House Bills for the 22nd Commonwealth Legislature House of Representatives:
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| Leg No. | Author | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| HB 22-1 | Guerrero, JT | CNMI Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act of 2021 TO ESTABLISH | Details |
| HB 22-2 | Guerrero, JT | AUTHORIZE CIVIL CLAIMS FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE TO BE COMMENCED AT ANY TIME Amend Title 7, Div. 2, CH 5 adding new section 2515 | Details |
| HB 22-3 | Flores, JA | VEHICLE CODE AMENDMENT (REGISTRATION & LICENSES) Amending 9 CMC 2101(d) requiring the motor vehicle liability insurance expiration to be consistent with the vehicle registration expiration | Details |
| HB 22-4 | Flores, JA | REDUCE TIMEFRAME FOR TRAFFIC & CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION REPORTS [DPS] Amend 9 CMC § 6105 (a). Police to Report New § 101. Police to Report-Generally Reduce | Details |
| HB 22-5 | Guerrero, JT | ADVISORY COUNCIL FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT AMENDMENT To add additional members; change voting requirements Source amendment: 1 CMC § 20175 | Details |
| HB 22-6 | Sablan, JP | To amend 4 CMC §1401(d) to increase revenues by properly taxing tobacco products. | Details |
| HB 22-7 | Sablan, JP | CONTRABAND REFORM ACT To provide clarity relative to the crime of promoting prison contraband. | Details |
| HB 22-8 | Guerrero, JT | FUNDING LEVEL FOR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH To establablish funding leveal and provide the Legislature with control of the expenditure of funds appropriated for its operations. | Details |
| HB 22-9 | Blanco, IA | REGULATE TRUST AND FIDUCIARIES Cited as the Uniform Trust Code | Details |
| HB 22-100 | Staffler, LHFC | To further enable recruitment, retention, and appropriate classification and compensation of Medicaid personnel; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-101 | Demapan, AA | To provide a tax incentive for business entities that hire qualified ex-offenders; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-102 | Villagomez, ES | To exempt public corporations and autonomous agencies from paying the one percent (1%) Public Auditor Fee. | Details |
| HB 22-103 | Manglona, DM | To amend P.L. 16-10 section 2 to allow for the construction of a regulation basketball court and volleyball court. | Details |
| HB 22-104 | Camacho, VC | To amend Title 1, Division 8 of the Commonwealth Code by adding a new Chapter to enact provisions associated with public corruption, official misconduct, other unlawful influence and related offenses for public officials; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-105 | Manglona, DM & Yumul, RN | To offset FAC increases with revenue derived from the Liquid Fuel Tax. | Details |
| HB 22-106 | Demapan, AA | Relating to transient accommodations tax and regulation of short term rentals in the Commonwealth. | Details |
| HB 22-107 | Camacho, VC | To amend 1 CMC § 7831 to provide for direct legislative appropriation to the Office of the Public Auditor, and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-108 | Magofna, CL | To amend the Commonwealth’s family law statutes to provide for greater clarity in the administration of divorce proceedings and protection orders; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-109 | Magofna, CL | To amend the Commonwealth Disaster Price Freeze Act of 1996 to provide for a flexible response to the economic challenge posed by the COVID-19 health emergency; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-110 | Babauta, CR | To provide for expungement of the criminal records of certain marijuana- and firearms-related offenders. | Details |
| HB 22-111 | Babauta, CR | To amend the compensation of the Casino Commission members. | Details |
| HB 22-112 | Camacho, VC | 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. | Details |
| HB 22-113 | Sablan, JP | To amend 8 CMC §1204 to remove the ten-day restriction to submit a marriage certificate by any religious and/or non-religious entity; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-114 | Staffler, LHFC | To enact a provision to provide tax incentives for employers who hire individuals with special needs. | Details |
| HB 22-115 | Staffler, LHFC | To require all contractors to be licensed in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-116 | Manglona, DM | 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 2023; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-117 | Yangetmai, DK | To amend 2 CMC §§ 5631 and 5109 to authorize gill net, locally known as “tekking” in the Third Senatorial District and provide additional penalties for any violations. | Details |
