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Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

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Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature

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General information
Type:   State legislature
Term limits:   None
Leadership
Senate President:   Edith Deleon Guerrero
House Speaker:  Edmund S. Villagomez
Structure
Members:  9 (Senate), 20 (House)
Length of term:   4 years (Senate), 2 years (House)
Salary:   $32,000/year
Elections
Meeting place:
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The Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, with nine members, and the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, with 20 members.

The Legislature meets in the Legislative Building in Capitol Hill, Saipan.

Senate

The Northern Mariana Islands Senate is the upper house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The body is composed of nine members, three from each legislative district.[1] Each member represents an average of 5,258 residents as of the 2020 Census.[2] Senators serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits.[3]

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions, and boards.

Leadership

The President of the Senate presides over the Senate. The President is elected by a majority of members at the opening of the legislature.[4]

Partisan composition

See also: Partisan composition of state senates
Party As of May 2025
     Democratic Party 2
     Republican Party 4
     Other 3
     Vacancies 0
Total 9

Click here for a list of members of this chamber.

House of Representatives

The Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives is the lower house of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature. The House is composed of 20 members: 18 elected from Saipan and the islands north of it, one from Rota, and one from Tinian and Aguiguan.[5] Each member represents an average of 2,366 residents as of the 2020 Census.[2] Representatives serve two-year terms and are not subject to term limits.[6]

Leadership

The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by a majority of members at the opening of the legislature.[7]

Partisan composition

See also: Partisan composition of state houses
Party As of May 2025
     Democratic Party 2
     Republican Party 2
     Other 16
     Vacancies 0
Total 20

Click here for a list of members of this chamber.

Elections

2026

See also: Northern Mariana Islands Senate elections, 2026 and Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives elections, 2026

Elections for the Northern Mariana Islands Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

Elections for the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026.

2024

See also: Northern Mariana Islands Senate elections, 2024 and Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives elections, 2024

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands Senate took place in 2024. The general election was held on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline was August 7, 2024.

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was held on November 5, 2024. The filing deadline was August 7, 2024.

2022

See also: Northern Mariana Islands Senate elections, 2022 and Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives elections, 2022

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands Senate took place in 2022. The general election was held on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline was August 10, 2022.

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives took place in 2022. The general election was held on November 8, 2022. The filing deadline was August 10, 2022.

2020

See also: Northern Mariana Islands Senate elections, 2020 and Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives elections, 2020

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands Senate took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline was August 5, 2020.

Elections for the office of Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives took place in 2020. The general election was held on November 3, 2020. The filing deadline was August 5, 2020.

Members

Salaries

As of 2023, members of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature received an annual salary of $32,000.[8]

Pension

The Northern Mariana Islands do not provide pensions for legislators.

When sworn in

The Northern Mariana Islands' legislators assume office on the second Monday of January following a regularly scheduled general election.[9]

Sessions

Section 13 of Article II of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands contains provisions relating to the timing and length of sessions. The legislature convenes on the second Monday of January following a regularly scheduled general election. Each house can meet for no more than 90 calendar days per year: 60 days before April 1 and 30 days after July 31.

The governor or presiding officer may call the legislature into special session for no more than 10 consecutive days. The legislature may consider only subjects chosen by the governor or presiding officer in the call for a special session.[10]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed June 19, 2014(Article II Section 2-a)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 U.S. Census Bureau, "Population of the Northern Mariana Islands: 2010 and 2020," accessed August 7, 2023
  3. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed August 7, 2023(Article II Section 2-b)
  4. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed August 7, 2023(Article II Section 14-b)
  5. ↑ cnmilaw.org, "Commonwealth Code," accessed August 7, 2023(Code 1503)
  6. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed August 7, 2023(Article II Section 3-a)
  7. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed August 7, 2023(Article II Section 14-b)
  8. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Commonwealth Code," accessed August 8, 2023 (Code 1271)
  9. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed August 7, 2023(Article II Section 13)
  10. ↑ Cnmilaw.org, "Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands," accessed August 7, 2023(Article II Section 13)
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