Bills & Legislation

To allow CUC BOD members off-island to participate and vote in board meetings

Jude Untalan HofschneiderRepublican

Ratifying, confirming, and authorizing the filing and continued prosecutin by the Senate of the 24th NMCL of litigation to protect its constitutional and statutory advise-and-consent authority

Karl Rosario King-NaborsRepublican

To establish provisions for jaywalking; and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To promote coordination between the Marianas Visitors Authority and the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture for the promotion of Commonwealth culture and cultural tourism; to preserve the independence of the Commonwealth Council for Arts and Culture as the Commonwealth's State Arts Agency; to establish minimum governance, accountability, and artist-payment standards; and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To approve the Governor’s request to exempt and fill essential, vacant personnel positions within the Department of Corrections, pursuant to Public Law 24-20, Section 602(a).

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To approve the Governor’s request to exempt and fill a critical and vacant personnel position within the Office of the Governor, pursuant to Public Law 24-20, Section 602(a).

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To approve the Governor’s request to exempt and fill a critical and vacant personnel position within the Executive Branch, specifically for the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality (BECQ), pursuant to Public Law 24-20, Section 602(a).

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To approve the Governor’s request to exempt and fill a critical and vacant personnel position within the Executive Branch, specifically for the CNMI Office of Veterans Affairs, pursuant to Public Law 24-20, Section 602(a).

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To approve the Mayor of Saipan’s request to reinstate and fill essential, vacant personnel positions within the Office of the Mayor, Municipality of Saipan, pursuant to Public Law 24-20.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

Price freezes and gouging

To appropriate $2,500,000.00 from revenues collected pursuant to Saipan Local Law 11-2 as amended; and for other purposes.

Blas Jonathan  Tenorio Attao

To appropriate $500,000.00 from revenues collected for the Third Senatorial District pursuant to Public Law 20-59; and for other purposes.

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

Amend TLL 21-09 regulatorily compliant internet gaming

Jude Untalan HofschneiderRepublican

To appropriate revenues collected for the Third Senatorial District pursuant to Public Law 20-59.

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

To appropriate the remaining fund balance of $50,411.00 under Saipan Local Law 21-10 (Project Code 7192H) for the maintenance, repairs and improvements of Commonwealth parks and recreational facilities in Precinct IV and for the purchase of base coarse to repair secondary roadways in Precinct IV; and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To appropriate Fifty-four Thousand Dollars ($54,000.00) from revenues collected from poker fees in the Second Senatorial District; and for other purposes.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To appropriate $380,000.00 from revenues collected pursuant to Saipan Local Law 22-06; and for other purposes.

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

To appropriate $75,000.00 from revenues collected for the Third Senatorial District pursuant to Saipan Local Law 22-06; and for other purposes.

Blas Jonathan  Tenorio Attao

To appropriate Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) for the Rota Medical Subsistence Allowance, Rota Little League Association and the Manamko trip, as well as Seven Hundred and Thiry-One Dollars ($731.00) for fuel and lubrication under the Rota, Department of Lands and Natural Resources.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To appropriate the remaining fund balance of $85,500.00 under Saipan Local Law 23-04 for the repair, maintenance and improvements of recreational facilities in Precinct IV; and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To re-appropriate Sixty thousand dollars ($60,000.00) allotted under Rota Local Law 24-07 and Twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) allotted under Rota Local Law 24-08 collected from poker fees in the First Senatorial District to respond to critical emergency situations and urgent recovery initiatives in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Sinlaku; and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To appropriate $2,000,000.00 of the dividends collected by the Commonwealth Economic Development Authority (CEDA) from the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) to assist the Department of Finance and Commonwealth Economic Development Authority with funding related to the Third Senatorial District.

