Artificial Intelligence · Puerto Rico
Artificial Intelligence - Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico has no enacted comprehensive AI statute as of May 2026; instead its Legislative Assembly introduced roughly a dozen AI bills in 2025 aimed mainly at governing AI use within government. The flagship measure, Senate Bill 68, was approved by the Senate but stalled in the House, two related measures were vetoed by Governor Jenniffer González, and only a narrow education-focused joint resolution was enacted. The overall position is therefore one of active proposed legislation rather than a binding framework.
Senate Bill 68 would create the 'Government of Puerto Rico Artificial Intelligence Act,' establishing a government AI Officer within PRITS and an AI Advisory Council to set uniform procedures and safeguards (anti-discrimination, transparency) for agencies' automated decision-making systems. It was approved by the Senate in 2025 but not enacted because the House did not pass it.
The 2025 legislative session saw about fourteen AI-related measures covering government use, a registry of businesses using AI, data protection, workforce training, and economic development — reflecting broad legislative interest but no consolidated enacted law.
On November 12, 2025, the Senate approved Senate Bill 769, presented by Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz, proposing creation of the 'Institute for Development and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence of Puerto Rico' to consolidate research, education and entrepreneurship under principles of ethics, transparency and risk evaluation. It remains a proposal pending full enactment.
Governor Jenniffer González vetoed measures that would have created an agency to regulate AI in government with power to impose penalties (PC 347) and one promoting AI use in sports and training (PS 705), narrowing what survived the 2025 process.
The principal fully approved AI measure is a joint resolution (reported as Joint Resolution 11-2026) directing government offices to develop educational programs teaching AI in vocational schools — an education mandate, not a regulatory framework.
As an unincorporated U.S. territory, Puerto Rico falls under U.S. federal AI policy, where there is likewise no comprehensive federal AI statute and where a 2025 federal executive order has sought to limit divergent sub-national AI regulation.
Machine-assisted translation · verified 5/24/2026 · orientation, not legal advice. English version →