The 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico will meet from January 2, 2021, to January 1, 2025. Members of the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico were elected in the 2020 House of Representatives election, while members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico were elected the same day in the Senate election. The Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) does not have an outright majority in the Senate, but controls the chamber. While the PPD had a simple majority of representatives in the 31st House of Representatives from 2021 to 2022, this has ceased to be the case since 4 May 2022.
The following is a non-extensive list of legislation with far-reaching impact in Puerto Rican society approved by the 19th Legislative Assembly. For an extensive list of all legislation approved in this legislature see List of acts of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico.
Office | Senator [7] | Party | District |
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President | José Luis Dalmau Santiago | PPD | District VII |
Vice President | Marially González Huertas | PPD | District V |
Majority Leader | Javier Antonio Aponte Dalmau | PPD | District VIII |
Minority Leaders | Thomas Rivera Schatz | PNP | At-large |
María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón | PIP | At-large | |
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | MVC | At-large | |
Joanne Rodríguez Veve | PD | At-large |
Office | Representative | Party | District |
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Speaker of the House | Tatito Hernández Montañez | PPD | District 11 |
Speaker Pro Tem | Conny Varela | PPD | District 32 |
Majority Leader | Angel Matos García | PPD | District 40 |
Minority Leaders | Johnny Méndez | PNP | District 36 |
Mariana Nogales Molinelli | MVC | At-large | |
Denis Márquez Lebrón | PIP | At-large | |
Lisie Burgos Muñiz | PD | At-large |
Affiliation | Party (shading indicates control of presidency and leadership of the chamber)
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Total | Vacant | |||||
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Popular Democratic | Citizen Victory | Independence | Independent | Project Dignity | New Progressive | |||
End of previous Legislature | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 0 |
Begin (2 January 2021) | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
30 June 2022 | 9 | 26 | 1 | |||||
11 September 2022 | 10 | 27 | 0 | |||||
Latest voting share | 44.4% | 7.4% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 37.0% |
Affiliation | Party (shading indicates control of presidency and leadership of the chamber)
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Total | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Popular Democratic | Citizen Victory | Independence | Independent | Project Dignity | New Progressive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of previous Legislature | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Begin (2 January 2022) | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 January 2021 [a] | 20 | 50 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 March 2021 [a] | 21 | 51 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 May 2022 [b] | 25 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 September 2022 [c] | 20 | 50 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 December [c] | 21 | 51 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latest voting share | 49.0% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 41.2% |
District |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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I - San Juan | Henry Neumann | Resigned, effective on 30 June 2022
[8] A special election was held on 11 September 2022 [9] |
Juan Oscar Morales Rodríguez | 11 September 2022 |
District |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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2 | Luis Raúl Torres | Changed party, 4 May 2022 [10] | Luis Raúl Torres | 4 May 2022 |
3 | Juan Oscar Morales Rodríguez | Became senator, vacating House seat,
[11] Vacancy filled in special election in December. [12] |
José «Cheíto» Hernández Concepción. [13] | 6 December 2022 |
At-large | Néstor A. Alonso Vega | Resigned upon being charged on 11 January 2021.
