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House Bill No. 7627: An Act Instituting the National Artificial Intelligence Code of the Philippines, Creating the Bureau of Artificial Intelligence Systems under the Department of Information and Communications Technology, and Establishing a Comprehensive Framework for the Safe, Ethical, and Inclusive Governance of Artificial Intelligence Systems in the Country

Record PH-02 · House Bill No. 7627 (20th Congress, First Regular Session)

Issued by
House of Representatives of the Philippines, 20th Congress (introduced by Rep. Ma. Nina Francesca P. Lacson)
Jurisdiction
Philippines
Level · region
National · South & Southeast Asia
Published / adopted
2026-02-04
Language
English
Official identifier
House Bill No. 7627 (20th Congress, First Regular Session)

Summary

Bill to enact a National Artificial Intelligence Code and create a Bureau of Artificial Intelligence Systems (BAIS) under the DICT as national AI regulator, with a registry, permits and power to suspend unsafe systems. BAIS would classify high-risk AI by effect on rights, use in critical sectors, autonomy and scale, and subject it to pre-deployment review, registration and audits; deployers must disclose AI use. The bill prohibits undisclosed deception or manipulation, autonomous systems without human intervention and exploitation of vulnerable groups, sets sector rules, criminalises deepfake impersonation and creates an AI Safety Research Fund.

Safety topics

risk-based classificationprohibited practiceshuman oversighttransparency & labellingaccountability & liabilitydeepfakes & synthetic media

Status notes

Filed in the House on 4 February 2026 by Rep. Ma. Nina Francesca P. Lacson (Manila Teachers Party-list). The explanatory note calls the measure an 'Artificial Intelligence Regulation Act', while Section 1 gives the short title 'National Artificial Intelligence Code of the Philippines'. Fines reach PHP 5 million for deploying high-risk AI without registration, review or documentation (Sec. 30) and PHP 2 million for failing to disclose AI use (Sec. 31); unauthorised biometric surveillance, deepfake impersonation and deceptive political or financial manipulation carry six months to six years in prison (Sec. 32). Deployers must report unanticipated or emergent behaviour (Sec. 67); BAIS would keep a registry of systems that need kill-switches or human failover (Sec. 68) and a foresight unit on advanced AI, including artificial general intelligence (Sec. 70). The Act would take effect 15 days after publication (Sec. 84), with implementing rules within 90 days (Sec. 80) and the Code of AI Regulations within 180 days (Sec. 78).

Sources

Open the official source https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_20/HB07627.pdf

Local copy

Archived. Last attempt 2026-10-18 03:22:52 UTC

Official source (third-party copy, not published) archive/PH-02/2026-10-11/official.pdf
Retrieved 2026-10-11 19:39:42 UTC
SHA-256 6fd0c989c3edf0fb10986edb3f25ae501235607947662bb878a192843d6d49eb

Verification

A
The instrument's own official text, or an official register, was stored and confirms the title, date and status. checked 2026-10-18 · official-url-fetched
Recheck of 18 Oct 2026. Stored and read: the bill's PDF from the House of Representatives' legislative documents server (docs.congress.hrep.online, copy of 11 Oct 2026, unchanged when the archiver checked it on 18 Oct 2026; 32 pages), which carries the filing stamp of 4 February 2026 with the number 7627, the author, the explanatory note and Sections 1 to 84. The committee referral and any later stage are not in a stored file; version 1 took the referral to the Committee on Information and Communications Technology from the Foundation for Media Alternatives tracker. Version 1's notes on other House and Senate AI bills rested on press, a tracker and bill PDFs that were not stored, and were removed; they are listed as leads.
Second check: Independent check by Claude Code (claude-sonnet-5-5), 2026-10-18: 9 field(s) supported.

History

  1. 2026-10-18notes: Filed 4 February 2026 and referred to the House Committee on Information and Com → Filed in the House on 4 February 2026 by Rep. Ma. Nina Francesca P. Lacson (Mani — rewritten to the stored bill; the committee referral (FMA tracker) and the list of other House and Senate AI bills rest on no stored file and were removed (other bills listed as leads)2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  2. 2026-10-18safety_topics: ["risk-based classification", "prohibited practices", "human oversight", "transp → ["risk-based classification", "prohibited practices", "human oversight", "transp — 'child safety' replaced by 'deepfakes & synthetic media': labelling of synthetic content (Sec. 26) and the deepfake impersonation offence (Sec. 32(b)) are operative provisions, while minors appear only in the policy declaration (Sec. 2) and among vulnerable groups (Sec. 18(c)); six topics is the maximum2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
  3. 2026-10-18summary: One of the most comprehensive AI regulation bills pending in the Philippine Cong → Bill to enact a National Artificial Intelligence Code and create a Bureau of Art — rewritten from the stored bill: version 1's opening ('One of the most comprehensive AI regulation bills pending') is an evaluation resting on no stored file; registry, permits, suspension powers, deepfake offence and the AI Safety Research Fund added2026-10-18-recheck-south-asia-1 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

Related records

Philippines NPC AI advisory (2024-04) Philippines · Published (non-binding, current)

Citation

House of Representatives of the Philippines, 20th Congress (introduced by Rep. Ma. Nina Francesca P. Lacson). House Bill No. 7627: An Act Instituting the National Artificial Intelligence Code of the Philippines, Creating the Bureau of Artificial Intelligence Systems under the Department of Information and Communications Technology, and Establishing a Comprehensive Framework for the Safe, Ethical, and Inclusive Governance of Artificial Intelligence Systems in the Country [House Bill No. 7627 (20th Congress, First Regular Session)]. 2026-02-04. https://docs.congress.hrep.online/legisdocs/basic_20/HB07627.pdf. Status: Draft / proposed; verified 2026-10-18 (level A). Local copy archive/PH-02/2026-10-11/official.pdf retrieved 2026-10-11 19:39:42 UTC, SHA-256 6fd0c989c3edf0fb10986edb3f25ae501235607947662bb878a192843d6d49eb. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record PH-02.

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