P. of S. 359

Memorials
IEPR
17 December 2025

To adopt the “Law for the Prevention, Protection and Assistance to Victims and Intervention against Human Trafficking”, with the purpose of protecting and helping victims of human trafficking in Puerto Rico; establishing mechanisms for the prevention and prosecution of the crime of human trafficking; creating the Multisectorial Board for the Prevention and Remedies against the Crime of Human Trafficking in Puerto Rico composed of agencies of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branch, and non-governmental organizations, to study and monitor the problem of human trafficking in Puerto Rico and, among other things, to propose legislation, regulations and protocols to combat this evil; to enable collaborative agreements between agencies; and to establish terms for delivering reports so that established recommendations can be immediately addressed; to amend Article 7 of Law 183-1998, as amended, known as the “Law for Compensation for Victims of Crime”, in order to...

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P. of S. No. 573

Date: January 24, 2014

To amend Articles 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 11 and 58 of Law 246? 2011, known as the “Child Safety, Welfare and Protection Act”, with the purpose of adding “human trafficking” in any of its forms as one of the forms of child abuse contemplated as public policy in this law; adding “human trafficking” as one of the definitions of child sexual abuse; including “human trafficking” as part of the definition of mistreatment and institutional abuse; defining the conduct or concept of “human trafficking”; including prevention against human trafficking as an obligation of both the family such as the State; include human trafficking as one of the instances in which the Department of Justice and the Puerto Rico Police must carry out joint investigations when cases of abuse are referred to or presented; include cases of human trafficking in the Central Register of Protection Cases; include, within the responsibilities of the Department of the Family with regard to

R. of S. 95

Date: June 18, 2020

To order the Commissions on Social Welfare and Family Affairs; and for the Development of Community Initiatives of the Senate of Puerto Rico to carry out exhaustive research on programs of the Government of Puerto Rico such as “Back to Life” and the rehabilitation programs in the United States to which the Government of Puerto Rico sends those addicted to controlled substances, the coordination process with these programs, their effectiveness, the number of people who have been sent to the United States, the follow-up given to them and the reason for sending these people out of Puerto Rico, as well as identifying the funds used to finance transportation to other states.

P. of C. No. 1921

Date: June 5, 2014

To amend Section 1031.02 of Act 1? 2011, as amended, known as the “Internal Revenue Code for a New Puerto Rico” for the purpose of establishing an income tax exemption for young people aged sixteen (16) to twenty-six (26) on the first forty thousand dollars of gross income generated by services provided; to establish a total exemption from income tax, municipal patent and contribution on movable property to New Businesses established by young people aged sixteen (16) to twenty-six (26) for the first five hundred thousand dollars of gross income generated during the first three (3) years of operation; order the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico to create a business financing program for young entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs that allows the refinancing of study loans related to the capacity, specialty and skills required for the establishment or operation of the business...