Bills & Legislation

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

To amend the Saipan Zoning Law of 2013, Section 1211 concerning nonconforming auto rental offices with vehicles, for enhanced industry clarity and infrastructure utilization in the Third Senatorial District; and for other purposes.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

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

Patrick  Hofschneider San NicolasRepublican

To recognize and commend Dr. David S. Grauman and Dr. Elizabeth A. Kohnen for their exemplary service and selfless dedication to the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Roy Christopher  Aldan AdaRepublican

To respectfully urge the United States Department of the Treasury, United States Customs and Border Protection, the United States Postal Service and any other responsible federal agencies to immediately cease and desist the implementation of Executive Order 14324 and remit to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands all revenues collected under Executive Order 14324, or in the alternative, to recognize the CNMI’s authority to collect such revenues itself consistent with the Covenant and applicable law in the event that said charges must be imposed.

Blas Jonathan  Tenorio Attao

To urge the United States to take immediate and comprehensive action to identify, remove, and safely dispose of World War II-era unexploded ordnance throughout the Northern Mariana Islands.

Daniel Iwashita Aquino, Jr.Independent

Commending the distinguished life and extraordinary contributions of the late Honorable Governor Arnold Indalecio Palacios to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and its people and to acknowledge his enduring legacy as a genuine statesman.

Edmund Sablan VillagomezIndependent

To encourage the Honorable David M. Apatang, Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, to declare a Proactive Resilience Emergency Declaration to protect the Commonwealth’s renewable energy future in light of the approaching federal deadline under the 2025 “Big Beautiful Budget” Act (BBB); and urging all agencies to fast-tract renewable energy projects before the opportunity expires.

Vincent Raymond Seman AldanIndependent

To recognize and acknowledge the National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) and the Guam-CNMI ESGR State Committee and their volunteer members for their exceptional service and commitment to our service men and women and to thank and appreciate our civilian employers for their utmost support to our service members by recognizing the week of August 4th through August 8th, 2025 as “Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week”.

Edmund Sablan VillagomezIndependent

To urge the United States Congress to require all contractors and subcontractors performing federally funded work in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to register with the CNMI Department of Finance and certify compliance with CNMI tax laws as a condition of receiving federal payments, to request the U.S. Department of Defense to adopt a CNMI-specific clause in the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) to institutionalize this requirement, and to affirm the CNMI’s right under Section 703(b) of the Covenant to receive federal income tax revenues generated from contract work performed in the Commonwealth.

Blas Jonathan  Tenorio Attao

To authorize the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, through its Governor, to submit to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development the Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant Application No. B-25-ST69-0001, the Home Investment Partnership Grant Application No. M-25-ST69-0203, the National Housing Trust Fund Grant Application No. F-25-ST69-0203, and the Emergency Solutions Grant Application No. E-25-DC69-0001; to receive the funds requested therein; and to assume all responsibilities that may be imposed pursuant to those grants.

Joel Castro Camacho

Directing the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation and all relevant Commonwealth government agencies and public corporations to expedite planning, permitting, and deployment of viable renewable energy, storage, and resilience projects — and to coordinate energy-security and infrastructure-resilience strategies — in light of the accelerated phase-out of federal clean-energy incentives under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Vincent Raymond Seman AldanIndependent

To formally recognize and commemorate the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary.

Edmund Sablan VillagomezIndependent

To honor the life and legacy of the late Honorable Miguel Mendiola Sablan for his meaningful contributions to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and to extend our sincere condolences and sympathies to his family.

Joseph Arriola FloresIndependent

To honor and congratulate CITADEL Pacific Ltd. (CPL) on the occasion of its 20th Anniversary.

John Paul Palacios SablanIndependent