| 27th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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| January 2, 2021 – January 1, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leadership | |||||||||||||||||
| President | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||||||||||
| President pro tem | Marially González Huertas | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Javier 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Non-officers | |||||||||||||||||
| Secretary | Yamil Rivera Vélez [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Sergeant-at-Arms | Javier Torres Rodríguez [2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure | |||||||||||||||||
| Seats | 27 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parties represented | 12 PPD 10 PNP 2 MVC 1 PIP 1 PD 1 Ind. | ||||||||||||||||
| Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
| Elections | |||||||||||||||||
| Last election | November 8, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Next election | November 5, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
| 19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
| Lower house | |||||||||||||||||
| 31st House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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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.
- ^ "Certification of a company into the lobbying registry" (PDF). Oficina del Secretario del Senado. Senado de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Javier Torres". Funciones del Sargento de Armas. Senado de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Ley para Fijar la Duración de las Sesiones Ordinarias y los Plazos para la Radicación y la Consideración de Proyectos, Resoluciones Conjuntas y Resoluciones Concurrentes" (PDF) (in Spanish). 2 March 1997. Retrieved 4 May 2022.