TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and 
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. 
House Bill No.  _____ 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Since 2016, there have been at least 8 reported murders of prosecutors. The victims are: 
City prosecutor Rolando Acido – October 26, 2016 
Prosecutor Johanne Noel Mingoa – January 11, 2017 
Prosecutor Diosdado Azarcon – May 22, 2017 
Assistant Prosecutor Maria Ronatay – July 18, 2017 
Assistant Provincial Prosecutor Reymund Luna – September 29, 2017 
Assistant Prosecutor Rogelio Velasco – May 11, 2018 
Prosecutor Mary Ann Castro – January 17, 2019 
Chief Inquest Prosecutor Jovencio Senados – July 7, 2020 
Further, there are at least 2 other prosecutors who were attacked but fortunately survived, 
Prosecutor Manuel Tesiorna and Prosecutor Jesephone C. Olivar. 
These highlight the dangers that our prosecutors face in the discharge of their vital role in 
dispensing justice. 
While there can never be a price that would ever be commensurate to their lives, additional 
compensation or hazard pay will be a good show of support and a recognition of the 
importance of prosecutors. 
The government is already providing hazard pay of "at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the 
monthly basic salary" to various government personnel whose work entails "occupational risks 
or perils to life", which is why it is also important that prosecutors be given hazard pay as they 
also face great "risks or perils to life" by reason of their profession.  
In view of the foregoing, immediate approval of this measure is earnestly requested. 
RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ 
  MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ, JR. 
July 14, 2025
8:01 am
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TWENTIETH CONGRESS 
) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
First Regular Session 
) 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and 
Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. 
House Bill No.  _____ 
AN ACT 
GRANTING HAZARD PAY TO PUBLIC PROSECUTORS EXPOSED TO HAZARDOUS 
SITUATIONS AND PERFORMING HAZARDOUS DUTIES RELATED TO ASSIGNED 
CASES, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR 
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 “Hazard Pay for Public Prosecutors 
Act.” 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is the policy of the State to maintain peace and order, protect 
life, liberty and property, and promote the general welfare of the people for the enjoyment of 
the blessings of democracy. To realize this policy, the State recognizes the indispensable role 
of the public prosecutors in our criminal justice system. To this end, the State shall provide the 
necessary support to ensure that public prosecutors are properly compensated as they 
perform their functions in hazardous situations related to their assigned cases. 
SEC. 3. Coverage. – All public prosecutors of the National Prosecution Service of the 
Department of Justice who are actually performing any of the hazardous duties and are 
exposed to the conditions described in Section 4 of this Act, as certified by the Secretary of 
Justice or a duly authorized representative, including public prosecutors who are tasked to 
authorize the prosecution of hazardous cases mentioned in this Section, or who approve, 
review, reverse, or modify resolutions on inquest proceedings or preliminary investigations 
involving such hazardous cases, are likewise entitled to receive hazard pay as provided in this 
Act. 
SEC. 4. Hazard Pay. – All covered public prosecutors are entitled to receive a monthly hazard 
pay of Five thousand pesos (₱5,000.00) in addition to their regular compensation, while in the 
performance of the following hazardous duties: 
(a) Assigned to conduct the inquest proceeding, preliminary investigation, or prosecution of
cases involving crimes against national security and the law of nations, the fundamental laws
of the State, public order, and those crimes committed by public officers as defined and
penalized under Act No. 3815, otherwise known as “The Revised Penal Code”;
(b) Assigned to conduct the inquest proceeding, preliminary investigation, or prosecution of
cases involving Republic Act No. (RA) 9165, as amended, otherwise known as the
“Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002”, RA 10591, otherwise known as the
“Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act”, RA 3019, as amended, otherwise
known as the “Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act”, RA 9160, as amended, otherwise known
as the “Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001”, and RA 11479, otherwise known as “The Anti-
Terrorism Act of 2020”;
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(c) Assigned to conduct the inquest proceeding, preliminary investigation, and prosecution of 
cases involving transnational crimes, including illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and 
psychotropic substances, money laundering, terrorism, arms smuggling, trafficking in persons, 
piracy, and other crimes with significant impact on the political, economic and socio-cultural 
stability and security of the country; 
 
(d) Assigned to conduct the inquest proceeding, preliminary investigation, and prosecution of 
cases involving illegal logging, illegal mining, illegal fishing, illegal dumping of hazardous 
waste, as well as the destruction, exploitation, illegal gathering, smuggling, illegal trade, or 
trafficking of all kinds of flora, fauna, marine life, minerals, precious metals, and other natural 
resources, and all other crimes, offenses and prohibited acts with significant impact on the 
environment,  
 
(e) Assigned or exposed to hazardous situations, including assignment in strife-torn or 
embattled areas, distressed or isolated stations, disease-infested areas, and areas declared 
by a competent authority to be under a state of calamity or emergency;  
 
(f) Assigned to conduct the inquest proceeding, preliminary investigation, and prosecution of 
offenders who have been previously convicted of any of the crimes mentioned in paragraphs 
(a) to (d) of this Section; and 
 
(g) Assigned to other hazardous duties and circumstances analogous to the foregoing, as 
determined by the Secretary of Justice. 
 
SEC. 5. Tax Exemption and Non-Diminution of Benefits. – The hazard pay provided in this Act 
shall form part of the exclusions from taxable gross income in accordance with Section 32 (b) 
(7) (e) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended: Provided, That nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to diminish, in any manner, any benefit granted to duly appointed 
public prosecutors under existing laws, rules and regulations, local ordinances, and other 
issuances. 
  
SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - Within sixty (60) days from the effectivity of 
this Act, the Secretary of Budget and Management and the Secretary of Justice shall jointly 
promulgate rules and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act. 
 
SEC. 7. Appropriations. - The amount necessary for the initial implementation of this Act shall 
be charged against the current year’s appropriation of the Department of Justice. Thereafter, 
such amount shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. 
 
SEC. 8. Separability Clause. – If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or 
unconstitutional, the remaining parts or provisions not affected shall remain in force and effect. 
 
SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations, or 
parts thereof contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are amended, repealed 
or modified accordingly. 
 
SEC. 10. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the 
Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation. 
 
Approved,