There will be a Special Session of the House tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17 @ 9:30am in the House Chamber.

Click here for agenda.

Also, tomorrow evening starting at 6pm there will be a community forum at the Multipurpose Center in Susupe to discuss proposed short-term and long-term solutions for the CNMI’s utilities crisis, and ways that concerned ratepayers can become better organized and more actively involved in the effort to realize efficient, reliable, and affordable utility services in the islands.  The forum is free and open to the public.  Carpooling is encouraged.   

The following House Standing Committees have rescheduled public hearings this week and next:

1.  Judiciary & Governmental Operations (on the Constitutional Convention; 6 legislative initiatives; and HB 16-38 Civil Service Act and HB 16-86 Resident Foreign National Act — rescheduled for Tinian and Rota)

2.  Ways and Means Budget Hearings (Tinian and Rota)

3.  Health, Education, & Welfare (on HB 16-09 Commonwealth Healthcare Corporation Act; and HB 16-47 Smoke Free Air Act)

The rescheduled JGO and Ways and Means hearing notices are attached in this email.  Please note, the most recently-announced schedule for the JGO hearings on Saipan is the same: June 10, 11, & 12 @ 6pm in the House Chamber.  That notice is also attached in this email.   

The rescheduled HEW hearing notices will be attached in the next email.

For more information or to obtain copies of bills, please contact the following offices:

• Office of Rep. Rosemond Santos (JGO Chair) — 664-8965

• Office of Rep. Ray Yumul (W&M Chair) — 664-8841

• Office of Rep. Ralph Torres (HEW Chair) — 664-8901

JGO Public Hearing Notice_Tinian.doc
JGO Public Hearing Rescheduled Notice_Rota
JGO Saipan Reschedule_of_Public_Hearing_Notice
W&M.Tinian.Rota Budget Hearings