Institutions
Senate of Puerto Rico
Passes legislation with the House and exercises advice-and-consent responsibilities.
Senado de Puerto Rico · Senate of Puerto Rico
Spanish legal name: Senado de Puerto Rico. Spanish legal names are retained. Some English names are functional translations.
- Government level
- State-level
- Branch or grouping
- Legislative
- Type
- Legislature
- Sources consulted
- Oct 17, 2026
What it does
Passes legislation with the House and exercises advice-and-consent responsibilities.[sources]
In everyday life
Start with the responsibility described in this profile, then confirm on the official website whether your service, program, or issue belongs to this institution. A shared responsibility does not imply subordination.
Where it fits
- Confirms the Secretary: Department of Justice Art. IV, sec. 5 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms the Secretary: Department of Health Art. IV, sec. 5 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms appointments to: Office of the Solicitor General Art. 58 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms judges: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico Art. V, sec. 8 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms judges: Court of Appeals Art. V, sec. 8 ↗Art. 4.003 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms judges: Court of First Instance Art. V, sec. 8 ↗Art. 5.002 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms five board seats: Puerto Rico Health Insurance Administration Art. IV, sec. 3 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms three members: Public Service Regulatory Board Sec. 8B ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms five members: Puerto Rico Energy Bureau Art. 6.5(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms three members: Puerto Rico Telecommunications Bureau Cap. II, art. 2 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms three members: Bureau of Transportation and Other Public Services Art. 5 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms the Secretary: Department of the Treasury Art. IV, sec. 5 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Presiding officer designates a representative: Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority Art. 6(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms the commissioner: Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions Art. 5(a) ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms the commissioner: Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Art. 2.010 ↗ · Sources consulted:
- Confirms the commissioner: Puerto Rico Cooperative Development Commission Art. 12 ↗ · Sources consulted:
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Leadership & appointments
Presiding or executive leadership
A name is not published without current verification of the role.
- Appointment
- Verification pending
- Confirmation
- Verification pending
- Term end
- Verification pending
An absent name does not imply a vacancy. Names from the seed report are not automatically treated as current officeholders.
Governance & composition
Consult official sources for composition and appointments.
Members, vacancies, and terms are not certified as a complete roster. An expired term is not automatically treated as a vacancy; some laws allow service until a successor qualifies.
Sources & method
The consultation date is not the institution’s own update date.
- Artículo III - Poder Judicial de Puerto Rico ↗https://poderjudicial.pr/constitucion/articulo-iii/Sources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
- https://senado.pr.gov/ ↗https://senado.pr.gov/Sources consulted: Verification pending
- https://poderjudicial.pr/constitucion/ ↗https://poderjudicial.pr/constitucion/Sources consulted: Oct 17, 2026
- Constitución de Puerto Rico — Artículo IV (Poder Ejecutivo) ↗https://poderjudicial.pr/constitucion/articulo-iv/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
- Ley 205-2004 — Departamento de Justicia (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/205-2004.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Oct 12, 2026
- Constitución de Puerto Rico — Artículo V (Poder Judicial) ↗https://poderjudicial.pr/constitucion/articulo-v/Sources consulted: Oct 18, 2026
- Ley 201-2003 — Ley de la Judicatura (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/201-2003.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: May 21, 2026
- Ley 72-1993 — Administración de Seguros de Salud (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/72-1993.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 21, 2025
- Ley 211-2018 — Ejecución de la reorganización de la JRSP (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/211-2018.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 15, 2024
- Ley 57-2014 — Transformación y ALIVIO Energético (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/57-2014.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 28, 2026
- Ley 213-1996 — Telecomunicaciones de Puerto Rico (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/213-1996.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 16, 2024
- Ley 109-1962 — Servicio Público de Puerto Rico (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/109-1962.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Jun 20, 2024
- Ley 2-2017 — AAFAF: organización, facultades y sucesión de asientos (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/2-2017.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Jul 2, 2026
- Ley 4 de 11 de octubre de 1985 — OCIF y Junta Financiera (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/4-10-1985.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Sep 24, 2024
- Código de Seguros — Ley 77-1957, capítulo 2 y autorización de aseguradores (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/leyesreferencia/PDF/C%C3%B3digos/77-1957/77-1957.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Aug 21, 2026
- Ley 247-2008 — Comisión de Desarrollo Cooperativo (compilación OGP) ↗https://bvirtualogp.pr.gov/ogp/Bvirtual/LeyesOrganicas/Pages/247-2008.pdfSources consulted: Oct 18, 2026 · Document revised: Apr 16, 2024