Administrative Affairs Committee Leads All Standing Committees with 2,797 Bills Introduced
The Public Administration and Security Committee has been found to have introduced the most bills among all standing committees, with 2,797.
According to statistics on bills introduced by National Assembly committee as of October 9, 2026, the committee's 2,797 bills put it 876 ahead of second-ranked Legislation and Judiciary Committee (1,921). The pattern running through the entire rankings is clear: the closer a standing committee's remit is to everyday life, the more bills it introduces.
What the Top-Tier Landscape Tells Us
The Health and Welfare Committee ranks third with 1,881 bills, while the Climate, Energy, Environment and Labor Committee comes fourth with 1,859 — a gap of just 22 bills between them. Including the Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee in fifth (1,761), the top five committees all cover livelihood areas: administration, justice, welfare, labor, and housing. Combined, these five account for 12,221 bills — more than 66% of the roughly 18,378 introduced across all 12 standing committees. The numbers confirm a structure in which bill introductions are concentrated in specific policy areas.
The commanding lead of the top-ranked committee also stands out. The Public Administration and Security Committee's remit — local administration, civil servants, disaster and safety, and electoral systems — spans the entire legal framework, so the demand for revisions is inherently large. With diverse local governments and stakeholders involved, lawmakers frequently propose legislation in these areas, which is interpreted as structurally expanding the bill count.
The Gap Revealed by Comparison with the Lower Ranks
The lower ranks present a stark contrast: Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups (1,031), Education (958), Science, ICT, Broadcasting and Communications (881), and Culture, Sports and Tourism (780). The difference between the top-ranked committee and the bottom-ranked Culture, Sports and Tourism Committee is 2,017 bills, meaning the former introduced 3.6 times as many.
This gap translates directly into differences in legislative activity across fields. In education and science and technology, the relatively few lawmaker-sponsored bills are not due to a lack of policy demand, but to the fact that a larger share of governance is handled through lower-level regulations such as enforcement decrees and notices rather than statutory revisions. By contrast, in livelihood-oriented committees, calls for institutional change through statutory amendments appear directly in the bill counts.
The Meaning and Limits of Bill Counts
Of course, the number of bills introduced does not equal legislative achievement. It must be noted that only a far smaller portion of introduced bills actually pass the plenary session. Still, bill-count statistics serve as a thermometer showing where the National Assembly's and the political world's energy is being channeled. And that thermometer is pointing hot toward livelihood and administrative affairs.
Going forward, the key question will be whether the review pace and passage rate of bills under the committee's jurisdiction can keep up with the sheer number introduced. The more bills pile up without moving past introduction, the louder criticism of legislative delays will grow. For the figure of 2,797 to carry real meaning, it must be backed by follow-through in review and deliberation.
