SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA
AN ACT
REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFANT-FRIENDLY FACILITIES IN 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MAJOR ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Filipino Family, as mandated in the 1987 Constitution, is the foundation of the 
nation,1 and the State shall ensure that it passes laws that strengthen this fundamental 
unit of our country.
As such, the law operates within a realm of practicality and experience. In order to 
ensure that the Filipino family maintains strong ties, parents and guardians have to be 
provided with a general societal environment that recognizes their daily struggles and 
needs in rearing and raising children.
Thus, this bill is being introduced in order to ensure that all Filipino citizens with infants 
and children will be provided a fundamental access to facilities that will assist them in 
spending time and raising their families. This bill integrates previously proposed and 
drafted legislation2 by the late Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago to require diaper 
changing stations in restrooms or facilities accessible to both men and women. Further,
1 1987 Constitution. Article XV, Section 1
2 Senate Bill No. 2704, entitled "AN ACT PROVIDING FOR DIAPER-CHANGING STATIONS IN 
RESTROOMS OF ALL MAJOR ESTABLISHMENTS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES” filed by Senator 
Miriam Defensor-Santiago on March 17, 2015.


this bill requires that all food establishments provide access to infant-friendly seating for 
their patrons.
With this bill, all Filipino families will recognize that the Philippine government is their 
partner in providing safe, enjoyable and worthwhile quality time for them and their 
infants and young children.
The immediate passage of this bill is earnestly sought.
SENATOR JOEL VILLANUEVA


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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
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First Regular Session 
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SENATE
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AN ACT
REQUIRING THE PROVISION OF INFANT-FRIENDLY FACILITIES IN 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MAJOR ESTABLISHMENTS OF
THE PHILIPPINES
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 “Infant-Friendly Facilities 
Act of 2017 ”
SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. -  The State recognizes that all Filipinos are 
entitled to access to convenient facilities that will enable them to properly undertake 
their respective responsibilities of childcare. The State is mandated to ensure that 
these facilities are sanitary, safe and readily available for all persons, and that all 
private and public establishments comply with these conditions for the benefit of the 
general public.
The State further recognizes the collective need for ensuring that families with 
infants or children are entitled to facilities that will cater to their needs of specialized 
seating for their ease and convenience, without requiring these families to procure 
additional equipment for their infants or young children.
SECTION 3. Definition of Terms. -  The following terms shall be used in this Act:
(A) “ Common Seating” shall refer to the actual number of seats 
available for customers of a particular food service establishment.
(B) “Child-Friendly Seating” shall refer to high chairs or any seating 
apparatus that will be used to allow infants or children to be seated at 
tables or counters at an elevated distance from the ground.


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(C) “ Early-stage child” shall mean any child of any age whose size 
and developmental stage allows placement in child-friendly seating 
equipment.
(D) “ Diaper-changing station” shall mean an area where a person 
can change the diapers of a child. The station shall accommodate at 
least a 20-pound child and shall have a trash bin for the disposal of 
diapers. It shall also have hand washing facilities, in good repair and 
working.
(E) “ Food Service Establishment” shall mean any privately owned 
facility business, firm or enterprise that is primarily oriented towards the 
provision of food services from its customers, the general public. These 
include restaurants, eateries or other facilities that are contained within 
malls or other larger structures, as well as those establishments that 
have their own independent infrastructure. This does not apply to food 
service establishments that operate as nightclubs or bars that do not 
permit anyone who is under 18 years of age to enter the premises.
(F) “Major establishments” shall mean malls, shopping centers, 
theaters or movie houses, convention centers, sports 
arenas, 
auditoriums, 
cultural 
complexes, 
exhibition halls, permanent 
amusement parks, health facilities, restaurants that can seat 50 people 
or more, gasoline stations that have restrooms opened to the public, 
and establishments measuring 25,000 feet or more. 
This does not 
apply to an industrial building or to a nightclub or bar that does not 
permit anyone who is under 18 years of age to enter the premises. This 
section also does not apply to a restroom located in a health facility if 
the restroom is intended for the use of one patient or resident at a time.
(G) "Government offices” shall mean all local and national 
government offices, agencies, and government owned and controlled 
corporations.
(H) “Patrons” refer to any individual or group that avails of any of the 
offered food, as well as the services of the food service establishment.
I. ACCESS TO CHILD FRIENDLY SEATING
SECTION 4. Provision of Child-Friendly Seating — Food service establishments 
are required to have, at all times, child-friendly seating equipment for patrons that 
have at least one (1) early-stage child present with them at the time that they procure 
the food or services of the establishment
SECTION 5. Proportion of Child-Friendly Seating to Common Seating - Owners 
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provide a proportion of at least one (1) child friendly seat for every ten (10) common
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seats available
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II. ACCESS TO DIAPER-CHANGING STATIONS FOR MEN’S AND WOMEN’S
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RESTROOMS
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SECTION 6. 
In General. 
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There shall be at least one safe, sanitary, and
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convenient baby diaper-changing station that is accessible to restrooms used
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exclusively by women and restrooms used exclusively by men, or at least one safe,
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sanitary, and convenient baby diaper-changing station that is accessible to both men 
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and women in all major establishments and government offices.
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SECTION 7. Exceptions. - Section 6 shall not apply if the local building inspector
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determines that the installation of a baby diaper-changing station is not feasible or
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would result in a failure to comply with applicable building standards governing the
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right of access for persons with disabilities. This provision shall also not apply to a
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restaurant with a seating capacity of 50 people, if there is a centrally located facility
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with a baby diaper changing station located within 300 feet of the entrance to the
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restaurant.
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SECTION 8. Implementation. -  The Department of Health is mandated to provide
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the Implementing Rules and Regulations of this law.
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SECTION 9. Penalties. - Major establishments that fail to comply with the 15
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provisions of this Act within one year from its enactment shall be meted with a
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warning. Major establishments that fail to comply with the provisions of this Act six
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months after being issued a warning shall pay two thousand pesos (~2,000) for
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every succeeding month until compliance is made.
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SECTION 10. Separability Clause. - If any provision or part hereof, is held invalid or
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unconstitutional, the rem ainder o f the law  or the provision not otherw ise affected
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shall remain valid and subsisting.
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SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or issuance, 23
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executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule or regulation contrary
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to or inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby repealed, modified, or
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amended accordingly.
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SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after 4
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its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.
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Approved,