29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
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
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
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
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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.

Composition

Leadership

Non-officers

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

Joint commissions

Notable legislations

• Catch Up Act
• Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Employees Association Act of 2013
• Jobs Now Act

External links

• camaraderepresentantes.org - official site (in Spanish)

Notes

References