Majority Leader Ilocos Norte 1st district Rep. Sandro Marcos reported on Monday, Feb. 16 that eight priority measures under the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) have reached an advanced stage of progress at the House of Representatives.

According to Rep. Marcos, these eight measures have been approved by their respective mother panels and are now pending comments from the Committee on Appropriations.

The presidential son said the progress reflects steady movement in the House’s legislative work, even as LEDAC convened last Feb. 10 under President Marcos to take stock of priority measures still in the pipeline.

“These committee-level approvals show that the House is doing the hard work early under the leadership of [House] Speaker [Faustino "Bojie"] Dy [III] - building consensus, refining policy and making sure the measures we bring to the floor are ready,” Rep. Marcos said.

“Our focus remains on bills that directly affect education, health, food security and social protection - areas where legislation translates into real impact for Filipino families,” added second-term congressman.

Getting the nod of their respective mother panels and now awaiting remarks on fiscal and funding-related provisions are the following measures: the bill modernizing the Bureau of Immigration; the proposed National Land Use Act; the measure creating an Independent People’s Commission; the Presidential Merit Scholarship Program; amendments to the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act; amendments to the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) Act; amendments to the Magna Carta for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises; and a proposal resetting the elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

The BARRM bill secured a place among the four key measures endorsed during last Tuesday’s LEDAC meeting under the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA). This signals its importance in the administration’s reform priorities.

Joining it in the CLA were Rep. Marcos’ proposed abolition of the travel tax, the Expanded OSAEC and CSAEM Act of 2026, and a bill aimed at curbing fake news and digital disinformation.

Rep.Marcos says these developments build on earlier legislative gains by the House, where 12 from the full list of 52 LEDAC priority measures have already been approved on third and final reading.

He says the continued movement of LEDAC bills through the committee process reflects a disciplined legislative push aligned with the administration’s priorities.

The majority leader says that the House continues to prioritize legislation that directly responds to pressing household needs, especially in the areas of education access, public health services, food affordability, and social protection.

“The goal is to pass sound, well-vetted laws that people can actually feel in their daily lives, whether in the classroom, at the health center, or at the dinner table,” Rep. Marcos said.

“We’ve already shown that when the House treats time as a responsibility, we can deliver. Out of 52 priority measures, 12 are already approved on third reading, and now eight more are moving closer to plenary action. That’s progress, and we intend to sustain it,” he added.