29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
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29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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In session | |||||||||||||||||
January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | |||||||||||||||||
Leadership | |||||||||||||||||
Speaker | Jaime Perelló | ||||||||||||||||
Speaker pro tem | Roberto Rivera | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Leader | Charlie Hernández | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Whip | Carlos Bianchi Angleró | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Leader | Jenniffer González | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Whip | Johnny Méndez | ||||||||||||||||
Non-officers | |||||||||||||||||
Secretary | Aileen Figueroa | ||||||||||||||||
Sergeant-at-Arms | Norberto Olmeda | ||||||||||||||||
Structure | |||||||||||||||||
Seats | 51 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
Parties represented | 28 PPD 23 PNP |
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Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
Elections | |||||||||||||||||
Last election | November 6, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
Next election | November 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
Upper house | |||||||||||||||||
25th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
Sessions | |||||||||||||||||
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The 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 14, 2013, to January 8, 2017. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The House has a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).[1][2][3]
The body is counterparted by the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.
Contents
Composition
Leadership
Non-officers
Post | Name |
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Secretary | Aileen Figueroa[4] |
Sergeant-at-Arms | Norberto Olmeda[5] |
Members
Changes in membership
- January 31, 2013: Jorge Colberg Toro resigns from his position as representative at-large in order to become Secretary of Public Affairs at the Office of the Governor.[6]
- March 21, 2013: Piti Gándara fills the vacancy left by Jorge Colberg Toro.[7]
- July 16, 2013: Eduardo Ferrer resigns from his position as representative at-large while the House is adjourned citing, "situations that cannot be delegated that I cannot leave unattended".[lower-alpha 1][9] This effectively left both his seat and the Majority Whip —position Ferrer held— vacant for about a month as the House had to wait to begin its ordinary session to replace him since no extraordinary session was invoked in between by neither the governor nor the speaker.
- August 19, 2013: Manuel Natal fills the vacancy left by Eduardo Ferrer as representative at-large for the Popular Democratic Party while Carlos Bianchi Angleró is elected as Majority Whip.[10]
- October 23, 2014: Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez fills the vacancy left by Antonio "Toñito" Silva as representative for District 8 for the New Progressive Party (PNP) after Silva resigns from his position.[11]
Commissions
Standing commissions
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Joint commissions
Notable legislations
External links
Notes
References
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