Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography

Committee on Health and Demography
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	Risa Hontiveros (Akbayan) since September 9, 2025 (2025-09-09)
Structure
Seats	13
Political groups	Majority (8)   NPC (3)   Akbayan (1)   KANP (1)   Liberal (1)   Nacionalista (1)   Independent (1) Minority (5)   PDP (3)   Independent (2)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Health and Demography 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:

• Public health in general
• Medical, hospital and quarantine services
• Population issues, concerns, policies and programs affecting individuals and their families, and their effects on national, social and economic conditions
• The Philippine Statistics Authority
• The Department of Health and its attached agencies.
• The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Health and Demography has 13 members.

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
Senior Vice Chairperson	JV Ejercito		NPC
Vice Chairpersons	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
	Bong Go		PDP
Members for the Majority	Bam Aquino		KANP
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Loren Legarda		NPC
	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
Deputy Minority Leaders	Rodante Marcoleta		Independent
	Joel Villanueva		Independent
Members for the Minority	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
	Robin Padilla		PDP

Ex officio members:

• Senate President pro tempore Panfilo Lacson
• Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri
• Minority Floor Leader Alan Peter Cayetano

Committee secretary:Vacant

Historical membership rosters

19th Congress

Position	Member [3]	Party
Chairperson	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
Vice Chairperson	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
Members for the Majority	JV Ejercito		NPC
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
	Nancy Binay		UNA
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
	Robin Padilla		PDP–Laban
	Grace Poe		Independent
	Bong Revilla		Lakas
	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista
Member for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan

Committee secretary: Horace R. Cruda

18th Congress

Position	Member [4]	Party
Chairperson	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
Vice Chairpersons	Pia Cayetano		Nacionalista
	Nancy Binay		UNA
Members for the Majority	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
	Richard Gordon		Independent
	Panfilo Lacson		Independent
	Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban
Members for the Minority	Risa Hontiveros		Akbayan
	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal

Committee secretary: Beatriz Tiongco-Cruda

See also

• List of Philippine Senate committees

References

1. "Rules of the Senate" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. July 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
2. "Senate Permanent Committees - 20th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
3. "Senate Permanent Committees - 19th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines . December 10, 2024. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
4. "Senate Permanent Committees - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.