Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by HON. JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
As the country is still at the early phases of the National COVID-19 Vaccination Program with only 
a limited supply of vaccines, the Department of Health has reiterated that the first doses should 
be given to priority groups as identified in the country’s vaccine line. It is essential that the country 
strictly adheres to the COVID-19 vaccine line to ensure that medical frontliners and the most 
vulnerable are inoculated first.  
Recently however, there have been several reports of vaccine line jumping amongst a number of 
personalities, some of which are public officials. This raises concerns as the country is still at the 
process of completing the vaccination of all 1.7 million healthcare workers in the country. While 
LGU officials were recently moved up in the COVID-19 vaccine priority list, they can only be 
inoculated after health workers, senior citizens and persons with comorbidities.   
In light of the recent events, this measure seeks to define and criminalize the act of vaccine 
queue-jumping. This measure also proposes to provide a penalty of imprisonment for fifteen (15) 
days to sixty (60) days and a fine of one hundred thousand pesos  (P100,000) to five hundred 
thousand pesos (P500,000).  
On behalf of the people of Parañaque City’s Second District, and for the common good of the 
Filipino people, the approval of the said measure is earnestly sought. 
REP. JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING 
2nd District, Parañaque City 
April 9, 2021
9:09 PM
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Republic of the Philippines 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Quezon City 
EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS 
Second Regular Session 
HOUSE BILL NO. _______ 
Introduced by HON. JOY MYRA S. TAMBUNTING 
AN ACT 
DEFINING AND CRIMINALIZING COVID-19 VACCINE QUEUE-JUMPING AND 
PROVIDING PENALTIES 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 referred to as the “COVID-19 Vaccine Queue-
Jumping Ban Act.” 
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. –  It is the policy of the State to adopt an integrated and 
comprehensive approach to COVID-19 vaccine procurement and administration. Towards this 
end, the State shall ensure that science and evidence-based vaccination plan shall be observed 
and guidelines on which groups shall be prioritized to receive COVID-19 jabs shall be strictly 
complied with. 
SEC. 3. Vaccine Queue-Jumping. – The administration of COVID-19 vaccines shall strictly 
conform with the guidelines provided under DOH Memorandum No. 2021-0099 otherwise known 
as the “Interim Omnibus Guidelines for the Implementation of the National Vaccine Deployment 
Plan for COVID-19” and with other rules and regulations relevant to the implementation of the 
National COVID-19 Vaccination Program. 
The list of “Priority Population Groups” under Section III (B) of DOH Memorandum No. 2021-
0099 shall be strictly followed. Queue-jumping as well as misrepresentation as to eligibility into a 
priority group shall be prohibited. 
SEC. 4. Validity of Substitution. – As provided in Section III (D) of DOH Memorandum No. 
2021-0099, recipients from Quick Substitution Lists (QSL) shall only be tapped if the initial list of 
identified recipients is exhausted. The identification of recipients in QSLs shall be based on the 
same priority group as that of the initial recipients. Vaccination of eligible recipients from the 
immediately next priority group shall be the last resort in case vaccine spoilage may result from 
the surplus. 
SEC. 5. Penalties. – The following penalties shall be imposed upon those who have violated this 
Act: 
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a) Any person who shall violate Sections 3 of this Act shall be punished by imprisonment of 
fifteen (15) days to sixty (60) days and a fine of One Hundred Thousand Pesos 
(Php100,000) to Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (Php500,000), at the discretion of the 
court; Provided that, if the offender is a public official and the offender has taken 
advantage of his public position, the maximum penalty shall be provided;  
b) If the offender is a corporation, association, partnership or any other juridical person, the 
penalty shall be imposed upon the president, directors, managers, managing partners, as 
the case may be, who participated in the commission of the offense or who shall have 
knowingly permitted or failed to prevent the commission of the same.  
 
SEC. 6. Implementing Rules and Regulations. – Within thirty (30) days from the effectivity 
of this Act, the Department of Health, in coordination with the Department of Justice and other 
relevant government agencies, shall promulgate the necessary rules and regulations to effectively 
implement the provisions of this Act. 
 
SEC. 7. Separability Clause. – If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or unconstitutional, 
the remainder of the law or the provision not otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting. 
 
SEC. 8. 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. 9. 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,