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House receives multiple gubernatorial nominations; approves minutes, block motions and several procedural referrals
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Summary
On April 3 the House of Representatives received and referred multiple nominations submitted by Governor Jennifer Gonzlez Coln, approved previous minutes and a block of congratulatory motions, excused a member's absence and reassigned at least one bill to a different committee.
The Puerto Rico House of Representatives on April 3 received several communications from Governor Jennifer González Colón submitting nominees for the House's advice and consent and acted on a series of procedural items and motions.
Portavoz Torres Zamora read communications from the governor that included the nomination of former Superior Court judge Leila Rolón Enrique as a full member of the panel for the special independent prosecutor and the nominations of Jorge Rafael Rivera Rueda and Cindy Aenith Irizarri Casiano to leadership positions at the State Elections Commission (Comisin Estatal de Elecciones). The floor record shows the communications were received and referred to the House's Government Committee.
The Torres Zamora statement identified the legal basis cited by the governor for the elections commission nominations as Article 3.7 of the Puerto Rico Electoral Code of 2020.
During the session, the House approved the minutes of the March 31 floor meeting and a previously circulated special-session record for March 31 after no objections were raised. The body also approved a block of congratulatory motions (items circulated as motions numbered roughly 593 to 614) by unanimous consent.
Other procedural actions recorded on the floor included: excusing Representative Fulker Cordero for being out of Puerto Rico April 2to April 4; relieving the Commission on Banking, Insurance and Commerce of study of House Bill 418 and moving that bill to the Health Commission for first consideration; and requests to withdraw the report on House Resolution 101 and return it to the Internal Affairs Commission (the body agreed to at least some of those requests). A joint commission on public-private partnerships requested to meet in executive session during the afternoon while the House remained in session; the floor authorized the joint commission to continue its executive meeting.
No roll-call vote totals were recorded on the floor for the items approved by unanimous consent; approvals were entered on the record after the president or the floor asked whether there were objections and none were stated.
The House also read the calendar of special orders for the day, which included a list of bills and resolutions slated for consideration (items listed by project numbers on the floor record). The reading of the calendar did not itself constitute adoption of the listed measures; the items were entered for the record and subject to committee referral or later floor action.
