Public Laws

• Public Law 35-91 AN ACT TO ADD A NEW SUBSECTION (b)(5) TO § 4303 AND A NEW SUBSECTION (e) TO § 4305, AND TO AMEND § 4308, ALL OF ARTICLE 3, CHAPTER 4, TITLE 19, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO TERMINATING THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF A PARENT WHO IS FOUND BY CLEAR AND CONVINCING EVIDENCE TO HAVE COMMITTED THE OFFENSE OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL CONDUCT AGAINST THE OTHER PARENT RESULTING IN THE CONCEPTION OF THE CHILD.

(Bill No. 162-35 (COR) As substituted by the Committee on Health, Tourism, Historic Preservation, Land and Justice; and amended on the Floor, Mary Camacho Torres / Therese M. Terlaje / Telena Cruz Nelson / Régine Biscoe Lee/ Tina Rose Muña Barnes / William M. Castro / Kelly Marsh (Taitano), PhD / James C. Moylan / Louise B. Muña / Sabina Flores Perez /Clynton E. Ridgell / Joe S. San Agustin / Amanda L. Shelton / Telo T. Taitague / Jose “Pedo” Terlaje | SIGNED INTO LAW: 6/26/20)

• Public Law 35-90 AN ACT TO ADD A NEW § 26203.3 TO ARTICLE 2 OF CHAPTER 26, TITLE 11, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO PROVIDING LIMITED EXEMPTIONS TO SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER THE DAVE SANTOS SMALL BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT ACT TO MITIGATE IMPACTS RESULTING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

(Bill No. 323-35 (COR) As amended on the Floor, Joe S. San Agustin / Tina Rose Muña Barnes / Régine Biscoe Lee / Telena Cruz Nelson / Amanda L. Shelton / Clynton E. Ridgell / Kelly Marsh (Taitano), Ph.D. /Louise Borja Muña / Jose ‘Pedo’ Terlaje / William M. Castro / Mary Camacho Torres / Telo T. Taitague | SIGNED INTO LAW: 6/26/20)

• Public Law 35-89 - AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE UP TO THE SUM OF FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN DOLLARS AND SEVENTY-SEVEN CENTS ($468,318.77) FROM THE EARNINGS OF THE UOG HIGHER EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND, AS OF FISCAL YEAR 2019, TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM FOR THE PURPOSES PURSUANT TO § 221305 OF ARTICLE 13, CHAPTER 22, TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED.

(Bill No. 252-35 (COR) As amended on the Floor, Amanda L. Shelton / Joe S. San Agustin / William M. Castro / Telena Cruz Nelson / Régine Biscoe Lee / Therese M. Terlaje / Louise B. Muña / Tina Rose Muña Barnes| SIGNED INTO LAW: 6/26/20)

• Public Law 35-88 - AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE UP TO THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY DOLLARS AND NINETY-EIGHT CENTS ($254,640.98) FROM THE GCC ENDOWMENT FUND, AS OF FISCAL YEAR 2019, TO THE GUAM COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THE PURPOSES ENUMERATED IN § 221306 OF ARTICLE 13, CHAPTER 22, TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.

(Bill No. 251-35 (COR) As amended on the Floor, Amanda L. Shelton / Joe S. San Agustin / Tina Rose Muña Barnes / Telena Cruz Nelson / Therese M. Terlaje / Régine Biscoe Lee / Louise B. Muña / William M. Castro| SIGNED INTO LAW: 6/26/20)

• Public Law 35-51 - AN ACT TO ADD A NEW § 89.16 AND AMEND § 89.01(g)(1) OF CHAPTER 89, TITLE 9, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO REQUIRING CONVICTED SEXUAL OFFENDERS WHOSE CASES ARE UNDER APPEAL TO RETAIN THEIR ABSOLUTE DUTY TO REGISTER AS SEX OFFENDERS WITH THE JUDICIARY OF GUAM PROBATION DIVISION.

(Bill No. 157-35 (COR) - As amended by the Committee on Health, Tourism, Historic Preservation, Land and Justice; and further amended on the Floor, Amanda L. Shelton / Tina Rose Muña Barnes / Telena Cruz Nelson / Joe S. San Agustin / James C. Moylan / Louise B. Muña | SIGNED INTO LAW: 11/25/19)

• Public Law 35-47 - AN ACT TO AMEND § 90103 OF CHAPTER 90, TITLE 10, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO EXPANDING THE NATASHA PROTECTION ACT OF 2005 TO DEFINE AND PROHIBIT THE USE OF ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES WHEREVER OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS ARE ALREADY PROHIBITED.

(Bill No. 138-35 (COR) - Amanda L. Shelton / Therese M. Terlaje / Mary Camacho Torres / Tina Rose Muña Barnes / Telena Cruz Nelson / Kelly Marsh (Taitano), PhD / Régine Biscoe Lee / Joe S. San Agustin / Clynton E. Ridgell / Jose “Pedo” Terlaje / Sabina Flores Perez / William M. Castro / Louise B. Muña / Telo T. Taitague / James C. Moylan | SIGNED INTO LAW: 11/12/19)

• Public Law 35-43 - AN ACT TO ALLOW THE TRANSFER OF 1.5 ACRES OF LOT NO. 5412-R11 FROM THE CHAMORRO LAND TRUST COMMISSION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GUAM (UOG) TO CORRECT THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF UOG LOT NO. 2517-17 TO ENSURE THAT ALL UNIVERSITY-OWNED STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF UOG.

(Bill No. 76-35 (COR) - As introduced by Joe S. San Agustin | SIGNED INTO LAW: 10/16/19)

• Public Law 35-38 - AN ACT TO AMEND § 3105 OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 3, TITLE 22, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO RESPONSIBLY RAISING THE MINIMUM WAGE.

(Bill No. 136-35 (COR) - As introduced by Joe S. San Agustin | SIGNED INTO LAW: 10/14/19)

• Public Law 35-36 - AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE OPERATIONS OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2020, MAKING OTHER APPROPRIATIONS, AND ESTABLISHING MISCELLANEOUS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS. 186-35 (COR) - As amended by the Committee on General Government Operations, Appropriations, and Housing; and further amended in the Committee of the Whole Joe S. San Agustin | SIGNED INTO LAW: 9/4/19)

• Public Law 35-33 - AN ACT TO AMEND § 1216 OF ARTICLE 2, CHAPTER 1, TITLE 12, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE A.B. WON PAT INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY, GUAM, TO REFUND ALL OR A PORTION OF ITS OUTSTANDING GENERAL REVENUE BONDS, 2013 SERIES C. (Bill No. 140-35 (COR) - As amended in the Committee of the Whole Joe S. San Agustin / Clynton E. Ridgell / Tina Rose Muña Barnes | SIGNED INTO LAW: 9/4/19)

• Public Law 35-14 - AN ACT TO AMEND § 1510 OF ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 1, TITLE 5, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO THE CONSISTENT AND UNIFORM GENDER REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNOR OF GUAM AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF GUAM IN ENGLISH AND CHAMORU APPLICABLE TO ANY LAW, RULE, REGULATION, PUBLIC DOCUMENT, CONTRACT, AGREEMENT, OR OFFICIAL RECORDING OF PUBLIC ACTS OR TRANSACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUAM. (Bill No. 12-35 (LS) As substituted by the Committee on General Government Operations, Appropriations, and Housing; and further substituted on the Floor, Kelly Marsh (Taitano), PhD / Tina Rose Muña Barnes / Amanda L. Shelton / Therese M. Terlaje / Régine Biscoe Lee / William M. Castro / James C. Moylan / Louise B. Muña / Telena Cruz Nelson / Sabina Flores Perez / Clynton E. Ridgell / Joe S. San Agustin / Mary Camacho Torres / Telo T. Taitague / Jose “Pedo” Terlaje | SIGNED INTO LAW: 5/7/19)

• Public Law 35-13 - AN ACT TO ADD A NEW § 26203.2 TO ARTICLE 2, CHAPTER 26, TITLE 11, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO PROVIDING LIMITED EXEMPTIONS TO SMALL BUSINESSES UNDER “THE DAVE SANTOS SMALL BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT ACT.” (Bill No. 1-35 (LS) As amended by the Committee on General Government Operations, Appropriations, and Housing; and further amended on the Floor, Régine Biscoe Lee / James C. Moylan / Tina Rose Muña-Barnes / Joe S. San Agustin | SIGNED INTO LAW: 5/7/19)

• Public Law 35-7 - AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 8 OF CHAPTER XI, PUBLIC LAW 34-116; AND TO APPROPRIATE TWO HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX DOLLARS ($298,536) FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE GUAM ELECTION COMMISSION FOR EXPENDITURES RELATED TO THE 2018 PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS. (Bill No. 15-35 (COR), Joe S. San Agustin / Tina Rose Muña Barnes | SIGNED INTO LAW: 4/5/19)

• Public Law 35-5 - AN ACT TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 8 TO TITLE 11, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO REGULATING THE USE, PRODUCTION, SALE, AND TAXATION OF MARIJUANA, TO BE KNOWN AS THE “GUAM CANNABIS INDUSTRY ACT OF 2019”; TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 9 TO TITLE 11, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO CREATING THE CANNABIS CONTROL BOARD; TO REPEAL §§ (c)(23) AND (c)(31) OF APPENDIX A, CHAPTER 67, TITLE 9, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO DECLASSIFYING MARIJUANA AS A SCHEDULE I CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; AND TO AMEND §§ 67.401.2(b), 67.401.4(f), (h), AND (j), 67.401.5, 67.401.6, 67.411(b) AND 67.412(a), AND REPEAL § 67.401.4(k), ALL OF ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER 67, TITLE 9, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO REDEFINING REFERENCES TO IT IN THE GUAM UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT; AND ADDING A NEW § 70.44.4 TO TITLE 9, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO POSSESSION OF CANNABIS BY PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE. (Bill No. 32-35 (COR), Clynton E. Ridgell / Tina Rose Muña Barnes / Joe S. San Agustin / Régine Biscoe Lee / Telo T. Taitague / Jose “Pedo” Terlaje | SIGNED INTO LAW: 4/4/19)

• Public Law 35-4 - AN ACT TO REPEAL AND REENACT § 64.62 AND ADD NEW §§ 64.62.1 AND 64.62.2, ALL OF ARTICLE 2, CHAPTER 64, TITLE 9, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE MAYORS COUNCIL OF GUAM TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATED TO GAMES OF CHANCE AT THE GUAM ISLAND FAIR AND LIBERATION DAY CARNIVAL. (Bill No. 29-35 (COR), James C. Moylan / Jose “Pedo” Terlaje / Joe S. San Agustin / William M. Castro | SIGNED INTO LAW: 4/3/19)

• Public Law 35-1 - AN ACT TO AMEND § 24103(b) OF ARTICLE 1, CHAPTER 24, TITLE 11, GUAM CODE ANNOTATED, RELATIVE TO CLARIFYING THE ADDITIONAL TAX LEVY ON REAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS VALUED AT ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000) OR MORE. (Bill No. 4-35 (LS), Joe S. San Agustin Jose Terlaje / Sabina Perez / Clynton Ridgell | SIGNED INTO LAW: 3/2/19)