House approves numerous resolutions, concurs with Senate amendments and names conferees for conference committees

The Puerto Rico House of Representatives on June 27 approved a large slate of resolutions directing legislative commissions to investigate or report on topics ranging from reservoir capacity to alleged illegal wildlife trafficking, and it formally concurred with multiple amendments the Senate had made to House bills. The chamber also declined to concur with certain Senate amendments to several measures and appointed representatives to committees of conference.

Among resolutions approved as presented or as amended on the floor were Resolución de la Cámara 132, 206, 209, 239, 240, 242, 244, 258, 267, 297, 299, 304, 326, 331 and 361. The measures ordered investigatory work by standing committees on subjects that included the structural condition and operating capacity of the Lucchetti reservoir; operations and licensing of equine agencies; illegal trafficking of species; psychiatric and psychological licensing rules; long-term-care facilities operating without permits; condominium administration affecting older residents; feasibility of a microchip research center; and juvenile adjudication timelines.

The House received and referred first partial reports for various pending inquiries, including the first partial reports of resolutions 5 and 6 (regional infrastructure and recovery projects), resolution 44 (youth employment and vocational training), and resolution 200 (infrastructure and road conditions in eastern municipalities).

On interchamber business, the House concurred with Senate-introduced amendments on several bills and joint measures, including Senate amendments noted on the record to Joint Resolution 56 and House bills numbered 371, 356 and 359 earlier in the session. Later in the afternoon the House also concurred with amendments to House bills 32, 38, 179 and 212 as announced from the Senate.

In multiple cases the House did not concur with Senate amendments. For bills where the chamber withheld concurrence it named representatives to committees of conference. For example, the House declined to concur with the Senate on House Bill 500 and appointed Representatives Carlos Méndez Núñez, Eddy Charboniel Chinea, Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez, Víctor Paredes Otero, Ricardo Rey Ocasio Ramos, Pedro J. Santiago Guzmán, Héctor Ferrer Santiago, Denis Márquez Lebrón and Lizzy J. Burgos Muñiz as conferees. The same group (with small membership variations recorded on the floor) were named as conferees for House Bill 505 and for the Senate-amended Joint Resolution 157. For House Bill 420 the chamber likewise named a committee of conference, including Representative Carlos Méndez Núñez and other members listed on the record.

The House concluded business and recessed until 11 a.m. Sunday, June 29, 2025, as recorded on the floor.

What the record shows: the session transcript logs approvals, concurrences, committee appointments and referrals; most of the recorded actions were entered by voice and the transcript does not include roll-call tallies for the bulk approvals. The House repeatedly asked whether there were objections to amended texts and, when none were voiced, recorded the measures as approved.