| HB 22-118 | Staffler, LHFC | To amend Title 4, Division 9 of the Commonwealth Code by adding a new Chapter 9 to establish an apprenticeship program within the CNMI and to repeal 3 CMC §1351 through §1358 in their entirety; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-119 | Yumul, RN | To establish a process for the delivery of a State of the Commonwealth Address to the Legislature by the Governor. | Details |
| HB 22-120 | Sablan, CME | To amend 4 CMC § 1202, to exclude local stimulus payments from taxation. | Details |
| HB 22-10 | Blanco, IA | To Prohibit the Use of Certain Disposable Food Service Containers | Details |
| HB 22-11 | Blanco, IA | STATE & LOCAL FISCAL & REVENUE IMPACT STATEMENT Requie government agencies to prepare and submit fiscal and revenue impact statement | Details |
| HB 22-12 | Blanco, IA | TOUR COMPANY VEHICLE REGISTATION GUIDE Re: Secretary of Commerce empower to promulgate regulations for registration and permitting fees for tour operator vehicles [Amending 4 CMC § 51420 (b)] | Details |
| HB 22-13 | Blanco, IA | COMMONWEALTH WORKER FEE REVOLVING FUND | Details |
| HB 22-14 | Guerrero, JT | DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS RESIDENTIAL MENTAL HEALTH UNIT To Establish witin the Department of Corrections | Details |
| HB 22-15 | Guerrero, JT | FOSTER CARE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM To establish witin the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs-Division of Youth Services | Details |
| HB 22-16 | Guerrero, JT | Providing the Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA) with critical funding To temporarily suspend 4 CMC section 2159 for the 2021 fiscal year | Details |
| HB 22-17 | Guerrero, JT | To amend 9 CMC § 2401 to authorize the Bureau of Motor Vehicles to regulate chauffeur licenses in the CNMI; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-18 | Manglona, DM | HATE CRIMES ACT OF 2021 To amend Division 4 of Title 6 of the Commonwealth Code relating to disposition of offenders and sentencing to provide criteria for imposition of enhanced sentencing of defendants for crimes motivated by hate. | Details |
| HB 22-19 | Sablan, CME | To repeal Title 4 Section 1709 of the Commonwealth Code in order to provide relief for working families by making them eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-20 | Attao, BJT | To amend Title 2, Division 2, Chapter 1 of the Commonwealth Code to grant the Commonwealth Ports Authority (CPA) – Ports Police with law enforcement authority. | Details |
| HB 22-21 | Demapan, AA | COMMONWEALTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY ACT OF 2021 To establish—To strengthen the tools and powers of the CNMI Govt to promote and expand economic development | Details |
| HB 22-22 | Demapan, AA | RICHARD B SEMAN BIOPROSPECTING ACT OF 2021 To establish laws to regulate bioprospecting activities within the CNMI in order to ensure prior, informed consent and equitable sharing of benefits | Details |
| HB 22-23 | Lizama, RT | To enact provisions regarding confinement of dogs, enforcement authority to the office of the mayor for each senatorial district, and fines for registered pet owners who fail to secure their dogs; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-24 | Guerrero, JT | CNMI SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT FOR MORTGAGE LICENSING ACT OF 2020 [CNMI S.A.F.E Mortgage Licensing Act] | Details |
| HB 22-25 | Blanco, IA | TAX AMNESTY To provide relief to CNMI taxpayers affected by disasters by allowing relief from penalties and interest on unpaid taxes; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-26 | Attao, BJT | To amend 3 CMC §2204(e) to remove the limitation of terms for members to serve on the Health Care Professions Licensing Board; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-27 | Sablan, JP |
EXCISE TAX AMENDMENT To remove the 15-day grace period and to provide the Division of Customs with the authority to promulgate and establish application fees for low-risk importer applicants Source amendment: 4 CMC § 4407(b) | Details |
| HB 22-28 | Villagomez, ES | The Lydia D. Igitol Center for Living Independently in the CNMI Tp rename the Center for Living Independently | Details |
| HB 22-29 | Sablan, CME | To amend 1 CMC § 121 in order to eradicate the unconstitutional public purpose presumption for legislative expenditures. *Amendment. Subsection (i) of Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 1 (1 CMC § 121(i)) is hereby deleted in its entirety. | Details |
| HB 22-30 | Sablan, CME | To grant the Legislature a reasonable allowance, to define a “reasonable allowance”, to set the amount of the allowance, and to certify it as a public purpose. *Cited as the Legislative Allowance Act | Details |
