A bill filed by Congressman Rene Relampagos from Bohol in February 2014 sought, among other things, to declare Jose Rizal as the sole Filipino national hero. According to the bill, he was a nationalist and well known for his Philippine reforms advocacy during the Spanish colonial era. As of January 1, 2017, the status of the bill was "Pending with the Committee on REVISION OF LAWS since 2014-02-19". In honor of their heroic actions, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) issues commemorative coins.