Public Laws of the 23rd NMC Legislature:
| Law Number | Legislation Number |
Title | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| P.L. 23-02 | HB 23-6 | To amend 4 CMC § 8112 to prioritize net metering to include public libraries; and for other purposes. | |
| P.L. 23-03 | HB 23-10, HD1 | To amend 8 CMC §1204, as amended by Public Law 22-25, to create an exemption to the requirement that a marriage certificate include the “places of residence”. | April 10, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-01 | HB 23-1 | To amend 7 CMC §4101 to lower the interest rate of civil money judgments from nine percent (9%) to three percent (3%). | April 10, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-04 | HB 23-31, HS1, SS2, CCS1 | To repeal and re-enact Public Law 22-22 in order to make revised appropriations for the operations and activities of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, its agencies, instrumentalities, and independent programs, and to provide revised budget authority for the government corporations for the Fiscal Year 2023; and for other purposes. | April 25, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-05 | HB 23-11 | TO AMEND TITLE 1, DIVISION 8 OF THE COMMONWEALTH CODE BY ESTABLISHING A VETERANS’ PREFERENCE EMPLOYMENT PROVISION FOR THE CNMI GOVERNMENT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. | August 1, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-06 | HB 23-15, HS1 | TO ADDRESS PUBLIC CORRUPTION BY EXPANDING AND CLARIFYING THE OFFENSE OF OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND ESTABLISHING FELONY AND MISDEMEANOR PUNISHMENTS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. | August 1, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-07 | HB 23-17, HS1 | TO ESTABLISH THE CRIME OF PROMOTING PRISON CONTRABAND AND APPROPRIATE PUNISHMENT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. | August 1, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-08 | HB 23-60, HD1 | TO RE-APPROPRIATE FUNDS UNDER SECTION 2(G) OF PUBLIC LAW 20-61 FOR THE HEALTH NETWORK PROGRAM (HNP); AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. | August 1, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-09 | HB 23-66, HS1, SS2, CCS1 | FY 2024 APPROPRIATIONS ACT | September 30, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-10 | SB 23-02, HSQ | To amend 4 CMC § 2103 to enhance the Marianas Visitors Authority’s promoting capabilities in attracting tourists to visit the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | October 27, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-11 | HB 23-24 | TO PROVIDE AN AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE AGAINST DRUG POSSESSION CHARGES IN THE CASE OF AN OVERDOSE. | October 28, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-12 | HB 23-77, SD1 | To authorize a revolving line of credit between the CNMI Government and the Marianas Public Land Trust in the amount of $15,000,000 with repayment terms until Line of Credit is satisfied or retired not to exceed seven (7) years; and for other purposes. | November 20, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-13 | HB 23-47, SD1 | To establish parity in coverage and payments for mental health and behavioral health services delivered through telehealth and in person. | November 22, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-14 | SB 23-34, SD1 | To amend the Crimes and Criminal Procedure Code definitions of dangerous weapon and serious bodily injury. | December 12, 2023 |
| P.L. 23-15 | HB 23-35, HS1, SS1 | To enact a provision to provide tax incentives for employers who hire individuals with special needs. | January 8, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-16 | HB 23-75 | To re-appropriate Thirteen thousand four hundred one dollars ($13,401.00) allotted under Public Law No. 20-61; and for other purposes. | January 8, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-17 | HB 23-61 | To establish a right of survivorship for certain causes of action. | March 18, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-18 | HB 23-104 HD1, SD1 | To appropriate $5,236,000.00 of the dividends collected by the Commonwealth Economic Development Authority (CEDA) from the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) for the Twenty Five Percent (25%) retirees’ pension for all retirees of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. | April 11, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-19 | HB 23-80 | To establish a fund from opioid settlement monies and a council to oversee funding for substance abuse abatement programs. | April 19, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-20 | HB 23-89, SD1 | To appropriate $517,868.14 generated under 4 CMC § 53036; and for other purposes | May 20, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-21 | HB 23-87, HS1 | To amend 3 CMC §2824 to authorize the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation to organize and assist in establishing a charitable foundation. | July 18, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-22 | HB 23-34 | To establish and authorize the use of legend drugs and controlled substances for euthanasia by animal control agencies and humane societies | July 18, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-23 | HB 23-23 | To establish a CNMI Drug Overdose Policy; to authorize and mandate first responders to possess opioid overdose reversal medication; to authorize standing orders for opioid overdose reversal medication; to provide limited immunity for dispensing opioid overdose reversal medication; and for other purposes. | July 18, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-24 | SB 23-13 | To strengthen the mandate of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Archives at the Northern Marianas College. | August 8, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-25 | HB 23-48, SS1 | To amend Title 4, Division 9 of the Commonwealth Code to place the apprenticeship program within the Department of Labor and to repeal 3 CMC §1351 through §1358 in their entirety; and for other purposes. "Commonwealth Apprenticeship Program Act of 2024" | September 20, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-26 | HB 23-115, HD1, HS1, SS2 | To make appropriations for the operations and activities of the Government of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, its agencies, instrumentalities, and independent programs, and to provide budget authority for government corporations for Fiscal Year 2025; and for other purposes. | September 30, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-27 | HB 23-50 | To remove marijuana from all pre-employment drug testing for government applicants with certain exceptions; and for other purposes. | October 2, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-28 | HB 23-99, SD1 | To require all vessels and/or motorboats to possess and utilize a Global Positioning System (GPS). | October 31, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-29 | HB 23-97, SD1, CCS1 | To amend certain provisions of the Commonwealth Public Utilities Commission Act of 2006; and for other purposes | November 18, 2024 |
| P.L. 23-30 | SB 23-37, SD1, HD1 | To mandate the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation to change the power, water, and wastewater rate for the Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation to commercial rate; and for other purposes. | November 18, 2024 |