In short
Act 50 of 2026 adds Article 4-A to Act 118 of 1974, which creates the Parole Board (JLBP), to set a deadline for reconsidering a denial. The JLBP must issue and notify its initial determination within sixty calendar days of the consideration hearing. From that notice — or from when those sixty days expire if none was given — the Board has up to one year to address the reconsideration request. If the decision is challenged through judicial review, the one-year period restarts when the last forum's determination becomes final. The Board may reconsider sooner than a year if there are meritorious and extraordinary reasons.
What is it?
It is the legal deadline the Parole Board has to address a reconsideration request from someone whose parole privilege was denied. Before this law, there was no fixed term for that specific reconsideration, only for the initial determination.
Who can do it?
Every member of the correctional population who was denied the parole privilege through a determination of the Parole Board.
Requirements
- That the Parole Board has denied the parole privilege to the correctional-population member.Verified against the official source
Documents you need
Information pending verification.
Cost
Step by step
Step 1: Confirm the consideration hearing date and the notice date
The sixty-day period for the initial determination runs from the consideration hearing date. If the Board never gave notice within those sixty days, the one-year clock for reconsideration starts running from when that period expired, even without formal notice.
Step 2: Count the year from the denial notice
The Board "must address the reconsideration request once a term of one (1) year has elapsed, counted from the date of notice of the final determination by Resolution."
Step 3: If there is judicial review, the clock resets once final
"When the Agency's decision is reconsidered or challenged through judicial review, the term will begin to run from when the last forum's determination becomes final and unappealable."
Step 4: Request an earlier reconsideration if there are extraordinary reasons
The law leaves a door open: "The Board may reconsider a case before the one (1) year term when there are meritorious and extraordinary reasons in it."
Where to do it
Before the Parole Board (JLBP). We did not read the JLBP's regulation on the exact procedure for filing a reconsideration request, so we do not publish a form or specific filing office.
How long it takes
The initial administrative determination (approval or denial) must be issued and notified within sixty (60) calendar days, with no extension, from the consideration hearing. A reconsideration request following a denial must be addressed by the Board within one (1) year of that determination's notice, or from when the sixty days expire if none was given. If there is judicial review, the year restarts from when the last forum's determination becomes final.
Verified against the official source · August 26, 2026
What to do if something goes wrong
What we do not publish, and why. We did not read the full text of Act 118-1974 — only the new Article 4-A this law adds — nor the JLBP's regulation on the procedure to file a reconsideration, which the Board had thirty days to bring into line after this law's approval. So we do not publish a form, a cost, or the substantive criteria the Board weighs when reconsidering — only the deadlines this law fixes. One important precision: this law regulates WHEN the reconsideration must be addressed, not that parole will be granted.
Common mistakes
- Thinking the Board must reconsider immediately: the legal deadline is up to one year from the denial notice.
- Assuming a missed sixty-day notice stops the clock: on the contrary, if the Board fails to notify, the year still starts running from when that period expired.
- Forgetting that judicial review resets the one-year period rather than stopping it indefinitely.
- Confusing this administrative reconsideration with a judicial appeal: they are different processes.
Frequently asked questions
How long does the Board have to reconsider a denial?
Up to one (1) year from when the final determination was notified, or from when the sixty days to notify it expired if it never was.
Can the Board reconsider before a year?
Yes, when there are meritorious and extraordinary reasons in the case.
What happens if I challenge the decision through judicial review?
The one-year reconsideration period starts counting again from when the last forum that heard the challenge issues a final, unappealable determination.
Official sources
These are the government pages this guide is based on.
- Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico
Poder Judicial
bvirtualogp.pr.gov
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August 26, 2026
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