17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico

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).

17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
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Overview
Legislative body	Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Term	January 2, 2013 (2013-01-02) – January 1, 2017 (2017-01-01)
Election	November 6, 2012 Senate House
Government	García Padilla government
25th Senate
Members	27
President	Eduardo Bhatia
President pro tem	José Luis Dalmau
Majority Leader	Aníbal José Torres
Majority Whip	Rossana López León
Minority Leader	Larry Seilhamer
Minority Whip	Carmelo Ríos
29th House of Representatives
Members	51
Speaker	Jaime Perelló
Speaker pro tem	Roberto Rivera
Majority Leader	Charlie Hernández
Majority Whip	Eduardo Ferrer
Minority Leader	Jenniffer González
Minority Whip	Carlos Méndez
Sessions
1st January 14, 2013 – June 30, 2013 2nd August 19, 2013 – November 19, 2013 3rd January 13, 2014 – June 30, 2014 4th August 18, 2014 – November 18, 2014 5th January 12, 2015 – June 30, 2015 6th August 17, 2015 – November 17, 2015 7th January 11, 2016 – June 30, 2016 8th August 15, 2016 – November 15, 2016

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