| HB 22-31 | Guerrero, JT | To authorize the Department of Public Lands to issue licenses and use permits and charge fees for the use of the public lands located within 150 feet of the high water mark. | Details |
| HB 22-32 | Guerrero, JT | To amend the Litter Control Act to the prohibit the possession of glass containers while on public beaches; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-33 | Manglona, DM | To require legislative appropriation for all Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund monies allocated for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands by the U.S. Congress pursuant to Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) as amend | Details |
| HB 22-34 | Babauta, CR | To provide a tax credit for taxpayers who make donations of cash or food supplies to a qualified local food pantry, homeless shelter, or soup kitchen. | Details |
| HB 22-35 | Babauta, CR | To add a provision to prohibit convicted felons from possessing firearms and/or ammunition; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-36 | Babauta, CR | To repeal and reenact 6 CMC §4115 to provide better clarity for trial courts to impose sentences. | Details |
| HB 22-37 | Babauta, CR | To amend Title 6, Division 3, Chapter 2 of the Commonwealth Code by establishing a penalty provision for criminal defendants who fail to appear in court on their scheduled date. | Details |
| HB 22-38 | Babauta, CR | To amend Title 6, Division 5, Chapter 3, Article 2. Protection of Abused Children, to enact a new §5326. Discovery of evidence of child abuse or recordings of child witnesses, and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-39 | Babauta, CR | To amend Title 6, Division 6, Chapter 5. Witnesses, by adding a new §6503. Witness to Child Outcry of Abuse, and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-40 | Flores, JA | To establish provisions for jaywalking; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-41 | Flores, JA | To amend 9 CMC §8209 by removing the seven-day grace period for motorists who violate 9 CMC §§8203 and 8204; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-42 | Flores, JA | To amend 4 CMC §1943 to authorize developer infrastructure tax credits for appropriate Chamorro and Carolinian culture designs; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-43 | Camacho, JC | To create an anti-littering incentive program by providing a reward for persons reporting violations of the Litter Control Act; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-44 | Camacho, JC | To conserve, protect, and enhance the CNMI’s native plants and trees for generations to come and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-45 | Attao, BJT | To authorize the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Finance in consultation with Department of Public Works to enter into a loan agreement for a sum up to $16,800,000.00 for the construction and improvement of roads in the Commonwe | Details |
| HB 22-46 | Attao, BJT | To repeal and re-enact 4 CMC 1402 (g) to allocate 10 percent of the excise tax to the Solid Waste Management Revolving Fund. | Details |
| HB 22-47 | Guerrero, JT | INTERNET GAMING ACT OF 2021 To allow senatorial districts to establish and regulate iternet gaming | Details |
| HB 22-48 | Manglona, DM | AMEND FY 2021 BUDGET ACT To amend Public Law 21-35, “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 2021”; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-49 | Lizama, RT | To provide a voluntary incentive to business establishments to install closed circuit television cameras. | Details |
| HB 22-50 | Lizama, RT | To amend Title 9, Division 2, Chapter 1, §2104 of the Commonwealth Code to have all trailer(s) in the CNMI registered in order to be operated on public streets; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-51 | Flores, JA | To amend 9 CMC § 4101 to add new subsections (f), (g), (h), (i), (j), and (k) to have restrictions related to the color of headlights, signal lights and brake lights on vehicles; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-52 | Guerrero, JT | To amend 1 CMC § 2806(c) to provide flexibility in negotiating public land rental amounts for hotels and golf courses. | Details |
| HB 22-53 | Staffler, LHFC | To appropriate funds for the Commonwealth Medicaid Agency to ensure that federal appropriated and awarded funds may be expended for program administration, reibursements to medical providers, and for compliance and medicaid enterprise systems and further enable recruitment, retention, and appropriate classification and compensation of personnel. | Details |
