| 26th Senate of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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| In session | |||||||||||||||||
| January 2, 2017 – January 1, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leadership | |||||||||||||||||
| President | Thomas Rivera Schatz | ||||||||||||||||
| President pro tem | Larry Seilhamer | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Leader | Carmelo Ríos | ||||||||||||||||
| Majority Whip | Ángel Chayanne Martínez | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Leaders | Eduardo Bhatia Juan Dalmau Vargas Vidot | ||||||||||||||||
| Minority Whip | José Luis Dalmau | ||||||||||||||||
| Structure | |||||||||||||||||
| Seats | 30 voting members | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parties represented | 21 PNP 7 PPD 1 PIP 1 Independent | ||||||||||||||||
| Length of term | 4 years | ||||||||||||||||
| Elections | |||||||||||||||||
| Last election | November 6, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||
| Next election | November 8, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||
| Legislature | |||||||||||||||||
| 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
| Lower house | |||||||||||||||||
| 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||||
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The 26th Senate of Puerto Rico is the upper house of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico. Its counterpart in the lower house is the 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico.
The body will meet from January 2, 2017, to January 1, 2021, while under the oversight of the fiscal control board established by PROMESA.
But in contrast to its standard composition, the numbers of legislators in this senate increased to 30 after the New Progressive Party (PNP in Spanish) won more than two thirds of the original 27 seats in contention during the 2016 general election. This provision was automatically triggered by Article Three of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which mandates that in such a case the number of minority legislators should total 9.