barangay Treasurer -  An amount equivalent to seventy-five 
percent (75%) of the salary of a sangguniang panlungsod or 
sangguniang bayan member of his city or municipality.
Sec. 4. Budgetary Estimates. -  The Secretary of Department of Interior 
and Local Government (DILG) shall submit to Congress the necessary budgetary 
estimates to implement the provisions of this Act concerning the allowances, 
insurance, medical, dental, and retirement benefits, and other fringe benefits of 
barangay officials.
Sec. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. -  The DILG, in consultation 
with the Civil Service Commission and other government agencies charged with 
the carrying out of the provisions of this Act shall within sixty (60) days after the 
effectivity of this Act, formulate the necessary rules and regulations for its 
effective implementation.
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6. 
Repealing Clause. -  All laws, decrees, executive orders, 
proclamations, rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified 
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Sec. 7. SeparabiUtty Clause. -  If, for any reason, any section or provision 
of this Act is held unconstitutional or invalid, the other sections or provisions 
hereof shall not be affected thereby.
Sec. 8. Effectivity Clause. -  This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its complete publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general 
circulation.
Approved,