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Puerto Rico House approves eight measures, including concurrence with Senate amendments
Summary
The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico on May 19, 2025 approved eight measures on final vote, including several bills adopted in concurrence with Senate amendments; vote tallies ranged from unanimous 49-0 outcomes to 46-3 votes.
The House of Representatives of Puerto Rico approved eight measures on final vote during its session on May 19, 2025, adopting several bills as amended and concurring with Senate amendments.
The measures approved included Proyecto de la Cámara 124; concurrence with Senate amendments for Proyecto de la Cámara 159, Proyecto de la Cámara 172 and Proyecto de la Cámara 211; Proyecto de la Cámara 369; Proyecto de la Cámara 445; Proyecto de la Cámara 446; and Resolución Conjunta de la Cámara 33. Final tallies reported on the record ranged from unanimous 49-0 votes to 46-3 votes.
Why it matters: The votes completed the session’s special-calendar business and enacted or advanced the listed measures into law or into their next authorized step (in the case of concurrence with Senate amendments). Several measures were taken up on the special calendar with textual amendments earlier in the session and were certified for final vote before the roll call.
On procedure: The presiding officer opened a final voting calendar that listed the eight measures by bill number. The House then conducted a 30-minute final vote period; the presiding officer announced the closure of votes and the clerk read final tallies into the record. Representative Michael Lebrón announced that his delegation would file explanatory votes for Proyecto de la Cámara 369 and Proyecto de la Cámara 446 prior to voting.
Votes at a glance (measure — outcome — final tally as read into the record): - Proyecto de la Cámara 124 — Approved — 49 yes, 0 no. - Proyecto de la Cámara 159 (concurrence with Senate amendments) — Approved — 49 yes, 0 no. - Proyecto de la Cámara 172 (concurrence with Senate amendments) — Approved — 46 yes, 3 no. - Proyecto de la Cámara 211 (concurrence with Senate amendments) — Approved — 49 yes, 0 no. - Proyecto de la Cámara 369 — Approved — 46 yes, 3 no. - Proyecto de la Cámara 445 — Approved — 46 yes, 3 no. - Proyecto de la Cámara 446 — Approved — 46 yes, 3 no. - Resolución Conjunta de la Cámara 33 (concurrence with Senate amendments) — Approved — 49 yes, 0 no.
Context and next steps: Several of the bills had been read earlier in the session with floor amendments or textual changes and were approved "as amended" before final passage. Where the record indicates "concurrence," the House voted to accept amendments previously adopted by the Senate. Representative Michael Lebrón signaled that his delegation would enter explanatory or dissenting statements for two measures; the record did not list individual roll-call votes by member names, only the final tallies. The presiding officer declared all measures approved and moved the House to a short recess after announcing the results.
The session opened and closed routine business and ceremonial motions in addition to the special-calendar votes; the final vote period began at about 1:42 p.m. and the clerk announced the vote results at about 2:06 p.m., as recorded in the legislative transcript.
