The Senate passed a resolution ordering the Commission on Human Rights and Labor Affairs to investigate what measures and / or protocols have been implemented in the Puerto Rico Police Negotiation, the Department of Justice, and the Office of the Administration of Puerto Rico. Courts, to ensure that crimes motivated by the gender identity or sexual orientation of crime victims are classified and dealt with in accordance with these circumstances, as well as any other initiative that guarantees dignified treatment of victims and promotes greater institutional awareness.
This is the Resolution of the Senate 78, the authorship of the senators, God of Lourdes Santiago, Rafael Bernabe, Ana Irma Rivera Lassen, Ada García Montes and Rubén Soto Rivera.
“This measure translates into hate crimes. It will be possible to know what can be done and what is not being done. The entire justice component would benefit from this investigation to work on the issue of hate crimes,” he said. indicated Rivera Lassen.
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Among the measures approved during Monday’s session are Senate Bill 59, to declare September of each year as “Alzheimer’s Awareness Month” and September 21 of each year as the “Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Day”, with the aim of educating and raising public awareness about this disease; the Substitute for Senate Bill 5, per add an Article 7, 1 Article 8 and amend Article 3 of Law 113-2012, known as the “Law of the Program of Verification Guidelines for Veterans-Small Business Owners”, in order to promote development business among veterans residing in Puerto Rico; the Senate Resolution 74, to order the Committee on Economic Development, Essential Services and Consumer Affairs to conduct an investigation into the proceedings carried out by the Puerto Rico Land Administration with respect to the reconstruction and redevelopment of the ‘Hotel Banys de Coamo; and Senate Resolution 92, to conduct a thorough investigation into the working conditions of public servants of the Family Socioeconomic Development Administration.