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Session of the Puerto Rico Legislature
27th Senate of Puerto Rico
January 2, 2021 – January 1, 2025
President
José Luis Dalmau Santiago
President pro tem
Marially González Huertas
Majority Leader
Javier Antonio Aponte Dalmau
Majority Whip
Gretchen Hau
Minority Leaders
Thomas Rivera Schatz
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
Juan Dalmau
Vargas Vidot
Joanne Rodríguez Veve
Minority Whips
Carmelo Ríos Santiago
Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl
Secretary Yamil Rivera Vélez
[1]
Sergeant-at-Arms Javier Torres Rodríguez
[2] Seats 27 voting members
Parties represented 12
PPD 10
PNP 2
MVC 1
PIP 1
PD 1
Ind. Length of term 4 years Last election
November 8, 2020 Next election
November 5, 2024
19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico 1st January 11, 2021
[3] – June 30, 2021 2nd August 16, 2021 – November 16, 2021 3rd January 10, 2022 – June 30, 2022 4th August 15, 2022 – November 15, 2022 5th January 9, 2023 – June 30, 2023 6th August 21, 2023 – November 14, 2023 7th January 8, 2024 – June 30, 2024 8th August 19, 2024* – November 19, 2024*
The 27th
Senate of Puerto Rico is the
upper house of the
19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico . Its counterpart in the
lower house is the
31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico .
The body will meet from January 2, 2021, to January 1, 2025, under the
Federal Oversight and Management Board established by
PROMESA .
The 27th Senate features a return to the standard composition of the body, with the number of senators decreasing to 27 from 30 in the 26th Senate of Puerto Rico, in accordance to Article III, Section 7 of the
Constitution of Puerto Rico (1952). For the first time in the
Constitutional period starting in 1952 , there was no clear majority party for the body, with the plurality coming from the
Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) at 12 seats of the 14 needed to have a majority when the body is at 27 members.
The body is counterparted by the
31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico in the
lower house . It has given advice and consent to the nominees put forth by
Pedro Pierluisi .
Leadership
Current leadership
Vote for President of the Senate
Senatorial presidential election
José Luis Dalmau Santiago (
PPD )
Ballot →
11 January 2021
Required majority →
14 out of 27 Y
• No parties or delegations voted against.
Sources
[4]
Members
Non-officers
Commissions
A notable departure from previous senates is the addition of more commission presidencies from outside the largest party in the chamber. While the
26th Senate had an independent senator as president of the Commission for the Development of Community Initiatives,
José Vargas Vidot , this current body assigned one commission presidency to each delegation, as may be better seen in this table of standing commissions.
Standing and Special Commissions
PPD
PNP
PIP
MVC
PD
Ind.
Name
President
Vice President
Secretary
Agriculture and Natural Resources
José Luis Dalmau Santiago
Ada García Montes
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Appointments
José Luis Dalmau Santiago
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Rubén Soto Rivera
Compliance and Restructuring
Marially González Huertas
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Ada García Montes
Cooperativism
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Migdalia González Arroyo
Community Initiatives, Mental Health, and Addiction
José Vargas Vidot
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Development of the East Region
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Javier Aponte Dalmau
Albert Torres Berríos
Development of the North Region
Rubén Soto Rivera
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Albert Torres Berríos
Development of the South Central Region
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Marially González Huertas
Albert Torres Berríos
Development of the West Region
Migdalia González Arroyo
Ada García Montes
Rubén Soto Rivera
Economic Development, Essential Public Services, and Consumer Affairs
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Ada García Montes
Juan Zaragoza Gómez
Education, Tourism, and Culture
Ada García Montes
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Albert Torres Berríos
Ethics
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Marially González Huertas
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Government
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Juan Zaragoza Gómez
Albert Torres Berríos
Health
Rubén Soto Rivera
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Ada García Montes
Human Rights and Labor Affairs
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Rubén Soto Rivera
Innovation, Telecommunication,Urbanism and Infrastructure
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Albert Torres Berríos
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Internal Affairs
Marially González Huertas
Javier Aponte Dalmau
Migdalia González Arroyo
Life and Family Affairs
Joanne Rodríguez Veve
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Municipal Affairs and Housing
Migdalia González Arroyo
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Poverty Eradication
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Migdalia González Arroyo
Public Safety and Veteran Affairs
Thomas Rivera Schatz (PNP)
Albert Torres Berríos
Juan Zaragoza Gómez
Rules and Calendar
Javier Aponte Dalmau
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Ada García Montes
Social Welfare and Elderly Affairs
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Migdalia González Arroyo
Treasury, Federal Relations, and the Oversight Board
Juan Zaragoza Gómez
Ramón Ruiz Nieves
Ada García Montes
Veterans' Affairs
José Luis Dalmau
Zoé Laboy Alvarado
Carlos J. Rodríguez Mateo
Women's Affairs
Migdalia González Arroyo
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Youth, Recreation and Sports
Albert Torres Berríos
Ada García Montes
Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry
Special Commission on Legislative Monitoring of the Special Education Program of the Department of Education
Mª de Lourdes Santiago Negrón
Special Commission on Poverty Eradication
Elizabeth Rosa Vélez
Rosamar Trujillo Plumey
Migdalia González Arroyo
Sources
[7]
[8]
Notes
^ Senate (2022) "Sesión Ordinaria, día 64"
[6]
References