30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico

30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico
In session
	January 2, 2017 – January 1, 2021
Leadership
Speaker	Carlos Johnny Méndez
Speaker pro tem	José Pichy Torres Zamora
Majority Leader	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló
Majority Whip	Urayoán Hernández
Minority Leader	Rafael Hernández Montañez
Minority Whip	Ramón Luis Cruz
Non-officers
Structure
Seats	51 voting members
Parties represented	34 PNP; 16 PPD; 1 PIP
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2016
Next election	November 3, 2020
Legislature
	18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Upper house
	26th Senate of Puerto Rico
Sessions
1st
1st	January 14, 2017 – June 30, 2017
2nd	August 19, 2017 – November 19, 2017
3rd	January 13, 2018 – June 30, 2018
4th	August 18, 2018 – November 18, 2018
5th	January 12, 2019 – June 30, 2019
6th	August 17, 2019 – November 17, 2019
7th	January 11, 2020 – June 30, 2020
8th	August 15, 2020 – November 15, 2020
	< 29th 31st >

The 30th House of Representatives of Puerto Rico is the lower house of the 18th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico and will meet from January 2, 2017, to January 1, 2021. All members were elected in the General Elections of 2016. The House has a majority of members from the New Progressive Party (PNP).

The body is counterparted by the 26th Senate of Puerto Rico in the upper house.

Composition[edit]

Leadership[edit]

PNP PPD PIP
Office	Representative	District	Party
Speaker	Johnny Méndez	District 36	PNP
Speaker pro tem	José Pichy Torres Zamora	At-large	PNP
Majority Leader	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló	District 13	PNP
Majority Whip	Urayoán Hernández	District 26	PNP
Minority Leader	Rafael Hernández Montañez	District 11	PPD
Minority Whip	Ramón Luis Cruz	District 34	PPD
Minority Leader	Denis Márquez	At-large	PIP

Non-officers[edit]

Post	Name
Secretary	Elizabeth Stuart Villanueva^[1]
Sergeant-at-Arms	Henry Tallaboa Collazo

Members[edit]

PNP PPD PIP
District	Name	Political party
District 1	Eddie Charbonier	PNP
District 2	Luis Raúl Torres	PPD
District 3	Juan O. Morales Rodríguez	PNP
District 4	Víctor Parés	PNP
District 5	Jorge Navarro Suárez	PNP
District 6	Antonio "Tony" Soto	PNP
District 7	Luis Pérez Ortiz	PNP
District 8	Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez	PNP
District 9	Nelson del Valle	PNP
District 10	Pedro Julio Santiago	PNP
District 11	Rafael "Tatito" Hernández	PPD
District 12	Guillermo (Guillo) Miranda Rivera	PNP
District 13	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló	PNP
District 14	José O. González Mercado	PNP
District 15	Joel I. Franqui Atiles	PNP
District 16	Félix G. Lassalle Toro	PNP
District 17	Wilson Román López	PNP
District 18	José (Che) Pérez Cordero	PNP
District 19	Maricarmen Mas Rodríguez	PNP
District 20	Carlos Bianchi Angleró	PPD
District 21	Lydia Méndez Silva	PPD
District 22	Michael A. Quiñones Irizarry	PNP
District 23	Víctor M. Torres	PNP
District 24	José A. Banchs Alemán	PNP
District 25	Jacqueline Rodríguez Hernández	PNP
District 26	Urayoán Hernández	PNP
District 27	Manuel O. Claudio	PNP
District 28	Rafael "June" Rivera	PNP
District 29	José Aníbal Díaz	PPD
District 30	Luis "Narmito" Ortíz	PPD
District 31	Jesús Santa Rodríguez	PPD
District 32	José "Conny" Varela	PPD
District 33	Ángel Peña	PNP
District 34	Ramón Luis Cruz	PPD
District 35	Reynaldo Vargas	PNP
District 36	Carlos "Johnny" Méndez	PNP
District 37	Ángel Bulerín	PNP
District 38	Javier Aponte Dalmau	PPD
District 39	Roberto Rivera Ruíz	PPD
District 40	Angel Matos García	PPD
At-large	Néstor A. Alonso Vega	PNP
	José Aponte Hernández	PNP
	José "Quiquito" Meléndez	PNP
	Lourdes Ramos	PNP
	María Milagros Charbonier	PNP
	Brenda López de Arrarás	PPD
	Luis Vega Ramos	PPD
	Jesús Manuel Ortiz González	PPD
	Denis Márquez	PIP
	Manuel Natal	Independent

Changes in membership[edit]

July 31, 2018: José Luis Rivera Guerra resigns from his position as representative from the 17th district.^[2]
October 31, 2018: Wilson Román López fills the vacancy left by José Luis Rivera Guerra as representative for District 17th for the New Progressive Party (PNP).^[3]

Commissions[edit]

Standing commissions[edit]

