Date: December 3, 2019

To order the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute to carry out a formal census, with all the necessary research and scientific guidelines to help clarify the number of deaf people in the country, as well as their peculiarities and language used to communicate.

To add a new Article 20 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act, for the purpose of providing by law the Academies and Workshops Program of the Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico; establishing a certification system for continuing education as a requirement for occupying and remaining in a position or position, or offering external consulting or advice, with the responsibility of collaborating or collecting data or developing statistical products in the statistical units of the agencies governmental; correct a technical error in paragraph (i) of Article 5 of the said Act; renumber subsequent articles; and for other purposes.

Para establecer el reconocimiento oficial de la Lengua de Señas Puertorriqueña (LSP) como la lengua natural de la comunidad sorda en Puerto Rico, establecer como política pública la garantía a la inclusión, la diversidad y el respeto a los derechos lingüísticos de todas las personas, mandatar un censo dirigido a recopilar información estadística sobre la comunidad sorda en Puerto Rico, y para otros fines relacionados.