Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions
Profile
- Head
- Md. Shahjahan
- Role
- Chairman
- Annual budget
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- Staff
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- Established
- 1974
- Legal basis
- Rules of Procedure of the Jatiya Sangsad (framed under Article 75(1)(a) of the Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, first enacted 22 July 1974); the committee's members are appointed by the Sangsad
Following its first meeting on 12 May 2026, the committee has recommended that the Parliament Secretariat's Legislative Drafting Unit provide active drafting assistance to MPs; as of 17 May 2026 no private member bill has been listed or scheduled for consideration in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad, consistent with Bangladesh's historical record of only nine private members' bills passing since independence.
Recent activity
- 2026-03-12 appointment The Committee on Private Members' Bills and Resolutions was constituted on the first sitting day of the 13th Jatiya Sangsad with M Shahjahan (BNP, Noakhali-4) as Chairman; one of five house-management committees formed simultaneously by voice vote on proposals moved by Chief Whip Nurul Islam Moni. ↗↗
- 2026-05-12 policy First meeting of the committee held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban under Chairman Md. Shahjahan; members were briefed on committee activities and discussed scope of work, private bills, and constitutional and procedural rules concerning private members' resolutions; committee recommended the Legislative Drafting Unit proactively assist MPs in drafting private member bills; members were urged to encourage lawmakers to introduce private bills on issues of public importance. ↗
Provenance & notes
Chairman Md. Shahjahan (also rendered 'M Shahjahan' in BSS reporting) is the BNP MP for Noakhali-4, elected 13 February 2026 with 219,182 votes. The committee was one of five formed on the first sitting day of the 13th Parliament (12 March 2026) alongside the Business Advisory Committee, the House Committee, the Standing Committee of Privileges, and the Special Committee on Ordinances. Bangla name cross-verified against the parliament.gov.bd URL for the 11th Parliament instance of this committee (url: parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/parliamentary-business/.../4144-committee-on-private-member-s-bills-and-resolutions-11th-parliament). The committee has existed across successive parliaments since at least the 10th (2014-2018) and 11th (2019-2024); established_year 1974 reflects when the Rules of Procedure were first enacted under the current Constitution. The head_since date of 2026-03-12 is the formation date of the committee; no separate date of chairman appointment has been reported. Only nine private members' bills have been passed in Bangladesh since independence (reported by Dhaka Tribune), of which eight were introduced by members of the ruling party or coalition and one by an opposition member -- making this committee historically low-activity. The activity_score of 2 reflects the first meeting held but no bills yet scheduled. No separate budget allocation exists; operating costs are subsumed within the Parliament Secretariat's budget.
Sources
- https://www.bssnews.net/others/386377
- https://www.bssnews.net/js-session/368255
- https://www.daily-sun.com/index.php/bangladesh/862937/five-parliamentary-committees-formed
- https://www.bssnews.net/national-parlament-election-2026/360585
- https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Parliamentary_Committees
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_committees_of_Bangladesh
- https://www.parliament.gov.bd/list-of-committees