Date: March 1, 2023

To order the Commissions on Human Rights and Labor Affairs; and on Municipal Affairs and Housing of the Senate of Puerto Rico to conduct an investigation from a human rights perspective on the housing conditions of the population of Puerto Rico, including, but not limited to, families living in informal or illegal housing; the risks they face in terms of physical security in their home and possible loss of their home; how other human rights such as access to water and health are affected as a result of the above; the legal, financial and programmatic alternatives available for families to obtain their own homes; and any other mechanism that seeks to guarantee the human right to decent and safe housing for all people living in the archipelago of Puerto Rico.

Date: June 4, 2009

To create a permanent commission called the Commission for Municipal Quality of Life Indices, attached to the Legislative Assembly, which will be responsible for establishing, measuring, calibrating and publishing every two years a quality of life index for each municipality in Puerto Rico.

To establish the new “Puerto Rico Minimum Wage, Vacation and Sick Leave Act”, in order to allow the state minimum wage in Puerto Rico to prevail over the federal minimum wage the higher it is; create the Minimum Wage Evaluation Board attached to the Department of Labor and Human Resources, to establish its powers and composition; to provide protection for workers in local companies not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; to establish everything related to vacation and sick leave ; empower the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to implement this Act; repeal Act 180-1998, as amended; and for other related purposes.