17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico explained

17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Body:Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Election:November 6, 2012
Government:García Padilla government
Before:16th
After:18th
Chamber1:25th Senate
Membership1:27
Chamber1 Leader1 Type:President
Chamber1 Leader1:Eduardo Bhatia
Chamber1 Leader2 Type:President pro tem
Chamber1 Leader2:José Luis Dalmau
Chamber1 Leader3 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber1 Leader3:Aníbal José Torres
Chamber1 Leader4 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber1 Leader4:Rossana López León
Chamber1 Leader5 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber1 Leader5:Larry Seilhamer
Chamber1 Leader6 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber1 Leader6:Carmelo Ríos
Chamber2:29th House of Representatives
Membership2:51
Chamber2 Leader1 Type:Speaker
Chamber2 Leader1:Jaime Perelló
Chamber2 Leader2 Type:Speaker pro tem
Chamber2 Leader2:Roberto Rivera
Chamber2 Leader3 Type:Majority Leader
Chamber2 Leader3:Charlie Hernández
Chamber2 Leader4 Type:Majority Whip
Chamber2 Leader4:Eduardo Ferrer
Chamber2 Leader5 Type:Minority Leader
Chamber2 Leader5:Jenniffer González
Chamber2 Leader6 Type:Minority Whip
Chamber2 Leader6:Carlos Méndez
Session1 Start:January 14, 2013
Session1 End:June 30, 2013
Session2 Start:August 19, 2013
Session2 End:November 19, 2013
Session3 Start:January 13, 2014
Session3 End:June 30, 2014
Session4 Start:August 18, 2014
Session4 End:November 18, 2014
Session5 Start:January 12, 2015
Session5 End:June 30, 2015
Session6 Start:August 17, 2015
Session6 End:November 17, 2015
Session7 Start:January 11, 2016
Session7 End:June 30, 2016
Session8 Start:August 15, 2016
Session8 End:November 15, 2016

The 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico was the 17th session of the Puerto Rican legislature that met from January 14, 2013 until January 1, 2017. All members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The House and the Senate both had a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).

The house sessions are composed by the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico and the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.

Leadership

Senate

! Office! District! Senator! Party
PresidentAt-largenowrap Eduardo BhatiaPPD
President pro temporeAt-largeJosé Luis DalmauPPD
Majority LeaderAt-largeAníbal José TorresPPD
Majority WhipAt-largeRossana López LeónPPD
Minority LeaderAt-largeLarry Seilhamer RodríguezPNP
Minority WhipDistrict II - BayamónCarmelo RíosPNP

House of Representatives

OfficeDistrictRepresentativeParty
Speaker of the HouseAt-LargeJaime PerellóPPD
Speaker Pro Tem39th DistrictRoberto RiveraPPD
Majority LeaderAt-largeCharlie HernándezPPD
Majority Whip20th DistrictCarlos Bianchi AngleróPPD
Minority LeaderAt-LargeJenniffer GonzálezPNP

Members

Senate

See main article: article and 25th Senate of Puerto Rico.

DistrictNamePolitical party
At-largeAngel RosaPPD
At-largeAníbal José TorresPPD
At-largeAntonio Fas AlzamoraPPD
At-largeCirilo TiradoPPD
At-largeEduardo BhatiaPPD
At-largeRossana López LeónPPD
District I San JuanJosé Nadal PowerPPD
District I San JuanRamón Luis NievesPPD
District IV Mayagüez - AguadillaGilberto RodríguezPPD
District IV Mayagüez - AguadillaMaría Teresa GonzálezPPD
District V PonceMartín Vargas MoralesPPD
District V PonceRamón RuizPPD
District VI GuayamaÁngel M. Rodríguez OteroPPD
District VI GuayamaMiguel A. PereiraPPD
District VII HumacaoJorge SuárezPPD
District VII HumacaoJosé Luis DalmauPPD
District VIII CarolinaLuis Daniel RiveraPPD
District VIII CarolinaPedro A. RodríguezPPD
At-largeItzamar PeñaPNP
At-largeLarry Seilhamer RodríguezPNP
At-largeMargarita NolascoPNP
At-largeThomas Rivera SchatzPNP
District II BayamónCarmelo RíosPNP
District II BayamónMigdalia PadillaPNP
District III AreciboÁngel MartínezPNP
District III AreciboJosé Joito PérezPNP
At-largeMaria de Lourdes SantiagoPIP

House

See main article: article and 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.

