Senate bill · PS 1191

Private Sector Adoption Paternity Leave Law

This law recognizes private sector employees' right to paid adoption paternity leave and protects their job.

Para la “Ley de Licencia de Paternidad por Adopción para Empleados del Sector Privado” con el propósito de reconocer el derecho de los padres adoptantes que laboren en el sector privado en Puerto Rico a disfrutar de una licencia de paternidad por adopción con paga; establecer la correspondiente protección en el empleo; disponer para su aplicación; y para otros fines relacionados.

Puerto Rico Legislature’s bill record, via Open States

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Where it stands

Open
203 days
Filed Apr 9
Last step
21 days ago
Oct 8
Returned to committee
Stage
In committee
Step 2 of 5
  1. IntroducedApr 9
  2. In committeeApr 13
  3. On the floorNot yet
  4. Passed a chamberNot yet
  5. Became lawNot yet
Sponsors
Wanda Soto Tolentino, Joanne Rodríguez Veve, Thomas Rivera Schatz and 2 more on the original bill
Filed in
The Senate

Read the original bill, in Spanish: PS 1191

Every step

On record, newest first.

  1. In committee

    1. First committee report withdrawn

      Se retira 1er Informe

    2. Returned to committee

      Devuelto a la Comisión(es)

  2. 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, without amendments

      1er Informe Comisión rendido sin enmiendas

  3. In Senate committee

    1. First reading in the Senate

      Aparece en Primera Lectura del Senado

    2. Sent to committee

      Referido a Comisión(es)

  4. 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.