Explanatory Memorial requested by the Joint Commission for the Continuous Review of the Puerto Rico Criminal Code for the public hearing entitled “Protecting Minors in Digital Environments: Identifying Legal Gaps in the Puerto Rico Criminal Code Regarding Grooming in Preparatory Stages, Cyberbullying as an Autonomous Crime and Sextortion of Minors

Date: June 5, 2013
To order the Commission on Social Welfare and for the Eradication of Poverty, of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the collection and methodology used by the agencies of the Executive Branch, in particular, the Department of Health and the Department of the Family, in relation to child abuse statistics in Puerto Rico; to examine the methods of updating and reliability of the statistics collected; to examine the development of reliable processes of child abuse complaints; identify resources and/or alternatives to establish and/or improve a uniform and coordinated system for collecting statistics on child abuse; and for other related purposes.

Date: October 5, 2021
To designate March 21 of each year as the “National Day for the Eradication of Racism and Affirmation of Afro-Descendancy”, as part of efforts to eliminate any manifestation of racial and/or ethnic discrimination from our society; to designate the week during the month of March in which the Day for the Abolition of Slavery is commemorated as the Week for the Eradication of Racism and Affirmation of Afro-Descent; to repeal Law 138-1996; and for other related purposes.
To create the “Registry of Elderly Living Alone and Bedridden Persons”, to provide about its implementation and operation; and for other related purposes.

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