Administrative Committee Leads with 2,861 Bills Introduced, Most Among 20 Standing Committees

The National Assembly Committee on Public Administration and Security recorded 2,861 bills introduced as of November 9, 2026, an overwhelming first place among the 20 standing committees.

The gap with the Legislation and Judiciary Committee in second place (2,004 bills) reaches 857 bills. It is followed by the Health and Welfare Committee in third (1,937), the Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee in fourth (1,906), and the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee in fifth (1,808). Next come the National Policy Committee with 1,665, the Strategy and Finance Committee with 1,634, and the Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee with 1,412. In the lower tier are the Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups Committee with 1,080, the Education Committee with 972, the Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications Committee with 900, and the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee with 802.

Why the Public Administration Committee Leads in Bill Introductions

The committee's unrivaled bill output stems from the breadth of its jurisdiction. Most systems touching citizens' daily lives—from local autonomy and local finance, civil service personnel affairs, disaster safety, and election management to firefighting and the establishment of administrative bodies at every level—pass through this committee. Given the sheer number of laws it handles, the need for revision arises just as frequently.

The gap is even starker in numbers. The committee's 2,861 bills amount to 3.6 times the 802 of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee, which ranks last. It is more than double the 1,412 of the Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, roughly the median. While the number of bills introduced does not equal legislative quality, it is significant as an indicator of where legislative demand is concentrated.

What the Top-Tier Rankings Reveal

Four of the top five committees handle jurisdiction closely tied to everyday life. The Health and Welfare Committee constantly revises medical, pension, and welfare systems, while the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee repeatedly adjusts real estate, housing, and transportation regulations. The Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee recorded 1,906 bills, shouldering the era-defining tasks of energy transition and labor policy.

The Legislation and Judiciary Committee's second place is a different story. The committee deals with the framework of the legal system as a whole, and often takes over bills whose jurisdiction is unclear to other standing committees or matters of legal system housekeeping, so its bill volume is structurally bound to be large.

By contrast, industry, education, science and technology, and culture fields tend to operate around framework laws or simply have fewer relevant statutes, keeping introductions below 1,000. This reflects structural differences in legal systems rather than lower legislative demand in those fields.

A Sobering Arithmetic: Introduction Is Only the Beginning

That said, bills introduced do not equal bills passed. The proportion of introduced bills that actually clear the plenary session has consistently fallen far short of half across past sessions, as thousands of bills have repeatedly been automatically scrapped.

Confucius warned that learning without thought leads one astray. Legislation is no different. Piling up bills changes nothing on its own; whether the accumulated 2,861 translate into real institutional change will be decided by the stages of thought—review and deliberation.

As long as discussions continue on decentralization, disaster safety, and administrative digitalization, the committee's lead in bill introductions is likely to persist for the time being. Given that climate and labor policy sit at the center of the national agenda, the Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee's ranking is also expected to face upward pressure.

Ultimately, the point to watch is not the number of bills but the passage rate. The more bills pile up in a committee, the greater the risk of review delays and mounting backlogs—meaning the Legislation and Judiciary Committee's processing capacity will likely determine the overall productivity of legislation going forward.