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Votes at a glance: several Guam bills and resolutions passed; clerk recorded roll-call results
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Summary
The session read and approved a series of bills and resolutions on land, education, labor, cannabis regulation, and appropriations; clerk roll calls recorded outcomes for each measure and a veto override succeeded (11–4).
The legislature advanced and passed a long list of bills and resolutions during the floor session. Clerk-read items included (by bill/resolution number and short description as read on the floor):
- Bill 131 (Chamorro Land Trust land sale and deposit into Tomorrowland Trust infrastructure and survey fund): received 11 yeas, 4 nays and was passed.
- Bill 218 (mandating official use of the Chamoru spelling in Guam law and public documents): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 233 (assignment of a parcel for Hagonia community sports and MOA authority with nonprofits): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 237 (Department of Labor apprenticeship rules): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 245 (extend sunset for cannabis lab-testing exemption): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 254 (align cannabis agricultural requirements and related WAMA rules): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 246 (Guam Cancer Trust Fund allotment-release control exemption): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 263 (defined benefit plan amendments): recorded as passed (15 yeas).
- Resolution 126 and Resolution 127 (education and student wellness initiatives): each recorded as adopted (15 a’s recorded).
- Bill 65 (audits on nonprofits receiving government funding): recorded passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 141 (on small-scale on-site composting permitting exceptions): recorded passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 142 (special cost of living economic task force changes): recorded passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 234 (customs automated system adoption and agreements with UNCTAD): recorded passed (15 yeas).
- Bill 279 (amendment related to Guam Visitors Bureau travel authorizations): received 14 yeas, 1 nay and was passed.
- Bill 214 (strengthening independence and effectiveness of the Guam Ethics Commission): recorded as passed (12 yeas, 3 nays).
- Bill 231 (establishing a Guam tax amnesty program): recorded as passed (12 yeas, 3 nays).
- Bill 262 (appropriation of $890,000 for cybersecurity/automation FY2026): recorded as passed (14 yeas, 1 nay).
- Bill 205 (amendment related to discount on tobacco tax stamps): recorded as passed (11 yeas, 4 nays).
- Bill 228 (enhancing tourism aesthetics program): recorded as passed (10 yeas, 5 nays).
The floor also confirmed multiple nominees to boards and offices by voice or show of hands. Later in the day the chamber voted to override a gubernatorial veto on Bill 176; the override passed (11 yeas, 4 nays).
This article is a compact summary of roll-call outcomes read on the floor; for the substantive floor debate and the most contested item (substitute Bill 206 expanding licensure pathways for internationally trained physicians) see the companion article.
