38th Guam Legislature

The 38th Guam Legislature was the meeting of the Guam Legislature that convened in Hagåtña, Guam on January 6, 2025 till present day, during Lou Leon Guerrero's Governorship. In the 2024 Guam election, the Republican Party of Guam won a majority of seats in the Guam Legislature.^[1]

This is the first time that the Republican Party held a majority in 16 years.^[1]

Major Legislation

Enacted

• April 12, 2015: Act 38-3 (Bill No. 25-38): An Act to amend § 8104(a)(5)(A) and § 8104(a)(5)(B), to renumber § 8104(a)(5)(C) as § 8104(a)(5)(D); and to add a new §8104(a)(5)(C), all of Chapter 8, Title 5, Guam Code Annotated; relative to modernizing public hearing notice requirements by authorizing the posting of public notices in locally licensed electronic newspapers and websites. Act 38-4 (Bill No. 34-38): An Act to amend § 2108 of Chapter 2, Title 4, Guam Code Annotated, relative to requiring employees who resign from Government of Guam employment to submit to and pass drug testing to retain reemployment rights if” said resignation was tendered within 30 days of an announced OR random drug testing, and to require employees to submit to drug testing prior to reemployment.
• June 17, 2025: Act 38-22: An Act to amend §3101(b) of Chapter 3, Title 16 Guam Code annotated; relative to exempting non- resident active-duty service members and their dependents from Driver’s Licensing requirements. Act 38-11 (Bill No. 18-38): An Act to amend § 5707(a) of Article 12, Chapter 5, Title 5, Guam Code annonated, relative to the procedure for judicial review of decisions made by the Public Auditor in Procurement Appeals.

Party summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic
End of previous legislature	6	9	15
Begin (January 6, 2025)	9	6	15
Latest voting share	60.0%	40.0%

Leadership

Legislative

Source:^[2]

• Speaker: Frank F. Blas Jr.
• Vice Speaker: Vicente Tony Ada
• Legislative Secretary: Sabrina Salas Matanane

Majority (Republican)

Source:^[2]

• Majority Leader: Jesse A. Lujan
• Majority Whip: Shelly Calvo

Minority (Democratic)

• Minority Leader: Vacant
• Minority Whip: Vacant

Membership

Senator[2]	Party		Assumed office	Residence	Born
Frank F. Blas Jr.		Republican	2017	Mangilao	1964
Vicente Ada			2025
Sabrina Salas Matanane			2025
Jesse A. Lujan			2023
Christopher M. Dueñas			2021
Shelly V. Calvo			2025
Vincent Anthony V. Borja			2025
Eulogio Shawn Gumataotao			2025
Telo T. Taitague			2019	Tamuning
Tina Rose Muna Barnes		Democratic	2019	Mangilao	1962
Darrel Christopher "Malafunkshun" Barnett			2023
William A. Parkinson			2023
Sabina Perez			2019
Joe S. San Agustin			2017	Yigo	1957
Therese M. Terlaje			2017	Mangilao	1964

Committees

Committee[3]	Chair[3]	Vice Chair[3]
Committee on Rules	Vicente Ada	Christopher M. Duenas
Committee on Land, Environment, Housing, Agriculture, Parks, and Infrastructure	Vicente Ada	Christopher M. Duenas
Committee on Finance and Government Operations	Christopher M. Duenas	Vicente Ada
Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard	Eulogio Shawn Gumataotao	Vicente Ada
Committee on Education, Libraries, and Public Broadcasting	Vincent Anthony V. Borja	Tina Rose Muña Barnes
Committee on Health and Veterans Affairs	Sabrina Salas Matanane	Vicente Ada
Committee on Child Welfare, Youth Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women’s Affairs, Disability Services, the Arts, Culture, Historic Preservation, and Hagåtña Restoration	Shelly Calvo	Vicente Ada
Committee on Transportation, Tourism, Customs, Utilities, and Federal and Foreign Affairs	Jesse A. Lujan	Christopher M. Duenas & Shelly Calvo
Committee on Economic Investment, Military Buildup, Regional Relations, Technology, Regulatory Affairs, Justice, Elections, and Retirement	Telo. T. Taitague	Sabina Flores Perez