To amend Articles 8 and 10 of Law No. 85-2017, as amended, known as the “Law Against Harassment and Intimidation or 'Bullying' of the Government of Puerto Rico” or “Alexander Santiago Martínez Act”; to amend paragraph (i) of Article 9.07 of Law No. 85-2018, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Education Reform Act”; add a new paragraph (d); and renumber the current paragraphs (d) to (u) as paragraphs (e) to (v) of Article 5 of Act No. 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, so that the data obtained and submitted in the annual report on the notification of cases of harassment, including “bullying” and cyberbullying, in public and private schools, higher education institutions and universities, are sent simultaneously by the Secretaries of Education and State to the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics, for statistical interpretation by subject, so that public policies for the prevention and prohibition of harassment can be uniformly implemented; then submit to Secretariats of the House of Representatives and Senate of Puerto Rico; make grammatical and stylistic corrections; and adapt to current legislation.

To order the Integrated Development Commission of the Western Region of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives to carry out a comprehensive study on street food trucks in Western Puerto Rico, which must include an analysis of the state and municipal regulations that currently apply to this type of business and the feasibility of standardizing the matter in a single statute.

Date: June 28, 2021

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

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