Bills & Legislation

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 amend Rota Local Law 23-15, to appropriate One Hundred Fifty-Five Thousand Dollars ($155,000.00) for the continued operation of the Rota Casino Gaming Commission; and for other purposes.

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 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 $220,000.00 from revenues collected for the Third Senatorial District pursuant to Saipan Local Law 22-06; and for other purposes.

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

To amend the Saipan Zoning Law to define “Automobile Sales & Service” and to establish a screening requirement for “Automobile Sales & Service” businesses that are adjacent to certain zoning districts.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To appropriate $125,000.00 allotted under Saipan Local Law 20‑26 (2)(r)(1); and for other purposes.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To appropriate local funds from revenues collected pursuant to Saipan Local Law 11-2; and for other purposes.

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

To appropriate Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) for the Rota Aging Program and the Rota DCCA Flame Tree Arts.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To appropriate Ninety Nine Thousand Six Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($99,625.00) for Medical Subsistence, Municipal Scholarship, and operations of the Mayor of Rota. . Introduced on February 25, 2026.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To re-appropriate funds under Section 2(t)(d) of Saipan Local Law 23-04 (Project Code 7190M); and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

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 amend Title 10, Division 1, Chapter 12 (Rota Casino Act of 2007) of the Commonwealth Code to: (1) establish a clear separation between the investigative and compliance functions of the Rota Casino Gaming RCGC (RCGC) and the adjudicatory/decision-making functions of the Commissioners; (2) establish an Investigations and Enforcement Division under the Executive Director; (3) authorize the procurement of qualified independent third-party investigative and professional services for criminal and financial due diligence of casino license applicants and related persons; (4) establish a Casino Regulatory Fee and a dedicated regulatory fund/account to provide stable annual funding for regulatory operations, including enforcement and monitoring; (5) strengthen conflicts of interest, disclosure, and recusal requirements for Commissioners; and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To re-appropriate the fund balance of $50,000.00 under Saipan Local Law 22-16 (Project Code 2001E); and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To re-appropriate Two Hundred Fifty-Six Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-Five Dollars ($256,235.00) from the fund balances allotted under Saipan Local Law 22-01, specifically Business Unit 4963V; and for other purposes.

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

To establish a docking and watercraft fee for derby event participants utilizing the West and East Docks on Rota; to include vessels, jet skis, kayaks, and canoes; to exempt bona fide Rota residents and educational activities; to provide penalties for violations; and to allocate collected revenues for conservation and community programs.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To amend the Wedding Cake Mountain Wildlife Conservation Area, to authorize the Mayor of Rota to plan, construct, and maintain a pedestrian pathway at Wedding Cake Mountain and access to the Grotto, and to initiate actions necessary to qualify for federal grants, and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To re-appropriate Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 20-26; and for other purposes.

Daniel Iwashita Aquino, Jr.Independent

To appropriate the fund remaining balance of $48,450.33 under Section 2(t)(4) of Saipan Local Law 20-26 (Project Code 7190M) for the maintenance, repairs and improvements of Commonwealth parks and recreational facilities 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 $300,000.00 of the dividends collected by the Commonwealth Economic Development Authority (CEDA) from the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) to fund infrastructure projects in the Second Senatorial District.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To rename Isa Drive to “Governor Carlos S. Camacho Drive” in honor of the First Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Denita Kaipat YangetmaiDemocrat

To re-appropriate the remaining fund balance of $89,217.00 under Saipan Local Law 22-15 (Project Code 3754H) for the maintenance and improvements of Commonwealth parks and recreational facilities in Precinct III and the maintenance and improvements of Garapan Core and the Froilan C. Tenorio Beach Road pathway in Precinct III; and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To establish the “Saipan Economic Incentive Zone” within the Third Senatorial District, and to authorize the Commonwealth Economic Incentive Authority and other relevant agencies to administer and regulate investment activities within the designated zone.

Joel Castro Camacho

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

Joel Castro Camacho

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

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To amend Saipan Local Law 24-05 that appropriated the remaining fund balance of $85,500 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 Seventy-Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty Dollars ($78,980.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 18-17; and for other purposes.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent

To appropriate Twelve thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($12,500.00) for the personnel and operations of the Tinian Casino Gaming Commission; and for other purposes.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To re-appropriate the remaining fund balance of Forty-Eight Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Dollars ($48,450.00) allotted under Saipan Local Law 20-26; and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

To rename the “Smiling Cove Marina” the “Diego T. Benavente Smiling Cove Marina” in honor of former Legislator and former Lieutenant Governor Diego Tenorio Benavente.

Vincent Raymond Seman AldanIndependent

To appropriate Three Hundred and Five Thousand Dollars ($305,000.00) for the continued operation and regulatory oversight of the Rota Casino Gaming Commission; and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To re-appropriate the remaining fund balance of $221,649.00 under Saipan Local Law 22-16 (Project Code 2001E); and for other purposes.

Joel Castro Camacho

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

Ralph  Naraja YumulIndependent

To establish the Rota Cultural Heritage and Education Tour Act, for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To appropriate Forty Two Thousand Dollars ($42,000.00) from revenues collected from poker fees in the Second Senatorial District; and for other purposes.

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

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 establish the Rota Department of Public Works equipment rental fee, and for other purposes.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

To rename a portion of Lana Drive in the village of As Lito, Precinct I, to “Diego T. Benavente Drive” in honor of the Honorable Diego Tenorio Benavente, former Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and long-serving public servant of the Commonwealth.

Vincent Raymond Seman AldanIndependent

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 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

To appropriate Forty Two Thousand Dollars ($42,000.00) 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 $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 amend 10 CMC § 12114 to provide for the compensation of the members of the Rota Casino Commission.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

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 impose a 0.5% ad valorem local excise surtax for the privilege of importing construction materials from outside and within the Commonwealth by licensed construction contractors into the First Senatorial District.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent

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

Joel Castro Camacho

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 amend 10 CMC § 12114 to provide for the compensation of the members of the Rota Casino Commission.

Julie Marie Atalig OgoIndependent