NOTE: Guam legislation appears below the list of CNMI legislation
Today’s CNMI update:
In the House of Representatives:
HLB 24-1 by Patrick San Nicolas: To appropriate $11,877.00 for the operations of the Mayor Tinian and Aguiguan
In the Senate:
SB 24-01 by Jude Hofschneider: Creating a CNMI Term Pension Plan
SB 24-02 by Jude Hofschneider: Establishing agricultural water usage rates for commercial farmers/ranchers/livestock producers
SB 24-03 by Jude Hofschneider: To transfer management/supervision of soil and water conservation districts to NMC CREES
SB 24-04 is not registered in the CNMI Legislature’s website
SB 24-05 by Manny Castro: Establishing a Fire Reserve Corps
SB 24-06 by Manny Castro: Authorizing CNMI DOC to pay inmates and establishing work programs
SB 24-07 by Manny Castro: Establishing the Police Reserve Unit within the DPS
SB 24-08 by Manny Castro: Amending the CNMI Recycling Act of 1999
SB 24-09 by Celina Roberto Babauta: Authorizing and regulating the formation of a captive insurance industry
Today’s Guam update:
The Guam Legislature website has not been updated since January 27, 2025.
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
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).
Bill No. 39-38 by Sabina Perez: Appropriating $10M for streetlights and road repairs.
Bill No. 40-38 by William Parkinson: Appropriating $3.5M for the rehabilitation of the old F.Q. Sanchez Elementary School.
Bill No. 41-38 by Joe San Agustin: Transferring four government lots in Janom, Yigo to the Guam Ancestral Lands Commission
NOTE: Kandit, starting January 21, 2025, is posting daily articles updating this list and the list of legislation introduced in the Commonwealth Legislature.
