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19th Congress of the Philippines

19th Congress of the Philippines

Meeting of the national legislature of the Philippines

The 19th Congress of the Philippines (Filipino: Ikalabinsiyam na Kongreso ng Pilipinas), composed of the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives, convened on July 25, 2022. The 19th Congress is meeting during the first three years of Bongbong Marcos's presidency, and will end on June 6, 2025. The convening of the 19th Congress followed the 2022 general elections, which replaced half of the Senate membership and the entire membership of the House of Representatives.

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The House of Representatives continues to meet in the Batasang Pambansa Complex. The Senate currently meets in the GSIS Building, with a scheduled move in 2024 to its new building in Navy Village, Taguig. The 19th Congress is also the first since the 10th Congress that no senator is from the Liberal Party.

Leadership

Senate

Senate President
Juan Miguel Zubiri
Senate President pro tempore
Loren Legarda

House of Representatives

Sessions

  • First Regular Session: July 25, 2022 – June 2, 2023
    • July 25, 2022 – September 30, 2022
    • November 7, 2022 – December 16, 2022
    • January 23, 2023 – March 24, 2023
    • May 8, 2023 – June 2, 2023
  • Second Regular Session: July 24, 2023 – May 24, 2024
    • July 24, 2023 – September 29, 2023
    • First Special Session: November 4, 2023
    • November 6, 2023 – December 15, 2023
    • January 22, 2024 – March 22, 2024
    • April 29, 2024 – May 24, 2024
  • Third Regular Session: July 22, 2024 – June 6, 2025
    • July 22, 2024 – September 27, 2024
    • November 4, 2024 – December 16, 2024
    • January 20, 2025 – March 21, 2025
    • May 2, 2025 – June 6, 2025

Members

Senate

19th Congress Senators of the Philippines; taken on July 25, 2022

The following are the terms of the senators of this Congress, according to the date of election:

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Notes

  1. Pimentel won via electoral protest in 2011, less than two years before he ran and was reelected for his first full term.

House of Representatives

Number of districts per province

Terms of members of the House of Representatives started on June 30, 2022, took office on July 25, and will end on June 30, 2025, unless stated otherwise.

District representatives

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Notes

  1. Resigned on January 12, 2024, after being appointed as Secretary of Finance.
  2. Resigned on June 30, 2022, after being appointed as Secretary of Justice.
  3. Elected in a special election on February 25, 2023 and took office on February 28, 2023.
  4. Expelled on August 16, 2023.[1]
  5. Died on March 13, 2024.[2]
  6. Died on October 3, 2023.[3]
  7. Resigned on January 31, 2023, after being appointed as Secretary of Social Welfare and Development.[4]
  8. Vacated seat on July 21, 2022, after the Supreme Court issued a status quo ante order which prevented him from assuming the seat. Election later annulled by the Supreme Court on August 8, 2023.
  9. Declared elected by the Supreme Court on August 8, 2023 and took office on November 13, 2023.

Party-list representatives

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Notes

  1. Dropped from the rolls on September 27, 2023.
  2. Resigned on February 22, 2023.
  3. Took office on May 30, 2023.
  4. Dropped from the rolls on February 15, 2023.
  5. Took office on February 22, 2023.
  6. Prevented from assuming seat on June 29, 2022 through a temporary restraining order issued by the Supreme Court.

Changes in membership

Senate

There had been no changes in the membership of the Senate.

House of Representatives

District representatives

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Delegations in constitutional bodies

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References

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