Philippine House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms

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

The Philippine House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms, or House Suffrage and Electoral Reforms Committee is a standing committee of the Philippine House of Representatives.

Jurisdiction

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

• Protection and advancement of the right of suffrage
• Conduct of elections, plebiscites, initiatives, recalls and referendums

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		Juliet Marie Ferrer	NUP	Negros Occidental	4th
Vice Chairpersons		Virgilio Lacson	MANILA TEACHERS	Party-list
		Elpidio Barzaga Jr.	NUP	Cavite	4th
		Henry Villarica	PDP–Laban	Bulacan	4th
		Edgar Erice	Liberal	Caloocan	2nd
Members for the Majority		Pablo Ortega	NPC	La Union	1st
		Francisco Jose Matugas II	PDP–Laban	Surigao del Norte	1st
		Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo	PDP–Laban	Lanao del Norte	1st
		Samier Tan	PDP–Laban	Sulu	1st
		Josefina Tallado	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	1st
		Marisol Panotes	PDP–Laban	Camarines Norte	2nd
		Cyrille Abueg-Zaldivar	PPP	Palawan	2nd
		Maria Fe Abunda	PDP–Laban	Eastern Samar	Lone
		Ma. Angelica Amante-Matba	PDP–Laban	Agusan del Norte	2nd
		Alyssa Sheena Tan	PFP	Isabela	4th
		Vicente Veloso III	NUP	Leyte	3rd
		Luisa Lloren Cuaresma	NUP	Nueva Vizcaya	Lone
		Rufus Rodriguez	CDP	Cagayan de Oro	2nd
		Allan Ty	LPGMA	Party-list
		Rodolfo Ordanes	SENIOR CITIZENS	Party-list
Members for the Minority		Lawrence Lemuel Fortun	Nacionalista	Agusan del Norte	1st
		Ferdinand Gaite	Bayan Muna	Party-list

Member for the Majority

• Francisco Datol Jr. ^[a] (SENIOR CITIZENS)

See also

• House of Representatives of the Philippines
• List of Philippine House of Representatives committees
• Commission on Elections
• Elections in the Philippines

Notes

1. Died on August 10, 2020.

References

1. "RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines. p. 34. Retrieved August 2, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "HOUSE COMMITTEES - SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS". congress.gov.ph. House of Representatives of the Philippines . Retrieved March 19, 2020.

External links

• House of Representatives of the Philippines