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Senate bill · PS 1098

Amend Articles 88 and 124 of the Penal Code to Include Grooming Stages

This bill amends the Penal Code to expand and clarify the 'grooming' crime, including its preparatory stages, and makes it non-statute-barred when the victim is a minor.

Para enmendar los Artículos 88 y 124 de la Ley 146-2012, según enmendada, conocida como “Código Penal de Puerto Rico”, a los fines de ampliar y clarificar el delito de “grooming” para incluir sus etapas preparatorias conforme a la doctrina de pasos sustanciales desarrollada en la jurisprudencia federal, disponer su imprescriptibilidad cuando la víctima sea menor de edad; y para otros fines relacionados.

Puerto Rico Legislature’s bill record, via Open States

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Where it stands

Open
252 days
Filed Feb 19
Last step
20 days ago
Oct 9
The bill's text with the report's amendments marked in, filed
Stage
In committee
Step 2 of 5
  1. IntroducedFeb 19
  2. In committeeFeb 23
  3. On the floorNot yet
  4. Passed a chamberNot yet
  5. Became lawNot yet
In committee
Rules and Calendar Committee (Comisión de Reglas y Calendario del Senado)
Sponsor
Carmelo Ríos Santiago
Filed in
The Senate

Read the original bill, in Spanish: PS 1098

Every step

On record, newest first.

  1. In Senate committee

    1. Sent to the Senate Rules and Calendar Committee

      Remitido a la Comisión de Reglas y Calendario del Senado

    2. First committee report filed, with amendments

      1er Informe Comisión rendido con enmiendas

    3. The bill's text with the report's amendments marked in, filed

      Entirillado del Informe

  2. In Senate committee

    1. First reading in the Senate

      Aparece en Primera Lectura del Senado

    2. Sent to committee

      Referido a Comisión(es)

  3. Introduced

    Filed

    Radicado

Bill data via Open States / Plural Policy (public domain). The English title and summary are AI-generated from the official Spanish text; each step is the legislature’s own wording in plain English, with the Spanish beneath it.