Bills & Legislation

To establish a Non-Profit Organization Tax Credit to incentivize individual and corporate contributions, promote philanthropic engagement, and ensure the long-term viability of organizations that provide essential services and enhance the quality of life for the people of the CNMI.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To adopt the village delimitation and name master map for Saipan as the sole village delimitation and name master map of Saipan and to provide for the Office of the Mayor of Saipan to be the primary custodian for maintaining and preserving the master map and for the Department of Commerce – Central Statistics Division to be the secondary custodian; and for other purposes.

Denita Kaipat YangetmaiDemocrat

To amend Title 4. Economic Resources, Division 6. Banking and Financial Institutions of the Commonwealth Code, to give the Banking Director authority to regulate digital asset businesses; and for other purposes.

Daniel Iwashita Aquino, Jr.Independent

To amend the operating budget and scope of operations of the Office of Grants Management and State Clearinghouse (CNMI OGM-SC); and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To provide a nonrefundable tax credit to taxpayers who make donations of cash or food supplies to qualified community-based service organizations.

Malcom Jason OmarIndependent

To allow for the Substance Abuse, Addiction & Rehabilitation (SAAR) Program to promulgate fees; and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To amend Title 70, Subchapter 70-30.3 of the Northern Mariana Islands Administrative Code by adding a new section to authorize Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite-Quantity Contracts; and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To safeguard the Commonwealth’s landfill capacity, public health, and environment by restricting the acceptance and disposal of waste generated off-island unless certain health, safety, and environmental conditions are met.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To amend 4 CMC § 1305 to exempt services and the sale or exchange of securities and other similar assets from gross revenue tax; to amend 4 CMC § 1708 to allow rebates for exempted activities; to repeal 4 CMC § 1712; and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To establish the CNMI Air Service Development Matching Fund to support federal air service development grants, such as the Small Community Air Service Development Program, and to provide procedures and responsibilities related to the use of the Fund.

Joel Castro Camacho

To amend the penalties for illegally parking in spaces designated for persons with disabilities by strengthening and enforcing clear penalties for violation and repeat offenses and by ensuring accessible parking for persons with disabilities; and for other such purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

H. B. NO. 24-52: An Act to strengthen currect domestic and family violence laws to ensure the protections of women and children and to recognize and penalize digital and electronic harassment as acts of domestic and family violence; and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To establish revolving accounts for the Department of Lands & Natural Resources; and for other purposes.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To adjust the 1992 salary cap of executive directors to a 2025 inflation-equivalent amount.

Joel Castro Camacho

To mandate comprehensive, standards-based financial literacy education in all public high schools and middle schools of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); to establish curriculum standards, teacher training support, integration with workforce development programs, and implementation timelines; and for other purposes.

Vincent Raymond Seman AldanIndependent

To establish regulations on vehicle window tinting for safety and security in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To eliminate the 10% distribution to the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation, and redistribute those funds equally between the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Public Works to enhance their operational capacities; and for other purposes.

Vincent Raymond Seman AldanIndependent

To establish a grand jury system in the Commonwealth for use in criminal investigations and prosecutions, and to provide for related powers and procedures.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

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

To repeal and reenact the Justice Center Fund Revolving Account.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To earmark the Phyto Sanitary Certificate and the Certificate of Origin fees collected by the Customs and Bio-Security, and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To deposit the fiber optic telecommunications cable rights-of-way annual use fee into a Submerged Lands Revolving Fund Account for the management and maintenance of submerged lands.

Edmund Sablan VillagomezIndependent

To amend the statutory language governing dormant and unclaimed accounts to clarify the regulatory provisions regarding dormancy periods, the perpetual right of owners to claim funds, and the administration of escheated funds. [AMENDING 4 CMC 6513]

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

Late Honorable Benigno M. Sablan

Corina Lorraine MagofnaIndependent