26th Senate of Puerto Rico

{{Infobox Senate of Puerto Rico

| session = 26th

| start = 2017

| end = 2021

| president = Thomas Rivera Schatz

| pro_tempore = Larry Seilhamer

| majority_leader = Carmelo Ríos

| majority_whip = Ángel Chayanne Martínez

| minority_leader1 = Eduardo Bhatia

| minority_leader2 = Juan Dalmau

| minority_leader3 = Vargas Vidot

| minority_whip = José Luis Dalmau

| secretary =

| sergeant =

| seats = 30

| term_length = 4 years

| structure = 26th Senate of Puerto Rico.svg

| party1 = {{Color box|#000090|border=darkgray}} 21 PNP

| party2 = {{Color box|#900000|border=darkgray}} 7 PPD

| party3 = {{Color box|#86C67C|border=darkgray}} 1 PIP

| party4 = {{Color box|#FFFFFF|border=darkgray}} 1 Independent

| voting_system1 = First-past-the-post

| last_election = November 6, 2016

| next_election = November 8, 2020

| legislature = 18th

| lower_house = 30th

| session1 = 1st

| session1start = January 14, 2017

| session1end = June 30, 2017

| session2 = 2nd

| session2start = August 19, 2017

| session2end = November 19, 2017

| session3 = 3rd

| session3start = January 13, 2018

| session3end = June 30, 2018

| session4 = 4th

| session4start = August 18, 2018

| session4end = November 18, 2018

| session5 = 5th

| session5start = January 12, 2019

| session5end = June 30, 2019

| session6 = 6th

| session6start = August 17, 2019

| session6end = November 17, 2019

| session7 = 7th

| session7start = January 11, 2020

| session7end = June 30, 2020

| session8 = 8th

| session8start = August 15, 2020

| session8end = November 15, 2020

| previous = 25th

| next = 27th

|seal_senate=File:Government of Puerto Rico - Senate Seal.jpg}}

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.

Leadership

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! Office

! Senator

! District

! Party

President

| Thomas Rivera Schatz

| At-large

| {{party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)}}|PNP

President pro tempore

| Larry Seilhamer Rodríguez

| At-large

| {{party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)}}|PNP

Majority Leader

| Carmelo Ríos

| District II Bayamón

| {{party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)}}|PNP

Majority Whip

| Ángel Chayanne Martínez

| District III Arecibo

| {{party shading/New Progressive Party (Puerto Rico)}}|PNP

Minority Leader

| Eduardo Bhatia

| At-large

| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}|PPD

Minority Whip

| José Luis Dalmau

| District VII Humacao

| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)}}|PPD

Minority Leader

| Juan Dalmau

| At-large

| {{party shading/Puerto Rican Independence Party}}|PIP

Minority Leader

| Vargas Vidot

| At-large

| {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent

Members

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style="text-align: left" \| District ! style="text-align: left" \| Name ! style="text-align: left" \| Affiliation
rowspan=2\| District I San Juan \| Henry Neumann \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Miguel Romero \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=2\|District II Bayamón \| Migdalia Padilla \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Carmelo Ríos \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=2\|District III Arecibo \| Ángel Chayanne Martínez \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
José Joito Pérez \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=2\|District IV Mayagüez–Aguadilla \| Luis Daniel Muñiz \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Evelyn Vázquez \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=2\|District V Ponce \| Luis Berdiel \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Nelson Cruz Santiago \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=2\|District VI Guayama \| Axel Roque \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Carlos Rodríguez Mateo \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=2\|District VII Humacao \| Miguel Laureano \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
José Luis Dalmau \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\| PPD
rowspan=2\|District VIII Carolina \| Nayda Venegas \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Eric Correa \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
rowspan=15\|At-large \| Zoé Laboy \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Abel Nazario \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Margarita Nolasco \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Itzamar Peña \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Thomas Rivera Schatz \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Larry Seilhamer \| {{party shading/New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PNP
Eduardo Bhatia \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
Rossana López León \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
Miguel Pereira \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
José Nadal Power \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
Cirilo Tirado \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
Aníbal José Torres \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
Miguel Pereira \| {{party shading/Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico}}\|PPD
Juan Dalmau \| {{Party shading/Puerto Rican Independence Party}}\|PIP
Vargas Vidot \| {{Party shading/Independent}}\|Independent

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style="text-align: left" | District

! style="text-align: left" | Name

! style="text-align: left" | Affiliation

rowspan=2| District I San Juan

| Henry Neumann