Puerto Rico insurance bills
Every insurance bill in the Puerto Rico Legislature, what each would do, and where it stands. 51 states enacted insurance laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. Puerto Rico has bills in progress and none enacted yet.
- Bills in scope
- 6bills in scope
- Past committee
- 2past committee
- Most recent action
- 28 September 2026most recent action
Insurance in Puerto Rico, by topic
Licensing, solvency and market conduct
4 bills. Enacted in 47 states.
Workers' compensation, surety and specialty lines
1 bill. Enacted in 45 states.
Insurance bills in Puerto Rico
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
2Past committee
4Introduced or inactive
6 bills in scope
Past committee
2
What it would do: Creates Subclasses 3-M, 4-M, and 5-M for international insurers operating as multistate international insurers, requiring them to comply with specified Puerto Rico Insurance Code provisions and NAIC uniform financial solvency standards, with a one-year transition period.
Introduced or inactive
4
What it would do: Authorizes Puerto Rico's Insurance Commissioner to contract external accredited firms, consultants, actuaries, and specialists to review complex insurance matters, with reasonable costs paid by the applicant or regulated entity requesting the review, and requires the Commissioner to establish regulations on selection, accreditation, and conflict-of-interest safeguards.
What it would do: Establishes policy requiring Puerto Rico's Department of Health and ASES to design and submit applications to federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within 180 days to implement Home and Community-Based Services programs under Medicaid Sections 1915(c), 1915(i), 1915(k), and 1115, with standards for provider accreditation, quality control, fraud prevention, and municipal participation.
What it would do: Amends Puerto Rico's Insurance Code Chapter 44 to align with NAIC updates by requiring insurance holding companies to submit annual Group Capital Calculation reports and Liquidity Stress Test results, and establishes confidentiality protections for these regulatory filings.
What it would do: Creates insurance subclasses 3-M, 4-M, and 5-M for international insurers and reinsurers underwriting risks in other U.S. states or territories, requiring them to comply with NAIC financial solvency standards applicable to multistate insurers.
Bill titles link to the Puerto Rico Legislature's own page.
What counts as insurance legislation
In scope: Health coverage and plan regulation; auto; property and catastrophe; life and annuities; aI and data in underwriting; workers' compensation and specialty lines; and licensing, solvency and market conduct.
Questions
Does Puerto Rico have an insurance law?
None of the 6 insurance bills in the Puerto Rico Legislature has been enacted in the 2025 and 2026 sessions. 2 bills got past a committee.
Which insurance bills are moving in Puerto Rico?
2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along PS 856 (passed chamber) and PC 428 (passed chamber).
What does Puerto Rico legislate on most in insurance?
Licensing, solvency and market conduct (4 bills) and Workers' compensation, surety and specialty lines (1 bill).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Insurance bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
Other practice areas in Puerto Rico
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- Cannabis in Puerto Rico19
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- Employment in Puerto Rico1
- Healthcare in Puerto Rico27
- Packaging and PFAS in Puerto Rico2
- Payments and fintech in Puerto Rico5
- Rental housing in Puerto Rico2
- Tobacco and nicotine in Puerto Rico5
- Transportation in Puerto Rico2
- All jurisdictions
Insurance legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey539
- New York481
- Texas314
- Massachusetts246
- Connecticut230
- Louisiana214
- Maryland208
- Missouri197
- Hawaii190
- Rhode Island188
- Mississippi187
- Florida185
- West Virginia175
- Illinois174
- Virginia158
- Montana155
- Oklahoma152
- Pennsylvania152
- California146
- Michigan137
- Iowa127
- Georgia112
- Kentucky109
- Tennessee99
- Indiana93
- Arizona91
- South Carolina86
- North Carolina80
- Minnesota78
- Oregon74
- Ohio70
- Utah70
- Arkansas68
- Washington67
- Kansas66
- Maine66
- New Hampshire63
- Nebraska60
- New Mexico59
- Colorado56
- Nevada54
- Congress48
- Wisconsin48
- Idaho47
- Alaska38
- Alabama32
- Delaware30
- North Dakota29
- Vermont29
- South Dakota21
- District of Columbia8
- Wyoming4
Know when Puerto Rico's insurance law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.