Philippine Senate Committee on Cultural Communities

Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs
20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chairman	Robinhood Padilla, PDP since July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Minority Leader	Tito Sotto, NPC since July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs is a standing committee of the Senate of the Philippines.

Jurisdiction

According to the Rules of the Senate, ^[1] the committee handles all matters relating to cultural communities in the Philippines and the Islamic Religion.

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Cultural Communities has nine members.

Position	Member	Party
Chairperson	Robinhood Padilla		PDP
Vice Chairpersons	Vacant
Members for the Majority
Members for the Minority

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Jinggoy Estrada
• Majority Floor Leader Joel Villanueva
• Minority Floor Leader Tito Sotto

Committee secretary:Vacant

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	Robin Padilla		PDP–Laban
Vice Chairperson	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
Members for the Majority	Sonny Angara		LDP
	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
Member for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan

Committee secretary: Bernadine B. Mahinay

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "Senate Permanent Committees" (PDF). Senate. Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved September 30, 2022.