Philippine Senate Committee on Local Government

Committee on Local Government
Senate of the Philippines 20th Congress
History
New session started	July 28, 2025 (2025-07-28)
Leadership
Chair	JV Ejercito (NPC) since July 29, 2025 (2025-07-29)
Structure
Political groups	Majority (11)   NPC (3)   PDP (3)   Nacionalista (2)   KANP (1)   Lakas (1)   Independent (1) Minority (2)   NPC (1)   Independent (1)

The Philippine Senate Committee on Local Government 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 local government units in the Philippines, such as autonomous regions, provinces, cities, special metropolitan political subdivisions, municipalities and barangays.

Members, 20th Congress

Based on the Rules of the Senate, the Senate Committee on Local Government has 15 members.

Position	Member [2]	Party
Chairperson	JV Ejercito		NPC
Vice Chairperson	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP
Members for the Majority	Bong Go		PDP
	Raffy Tulfo		Independent
	Erwin Tulfo		Lakas
	Mark Villar		Nacionalista
	Robin Padilla		PDP
	Lito Lapid		NPC
	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Bam Aquino		KANP
Members for the Minority	Loren Legarda		NPC
	Panfilo Lacson		Independent

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

18th Congress

Position	Member [3]	Party
Chairperson	Francis Tolentino		PDP–Laban
Vice Chairperson	Imee Marcos		Nacionalista
Members for the Majority	Ronald dela Rosa		PDP–Laban
	Bong Go		PDP–Laban
	Bong Revilla		Lakas
	Win Gatchalian		NPC
	Nancy Binay		UNA
	Cynthia Villar		Nacionalista
	Panfilo Lacson		Independent
	Joel Villanueva		CIBAC
	Koko Pimentel		PDP–Laban
Members for the Minority	Francis Pangilinan		Liberal
	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 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 - 18th Congress" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. September 24, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.