Philippine House Committee on Justice

Committee on Justice
20th Congress
History
New session started	To convene on July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chairman	Vacant
Minority Leader	Vacant
Website
Committee on Justice

The Philippine House Committee on Justice, or House Justice Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Its chairperson also sits as an ex officio member of the Judicial and Bar Council from January 1 to June 30 of the calendar year.

Jurisdiction

As prescribed by House Rules, the committee's jurisdiction includes the following: ^[1]

• Administration of justice
• Adult probation
• Definition of crimes and other offenses punishable by law and their penalties
• Deportation
• Immigration
• Impeachment proceedings
• Judiciary
• Legal aid
• Naturalization
• Penitentiaries and reform schools
• Practice of law and integration of the Bar
• Registration of land titles

Members, 20th Congress

As of June 30, 2025, all committee membership positions are vacant until the House convenes for its first regular session on July 28.

Historical membership rosters

18th Congress

Position	Members [2]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Vicente Veloso III	NUP	Leyte	3rd
Vice Chairpersons		Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	Cagayan de Oro	2nd
		Naealla Bainto-Aguinaldo	BAHAY	Party-list
		Jonathan Keith Flores	PDP–Laban	Bukidnon	2nd
		Juan Fidel Felipe Nograles	Lakas	Rizal	2nd
		Alfredo Garbin Jr.	AKO BICOL	Party-list
		Ramon Nolasco Jr.	NUP	Cagayan	1st
Members for the Majority		Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
		Ruwel Peter Gonzaga	PDP–Laban	Davao de Oro	2nd
		Paulino Salvador Leachon	PDP–Laban	Oriental Mindoro	1st
		Cheryl Deloso-Montalla	Liberal	Zambales	2nd
		Tyrone Agabas	NPC	Pangasinan	6th
		Peter John Calderon	NPC	Cebu	7th
		Dahlia Loyola	NPC	Cavite	5th
		Manuel Luis Lopez	NPC	Manila	1st
		Corazon Nuñez-Malanyaon	Nacionalista	Davao Oriental	1st
		Josephine Ramirez-Sato	Liberal	Occidental Mindoro	Lone
		Aleta Suarez	Lakas	Quezon	3rd
		Hector Sanchez	Lakas	Catanduanes	Lone
		Edcel Lagman	Liberal	Albay	1st
		Eric Yap	ACT-CIS	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
		Argel Joseph Cabatbat	MAGSASAKA	Party-list
		Stella Luz Quimbo	Liberal	Marikina	2nd
		Arnolfo Teves Jr.	PDP–Laban	Negros Oriental	3rd
		Arlene Brosas	GABRIELA	Party-list

19th Congress

Position	Members [3]		Party	Province/City	District
Chairperson		Juliet Marie D. Ferrer	National Unity Party	Negros Occidental	4th
Vice Chairpersons		Loreto B. Acharon	Nationalist People's Coalition	General Santos	At-large
		Jonathan Keith T. Flores	Lakas–CMD	Bukidnon	2nd
		Pablo John Garcia	National Unity Party	Cebu	3rd
		Ruwel Peter S. Gonzaga	Partido Demokratiko Pilipino	Davao de Oro	2nd
		Virgilio S. Lacson	Manila Teachers	Party-list
		Gerville "Jinky Bitrics" Luistro	Lakas–CMD	Batangas	2nd
		Margarita B. Nograles	PBA Partylist	Party-list
		Ysabel Maria J. Zamora	Lakas–CMD	San Juan	At-large

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Department of Justice

References

1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. pp. 29–30. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - JUSTICE". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 18, 2020.
3. De Leon, Dwight (September 4, 2024). "House promotes Joel Chua, VP Sara critic, to lead panel probing misuse of funds". Rappler . Manila, Philippines: Rappler Inc. Retrieved November 5, 2024.

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines