37th_Guam_Legislature
The 37th Guam Legislature is the current meeting of the Guam Legislature that convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 2, 2023, during Lou Leon Guerrero's Governorship.In the 2022 Guam election, the Democratic Party of Guam won a majority of seats in the Guam Legislature.[1]
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More information Affiliation, Party(shading indicates majority caucus) ...
| Affiliation | Party (shading indicates majority caucus) |
Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Republican | ||||||
| End of previous legislature | 8 | 7 | 15 | ||||
| Begin (January 2, 2023) | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||||
| Latest voting share | 60.0% | 40.0% | |||||
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Legislative
- Speaker: Therese M. Terlaje[2]
- Vice Speaker: Tina Rose Muña Barnes
- Legislative Secretary: Amanda Shelton
Minority (Republican)
- Minority Leader: Frank Blas Jr
- Minority Whip: Telo T. Taitague
More information Senator, Party ...
| Senator | Party | Assumed office | Residence | Born[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Therese M. Terlaje | Democratic | 2017 | Mangilao | 1964 | |
| Tina Rose Muña Barnes | 2019 | Mangilao | 1962 | ||
| Amanda L. Shelton | 2019 | Asan-Maina | 1990 | ||
| Darrel Christopher "Malafunkshun" Barnett | 2023 | ||||
| Sabina Perez | 2019 | Barrigada | |||
| Joe S. San Agustin | 2017 | Yigo | 1957 | ||
| Roy A. B. Quinata | 2023 | ||||
| William Parkinson | 2023 | ||||
| Dwayne San Nicolas | 2023 | ||||
| Frank F. Blas, Jr. | Republican | 2021 | |||
| Telo T. Taitague | 2019 | Tamuning | |||
| Christopher M. Duenas | 2021 | ||||
| Joanne M. Brown | 2021 | ||||
| Jesse Lujan | 2023 | ||||
| Thomas Fisher | 2023 | ||||
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More information Committee, Chair ...
| Committee | Chair | Vice Chair[4] |
|---|---|---|
| Committee on Rules | Chris "Malafunkshun" Barnett | Sabina Flores Perez |
| Committee on Education, Public Safety and the Arts | Chris "Malafunkshun" Barnett, Chairperson | Christopher M. Duenas |
| Committee on General Government Operations and Appropriations | Joe S. San Agustin | |
| Committee on Fire, Agriculture, Power and Energy Utilities, Public Transit, Unemployment Insurance and Universal Health Insurance | William Parkinson | |
| Committee on Maritime Transportation, Air Transportation, Parks, Tourism, Higher Education and the Advancement of Women, Youth, and Senior Citizens | Amanda Shelton | |
| Committee on Infrastructure, Economic Development, Simon Sanchez High School, Disability Services, Self-Determination and Historic Preservation, Housing, Public Accountability, and the Guam Buildup | Roy Anthony Benavente Quinata | |
| Committee on Federal, Foreign & Regional Affairs, Innovation & Development, Human Resources & Public Libraries | Tina Rose Muña Barnes | |
| Committee on Emergency Response, Military and Veteran Affairs, Border Safety and Mayors Council | Dwayne San Nicolas | |
| Committee on Environment, Revenue and Taxation, Labor, Procurement, and Statistics, Research, and Planning | Sabina Flores Perez | |
| Committee on Health, Land, Justice, and Culture | Therese M. Terlaje |
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- Taitano II Pacific Daily, Joe (9 November 2022). "Leon Guerrero-Tenorio, J. Moylan, D. Moylan win, Democrats hold Legislature". guampdn.com. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- Taitano II Pacific Daily, Joe (5 January 2023). "Therese Terlaje selected as speaker of 37th Guam Legislature". guampdn.com. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- Guam Legislature. Senators - The 36th Guam Legislature, Hagatna, Guam.
- Guam Legislature. Legislative Committees The 37th Guam Legislature, Hagatna, Guam.