P. of C. 71

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IEPR
04 March 2026

Date: February 25, 2021

To add a paragraph (1) of Article 8 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, to provide that the Board of Directors shall have as part of its duties and powers the authority to adopt the ethical standards applicable to any person who works in the statistical units of government agencies.

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P. of C. 71

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To establish the “Law for the Prevention and Management of Cyberbullying”; amend Articles 175 and 208 of Act No. 146? 2012, as amended; amend Article 4 of Act No. 284? 1999, as amended; amend Article 2 of Act No. 121 of July 12, 1986; amend paragraph (q) of Article 1.3 of Act No. 54 of August 15, 1989, as amended; add subparagraphs (39) and (40) to Rule 308 of the 2009 Rules of Evidence; and amend Article 3 of Act No. 256? 2012, in order to prevent, intervene and eradicate this manifestation of violence.

R. C. of C. 120

Date: December 13, 2021

To order the Department of the Family, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute and the Puerto Rico Police Bureau to provide all available statistics on the incidence of child abuse and exploitation in Puerto Rico from March 1, 2020, the month in which the closure and curfew began due to COVID-19, until March 31, 2021; provide the plan of action to address and combat child abuse and exploitation; and for other related purposes.

P. of S. 236

To create the “Open Data Act of the Government of Puerto Rico” for the purpose of establishing as a principle of public policy free access to data that is originated, kept or received by government agencies and that can be used and reused freely; create the position of the Chief Data Officer and establish their powers and duties; transfer and clarify the responsibilities and duties of the Office of Management and Budget; establish the obligation of government bodies to publish their data public in a machine-readable format (“machine-readable”), through the Puerto Rico Open Data Interconnection Portal; establish the obligation of government agencies to update their official statistical indicators and to publish them through the Puerto Rico Indicator System, in accordance with the rules established by the Chief Data Officer; provide the Institute with the power to regulate the formats in which any government agency will store information and deliver data; provide that the Institute of Statistics will be the only governmental entity with the power to prepare any regulations related to the publication and updating of official statistics and indexes; and to repeal Act No. 69-2005.