| HB 22-54 | Sablan, CME | To update the definition of tobacco products in the CNMI’s excise tax laws; bring tobacco tax rates to the recommended level; set tobacco tax rates to increase with inflation; and invest tobacco tax revenues in health promotion and disease prevention and control programs in the CNMI; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-55 | Staffler, LHFC | To amend 4 CMC §5526 to establish a separate license for online sales of alcoholic beverages. | Details |
| HB 22-56 | Babauta, SJ | To assess a fee on plastic checkout bags distributed in the Commonwealth; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-57 | Yumul, RN | EMPLOYMENT TAX CREDIT To provide a tax credit for business entities that hire United States citizens or residents of the CNMI whose employment was affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. | Details |
| HB 22-58 | Lizama, RT | LOWER INTEREST RATE OF CIVIL MONEY JUDGMENTS To amend 7 CMC §4101. Money Judgements. | Details |
| HB 22-59 | Ada, RCA | To rename the San Vicente Elementary School to “Moses Tydingco Fejeran Elementary School”. | Details |
| HB 22-60 | Ada, RCA | To amend 1 CMC §425 by renaming the Youth Center within the “Commissioner Joaquin S. Tudela Community Park” in San Vicente, Saipan as the “Prudencio Cabrera Youth Center”; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-61 | Propst, EK | PUBLIC OFFICIAL DISCLOSURE ACT OF 2021 Repeal and Re-Enactment. Title 1, Division 8, Part 4, Chapter 2, Financial Disclosure, sections 8511 to 8523 of the Commonwealth Code | Details |
| HB 22-62 | Propst, EK | To repeal and re-enact 1 CMC §7407(f) to stiffen the penalty for anyone who violates the stated travel restriction; and for other purposes Amend 1 CMC § 7407-Restrictions on Govt Paid Travel Outside of the CNMI | Details |
| HB 22-63 | Propst, EK | Amend 1 CMC § 6424-Campaign Statement of Account-Filing-Verification To require all candidates and their respective committees to fully disclose financial contributions and expenses of amounts in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) within fifteen (15) days | Details |
| HB 22-64 | Propst, EK | Accountancy Act 2021 To provide for the issuance of certificates as certified public accountants to regulate the practice of accountancy in the public interest; to establish a Board of Accountancy and prescribe its powers and duties, and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-65 | Camacho, VC | RENAME COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CENTER TO DR. CARLOS S. CAMACHO COMMONWEALTH HEALTH CENTER | Details |
| HB 22-66 | Staffler, LHFC | To amend 1 CMC §2901 to require newly appointed persons to undergo certification training in regards to the Open Government Act (OGA); and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-67 | Demapan, AA | To amend 4 CMC § 8112 to prioritize net metering to include public libraries; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-68 | Sablan, CME | To establish a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-69 | Lizama, RT | To repeal Title 1, Division 8, Part 2, Chapter 2, Article 1 (codified as 1 CMC §§ 8221-8223) in order to remove taxpayer-funded housing for key elected officials. | Details |
| HB 22-70 | Demapan, AA | INVESTMENT INCENTIVE ACT OF 2021 To reform the Investment Incentive Act of 2000 to promote economic development in the Commonwealth and increase competitiveness of the Commonwealth for private sector investment. | Details |
| HB 22-71 | San Nicolas, PH | To amend Public Law 21-1, Section 2 to re-appropriate sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) to the Office of the Mayor of Tinian & Aguiguan; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-72 | San Nicolas, PH | To Amend Title 6, Division 4, Chapter 1, Section 4102(d)(i) of the Commonwealth Code. | Details |
| HB 22-73 | Staffler, LHFC | To amend certain sections under Title 2, Division 3, Chapter 4 of the Commonwealth Code to enable the mayors of each municipality to enforce provisions in the Litter Control Act of 1989, as amended; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-74 | Manglona, DM | 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 2022; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-75 | San Nicolas, PH | To add a new Expungement procedure as section 4120 to Division 4 of Title 6 of the Commonwealth Code; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-76 | Ada, RCA | To rename the “Ma’afala Breadfruit Program” as the “Ivan A. Blanco Breadfuit Program”. | Details |
