THE MORNING LOOK at what our legislators are up to (January 23, 2025)


Today’s CNMI update:

The Commonwealth Legislature has finally updated its website to reflect actions taken by the new 24th Commonwealth House and Senate. The website is showing that no member of the House or the Senate have introduced legislation as of this morning.

Today’s Guam update (there are no available links to the legislation as of 10 a.m., January 23, 2025):

Bill No. 36-38 by Joe San Agustin: Appropriating $1M to the Hagat Mayor’s Office for a Hagat Multipurpose Center (funds from excess FY2025 revenues).

Bill No. 37-38 by Joe San Agustin: Appropriating $1M to GUMA for mentoring and start up costs for businesses developing within the program (funds from excess FY2025 revenues).

Bill No. 38-38 by Joe San Agustin: Appropriating $4M to UOG for capital improvement projects and accreditation expenses (funds from excess FY2025 revenues).

Previously discussed:

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

Bill No. 8-38 by Joe San Agustin: Extending the statutory limit on GovGuam leases from five to 30 years

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%

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

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

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.'”

Bill No. 28-38 by Sabina Perez: “Relative to increasing Guam Environmental Protection Agency’s compliance enforcement capacity to protect the health or our environment and people.”

Bill No. 29-38 by Sabina Perez: “Relative to prohibitions on discrimination in housing based on source of income (SOI) as to promote equitable access to housing.”

Bill No. 30-38 by Sabina Perez: Establishing the Guam Solid Waste Authority islandwide collection plan

Bill No. 31-38 by William Parkinson: Expanding options for assisted living facilities

Bill No. 32-38 by the governor: Returning the unused, undesignated portions of Ypao Point to the ancestral land owners

Bill No. 33-38 by Tony Ada: Expanding the “elements for first and second degree criminal sexual conduct.”

Bill No. 34-38 by Tony Ada: Requiring employees who resign from GovGuam to submit to and pass drug testing to retain re-employment rights if said resignation was tendered within 30 days of an employer’s announcement of drug testing and to require employees to submit to drug testing prior to re-employment.

Bill No. 35-38 by Tony Ada: Prohibiting the import of skincare products that pose a danger to Guam’s coral reefs and marine life

 

NOTE: Kandit, starting January 21, 2025, is posting 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.


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