Blas Jonathan  Tenorio Attao

Tinian Casino Gaming Control Commission members' compensation

Jude Untalan HofschneiderRepublican

To appropriate Eighty Four Thousand Dollars ($84,000.00) from revenues collected from poker fees in the Second Senatorial District; and for other purposes.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To appropriate the remaining fund balance of $260,670.00 from the Third Senatorial District Developers Infrastructure Tax Fund allotted to Precinct I under Saipan Local Law 22-16; and for other purposes.

Roman Cepeda BenaventeIndependent

To appropriate One Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand dollars ($156,000.00) from revenues collected from poker fees in the Second Senatorial District to respond to critical emergency situations and urgent recovery initiatives in the aftermath of Super Typhoon Sinlaku; and for other purposes.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To appropriate Forty-two thousand dollars ($42,000.00) from revenues collected from poker fees in the Second Senatorial; and for other purposes.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To appropriate $16,925 of the Rota Poker License Fee Account under BU 3302; and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To re-appropriate Eight Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Three Dollars and Fifty-Four Cents ($8,483.54) allotted under Saipan Local Law 19-27 Section 2(B)(5)(ii); Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 19-23 Section 2(e); Seventeen Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars ($17,995.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 24-14 Section 2(a); Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 22-10 Section 2(B)(20)(B)(i); Twenty-Seven Thousand One Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and Forty-Seven Cents ($27,166.47) allotted under Saipan Local Law 18-17 Section 2(d); and Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 23-10 Section 2(a); and for other purposes.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To appropriate One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for the continued operation and regulatory oversight of the Rota Casino Gaming Commission; and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To appropriate revenues collected for the Third Senatorial District pursuant to Public Law 20-59.

Blas Jonathan  Tenorio Attao

To re-appropriate Twenty-Six Thousand Dollars ($26,000.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 20-26 and re-appropriate Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 23-10; and for other purposes.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To appropriate $11,877.00 for the operations of the Mayor Tinian and Aguiguan pursuant to 10 CMC § 2581 and 1 CMC § 1405.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To amend the Investment Incentive Act of 2000 by refining eligibility criteria for Qualifying Certificates, strengthening procedural safeguards, mandating detailed reporting on investments and performance, and enhancing oversight mechanisms.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To amend 2 CMC § 2174 to provide the Commonwealth Ports Authority greater autonomy in managing its finances.

Edmund Sablan VillagomezIndependent

To amend 1 CMC § 2803 to ensure that public land revenues are managed and invested by the Marianas Public Land Trust in accordance with Article XI, Section 6 of the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To urgently request for the immediate inclusion of the Republic of the Philippines in the nonimmigrant Guam-CNMI Visa Waiver Program administered by the United States Department of Homeland Security.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To ensure that the expenditure authority designated in the Annual Appropriation Act retains authority over all funds appropriated to it.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

Debit or credit card transaction

Francisco  Quichuchu CruzRepublican

To establish the Joint Oversight of Incoming Non-local Transfers Act to mandate Legislative and Executive Appropriation for all Non-Locally-Sourced Funds allocated for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Denita Kaipat YangetmaiDemocrat

Amend budget submission of DPL

Karl Rosario King-NaborsRepublican

To establish the Office of Financial Integrity and Compliance (OFIC) and the OFIC Oversight Committee to improve the CNMI Government's financial management and reporting.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To support the passage of H.R. 2132 Essential Air Service

Jude Untalan HofschneiderRepublican

To honor Alleena Villaluz for her exceptional achievements in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, academics, and extracurricular activities, and to celebrate her unwavering dedication and exemplary contributions as a role model for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

State of the Commonwealth Address

Ronnie Mendiola CalvoIndependent

To promote economic recovery and provide relief to CNMI taxpayers by waiving penalties and interest on unpaid taxes due to financial and socioeconomic hardships; and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To establish mandatory consecutive sentencing for repeat felony offenders on probation or parole, and to ensure consistent application of sentencing laws.

Daniel Iwashita Aquino, Jr.Independent

To honor and congratulate the Saipan Southern High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) Manta Ray Battalion for their exceptional performance at the Golden Bear West Coast National Drill Meet.

Joel Castro Camacho