To declare a State of Emergency in the Puerto Rico public education system, in order to prioritize student literacy in the planning and execution of teaching and learning processes over the standard expectations established by the Department of Education, until the learning gaps in reading and writing skills resulting from hurricanes, earthquakes, institutional austerity measures, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the overstimulation of children by electronic devices are addressed.


Date: May 20, 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) over 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;...

Date: May 31, 2022
To amend Article 1.3 of Act No. 54 of August 15, 1989, also known as the “Domestic Violence Prevention and Intervention Act”, to recognize economic violence as a form of domestic violence; to order the Office of the Women's Attorney, Department of Family; Department of Justice; Department of Education; Department of Housing; Department of Economic Development; Department of Health; Department of Health; Police Negotiate; and Statistics Institute to take affirmative action to ensure dissemination and compliance with public policy against this and all other manifestations of domestic violence; and for other relevant purposes.

Date: April 21, 2021
To establish the “Puerto Rico Minimum Wage Act”, for the purpose of allowing the state minimum wage in Puerto Rico to prevail over the federal minimum wage the higher it is; create the Minimum Wage Evaluation Board attached to the Department of Labor and Human Resources, provide for its powers and composition; provide protection for workers in local companies not covered by the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938; empower the Secretary of Labor and Human Resources to implement this Act; amend Article 1; repeal the Articles 2 and 3; amend the current Article 4 and re-list it as a new Article 2; repeal paragraph (d) of Article 5; re-list the current Articles 5, 6 and 7 as the new Articles 3, 4 and 5; amend the current Article 8 and re-list it as the new Article 6; re-list the current Articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 as the new Articles 7, 8, 9 and 10; amend the current Article 13 and re-list it as the new Article 11; and re-list the current Articles 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 like the new Articles 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 of Law 180-1998, according to amended, for the purpose of removing any minimum wage provision from that law; and for other related purposes.

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