Medical marijuana, mandatory ROTC among Robin's first ten bills

First-term Senator Robin Padilla has filed his first ten proposed pieces of legislation including one on access to medical marijuana and another on the return of mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Course among students.

“Naihain na po natin ang unang 10 prayoridad na panukalang batas sa Senado para sa ika-19 na Kongreso,” Padilla wrote on Facebook on Tuesday.

“Simula pa lamang po ito. Tututukan, aaralin at isusulong natin ang mga adbokasiya na tutugon sa samu’t saring isyu na malapit sa ating bituka - kasama rito ang mataas na presyo ng petrolyo, mga problema sa agrikultura at food security, at talamak na diskriminasyon,” he continued.

Padilla, who received the most votes for senator in the May 9 elections, filed the following bills:

• Suspension of Excise Tax on Fuel
• Medical Cannabis Compassionate Access Act
• Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers
• Equality and Non-Discrimination Act
• Civil Service Eligibility for casual and contractual government employees who have rendered at least 5 years of government service
• Regionalization of Bilibid Prisons
• Mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps Act
• Amending the Rice Tariffication Law

— BM, GMA News