| HB 22-77 | Sablan, CME | To establish the CNMI Qualified Medical Travel Assistance Program or MTAP; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-78 | Guerrero, JT | To clarify the powers of the CNMI Cannabis Commission and make needed changes to the Commonwealth Code to support adequate development of the Cannabis Industry in the Commonwealth. | Details |
| HB 22-79 | Lizama, RT | To allow for right hand drive vehicles that are twenty-five (25) years or older to be imported and registered in the CNMI; and for other purpose. | Details |
| HB 22-80 | Sablan, CME | To have the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) join Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT) to improve and expand access to mental health care in the CNMI; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-81 | Demapan, AA | To amend 4 CMC § 1202, to exclude local stimulus payments from taxation. | Details |
| HB 22-82 | Villagomez, ES | To adopt the village delimitation and name master map for Saipan as the sole village delimitation and name master map of Saipan and to provide for the Office of the Mayor of Saipan to be the primary custodian for maintaining and preserving the master map and for the Department of Commerce – Central Statistics Division to be the secondary custodian; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-83 | Staffler, LHFC | To enact a whistleblower protection provision for respective employees reporting on prohibited personnel practices; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-84 | Yumul, RN | To repeal and reenact 2 CMC §4323 and 2 CMC §4324(c) to mandate the Department of Public Lands (DPL) to review all past and pending claims and to grant such title to qualified persons; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-85 | Villagomez, ES | To amend Title 1, Division 2, Part 1, Chapter 1, Article 7 of the Commonwealth Code by permitting private employers to exercise a voluntary veterans' preference in employment relating to veterans' relief; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-86 | Sablan, CME | To amend 1 CMC Section 26018 Amendment of Vital Records | Details |
| HB 22-87 | Sablan, CME | To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, to be known as the CNMI Equality Act or Åktun Achá-Parehu or Alléghúl Aweeweppagh of 2021. | Details |
| HB 22-88 | Attao, BJT | AMEND-ELECTED OFFICIAL GOVT HOUSING FOR PRIVATE & RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES (1 CMC §§8222-8223) To clarify the provision of official residences for eligible elected officials as well as implement a reasonable cap on the amount of utility charges allowed per month; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-89 | Flores, JA | To exempt pre-existing village and agricultural homestead structures, existing from January 1985 to January 2000, that are encroaching on public lands; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-90 | Flores, JA | To create a “CNMI Road & Highway Regulatory Signs” account separate from the general fund; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-91 | Manglona, DM | To amend the Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 22-08) to establish a business unit and properly fund the Retirees’ Bonus; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-92 | Babauta, SJ | To amend 4 CMC § 1205 (c) to add 500 Sails, Inc., as a qualified educational institution for purposes of the education tax credit; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-93 | Lizama, RT | To amend 6 CMC §3107 to have permissible uses of consumer fireworks within the CNMI. | Details |
| HB 22-94 | Attao, BJT | To amend certain sections of the Chamorro and Carolinian Language Policy Commission Act; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-95 | Manglona, DM | To amend the Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2022 (Public Law 22-08) to establish a business unit and properly fund the Retirees’ Bonus; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-96 | Yumul, RN | To limit the duration of an emergency contract to a specific period that does not extend beyond the emergency; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-97 | Magofna, CL | To require Legislative Appropriation for all Non-Locally-Sourced Funds allocated for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-98 | Sablan, CME | To reestablish a CNMI Minimum Wage by repealing and reenacting 4 CMC §§ 9221, 9222 and 9223; to repeal and amend certain sections of the Minimum Wage and Hour Act; to abolish the Wage Review Committee; and for other purposes. | Details |
| HB 22-99 | Attao, BJT | To amend 1 CMC, Division 6. Elections specifically §§6213, 6222, 6521(a), 6524(a) and 6528(f) of the Commonwealth Code; and for other purposes. | Details |