To create the “Puerto Rico Financial Transparency Act” for the purpose of government agencies, public corporations and municipalities establishing a collaborative agreement with the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics to join its financial transparency platform.

Date: March 18, 2024

To amend Article 2; add Article 2A; amend Article 3; add an Article 3A; amend Article 4; add Articles 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E; amend Article 5; add Articles 5A, 5B and 5C; amend Articles 6, 7, 8 and 9; and add Articles 9A, 9B and 11A to Law 141-2019, as amended, known as the “Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Access to Public Information Act”; and repeal Act 141-2019, as amended, known as the “Transparency and Expedited Procedure for Access to Public Information Act”; and to repeal Act 141-2019 122-2019, known as the “Open Data Act of the Government of Puerto Rico”, in order to incorporate definitions into the referred to Law 141-2019; reduce exceptions for the denial of public information in the face of confidentiality claims that may be raised by governmental entities; establish that the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics will be the entity responsible for implementing the public policy for access to public information; creating the position and duties of the Coordinator of Access to Public Information of the Government of Puerto Rico; assigning new functions to Information Officers, and that one of these be the head of the entity's statistics unit governmental; shorten the terms for Information Officers to deliver public information requested by citizens; amend the review appeal; impose administrative sanctions; allocate funds; and for other purposes.

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.