Parliament Accelerates Passage of Several Bills Before Eid Break: Domestic Worker Protection to Asset Seizure Laws

The House of Representatives is accelerating deliberation on several bills ahead of the joint leave for Eid al-Fitr 2026. Deputy Speaker of the House, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, revealed that five laws are currently being discussed simultaneously.

According to Dasco, the House will hold a plenary session on Thursday (12 March) to ratify several bills as parliamentary initiatives.

“We have just finished a meeting at the Legislative Agency, and shortly we will be holding a leadership meeting and a legislative body consultative meeting ahead of tomorrow’s plenary session,” Dasco said at the parliament complex on Wednesday (11 March).

Dasco outlined the five bills in question: the Law on Protection for Domestic Workers (PPRT), which will soon become a House initiative for discussion with the government; the Copyright Law, which will also become a House initiative; the Labour Law, which will form a joint team with worker unions; the Law on Asset Seizure, which will soon undergo harmonisation; and fifth, the Unified Data Law.

“The Legislative Agency will also conduct public participation for the drafting or subsequent harmonisation of the Asset Seizure Law and next will soon discuss the Unified Data Law,” Dasco said.

According to him, of the five bills, the Domestic Worker Protection Law and the Copyright Law will be priorities. Dasco is targeting both bills to be ratified this year.

“Yes, the first target is the Domestic Worker Protection Law, and then the Copyright Law,” Dasco said.