Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday shared her top 10 priority bills

Senator Risa Hontiveros on Monday shared her top 10 priority bills, as she entered another term in the Senate.“Let’s do this!” said Hontiveros, who is the lone opposition in the Senate of the 19th Congress. (Facebook/Risa Hontiveros)

SOGIE EQUALITY ACT

-Protects against discrimination on the basis of Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression and Sex Characteristics. Ensures equal treatment in educational institutions, workplaces, access to services, for people of diverse SOGIESC

ANTI HOSPITAL DETENTION ACT - Prohibits the practice of detaining persons, living or dead, for failure to settle hospital bills in private hospitals

LINGAP PARA KAY LOLO AT LOLA ACT

- Institutionalizes a Universal Social Pension for senior citizens

BANTAY DAGAT ACT

- Provides incentives, services and social protections to accredited Bantay Dagat volunteers--the frontliners in protecting our rich marine resources

RIGHTS OF NATURE ACT

-Lays down the rights of nature and the ecosystem to be protected against encroachment, destruction and unsustainable ecological practices

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FREE DIALYSIS ACT

- Mandates PHILHEALTH to provide free dialysis sessions for senior citizens

ANTI ENDO AND CONTRACTUALIZATION ACT

-Prohibits the practice of "endo" and contractualization, and establishes the right to security of tenure of every worker

PHILIPPINE RISE MARINE RESOURCE RESERVE ACT

- Declares a portion of the Philippine Rise (Benham Rise) as a protected area with the category of marine resource reserve, prohibits the destruction of wildlife therein. and lays down policies for the conservation, management and utilization of the same

DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE ACT

-Introduces divorce as a means to dissolve marriage between Filipino citizens

MATERNITY BENEFIT FOR WOMEN IN THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ACT

- Provides for a maternity benefit equivalent to two months of the prevailing minimum wage for pregnant women workers in the informal sector