[14] A special election was held on 21 March 2021. [15] |
José «Che» Pérez Cordero. [16] | 21 March 2021 |
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Legislative body | Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||
Term | January 2, 2021 | – January 1, 2025||||||||||||||||
Election | 8 November 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
Government | Pierluisi government | ||||||||||||||||
27th Senate | |||||||||||||||||
Members | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
President | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||||||||||
President pro tem | Marially González Huertas | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Leader | Javier Aponte Dalmau | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Whip | Gretchen Marie Hau Irizarry | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Leaders | Thomas Rivera Schatz (PNP), Ana Irma Rivera Lassén (MVC), M.ª de Lourdes Santiago Negrón (PIP), Joanne Rodríguez Veve (PD), José "Chaco" Vargas Vidot (Ind.) | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Whips | Carmelo Ríos Santiago (PNP), Rafael Bernabe Riefkohl (MVC) | ||||||||||||||||
29th House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||
Members | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
Speaker | Tatito Hernández Montañez | ||||||||||||||||
Speaker pro tem | Conny Varela | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Leader | Angel Matos García | ||||||||||||||||
Majority Whip | Roberto Rivera Ruiz de Porras | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Leaders | Carlos Johnny Méndez (PNP), Mariana Nogales Molinelli (MVC), Denis Márquez Lebrón (PIP), Lisie Burgos Muñiz (PD) | ||||||||||||||||
Minority Whips | Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló (PNP), José Bernardo Márquez Reyes (MVC) | ||||||||||||||||
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The 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico will meet from January 2, 2021, to January 1, 2025. Members of the 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico were elected in the 2020 House of Representatives election, while members of the 27th Senate of Puerto Rico were elected the same day in the Senate election. The Popular Democratic Party (PPD in Spanish) does not have an outright majority in the Senate, but controls the chamber. While the PPD had a simple majority of representatives in the 31st House of Representatives from 2021 to 2022, this has ceased to be the case since 4 May 2022.
The following is a non-extensive list of legislation with far-reaching impact in Puerto Rican society approved by the 19th Legislative Assembly. For an extensive list of all legislation approved in this legislature see List of acts of the 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico.
Office | Senator [7] | Party | District |
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President | José Luis Dalmau Santiago | PPD | District VII |
Vice President | Marially González Huertas | PPD | District V |
Majority Leader | Javier Antonio Aponte Dalmau | PPD | District VIII |
Minority Leaders | Thomas Rivera Schatz | PNP | At-large |
María de Lourdes Santiago Negrón | PIP | At-large | |
Ana Irma Rivera Lassén | MVC | At-large | |
Joanne Rodríguez Veve | PD | At-large |
Office | Representative | Party | District |
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Speaker of the House | Tatito Hernández Montañez | PPD | District 11 |
Speaker Pro Tem | Conny Varela | PPD | District 32 |
Majority Leader | Angel Matos García | PPD | District 40 |
Minority Leaders | Johnny Méndez | PNP | District 36 |
Mariana Nogales Molinelli | MVC | At-large | |
Denis Márquez Lebrón | PIP | At-large | |
Lisie Burgos Muñiz | PD | At-large |
Affiliation | Party (shading indicates control of presidency and leadership of the chamber)
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Total | Vacant | |||||
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Popular Democratic | Citizen Victory | Independence | Independent | Project Dignity | New Progressive | |||
End of previous Legislature | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 0 |
Begin (2 January 2021) | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 27 | 0 |
30 June 2022 | 9 | 26 | 1 | |||||
11 September 2022 | 10 | 27 | 0 | |||||
Latest voting share | 44.4% | 7.4% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 3.7% | 37.0% |
Affiliation | Party (shading indicates control of presidency and leadership of the chamber)
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Total | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Popular Democratic | Citizen Victory | Independence | Independent | Project Dignity | New Progressive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
End of previous Legislature | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Begin (2 January 2022) | 26 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 51 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 January 2021 [a] | 20 | 50 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 March 2021 [a] | 21 | 51 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 May 2022 [b] | 25 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 September 2022 [c] | 20 | 50 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 December [c] | 21 | 51 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Latest voting share | 49.0% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 41.2% |
District |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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I - San Juan | Henry Neumann | Resigned, effective on 30 June 2022
[8] A special election was held on 11 September 2022 [9] |
Juan Oscar Morales Rodríguez | 11 September 2022 |
District |
Vacated by | Reason for change | Successor | Date of successor's installation |
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2 | Luis Raúl Torres | Changed party, 4 May 2022 [10] | Luis Raúl Torres | 4 May 2022 |
3 | Juan Oscar Morales Rodríguez | Became senator, vacating House seat,
[11] Vacancy filled in special election in December. [12] |
José «Cheíto» Hernández Concepción. [13] | 6 December 2022 |
At-large | Néstor A. Alonso Vega | Resigned upon being charged on 11 January 2021.
[14] A special election was held on 21 March 2021. [15] |
José «Che» Pérez Cordero. [16] | 21 March 2021 |