The 17th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico was the 17th session of the Puerto Rican legislature that met from January 14, 2013 until January 1, 2017. All members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were elected in the General Elections of 2012. The House and the Senate both had a majority of members from the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
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| Legislative body | Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||
| Term | January 2, 2013 – January 1, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
| Election | November 6, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||
| Government | García Padilla government | ||||||||||||||||
| 25th Senate | |||||||||||||||||
| Members | 27 | ||||||||||||||||
| President | Eduardo Bhatia | ||||||||||||||||
| President pro tem | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Aníbal José Torres | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Whip | Rossana López León | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Leader | Larry Seilhamer | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Whip | Carmelo Ríos | ||||||||||||||||
| 29th House of Representatives | |||||||||||||||||
| Members | 51 | ||||||||||||||||
| Speaker | Jaime Perelló | ||||||||||||||||
| Speaker pro tem | Roberto Rivera | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Charlie Hernández | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Whip | Eduardo Ferrer | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Leader | Jenniffer González | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Whip | Carlos Méndez | ||||||||||||||||
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The house sessions are composed by the 25th Senate of Puerto Rico and the 29th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
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