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Votes at a glance: House passes oversight, appropriations, remittance tax and local measures

House of Representatives, Commonwealth Legislature of the Northern Mariana Islands · March 18, 2026
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Summary

The House passed a package of bills on first and final reading — including HB 24-87/HB 24-88 (utility oversight), HB 24-91 and HB 24-89 (CETA appropriations), HB 24-72 (remittance transfer tax), HB 24-85 (language commission fees), HB 24-92 (soil and water appropriation), HB 24-89 HS1 and HB 24-102 (fire code) — and confirmed two PUC nominees; most measures were adopted unanimously by the 18 members present.

In a single session the House moved a suite of measures through final passage and adopted several committee and conference reports. Key actions recorded on the floor include:

- House Bill 24-87: Passed (independent valuation of CUC; restore audit oversight; procurement modernization; protect ratepayers). Report 24-1 adopted; recorded passage on the floor.

- House Bill 24-88: Passed (comprehensive third-party audit of CUC, enforceable corrective action plan, ratepayer impact matrix, public audit implementation dashboard and decennial audits); report 24-2 adopted; passage recorded.

- House Bill 24-91 HS1: Passed (appropriate $300,000 of CETA dividends from CUC for infrastructure in the 1st Senatorial District); report 24-45…

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