37th Guam Legislature

The 37th 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 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]

Party summary

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%

Leadership

Legislative

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

Minority (Republican)

• Minority Leader: Frank F. Blas Jr.
• Minority Whip: Telo T. Taitague

Membership

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 A. Parkinson			2023
Dwayne San Nicolas			2023
Frank F. Blas Jr.		Republican	2021
Telo T. Taitague			2019	Tamuning
Christopher M. Dueñas			2021
Joanne M. Brown			2021
Jesse A. Lujan			2023
Thomas J. Fisher			2023

Committees

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