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The Puerto Rico House of Representatives voted to approve Senate Bill 3-40, as amended, on Aug. 28, 2025, requiring government agencies to publish their strategic plans, annual execution plans and reports of results on the government portal and authorizing the government's information-technology office to require agencies to submit those documents for publication.

The measure aims to centralize public access to key agency documents and make publication mandatory rather than discretionary.

Supporters said the bill enforces transparency by obligating agencies to publish plans and reports on their websites and through the government portal. Representative Méndez Núñez, speaking on the floor, said: “este proyecto lo que busca precisamente es el brindar a trav\u0000E9s del portal del gobierno el que todas las agencias de gobierno tengan una total transparencia de las cosas que ocurren en esa medida.” He described the office authorized by the bill (identified in the text as the government's IT office) as empowered to require agencies to deliver the documents for publication.

Opponents raised two main concerns during floor debate. Representative Ferrer Santiago argued the bill, as drafted, could allow agencies to hire external contractors to prepare strategic plans and would remove the current duty (as he described it) for agencies to submit reports to the legislative secretariats. Ferrer Santiago said: “lo que va a resultar en un gasto al erario p\u0000FAblico... y por otra parte tambi\u0000E9n le quita el deber de entregar los informes ante la secretar\u0000EDa de ambos cuerpos.” He and other members asked for additional safeguards so that legislators would continue to receive documents through the legislative secretariats.

The bill text obligates agencies to post plans, annual execution plans and results reports on their own websites and on the central government portal; it also lists additional categories to publish, including procurement-related documents, nonconfidential managerial transactions and the status of public works projects. The chamber's calendar reading referenced Law 236 of 2010 (the 2010 government accountability statute) as the statutory context the bill modifies.

Floor votes followed extended debate and a failed in-room amendment; the House approved the measure as amended by voice and later by final electronic tally with 32 votes in favor and 16 opposed. The text approved on the floor includes changes discussed during the session; the final engrossed title was approved without objection.

What the bill does (as discussed on the floor):
- Requires agencies to publish strategic plans, annual execution plans and reports of results on agency websites and the government portal.
- Authorizes the government's IT office to require agencies to submit those documents for publication and to establish the portal link for public access.
- Directs publication deadlines for the listed documents and includes procurement and public-works status among required disclosures.

What the debate focused on:
- Transparency proponents argued the measure makes existing reporting obligations enforceable and centralizes access for citizens.
- Critics warned the bill could permit outsourcing plan preparation to private contractors and could remove or weaken the practice of filing reports with the legislative secretariats; they sought explicit requirements that agencies continue to deliver documents to the House and Senate secretariats.

The bill was identified in the calendar as Senate Bill 3-40 and was described on the floor as an amendment to Law 236 of 2010. Final approval occurred at the end of the voting sequence on Aug. 28, 2025; the final recorded roll call showed 32 votes in favor and 16 against for Senate Bill 3-40.

The measure now proceeds under the legislative process consistent with enacted amendments; the transcript does not record a signed enrollment or a next procedural step beyond final passage in the House.

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Representative Ferrer Santiago presented House Bill 812 on Aug. 28, 2025, proposing a law to require that all public-school students demonstrate reading proficiency before promotion to fourth grade, with limited exceptions and a series of early assessments and individualized interventions.

Ferrer Santiago said the bill would make it public policy that students must \"dominar la lectura al terminar el tercer grado\" and would implement regular primary reading assessments from kindergarten through third grade to identify early learning gaps. He described the proposal's main provisions on the floor: regular reading tests, individualized reading intervention plans, support for teachers and families, and limited exceptions for students with individualized education plans, recent arrivals with less than two years of Spanish-instruction program participation, and students who pass an alternative standardized test approved by the Department of Education.

The representative cited national and U.S.-state comparisons and noted that jurisdictions that implemented early reading-intervention programs improved outcomes on a national measure. He asked colleagues from both majorities to co-sponsor and to bring the bill to the House education committee for consideration.

Floor remarks indicated the bill was newly introduced and intended for referral to the education committee; the transcript does not record a committee referral motion or a final vote on the measure during the Aug. 28 session.

