Philippine House Committee on Public Order and Safety

The Philippine House Committee on Public Order and Safety is a standing committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. It is a legislative body rather than a commercial brand, and its role is to examine bills, resolutions, government programs, and public issues within the House Rules-defined field of public order and safety. Its jurisdiction centers on the suppression of criminality and oversight of institutions and activities connected with domestic security and law enforcement. The committee's subject areas include the Bureau of Fire Protection; the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology; the Philippine National Police; private security agencies; civil defense; firecrackers and pyrotechnics; illegal gambling; organized crime and illegal drugs; private armies; firearms regulation; and terrorism. These responsibilities place the committee at the intersection of criminal justice, policing, emergency response, corrections, weapons regulation, and counterterrorism policy. As a House committee, it can serve as a forum for legislative hearings, deliberation of proposed measures, oversight inquiries, and consideration of matters referred to it by the chamber. The committee's work may therefore involve government agencies, law-enforcement institutions, local authorities, private security organizations, and affected communities, although the supplied reference material does not identify specific hearings, enacted laws, investigations, or committee initiatives. Committee membership changes with each Congress. The available reference records historical membership rosters for the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses. For the Twentieth Congress, all committee membership positions were reported vacant as of June 30, 2025, pending the House's first regular session on July 28, 2025. Consequently, no current chair, vice-chair, or member roster can be stated from the supplied material. A listed Nineteenth Congress majority member was Resurreccion Acop of the Antipolo Second District, representing the Nationalist People's Coalition.

The Philippine House Committee on Public Order and Safety is constituted as a standing committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines. Its institutional purpose is to handle legislative business and oversight matters involving public order and the suppression of criminality. The committee operates within the House's committee system, where proposed legislation and other matters are assigned to specialized panels according to subject-matter jurisdiction. The committee's remit covers a broad public-safety portfolio. It includes oversight of the Bureau of Fire Protection and the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology, as well as matters concerning the Philippine National Police and private security agencies. Its responsibilities also extend to civil defense, the regulation of firecrackers and pyrotechnics, illegal gambling, organized crime, illegal drugs, private armies, firearms regulation, and terrorism. This combination of responsibilities gives the committee a role in examining both public institutions and unlawful activities that affect community safety and national security. Committee rosters are organized by congressional period. The available reference identifies historical membership rosters for the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Congresses, including Resurreccion Acop of the Antipolo Second District as a member for the majority during the Nineteenth Congress. The same reference states that, as of June 30, 2025, all membership positions for the Twentieth Congress were vacant until the House convened its first regular session on July 28, 2025. The supplied material does not provide a subsequent roster or identify a current chairperson. Because the committee is a legislative institution, it does not offer commercial products or consumer services. Its outputs are legislative and oversight work, such as consideration of measures and scrutiny of agencies and public-order issues. Specific bills, hearings, investigations, campaigns, and policy outcomes are not described in the available source material and are therefore not added here.

• 2025

  Twentieth Congress membership positions reported vacant

  [1]Philippine House Committee on Public Order and Safetyen.wikipedia.org

  As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions for the Twentieth Congress were reported vacant pending the House's first regular session on July 28, 2025.

• Establishment as a standing House committee

  [1]Philippine House Committee on Public Order and Safetyen.wikipedia.org

  The committee is identified as a standing committee of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, with jurisdiction defined by the House Rules over public order, criminality suppression, and related security matters.

Legislative oversight and policy deliberation on public order, law enforcement, criminality suppression, civil defense, corrections, firearms, and national security-related matters.

1. 1Philippine House Committee on Public Order and Safetyen.wikipedia.org