Puerto Rico Senate

Senate of Puerto Rico
26th Senate of Puerto Rico
Type
Type	Upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
History
Founded	August 13, 1917 (1917-08-13)
Leadership
President	Thomas Rivera Schatz
Vice President	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
Political groups	PNP (21)      PPD (7)      PIP (1)      Independent (1) The composition supposed to be 27 but by the minority law in Article III of the Constitution of Puerto Rico the composition increase to 30 divide in: 15 PNP District Senator *1 PPD District Senator *6 PNP At-Large Senator *3 PPD At-Large Senator *1 PIP At-Large Senator *1 IDP At-Large Senator *3 PPD Minoritary Laws Added Senator
Elections
Voting system	plurality-at-large for 16 electoral districts seats and single non-transferable vote for 11 at-large seats
Last election	2016 general election
Meeting place
Capitol of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Website
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     PNP (21)
     PPD (7)
     PIP (1)
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The Senate of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Senado de Puerto Rico) is the upper house of the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, the territorial legislature of Puerto Rico. The Senate, together with the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico, control the legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico.

The structure and responsibilities of the Senate are defined in Article III of the Constitution of Puerto Rico which vests all legislative power in the Legislative Assembly. Every bill must be passed by both, the Senate and the House, and signed by the Governor of Puerto Rico in order to become law.