Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILLNo, 4220

Introduced by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to provide an extension of the Transition Period for the Bangsamoro
Organic Law, and conduct the First Regular Election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao with the 2031 National and Local Elections.

This legislative measure intends to give ample time to the Bangsamoro Transition
Authority to legislate the needed Codes and fulfill their promises to the Bangsamoro People.
This bill also aims to realize the compliance to the Annex on Normalization under the
Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) and the Framework Agreement on the
Bangsamoro (FAB) for the reintegration of the MILF Combatants to mainstream society

In view of the foregoing premises, the prompt approval of this measure is earnestly
sought and recommended.

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 4220

Introduced by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 13 ARTICLE XVI OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11054,
THE ORGANIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN
MUSLIM MINDANAO, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11593, FOR THE
PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE TRANSITION PERIOD TO ENSURE THE
SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNEX ON NORMALIZATION
UNDER THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE BANGSAMORO (FAB),
ALLOWING THE FIRST REGULAR ELECTION FOR THE BANGSAMORO.
PARLIAMENT TO BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE 2031 NATIONAL
ELECTIONS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION I. Section 13 of Article XVI of RA 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic
Law, as amended by RA 11593, is hereby amended to include the following and read as
follows:

"Section 13, First Regular Election. - The first regular election for
the Bangsamoro Government shall be held and synchronized with the [2031]
National Elections. The Commission on Elections, through the Bangsamoro
Electoral Office, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the
elections, enforce and administer them pursuant to national laws, this Organic
Law, and the Bangsamoro Electoral Code

SECTION 2. During the extension of the transition period, the Bangsamoro
Transition Authority (BTA) shall continue as the interim government in the Bangsamoro
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM): Provided, that upon approval of this
Act, all positions of the appointed members of the BTA shall be declared vacant, and the
President shall appoint eighty (80) new interim members of the BTA who shall hold office
until the May 2031 elections where duly elected officials shall have qualified and assumed
office

SECTION 3. Separability Clause. - If any section or provision of this Act is
declared unconstitutional, the other section or provision not so declared shall continue to be
in full force and effect.


SECTION 4. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations
and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
complete publication in the Official Gazette and in at least two (2) national newspapers of
general circulation, and one (1) local newspaper of general circulation in the autonomous
region.

Approved,