17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico

17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Term	January 2, 2013 â January 1, 2017
Election	November 6, 2012; Senate; House;
Government	GarcÃa Padilla government
25th Senate
Members	27
President	Eduardo Bhatia
President pro tem	JosÃ© Luis Dalmau
Majority Leader	AnÃbal JosÃ© Torres
Majority Whip	Rossana LÃ³pez LeÃ³n
Minority Leader	Larry Seilhamer
Minority Whip	Carmelo RÃos
29th House of Representatives
Members	51
Speaker	Jaime PerellÃ³
Speaker pro tem	Roberto Rivera
Majority Leader	Charlie HernÃ¡ndez
Majority Whip	Eduardo Ferrer
Minority Leader	Jenniffer GonzÃ¡lez
Minority Whip	Carlos MÃ©ndez
Sessions
1st
1st	January 14, 2013 â June 30, 2013
2nd	August 19, 2013 â November 19, 2013
3rd	January 13, 2014 â June 30, 2014
4th	August 18, 2014 â November 18, 2014
5th	January 12, 2015 â June 30, 2015
6th	August 17, 2015 â November 17, 2015
7th	January 11, 2016 â June 30, 2016
8th	August 15, 2016 â 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.^[1] 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).

Legislative bodyLegislative Assembly of Puerto Rico

TermJanuary 2, 2013 â January 1, 2017

ElectionNovember 6, 2012

Senate
House

GovernmentGarcÃa Padilla government

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

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District	Name	Political party
At-large	Angel Rosa	PPD
At-large	AnÃbal JosÃ© Torres	PPD
At-large	Antonio Fas Alzamora	PPD
At-large	Cirilo Tirado	PPD
At-large	Eduardo Bhatia	PPD
At-large	Rossana LÃ³pez LeÃ³n	PPD
District I San Juan	JosÃ© Nadal Power	PPD
District I San Juan	RamÃ³n Luis Nieves	PPD
District IV MayagÃ¼ezâAguadilla	Gilberto RodrÃguez	PPD
District IV MayagÃ¼ezâAguadilla	MarÃa Teresa GonzÃ¡lez	PPD
District V Ponce	MartÃn Vargas Morales	PPD
District V Ponce	RamÃ³n Ruiz	PPD
District VI Guayama	Ãngel M. RodrÃguez Otero	PPD
District VI Guayama	Miguel A. Pereira	PPD
District VII Humacao	Jorge SuÃ¡rez	PPD
District VII Humacao	JosÃ© Luis Dalmau	PPD
District VIII Carolina	Luis Daniel Rivera	PPD
District VIII Carolina	Pedro A. RodrÃguez	PPD
At-large	Itzamar PeÃ±a	PNP
At-large	Larry Seilhamer RodrÃguez	PNP
At-large	Margarita Nolasco	PNP
At-large	Thomas Rivera Schatz	PNP
District II BayamÃ³n	Carmelo RÃos	PNP
District II BayamÃ³n	Migdalia Padilla	PNP
District III Arecibo	Ãngel MartÃnez	PNP
District III Arecibo	JosÃ© Joito PÃ©rez	PNP
At-large	Maria de Lourdes Santiago	PIP

District	Name	Political party
At-large	Brenda LÃ³pez de ArrarÃ¡s	PPD
At-large	Charlie HernÃ¡ndez	PPD
At-large	Eduardo Ferrer RÃos	PPD
At-large	Jaime PerellÃ³	PPD
At-large	Jorge Colberg Toro	PPD
At-large	Luis Vega Ramos	PPD
District 2	Luis RaÃºl Torres	PPD
District 3	Sonia Pacheco	PPD
District 4	JosÃ© Luis BÃ¡ez	PPD
District 11	Rafael "Tatito" HernÃ¡ndez	PPD
District 15	CÃ©sar HernÃ¡ndez	PPD
District 16	JosÃ© "Tony" RodrÃguez	PPD
District 17	Armando Franco	PPD
District 19	EfraÃn de JesÃºs	PPD
District 20	Carlos Bianchi AnglerÃ³	PPD
District 21	Lydia MÃ©ndez Silva	PPD
District 23	Nelson Torres YordÃ¡n	PPD
District 25	VÃctor "Cacho" Vassallo	PPD
District 27	JosÃ© "Pito" Torres	PPD
District 29	Carlos Vargas Ferrer	PPD
District 30	Luis "Narmito" OrtÃz	PPD
District 31	JesÃºs Santa RodrÃguez	PPD
District 32	JosÃ© "Conny" Varela	PPD
District 34	RamÃ³n Luis Cruz	PPD
District 35	Narden Jaime Espinosa	PPD
District 38	Javier Aponte Dalmau	PPD
District 39	Roberto Rivera RuÃz	PPD
District 40	Ãngel Matos GarcÃa	PPD
At-large	Jenniffer GonzÃ¡lez	PNP
At-large	JosÃ© Aponte HernÃ¡ndez	PNP
At-large	JosÃ© Enrique MelÃ©ndez	PNP
At-large	Lourdes Ramos	PNP
At-large	MarÃa Milagros Charbonier	PNP
District 1	JosÃ© "Nuno" LÃ³pez	PNP
District 5	Jorge Navarro SuÃ¡rez	PNP
District 6	Antonio "Tony" Soto	PNP
District 7	Luis PÃ©rez OrtÃz	PNP
District 8	Antonio "ToÃ±ito" Silva	PNP
District 9	Ãngel "Gary" RodrÃguez	PNP
District 10	Pedro Julio Santiago	PNP
District 12	HÃ©ctor Torres CalderÃ³n	PNP
District 13	Gabriel RodrÃguez AguilÃ³	PNP
District 14	Ricardo Llerandi	PNP
District 18	Ãngel MuÃ±oz	PNP
District 22	Waldemar Quiles RodrÃguez	PNP
District 24	Luis "Tato" LeÃ³n	PNP
District 26	UrayoÃ¡n HernÃ¡ndez	PNP
District 28	Rafael "June" Rivera	PNP
District 33	Ãngel PeÃ±a	PNP
District 36	Carlos "Johnny" MÃ©ndez	PNP
District 37	Ãngel BulerÃn	PNP

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Office	District	Representative	Party
Speaker of the House	At-Large	Jaime PerellÃ³	PPD
Speaker Pro Tem	39th District	Roberto Rivera	PPD
Majority Leader	At-large	Charlie HernÃ¡ndez	PPD
Majority Whip	20th District	Carlos Bianchi AnglerÃ³	PPD
Minority Leader	At-Large	Jenniffer GonzÃ¡lez	PNP