Puerto RicoPS 077320th Legislative Assembly (2025-2028)Senate

Para enmendar los Artículos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61 y 64 de la Ley Núm. 219-2012, según enmendada, conocida como "Ley de Fideicomisos de Puerto Rico", a fin de mejorar la redacción de sus disposiciones, especificar varias operaciones fideicomisarias, facultar al Director de Inspecci6n de Notarias a expedir certificaciones de las constancias del Registro de Fideicomisos, incorporar el fideicomiso revocable, establecer como norma general la responsabilidad mancomunada de los fiduciarios, actualizar las referencias conforme al Código Civil de 2020, y para otros fines relacionados.

Sponsored By: Ángel Toledo López (PNP)

Signed by Governor

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Creditors can reach revocable trust assets

Putting property in a trust does not shield it from your creditors while you can revoke or withdraw it. Creditors can reach that property to the same extent as if the trust did not exist.

Trust creators keep control; beneficiaries wait

Puerto Rico trusts are revocable unless their written terms expressly or clearly make them irrevocable. The person creating the trust can change or end it, or withdraw property, unless its terms say otherwise. While that person keeps the power to revoke or amend, the trustee owes duties only to that person. Beneficiaries generally cannot enforce their interests against the trustee until the trust becomes irrevocable, unless its terms expressly allow otherwise.

Trust creators can add or replace property

After a Puerto Rico trust is created, its creator or a person they designate can add or replace property. The trustee must accept it, and the change cannot harm the trust’s purpose. The transfer must meet the property’s legal requirements for documents and public notice or registration. Property promised for later contribution belongs to the trust only after it is transferred.

Trust time limits include disability exceptions

An irrevocable Puerto Rico trust generally lasts no more than 75 years from its creation. A trust for a legally incapacitated beneficiary can last 90 years or that person’s lifetime, whichever is longer. Public-purpose trusts can last indefinitely. A revocable trust’s term runs until its creator dies or a court declares incapacity over person and property, unless shorter. At the creator’s death, the trust becomes irrevocable and is subject to the duration limits.

Trust filings face deadlines; certificates available

Notaries must report trusts signed in Puerto Rico to the Office of Notarial Inspection by the next month’s 10th day. Amendments or revocations of revocable trusts must be reported and registered within 10 days after signing. These changes affect third parties only after registration. Interested people or their legal representatives can request official registry certificates, including certificates showing no record exists. The Director sets fees and issuance and payment procedures; existing legal fee exemptions remain, and the law sets no fee amount.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Ángel Toledo López

    PNP • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Brenda Pérez Soto

    PNP • Senate

  • Héctor Gabriel González López

    PNP • Senate

  • Héctor Joaquín Sánchez Álvarez

    PNP • Senate

  • Jamie Barlucea Rodríguez

    PNP • Senate

  • Jeison Rosa Ramos

    PNP • Senate

  • Luis Daniel Colón La Santa

    PNP • Senate

  • Rafael Santos Ortiz

    PNP • Senate

  • Wilmer Reyes Berríos

    PNP • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 73 • No: 0

House vote • 6/16/2026

Aprobado por Cámara en Votación Final

Yes: 45 • No: 0

Senate vote • 1/14/2026

Aprobado por el Senado en Votación Final

Yes: 28 • No: 0

Bill Text

  • Se dispone que sea enrolado

    6/19/2026

  • Texto de Aprobación Final enviado a la Cámara

    1/14/2026

  • Radicado

    10/10/2025

  • Radicado (Senado mirror)

    10/10/2025

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