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process and the Senate the exclusive power to pass judgement. All laws dealing with the commonwealth budget or taxes must originate in the House of Representatives. The Senate retains the exclusive power to extend its consent to appointments to government offices made by the governor (judges, cabinet
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Act No. 477 of September 23, 2004 provided for a referendum to be held on July 10, 2005, in which Puerto Rican voters were to indicate if they favored changing the Legislative Assembly to a single house, or maintain the bicameral legislature established by the 1917 Jones Act, which had been retained
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Under Article III, Sections 5 and 6, members of the Legislative Assembly must be fluent in either Spanish or English, must be a citizen of the United States and Puerto Rico, and have resided in Puerto Rico for at least two years prior to their election. Senators must be at least 30 years old, while
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The Constitution of Puerto Rico vests all legislative powers in the Legislative Assembly. Each house has the sole power to be the judge of the legal capacities of its members. The members of both houses are protected by parliamentary immunity, which Article III, Section 14 states "no member of the
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with regards to the Executive branch in sections 25-39 of the statute. It established a House of Representatives with 39 members and a Senate of 19 members, all elected directly by the people of the unincorporated territory. Puerto Rico was then divided into 7 senatorial districts and 35 house
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The Legislative Assembly, with the consent of two-thirds of each chamber may propose amendments to the constitution. Proposed amendments are then subject to approval by the people of Puerto Rico in a referendum. It also has the power to consolidate or create municipalities.
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granted autonomy to the archipelago, creating a House that was composed of 32 members. In addition to the House, there was also an Administrative Council of 15 members, eight of whom were elected by a "Colegio de Compromisarios" and the other seven were named by the
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was only 22.6%, the lowest turnout figure in Puerto Rico's electoral history, vastly below the 81.7% that had gone to the polls just a few months earlier for the general election. Another referendum was scheduled for July 2007 to approve the specific
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ruled in June that it could not force the Legislative Assembly to initiate a constitutional amendment process to become a single chamber legislature. Further moves to unicameralism have been
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Each house can increase its number of legislators when in a general election more than two-thirds of the members of either house are elected from one political party or from a single ticket.
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to become law. Each house has its unique powers. The constitution also states that each house shall be the unique judge on the legal capacity of its members. The constitution also grants
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held on July 10, 2005, Puerto Rican voters approved a mandate for the Legislative Assembly to hold a second referendum on the constitutional amendment that would establish
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was formally adopted, establishing the current House of Representantes and Senate as the bicameral houses of the Legislative Assembly (as stated in Article III).
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Each House holds exclusive powers that are not given to the other. The House of Representatives has the exclusive power to initiate an
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The House of Representatives is the oldest legislative body in Puerto Rico. It was formed on November 25, 1897, when the
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Legislative Assembly shall be imprisoned...", they also shall not be held accountable for anything said in the floor.
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José Córdova Iturregui y Otros vs. Cámara de Representantes del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, 2007 TSPR 133
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House representatives must be at least 25 years old. Both Senators and Representatives (except those elected
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rather than from a specific legislative district with all members being elected for a four-year term without
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The following is a list of legislative assemblies, with a count starting on the legislature elected in the
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The political arrangement under the Foraker Act continued until 1917. On March 2 of that year, president
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The unincorporated territory is divided into 8 senatorial and 40 House districts. On July 25, 1952, the
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The structure and responsibilities of the Legislative Assembly are defined in Article III of the
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to the Constitution of Puerto Rico that are required for the change. However, the
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After Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States on July 25, 1898, as part of the
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approved the first civil government for Puerto Rico under the federal
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which vests all legislative power in the Legislative Assembly. Every
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Elections in Puerto Rico:No Unicameralism Referendum on July 9, 2007
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secretaries and others) as stated by law or Constitution.
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to all elected members of the Legislative Assembly.
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Legislative branch of the government of Puerto Rico
19th Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico
Coat of arms or logo
Bicameral
Senate
House of Representatives
President of the Senate
José Luis Dalmau
Speaker of the House
Tatito Hernández

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plurality-at-large
electoral districts
single non-transferable vote
at-large
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