Gomez, Richard I., DPA

Official roles

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• member of House of Representatives · source
• represents Leyte, 4th District · source
• represents Leyte (the province or city named in the official district) · source

Bills authored (110, most recent 40 shown)

• HB11562 AN ACТ STRENGTHENING THE PHILIPPINE COAST GUARD BY INTRODUCING POLICY AND ORGANIZATIONAL REFORMS · official record
• HB11442 AN ACT INSTITUTIONALIZING A NATIONAL CHILD RIGHTS AND RULE OF LAW EDUCATION PROGRAM, STRENGTHENING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GOOD MANNERS AND RIGHT CONDUCT AND VALUES EDUCATION UNDER REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11476, PROVIDING FOR THEIR HARMONIZED INTEGRATION IN EDUCATIONAL AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB11443 AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE BY REQUIRING DISTINCT, MEASURABLE, INCLUSIVE, AND OUTCOME-BASED LOCAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 7(E) OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE ACT OF 2019,” AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES · official record
• HB11380 AN ACT CREATING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS PANTHEON OF HONOR, PROVIDING FOR ITS PURPOSES, ORGANIZATION, POWERS, FUNCTIONS, AND ADMINISTRATION, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8757, ENTITLED “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS HALL OF FAME AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” · official record
• HB11296 AN ACT PROMOTING “SARILING KURYENTE” BY RECOGNIZING AND EMPOWERING HOUSEHOLDS, COMMUNITIES, FARMS, ENTERPRISES, ECONOMIC-ZONE LOCATORS, LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS, AND OTHER END-USERS TO GENERATE, STORE, AND USE ELECTRICITY FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES PRIMARILY FOR SELF-CONSUMPTION; ESTABLISHING SIMPLIFIED PERMITTING, INTERCONNECTION, NET-METERING, FINANCING, WORKFORCE-DEVELOPMENT, CONSUMER-PROTECTION, AND GRID-INTEGRATION MECHANISMS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES · official record
• HB10971 AN ACT FIXING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN TO FIVE (5) YEARS, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12232 OR “AN ACT SETTING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” · official record
• HB10858 AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES FROM JANUARY ONE TO DECEMBER THIRTY ONE, TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SEVEN · official record
• HB10896 AN ACT REORGANIZING THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION, TRANSFERRING ITS ATTACHMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM, AND AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6847, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS COMMISSION ACT”, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9593, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “TOURISM ACT OF 2009” · official record
• HB10924 AN ACT FIXING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN TO FIVE (5) YEARS, AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12232 OR “AN ACT SETTING THE TERM OF OFFICE OF THE BARANGAY OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS OF THE SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES” · official record
• HB10591 AN ACT POSTPONING THE NOVEMBER 2, 2026 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, SETTING THE SAME ON THE LAST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER 2028, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9164, AS AMENDED, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES · official record
• HB10574 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CHILD ONLINE SAFETY AND AGE-APPROPRIATE DIGITAL ACCESS FRAMEWORK, PRESCRIBING OBLIGATIONS FOR DIGITAL PLATFORM PROVIDERS, STRENGTHENING PRIVACY, PARENTAL SUPPORT, DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP, AND DUE PROCESS, PROVIDING PENALTIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES · official record
• HB10225 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT, PROMOTION, AND PROTECTION OF THE PHILIPPINE UBE INDUSTRY, DECLARING UBE AS A NATIONAL PRIORITY CROP, CREATING THE PHILIPPINE UBE INDUSTRY COUNCIL, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB09938 AN ACT AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344 ALSO KNOWN AS THE "JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE ACT OF 2006," AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10630, REDUCING THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY TO TEN (10) YEARS OLD AND IMPOSING OTHER PENALTIES · official record
• HB09642 AN ACT EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF ESPIONAGE LAW · official record
• HB09604 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE "EMERGENCY FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE" (EFSL), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11106 OR THE "FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE ACT", PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES · official record
• HB09465 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE DELIBERATE DISSEMINATION OF FALSE INFORMATION THAT POSES VERIFIABLE PUBLIC HARM OR SERIOUS THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY, ESTABLISHING DIGITAL PLATFORM ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY MECHANISMS, AND PROMOTING MEDIA AND DIGITAL LITERACY · official record
• HB09215 AN ACT POSTPONING THE NOVEMBER 2026 BARANGAY AND SANGGUNIANG KABATAAN ELECTIONS, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 12232, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES · official record
• HB09099 AN ACT STRENGTHENING THE ANTI-DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING ACT OF 2013, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10586, AND PROVIDING STIFFER PENALTIES THEREFOR · official record
