36th Guam Legislature

The 36th Guam Legislature was the meeting of the Guam Legislature that was convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 4, 2021 and ended on January 1, 2023, during the third and fourth years of Lou Leon Guerrero's Governorship.

In the 2020 Guam election, the Democratic Party of Guam retained power with a slight decrease in their number of seats.^[1] The party began the session with 8 out of 15 seats, down two from the 10 seat supermajority they enjoyed in the 35th Guam Legislature.

Party summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	10	5	15
Begin (January 4, 2021)	8	7	15
Latest voting share	53.3%	46.7%

Leadership

Legislative

• Speaker: Therese M. Terlaje
• Vice Speaker: Tina Rose Muña Barnes
• Legislative Secretary: Amanda Shelton^[2]

Majority (Democratic)

• Majority Leader: Telena Cruz Nelson
• Assistant Majority Leader: Amanda Shelton
• Majority Whip: Sabina Perez^[2]

Minority (Republican)

• Minority Leader: James C. Moylan, until March 22, 2021
  • Christopher M. Duenas, from March 22, 2021
• Minority Whip: Frank F. Blas Jr.^[2]

Membership

Senator	Party		Assumed office	Residence	Born[2]
Therese M. Terlaje		Democratic	2017	Mangilao	1964
Tina Rose Muña Barnes			2019	Mangilao	1962
Amanda L. Shelton			2019	Asan-Maina	1990
Telena Cruz Nelson			2017	Yigo	1980[3]
Sabina Perez			2019	Barrigada
Joe S. San Agustin			2017	Yigo	1957[4]
Clynton E. Ridgell			2019	Talo'fo'fo	1979
Jose "Pedo" Terlaje			2019	Yona
James Moylan		Republican	2019
Frank F. Blas Jr.			2021
Mary Camacho Torres			2015	Sånta Rita-Sumai	1960[5]
Telo T. Taitague			2019	Tamuning
V. Anthony "Tony" Ada			2021	Sinajana	1967
Joanne M. Brown			2021
Christopher M. Duenas			2021

Committees

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair[6]
Committee on Rules	Tina Rose Muña Barnes	Amanda Shelton
Committee on Health, Tourism, Historic Preservation, Land and Justice	Therese M. Terlaje	Sabina Flores Perez
Committee on Economic Development, Agriculture, Maritime Transportation, Power and Energy Utilities, and Emergency Response	Clynton E. Ridgell	Tina Rose Muña Barnes
Committee on Public Safety, Border Safety, Military and Veteran Affairs, Mayors Council, Infrastructure and Public Transit	Jose "Pedo" Terlaje	V Anthony Ada (Military and Veterans' Affairs), Tina Rose Muña Barnes (Mayors' Council of Guam), Frank Blas Jr. (Public Safety), Mary C Torres (Public Transit), Clynton E. Ridgell (Emergency Response)
Committee on Environment, Revenue and Taxation, and Procurement	Sabina E. Perez	Therese M. Terlaje
Committee on Education and Infrastructural Advancement, Border Protection and Maritime Transportation, Guåhan Preservation and Self-Determination, and Federal and Foreign Relations	Telena Cruz Nelson	Amanda Shelton (Higher Education), Therese M.Terlajw (Self-Determination, Federal and Foreign Relations), Mary C. Torres (Border Protection and Maritime Transportation)
Committee on Federal and Foreign Affairs, Telecommunications, Technology, and Labor	Regine Biscoe Lee	Clynton E. Ridgell
Committee on General Government Operations, Appropriations, and Housing	Joe S. San Agustin	Amanda Shelton (General Government Operations Housing), Clynton E. Ridgell (Appropriations)
Committee on Air Transportation, Parks, Tourism, Higher Education, and the Advancement of Women, Youth, and Senior Citizens	Amanda Shelton	Tina Rose Muña Barnes (Air Transportation, Parks, and Tourism), Telena Cruz Nelson (Higher Education), Regine Biscoe Lee (Advancement of Youth), Joe S. San Agustin (Advancement of Senior Citizens)
Committee on Education and Infrastructural Advancement	Telena Cruz Nelson	Amanda Shelton (Education)
Committee on Public Accountability, Human Resources, and the Guam Buildup	Tina Muna Barnes	Amanda Shelton, Mary C. Torres (Regional Affairs and Public Accountability), Frank Blas Jr. (Guam Buildup and Telecommunications)

See also

• 35th Guam Legislature