Key bill features described on the floor:
- Policy goal: reading mastery by end of third grade as a condition for promotion to fourth grade (with specified exceptions).
- Assessment: periodic primary-reading tests from kindergarten through third grade to detect gaps early.
- Intervention: individualized reading plans and interventions, plus supports for teachers and families.
- Exceptions: students in special education with individualized plans, recent arrivals with less than two years in Spanish-instruction programs, and students who pass an alternative standardized assessment approved by the Department of Education.

Representative Ferrer Santiago asked that the committee of education consider the proposal; the transcript records an offer to share co-sponsorship sheets with interested colleagues.

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The Puerto Rico House of Representatives approved Resolution 3-17 on Aug. 28, 2025, directing the chamber's commission for the northern region to investigate interruptions in potable water service, identify causes and report findings to the House.

Representatives said intermittent service affects household hygiene, caregiving, agriculture and local businesses. In an initial floor turn, Representative Robles Rivera urged the House to authorize the Region North commission, chaired by Representative Jerry Nieves, to investigate causes and to detail identified infrastructure projects the Puerto Rico Aqueducts and Sewers Authority (Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados) has planned to address the problem. Robles Rivera said the resolution aims to \"investigate a fondo las causas de estas interrupciones y que adem\u0000E1s podamos conocer con claridad qu\u0000E9 proyectos de mejoras la autoridad de acueductos y alcantarillados tiene identificadas\".

Representative Alex Chino Roque Gracia described specific interruptions in Corozal and parts of Naranjito linked to reconstruction work at a local reservoir and reported communication gaps between the electric utility (LUMA) and the aqueduct authority. Roque Gracia said his office and local mayors have been unable to determine whether voltage issues originate in the utility or the aqueduct infrastructure and urged oversight if coordination problems prevent reliable service. He noted an ongoing reconstruction project on a dam (referred to in the transcript as \"la represa del barrio Negro\") with an investment cited as roughly $40 million.

The resolution directs the Region North commissions to exercise investigative powers including requests for documents, citations and ocular visits, and to submit interim and final reports to the House with findings, conclusions and recommendations. The resolution text sets a deadline for the final report to be submitted before the end of the seventh ordinary session of the legislative term specified in the resolution.

The floor record shows representatives framed the resolution as a fact-finding and oversight tool to address service reliability rather than an instrument of blame. The House approved the resolution as amended; the transcript records its passage during the calendar and later recognizes related initial floor remarks by the sponsors.

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The Puerto Rico House of Representatives completed a final electronic vote on Aug. 28, 2025, approving a multi-item calendar that included several House and Senate measures and a joint resolution. Most items on the final calendar passed with overwhelming support in the House; one measure drew a recorded minority opposition.

Summary of final votes (final electronic tallies reported in the session transcript):
- House Bill 575 (Proyecto de la C\u0000E1mara 5 75): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)
- House Bill 587 (Proyecto de la C\u0000E1mara 5 87) (concurrence with Senate amendments): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)
- House Bill 635 (Proyecto de la C\u0000E1mara 6 35): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)
- House Bill 767 (Proyecto de la C\u0000E1mara 7 6 7): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)
- Senate Bill 217 (Proyecto del Senado 2 17): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)
- Senate Bill 3-40 (Proyecto del Senado 3 40): 32 yes, 16 no (approved)
- Senate Bill 545 (Proyecto del Senado 5 45): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)
- Joint Resolution of the House 103 (Resoluci\u0000F3n conjunta de la c\u0000E1mara 103): 48 yes, 0 no (approved)

Most measures were approved without recorded individual objections on the floor; Senate Bill 3-40 produced a 32-16 recorded roll call.

What this means
- Several bills and resolutions on the special final calendar were approved by the House on Aug. 28, 2025. The transcript lists final tallies for each measure as shown above.
- The transcript does not provide full titles or subject matter for every numbered measure in the final tally. Where the floor gave only a bill number and a voice or electronic vote, the record here reflects the vote outcome as read into the record.

Action details (as recorded in the House transcript):
- The House opened an electronic vote and closed it after members present had voted; the presiding officer announced the tallies and declared the measures approved.

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