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;...

To amend Article 17 of Act No. 209 of August 28, 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, to provide that the civil actions contemplated in this Act may be brought into force in the event of non-compliance by government bodies with obligations related to statistical activities, the preparation of the statistical product or publication of statistical reports, as required in their organic laws, regulations or special laws; incorporate a correction technique in paragraph (1) of that Article; and for other purposes.

Date: June 8, 2021

To order the Social Welfare and Aging Affairs; and Life and Family Committees of the Puerto Rico Senate to conduct an investigation into child abuse in Puerto Rico, including, but not limited to: handling complaints of child abuse and the services provided to victims by the Department of the Family, the Department of Health, the Department of Education, the Puerto Rico Police and the Department of Justice; the methodology and collection of child abuse statistics in Puerto Rico used by government agencies such as: the Department of the Family, the Puerto Rico Police, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics; examine the processes for updating and reliability of statistics and government efforts for the prevention of child abuse.