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The First National Assembly of the Philippines (Filipino: Unang Asemblyang Pambansa ng Pilipinas) was the meeting of the legislature of the Commonwealth of the Philippines, from November 25, 1935 until August 15, 1938.

1 Sessions
2 Legislation
- 2.1 Major legislation
3 Leadership
4 Members
5 See also
6 External links
7 Further reading

Sessions

First Special Session: November 25, – December 21, 1935
First Regular Session: June 16 – October 9, 1936
- Second Special Session: August 28 – September 8, 1937
- Third Special Session: September 9, 1937
Second Regular Session: January 24 – May 19, 1938
- Fourth Special Session: May 23 – May 24, 1938
- Fifth Special Session: July 25 – August 15, 1938

Legislation

The First National Assembly passed a total of 415 laws: Commonwealth Act No. 1 to 415

Major legislation

Commonwealth Act No. 1 – The National Defense Act of 1935
Commonwealth Act No. 2 – Creation of the National Economic Council
Commonwealth Act No. 3 – Reorganization of the Supreme Court and the Creation of the Court of Appeals
Commonwealth Act No. 5 – Reorganization of the Executive Departments and the Creation of the Budget Commission
Commonwealth Act No. 7 – Creation of the National Loan and Investment Board
Commonwealth Act No. 20 – Agrarian Reform Act of 1936
Commonwealth Act No. 34 – Setting the Date of April 30, 1937 for the Plebiscite of the Constitutional Amendments pertaining to Women's Suffrage
Commonwealth Act No. 39 – Charter of the City of Zamboanga
Commonwealth Act No. 51 – Charter of the City of Davao
Commonwealth Act No. 58 – Charter of the City of Cebu
Commonwealth Act No. 85 – Amendment to the Provincial and Municipal Appropriations Act
Commonwealth Act No. 103 – Creation of the Court of Industrial Relations
Commonwealth Act No. 104 – Authorizing the Secretary of Labor to Promulgate and Enforce Regulations and the Establishment of Safety Standards for Laborers and Employees working in Quarries and Mines
Commonwealth Act No. 118 – The Philippine Livestock Promotion Fund Act of 1936
Commonwealth Act No. 120 – The National Power Corporation Act of 1936
Commonwealth Act No. 177 – Extension of the Civil Service Commission
Commonwealth Act No. 184 – Creation of the Institute of National Language
Commonwealth Act No. 186 – Creation of the Government Insurance Service System
Commonwealth Act No. 192 – Creation of the National Produce Exchange
Commonwealth Act No. 238 – Abolition of the Cedula or Poll Tax
Commonwealth Act No. 234 – Appropriations for Primary Education
Commonwealth Act No. 240 – Appropriations for New Elementary School Buildings
Commonwealth Act No. 242 – Compensation for Lost Cedula Revenues
Commonwealth Act No. 246 – General Appropriations Act of 1936
Commonwealth Act No. 328 – Charter of the City of Bacolod
Commonwealth Act No. 343 – Abolition of the State Force Police and the Re-Creation of the Philippine Constabulary
Commonwealth Act No. 381 – Creating A Level of Three Years of Immediate Education for Children and its Appropriations

Leadership

Speaker:

Gil M. Montilla (NP, 2nd District Negros Oriental)

Floor Leader:

Jose E. Romero (NP, 3rd District Negros Occidental)

