THE MORNING LOOK at what our legislators are up to (January 21, 2025)


THE MORNING LOOK at what our legislators are up to (January 21, 2025)

Here are the first 27 bills introduced by Guam’s senators:

Bill No. 1-38 by Telo Taitague: Appropriations to the Guam Cancer Trust Fund

Bill No. 2-38 by Joe San Agustin: Prohibiting GovGuam from charging credit card fees

Bill No. 3-38 by Joe San Agustin: Taxing and regulating the sale of vapes

Bill No. 4-38 by Joe San Agustin: Tying minimum wage increases to the consumer price index

Bill No. 5-38 by Joe San Agustin: Creating special license plates for veterans

Bill No. 6-38 by Joe San Agustin: Land transfer to the Special Olympics Guam organization

Bill No. 7-38 by Joe San Agustin: Related to the CLTC and mineral extraction from Lot 5412 (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 8-38 by Joe San Agustin: Extending the statutory limit on GovGuam leases from five to 30 years (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 9-38 by William Parkinson: Authorizing and appropriating money for another three months of $100 power bill discounts

Bill No. 10-38 by Shawn Gumataotao: Greater life insurance benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty

Bill No. 11-38 by Shawn Gumataotao: Reducing the BPT from 5% of gross receipts to 4% (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 12-38 by Therese Terlaje: Reuse of the DPHSS Mangilao central facility for DPHSS and for Guam Community College

Bill No. 13-38 by Therese Terlaje: Mandating a public private partnership for Guam Memorial Hospital

Bill No. 14-38 by Telo Taitague: Empowering the public auditor to establish submission deadlines and to enforce fines for non compliance with those deadline

Bill No. 15-38 by Telo Taitague: Extending the statutory limit on GovGuam leases of real property from five years to 10 years with conditions

Bill No. 16-38 by Sabina Perez: Requiring justification for the hiring of unclassified employees outside the governor’s office, the legislature, and the offices of judges and justices

Bill No. 17-38 by Sabina Perez: Authorizing the public auditor to seek court intervention to force government officials to implement corrective actions identified in audits

Bill No. 18-38 by Sabina Perez: Refining procurement appeal regulations so that decisions made by the public auditor can be subject to judicial review

Bill No. 19-38 by Sabina Perez: Transferring responsibility for streetlights from GPA to DPW, replacing lapsed funds with a revolving fund, and protecting funds meant for streetlight installation, maintenance, replacement, and repair

Bill No. 20-38 by Telo Taitague: Disallowing commercial sale and residential use of fireworks by getting rid of Dwayne San Nicolas’ fireworks authorization statute

Bill No. 21-38 by Tina Muna Barnes: Transferring the DPHSS Mangilao central building to GCC for construction of a nursing annex (link to the legislation is broken)

Bill No. 22-38 by Tina Muna Barnes: “Relative to interfering with a judicial officer.” (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 23-38 by Shelly Calvo: Uniform Real Property Transfer on Death Act

Bill No. 24-38 by William Parkinson: “Relative to emergency contraception for survivors of rape.” (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 25-38 by Tina Muna Barnes: Modernizing how the government publishes notices of meetings and other business. (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 26-38 by Chris Duenas: Authorizing the construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in residential zones (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

Bill No. 27-38 by William Parkinson: “Relative to removing the restrictions on ownership of suppressors and silencers; and to be known as the ‘Hearing Protection Act of 2025.'” (Link to the legislation not working as of 12:10 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2025)

 

NOTE: Kandit, starting today, will post daily articles updating this list and the list of legislation introduced in the Commonwealth Legislature. According to the Commonwealth Legislature’s website as of this morning, no bills have been introduced in either the House or the Senate, which took office last week.


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