The 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 2, 2017, to January 1, 2021. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2016. The House has a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).
| 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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| In session | |||||||||||||||||
| January 2, 2017 – January 1, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leadership | |||||||||||||||||
| Speaker | Carlos Johnny Méndez | ||||||||||||||||
| Speaker pro tem | José Pichy Torres Zamora | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Whip | Urayoán Hernández | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Leader | Rafael Hernández Montañez | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Whip | Ramón Luis Cruz | ||||||||||||||||
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| Structure | |||||||||||||||||
| Seats | 51 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
| Parties represented | 34 PNP 16 PPD 1 PIP | ||||||||||||||||
| Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
| Elections | |||||||||||||||||
| Last election | November 8, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Next election | November 3, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
| 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
| Upper house | |||||||||||||||||
| 26th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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The body is counterparted by the 26th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.
Composition
editLeadership
edit| Office | Representative | District | Party |
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| Speaker | Johnny Méndez | District 36 | PNP |
| Speaker pro tem | José Pichy Torres Zamora | At-large | PNP |
| Majority Leader | Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló | District 13 | PNP |
| Majority Whip | Urayoán Hernández | District 26 | PNP |
| Minority Leader | Rafael Hernández Montañez | District 11 | PPD |
| Minority Whip | Ramón Luis Cruz | District 34 | PPD |
| Minority Leader | Denis Márquez | At-large | PIP |
Non-officers
edit| Post | Name |
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| Secretary | Elizabeth Stuart Villanueva[1] |
| Sergeant-at-Arms | Henry Tallaboa Collazo |
Members
editChanges in membership
edit- July 31, 2018: José Luis Rivera Guerra resigns from his position as representative from the 17th district.[2]
- October 31, 2018: Wilson Román López fills the vacancy left by José Luis Rivera Guerra as representative for District 17th for the New Progressive Party (PNP).[3]
Commissions
editStanding commissions
editJoint commissions
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ Quintero, Laura (10 January 2017). "Cámara regresará con propuesta de Reforma Educativa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ^ "Renuncia el representante José Luis Rivera Guerra". Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Juramenta nuevo representante por el Distrito 17". Retrieved 13 January 2019.
- ^ "Comisiones y Proyectos Especiales".
External links
edit- camaraderepresentantes.org - official site (in Spanish)