• HB08879 AN ACT CONVERTING AND DECLARING CERTAIN ROADS NAMED HEREUNDER IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT, PROVINCE OF LEYTE INTO NATIONAL ROADS AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB08723 AN ACT UPGRADING THE DISTRICT OFFICE OF LAND TRANSPORTATION OFFICE IN THE CITY OF ORMOC, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, FROM A CLASS “D” TO A CLASS “A” DISTRICT OFFICE, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB08647 AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps), AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11310, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE "PANTAWID PAMILYANG PILIPINO PROGRAM (4Ps) ACT" · official record
• HB08499 AN ACT NAMING THE ROAD FROM BARANGAY WEST, JUNCTION OF HERMOSILLA DRIVE, THROUGH BARANGAY NORTH, RIZAL EXTENSION ROAD, UP TO BARANGAY DONGHOL, DONGHOL - LAKE IMELDA ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AS THE ORMOC - LAKE IMELDA NATIONAL TERTIARY ROAD, IN THE CITY OF ORMOC, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AS THE JUDGE BENJAMIN PONGOS, SR. AVENUE · official record
• HB08498 AN ACT NAMING THE DIVERSION ROAD COMMENCING AT THE ORMOC-BAYBAY-SOUTHERN LEYTE BOUNDARY ROAD IN BARANGAY BANTIGUE AND TRAVERSING BARANGAYS SUMANGGA, PATAG, DONGHOL, BILIBOY AND SAN PABLO UP TO THE DIVERSION JUNCTION AT THE PALO-CARIGARA-ORMOC ROAD IN THE CITY OF ORMOC, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AS THE MAYOR VICENTE G. TORRES, SR. AVENUE · official record
• HB08476 AN ACT EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE TERTIARY EDUCATION SUBSIDY, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10931, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO QUALITY TERTIARY EDUCATION ACT”, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB08464 AN ACT ABOLISHING THE TRAVEL TAX · official record
• HB08466 AN ACT INSTITUTING A NATIONAL LAND USE POLICY, PROVIDING THE IMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS, CREATING FOR THE PURPOSE THE NATIONAL LAND USE COMMISSION, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB08389 AN ACT PROHIBITING POLITICAL DYNASTIES IN NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTIVE OFFICES · official record
• HB08354 AN ACT ABOLISHING THE TRAVEL TAX · official record
• HB08238 AN ACT DECLARING AN ELECTIVE OFFICIAL IPSO FACTO RESIGNED FROM HIS OFFICE UPON FILING OF HIS CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY FOR A POSITION OTHER THAN THE ONE FOR WHICH HE HAS BEEN ELECTED OR IS HOLDING IN A PERMANENT CAPACITY · official record
• HB07629 AN ACT ALIGNING THE CHARTER OF THE PALOMPON POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY WITH REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8292, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “HIGHER EDUCATION MODERNIZATION ACT OF 1997”, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTIONS 6 AND 9 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10599, ENTITLED “AN ACT CONVERTING THE PALOMPON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PALOMPON, PROVINCE OF LEYTE INTO A STATE UNIVERSITY TO BE KNOWN AS THE PALOMPON POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, INTEGRATING THEREWITH THE MARCELINO R. VELOSO NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TABANGO, PROVINCE OF LEYTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR”, AS AMENDED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11309 · official record
• HB07601 AN ACT NAMING THE ROAD FROM BARANGAY WEST, JUNCTION OF HERMOSILLA DRIVE, THROUGH BARANGAY NORTH, RIZAL EXTENSION ROAD, UP TO BARANGAY DONGHOL, DONGHOL-LAKE IMELDA ROAD, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS AS THE ORMOC-LAKE IMELDA NATIONAL TERTIARY ROAD, IN THE CITY OF ORMOC, PROVINCE OF LEYTE, AS THE JUDGE BENJAMIN PONGOS AVENUE · official record
• HB07209 AN ACT PROMOTING THE FAIR TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS BY DEFINING DEFENSIVE DRIVING AND PROVIDING PROTECTION TO MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS WHO CAN PRESENT SUFFICIENT PROOF THEREOF · official record
• HB06789 AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AND THE WATER REGULATORY COMMISSION, DEFINING THEIR MANDATES, POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB06615 AN ACT REGULATING THE PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OCCUPANCY, MAINTENANCE, AND DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS, PROMOTING BUILDING RESILIENCE AGAINST EARTHQUAKE, FIRE, FLOOD, LANDSLIDE, STORM, VOLCANIC ERUPTION, AND MULTIPLE HAZARDS WITHIN AN ALL-HAZARDS APPROACH TO RESILIENCE BUILDING, ENACTING A NEW PHILIPPINE BUILDING ACT, REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6541, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO ORDAIN AND INSTITUTE A NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES”, AND PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1096, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “NATIONAL BUILDING CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES” · official record
• HB05468 AN ACT MANDATING ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS WITH SEAPORTS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN CANINE TEAMS FOR ANTI-DRUG ENFORCEMENT · official record
• HB05469 AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION SYSTEM IN ALL CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES · official record
• HB05258 AN ACT MANDATING THE ANNUAL CONDUCT OF NATIONAL VOLUNTARY REVIEW OF THE PHILIPPINES’ PERFORMANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, AND MANDATING THE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMY, PLANNING, AND DEVELOPMENT (DEPDEV) TO APPEAR ANNUALLY BEFORE CONGRESS TO REPORT THE RESULTS OF SAID REVIEW · official record
• HB05257 AN ACT CONVERTING THE CITY ROAD PASSING FROM BARANGAYS LUNA, DOLORES, MILAGRO AND TONGONAN LEADING TO LAKE DANAO IN THE CITY OF ORMOC, PROVINCE OF LEYTE INTO A NATIONAL ROAD AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB05122 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY TRAINING AND ASSESSMENT CENTER IN THE CITY OF ORMOC, PROVINCE OF LEYTE AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR · official record
• HB05123 AN ACT MANDATING THE USE OF LICENSED REFEREES AND JUDGES ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL SCREENING AND ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE (NSAC) DURING OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS OF THE PALARONG PAMBANSA, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10588 · official record