House approves seven measures; proposed 30‑day digitization amendment to Senate Project 413 defeated

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The House of Representatives approved seven measures on final passage Thursday morning, April 10, 2025, voting to advance a mix of tax, public‑safety and administrative bills and a joint resolution after a roughly one‑hour session that recessed at 12:07 p.m.

Among the measures approved was Senate Project 413, a bill described in the chamber as intended to establish a unified digital file (expediente digital único) for people with functional diversity and to order Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Services to create, implement and maintain the centralized record containing information on services provided by the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Administration of Vocational Rehabilitation. During debate, Representative Pérez Santiago proposed an amendment to add a requirement that agencies digitize every document and update the unified digital file “within a term not greater than 30 days” of creating the physical document. The amendment was defeated and the underlying bill was then approved on final vote.

Why it matters: senators’ and representatives’ passage of a centralized digital record could change how multiple agencies share and maintain service records for people with disabilities, a cross‑agency effort the bill assigns to Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Services. Lawmakers debated but rejected a proposal…