Members

Province	District	Assemblyman
Abra	Lone	Agapito Garduque
Agusan	Lone	Apolonio D. Curato
Albay	1st	Jose Bonto
	2nd	Justino Nuyda
	3rd	Pedro Sabido
	4th	Pedro Vera
Antique	Lone	Calixto O. Zaldivar
Bataan	Lone	Teodoro Camacho
Batanes	Lone	Vicente Agan
Batangas	1st	Miguel Tolentino
	2nd	Eusebio Orense
	3rd	Maximo M. Kalaw
Bohol	1st	Juan Torralba
	2nd	Olegario B. Clarin
	3rd	Margarito E. Revilles
Bukidnon	Lone	Manuel Fortich
Bulacan	1st	Nicolas Buendia
Bulacan	2nd	Antonio Villarama
Cagayan	1st	Marcelo Adduru
Cagayan	2nd	Regino Veridiano
Camarines Norte	Lone	Froilan Pimentel
Camarines Sur	1st	Francisco Celebrado
Camarines Sur	2nd	Jose Fuentebella
Capiz	1st	Manuel A. Roxas
	2nd	Jose A. Dorado
	3rd	Rafael S. Tumbokon
Cavite	Lone	Justiniano S. Montano
Cebu	1st	Celestino Rodriguez
	2nd	Hilario Abellana
	3rd	Agustin Y. Kintanar
	4th	Vicente Rama
	5th	Miguel Cuenco
	6th	Nicolas Rafols
	7th	Buenaventura Rodriguez
Cotabato	Lone	Datu Balabaran Sinsuat
Davao	Lone	Romualdo Quimpo
Ilocos Norte	1st	Vicente T. Lazo
Ilocos Norte	2nd	Ulpiano H. Arzadon
Ilocos Sur	1st	Benito Soliven
Ilocos Sur	2nd	Sixto Brillantes
Iloilo	1st	Jose C. Zulueta
	2nd	Ruperto Montinola
	3rd	Tomas Confesor
	4th	Tomas Buenaflor
	5th	Victoriano M. Salcedo
Isabela	Lone	Mauro Verzosa
La Union	1st	Camilo Osias
La Union	2nd	Agaton H. Yaranon
Laguna	1st	Tomas Dizon
Laguna	2nd	Crisanto M. Guysayko
Lanao	Lone	Tomas Cabili
Leyte	1st	Jose Ma. Veloso
	2nd	Dominador M. Tan
	3rd	Tomas Oppus
	4th	Francisco D. Enage
	5th	Ruperto Kapunan
Manila	1st	Gregorio Perfecto
Manila	2nd	Pedro Gil
Marinduque	Lone	Jose A. Uy
Masbate	Lone	Pio V. Corpus
Mindoro	Lone	Juan L. Luna
Misamis Occidental	Lone	Jose A. Ozamis
Misamis Oriental	Lone	Leon Borromeo
Mountain Province	1st	Saturnino Moldero
	2nd	Felipe E. Jose
	3rd	George K. Tait
Negros Occidental	1st	Enrique B. Magalona
	2nd	Pedro C. Hernaez
	3rd	Gil Montilla
Negros Oriental	1st	Guillermo Z. Villanueva
Negros Oriental	2nd	Jose E. Romero
Nueva Ecija	1st	Manuel A. Alzate
Nueva Ecija	2nd	Felipe Buencamino, Jr.
Nueva Vizcaya	Lone	Bernardo L. Buenafe
Palawan	Lone	Claudio R. Sandoval
Pampanga	1st	Eligio Lagman
Pampanga	2nd	Jose P. Fausto
Pangasinan	1st	Anacleto B. Ramos
	2nd	Eugenio Perez
	3rd	Daniel Maramba
	4th	Nicomedes T. Rupisan
	5th	Narciso Ramos
Rizal	1st	Pedro Magsalin
Rizal	2nd	Emilio de la Paz
Romblon	Lone	Gabriel F. Fabella
Samar	1st	Tiburcio Tancinco
	2nd	Serafin Marabut
	3rd	Juan L. Bocar
Sorsogon	1st	Norberto Roque
Sorsogon	2nd	Tomas Clemente
Sulu	Lone	Ombra Amilbangsa
Surigao	Lone	Ricardo Navarro
Tarlac	1st	Jose Cojuangco
Tarlac	2nd	Benigno S. Aquino
Tayabas	1st	Jose A. Angara
Tayabas	2nd	Francisco Lavides
Zambales	Lone	Potenciano Lesaca
Zamboanga	Lone	Juan S. Alano

External links

"List of Senators". Senate of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 2006-09-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20060914045431/http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senlist.htm. Retrieved 2006-09-16.
"The LAWPHi'L Project - Philippine Laws and Jurispudance Databank". Arellano Law Foundation. http://www.lawphil.net. Retrieved 2006-09-16.

Legislative periods of the Philippines

List · Congress: Senate, House of Representatives

Revoultionary Period	Malolos Congress (1898–1899)

American Period	1st Philippine Commission (1898–1900) · 2nd Philippine Commission (1900–1901) · Philippine Commission (1901–1907) · 1st Philippine Legislature (1907–1909) · 2nd Philippine Legislature (1909–1912) · 3rd Philippine Legislature (1912–1916) · 4th Philippine Legislature (1916–1919) · 5th Philippine Legislature (1919–1922) · 6th Philippine Legislature (1922–1925) · 7th Philippine Legislature (1925–1928) · 8th Philippine Legislature (1928–1931) ·

Commonwealth	1st National Assembly (1935–1938) · 2nd National Assembly (1938–1941)

Second Philippine Republic	National Assembly (1943–1944)

Commonwealth	1st Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1945) · 2nd Congress of the Commonwealth of the Philippines (1946)

Third Philippine Republic	1st Congress (1946–1949) · 2nd Congress (1949–1953) · 3rd Congress (1954–1957) · 4th Congress (1958–1961) · 5th Congress (1962–1965) · 6th Congress (1966–1969) · 7th Congress (1970–1972)

Fourth Philippine Republic	Interim Batasang Pambansa (1978–1984) · Regular Batasang Pambansa (1984–1986)

Fifth Philippine Republic	8th Congress (1987–1992) · 9th Congress (1992–1995) · 10th Congress (1995–1998) · 11th Congress (1998–2001) · 12th Congress (2001–2004) · 13th Congress (2004–2007) · 14th Congress (2007–2010) · 15th Congress (2010–present)