House of Representatives of the Philippines

House of Representatives

*Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan*
House of Representatives ; Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan
20th Congress of the Philippines
	Seal of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
	Flag of the House of Representatives
Type
Type	Lower house of the Congress of the Philippines
Term limits	3 consecutive terms (9 years), renewable after a term out of office
History
Founded	1987 (current form) October 16, 1907 (as the Philippine Assembly)
Leadership
Speaker	Bojie Dy (PFP) ; since September 17, 2025
Senior Deputy Speaker	Ferdinand Hernandez (PFP) ; since November 19, 2025
Deputy Speakers	Janette Garin (Lakas); Yasser Balindong (Lakas); Paolo Ortega (Lakas); Jay Khonghun (Lakas); Kristine Singson-Meehan (NPC); Ronaldo Puno (NUP); Ferjenel Biron (Nacionalista); Raymond Mendoza (TUCP); since July 28, 2025; Yevgeny Emano (Nacionalista); since August 11, 2025; David Suarez (Lakas); since November 19, 2025;
Majority Leader	Sandro Marcos (PFP) ; since July 28, 2025
Minority Leader	Marcelino Libanan (4Ps) ; since July 25, 2022
Structure
Seats	318 representatives 254 congressional district representatives; 64 party-list representatives;
Political groups	Majority (286) Lakas (110); Party-lists (45); NUP (39); NPC (32); PFP (27); Nacionalista (18); Liberal (3); Aksyon (1); CDP (1); LDP (1); PDP (1); Local parties (3); Independent (5); Minority (28) Party-lists (18); Liberal (3); NUP (2); Lakas (1); Nacionalista (1); PFP (1); UNA (1); Independent (1); Independent (4) Party-list (1); Independent (3);
Committees	66 standing committees, 14 special committees and 4 ad hoc committees
Length of term	3 years
Authority	Article VI, Constitution of the Philippines
Elections
Voting system	Parallel voting: First-past-the-post voting in 80% of seats; Party-list proportional representation in 20% of seats;
First election	May 11, 1987 (current form)July 30, 1907 (as the Philippine Assembly)
Last election	May 12, 2025
Next election	May 8, 2028
Redistricting	Districts are redistricted by Congress after each census (has never been done since 1987); By statute (most frequent method)
Meeting place
	Batasang Pambansa Complex, Batasan Hills, Quezon City
Website
	congress.gov.ph
Rules
	Rules of the House of Representatives (English)

The House of Representatives (Filipino: Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan or Kamara) is the lower house of Congress, the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, with the Senate as the upper house. The lower house is commonly referred to as Congress, although the term collectively refers to both houses.

Members of the House are officially styled as representatives (mga kinatawan) and are sometimes informally called congressmen or congresswomen (mga kongresista). They are elected to a three-year term and can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms without an interruption of one term (e.g. serving one term in the Senate ad interim). Around 80% of congressmen are district representatives, representing specific geographical areas. The 20th Congress has 254 congressional district representatives. Party-list representatives (currently 64), who make up not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives, are elected through the party-list system.

Aside from needing its agreement to every bill before it is sent to the president for signature to become law, the House of Representatives has the power to impeach certain officials and all franchise and money bills must originate from the lower house.

The House of Representatives is headed by the House speaker (ispiker). The position is currently held by Bojie Dy. The speaker of the House is third in the Philippine presidential line of succession, after the vice president and the Senate president. The official headquarters of the House of Representatives is at the Batasang Pambansa (literally "national legislature") located in Batasan Hills, Quezon City. The building is often simply called Batasan, and the word has also become a metonym to refer to the House of Representatives.