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Guam Legislature completes roll-call votes on package of bills and confirms multiple nominees
Summary
The Thirty-Eighth Guam Legislature completed roll-call votes on a broad slate of bills — including code amendments, land transfers and procurement authority — and confirmed several executive nominations. Tally counts and outcomes are recorded where available in the floor transcript.
The Thirty-Eighth Guam Legislature recorded final roll-call votes on a series of bills on the floor and confirmed multiple nominees before adjourning. The session’s daily file included measures ranging from amendments to the Guam Code Annotated to land transfers and procurement authority changes.
A selection of final actions recorded in the floor transcript (titles as read on the floor and vote results where explicitly recorded):
- Bill No. 1-38 COR — Amend subsection 26603(d)(5)(b) of article 2, chapter 26, title 11, Guam Code Annotated, relative to the annual appropriation level to the Guam Cancer Trust Fund. Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 21-38 COR — Transfer Lot No. 24171R7 from the Department of Public Health and Social Services central headquarters to Guam Community College for construction of a nursing annex. Vote: 10 yays, 4 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 51-38 COR — Transfer Lot No. 70541 (municipality of Jigo) from the Chamorro Land Trust Commission to the Guam Police Department. Outcome: duly passed by the body (final tally not clearly specified in the transcript excerpt).
- Bill No. 73-38 COR — Authorize transfer of Lot 15, Block F, Tract 9 (Barrigada Heights) from the Chamorro Land Trust Commission to the Guam Police Department for a public safety emergency communications center. Vote: 9 yays, 5 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 77-38 COR — Add a new section clarifying real estate brokerage agreements (chapter 104, title 21). Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 91-38 COR — Amend chapter 63, title 10 (Guam National Guard leadership qualification requirements). Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 99-38 COR — Add sections to chapter 3, title 16 relative to driver’s license reciprocity with foreign countries. Vote: 13 yays, 1 nay, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 137-38 COR — Add new sections defining and including interference with reporting criminal conduct offenses. Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 146-38 COR — Give the Mayor’s Council executive director procurement authority for goods and services up to $500,000. Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 164-38 COR — Streamline zoning law for affordable housing (add new article 28 to chapter 61, title 21). Vote: 12 yays, 2 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 144-38 COR — Extend tax credits for rehabilitation of football fields operated by the Guam National Youth Football Federation. Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
- Bill No. 177-38 LS — Designate December 10 as Insular Forest Guard and Guam Combat Patrol Memorial Day (floor amendment noted; the body voted to proceed without engrossment). Vote: 14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused. Outcome: duly passed by the body.
Nominations and confirmations recorded on the floor: - Anita (name transcribed in the floor record) to serve on the Guam Land Use Commission — recorded as having majority support and confirmed by the body. - Christina De Garcia — confirmed as administrator of the Guam Economic Development Authority (14 yays, 0 nays, 1 excused). - Syska S. Hutupeeya (transcribed name) — confirmed to the Guam Economic Development Authority Board of Directors by majority support. - Andrew C. Park — confirmed to the Guam Economic Development Authority Board of Directors by majority support. - Raymond H. Schnabel — confirmed as the insurance business representative to the Guam Banking and Insurance Board by majority support. - Marcus W. Fong — confirmed to the University of Guam Board of Regents by majority support.
Context and next steps: The transcript shows roll calls and vote tallies where recorded; where tallies were garbled or not evident in the excerpt, the article notes outcomes as “duly passed” when the floor record states that phrase. Several measures touched on land transfers and CLTC matters that drew separate floor remarks and public attendance in the gallery. The Legislature adjourned after the votes and confirmations.
