Senator Nancy Binay in action

SENATOR Nancy Binay currently chairs the Senate committees on Tourism, Cultural Communities, and Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development of the 17th Congress.

She is also the co- chairperson of the Joint Oversight Committee on Tourism as well as one of the vice chairpersons of the Energy Committee and a member of the Senate Electoral Tribunal.

Staying true to her promise to be the “Nanay de Pamilya” in the Senate, during and 151 resolutions advocating the interests of women and children, the youth, the elderly, and housing for the poor.

In the same Congress, three of her bills were enacted into law: An Act Repealing the Crime of Premature Marriage under Article 251 of the Revised Penal Code ( R. A. 10655), Sugarcane Industry Development Act of 2015 ( R. A. 10659), and An Act Expanding with Disability ( R. A. 10754).

As chairperson of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, she sponsored the passage of the Centenarians Act of 2016 ( R. A. 10868).

In this 17th Congress, Binay co- sponsored the Expanded Maternity Leave Law of 2017 ( SB No. 1305) which grants 120- day maternity leave to female workers regardless of civil status; as well as The Filipino Sign Language Act ( SB No. 1455), which declares the Filipino Sign Language as the National Sign Language of the Filipino Deaf and the - ment in All Transactions with the Deaf.

Other measures that Sen. Binay championed are the Expanded NIPAS Act of 2017 ( SB No. 1444); the First 1000 Days of Life Bill ( SB 1145); and the amendment to the Local Government Act providing for permanent positions