Name	President	Vice President	Secretary
Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environmental Affairs	Joel I. Franqui Atiles	Félix G. Lassalle Toro	Michael A. Quiñones Irizarry
Calendars and Special Rules of Debate	Gabriel Rodríguez Aguiló	Urayoán Hernández Alvarado	José E. Torres Zamora
Consumer, Banking and Insurance Affairs	Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez	Victor L. Parés Otero	Néstor A. Alonso Vega
Cooperatives	José A. Banchs Alemán	Juan O. Morales Rodríguez	Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez
Development of the Capital City and Youth Affairs	Eddie Charbonier Chinea	Jorge Navarro Suárez	Juan O. Morales Rodríguez
Economic Development Planning, Telecommunications, Public-Private Partnerships and Energy	Victor L. Parés Otero	Antonio L. Soto Torres	Eddie Charbonier Chinea
Education, Arts and Culture	Guillermo Miranda Rivera	Rafael Rivera Ortega	Angel R. Peña Ramírez
Ethics	José A. Banchs Alemán	Luis Pérez Ortiz	Samuel Pagán Cuadrado
Federal, International and Status Affairs	José F. Aponte Hernández	José E. Meléndez Ortiz	María M. Charbonier Laureano
Government	Jorge Navarro Suárez	Antonio L. Soto Torres	Angel R. Peña Ramírez
Health	Juan O. Morales Rodríguez	María M. Charbonier Laureano	Néstor A. Alonso Vega
Housing and Urban Development	Luis Pérez Ortiz	Jacqueline Rodríguez Hernández	Angel Bulerín Ramos
Integrated Development of the Eastern Region	Angel R. Peña Ramírez	Samuel Pagán Cuadrado	María M. Charbonier Laureano
Integrated Development of the Northeastern Region	Samuel Pagán Cuadrado	Angel R. Peña Ramírez	María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera
Integrated Development of the North Central Region	Michael A. Quiñones Irizarry	Rafael Rivera Ortega	Félix G. Lassalle Toro
Integrated Development of the South Center Region	Ramón L. Rodríguez Ruiz	Jacqueline Rodríguez Hernández	José A. Banchs Alemán
Integrated Development of the Southern Region	Jacqueline Rodríguez Hernández	Víctor M. Torres González	José A. Banchs Alemán
Integrated Development of the Western Region	Maricarmen Mas Rodríguez	José J. Pérez Cordero	José Luis Rivera Guerra
Internal Affairs	Pedro J. Santiago Guzman	Angel Bulerín Ramos	Angel R. Peña Ramírez
Judiciary	María M. Charbonier Laureano	José E. Meléndez Ortiz	Angel R. Peña Ramírez
Labor Affairs	Angel R. Peña Ramírez	Michael A. Quiñones Irizarry	Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez
Municipal Affairs and Regionalization	José O. González Mercado	Víctor M. Torres González	Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez
Public Safety	Félix G. Lassalle Toro	Luis Pérez Ortiz	Eddie Charbonier Chinea
Retirement System and Veteran Affairs	María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera	Guillermo Miranda Rivera	Maricarmen Mas Rodríguez
Small and Medium Businesses, and Commerce	Nelson Del Valle Colón	Joel I. Franqui Atiles	Jorge Navarro Suárez
Social Welfare and Tourism	Néstor A. Alonso Vega	Eddie Charbonier Chinea	Guillermo Miranda Rivera
Special Needs Education and People with Disabilities	Rafael Rivera Ortega	Néstor A. Alonso Vega	Guillermo Miranda Rivera
Transportation and Infrastructure	José Luis Rivera Guerra	Luis Pérez Ortiz	Félix G. Lassalle Toro
Treasury, Budget and Supervision, Management, and Economic Stability of Puerto Rico (PROMESA)	Antonio L. Soto Torres	Luis Pérez Ortiz	Eddie Charbonier Chinea
Women's Affairs	María de Lourdes Ramos Rivera	Yashira Lebrón Rodríguez	Pedro J. Santiago Guzman
Youth Affairs, Recreation and Sports	José J. Pérez Cordero	Ramón L. Rodríguez Ruiz	Félix G. Lassalle Toro

Joint commissions[edit]

Name	President	Vice President	Secretary
Córdova Fernós Program of Congressional Internships	Eddie Charbonier Chinea
Continuous Revision of the Penal Code and for the Reform of Criminal Laws	María M. Charbonier Laureano	José E. Meléndez Ortiz	José E. Torres Zamora
Jorge Alberto Ramos Comas Legislative Internship Program	Eddie Charbonier Chinea
Legislative Donations	Antonio L. Soto Torres	Juan O. Morales Rodríguez	Luis Pérez Ortiz
Public-Private Partnerships of Puerto Rico	Larry Seilhamer
Special Reports from the Comptroller	José A. Banchs Alemán	Maricarmen Mas Rodríguez	Angel R. Peña Ramírez

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Notes[edit]

References[edit]

^ Quintero, Laura (10 January 2017). "Cámara regresará con propuesta de Reforma Educativa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Renuncia el representante José Luis Rivera Guerra". Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Juramenta nuevo representante por el Distrito 17". Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ "Comisiones y Proyectos Especiales".

External links[edit]

camaraderepresentantes.org - official site (in Spanish)

[1] Quintero, Laura (10 January 2017). "Cámara regresará con propuesta de Reforma Educativa" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[2] "Renuncia el representante José Luis Rivera Guerra". Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[3] "Juramenta nuevo representante por el Distrito 17". Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[4] "Comisiones y Proyectos Especiales".

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