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.

Date: March 23, 2021

To amend articles 2, 3, 4 and 5, add new articles 5-A and 5-B, and amend articles 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 16 and 20 of Law 209-2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, in order to inventory and consolidate in its Organic Law, those other duties and functions, which were conferred on it by various additional laws; to make technical corrections, in consideration of the current rule of law; repeal Law 190-2007 and Law 33-2018; and for other related purposes.

Date: May 3, 2021

To order the Commissions on Social Welfare and Old Age Affairs; and on Education, Tourism and Culture to conduct an exhaustive investigation into compliance with Laws 136-1996, 80-2002, 181-2014, 78-2018, 173-2018, 174-2018, 174-2018 and 266-2018, by all public agencies of the Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. They should also investigate whether the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute, in accordance with its enabling law, Act 209-2003, collects and analyzes data related to the number of people in Puerto Rico who are trained in sign languages.