District! Name! Political party
data-sort-value="0" At-largeBrenda López de ArrarásPPD
At-largedata-sort-value="0" Charlie HernándezPPD
At-largedata-sort-value="0" Eduardo Ferrer RíosPPD
data-sort-value="0" At-largeJaime PerellóPPD
data-sort-value="0" At-largeJorge Colberg ToroPPD
data-sort-value="0" At-largeLuis Vega RamosPPD
data-sort-value="2" District 2Luis Raúl TorresPPD
data-sort-value="3" District 3Sonia PachecoPPD
data-sort-value="4" District 4José Luis BáezPPD
data-sort-value="11" District 11Rafael "Tatito" HernándezPPD
data-sort-value="15" District 15César HernándezPPD
data-sort-value="16" District 16José "Tony" RodríguezPPD
data-sort-value="17" District 17Armando FrancoPPD
data-sort-value="19" District 19Efraín de JesúsPPD
data-sort-value="20" District 20Carlos Bianchi AngleróPPD
data-sort-value="21" District 21Lydia Méndez SilvaPPD
data-sort-value="23" District 23Nelson Torres YordánPPD
data-sort-value="25" District 25Víctor "Cacho" VassalloPPD
data-sort-value="27" District 27José "Pito" TorresPPD
data-sort-value="29" District 29Carlos Vargas FerrerPPD
data-sort-value="30" District 30Luis "Narmito" OrtízPPD
data-sort-value="31" District 31Jesús Santa RodríguezPPD
data-sort-value="32" District 32José "Conny" VarelaPPD
data-sort-value="34" District 34Ramón Luis CruzPPD
data-sort-value="35" District 35Narden Jaime EspinosaPPD
data-sort-value="38" District 38Javier Aponte DalmauPPD
data-sort-value="39" District 39Roberto Rivera RuízPPD
data-sort-value="40" District 40Ángel Matos GarcíaPPD
data-sort-value="0" At-largeJenniffer GonzálezPNP
data-sort-value="0" At-largeJosé Aponte HernándezPNP
data-sort-value="0" At-largeJosé Enrique MeléndezPNP
data-sort-value="0" At-largeLourdes RamosPNP
data-sort-value="0" At-largeMaría Milagros CharbonierPNP
data-sort-value="1" District 1José "Nuno" LópezPNP
data-sort-value="5" District 5Jorge Navarro SuárezPNP
data-sort-value="6" District 6Antonio "Tony" SotoPNP
data-sort-value="7" District 7Luis Pérez OrtízPNP
data-sort-value="8" District 8Antonio "Toñito" SilvaPNP
data-sort-value="9" District 9Ángel "Gary" RodríguezPNP
data-sort-value="10" District 10Pedro Julio SantiagoPNP
data-sort-value="12" District 12Héctor Torres CalderónPNP
data-sort-value="13" District 13Gabriel Rodríguez AguilóPNP
data-sort-value="14" District 14Ricardo LlerandiPNP
data-sort-value="18" District 18Ángel MuñozPNP
data-sort-value="22" District 22Waldemar Quiles RodríguezPNP
data-sort-value="24" District 24Luis "Tato" LeónPNP
data-sort-value="26" District 26Urayoán HernándezPNP
data-sort-value="28" District 28Rafael "June" RiveraPNP
data-sort-value="33" District 33Ángel PeñaPNP
data-sort-value="36" District 36Carlos "Johnny" MéndezPNP
data-sort-value="37" District 37Ángel BulerínPNP

See also