35th Guam Legislature

The 35th Guam Legislature was the meeting of the Guam Legislature that was convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 7, 2019 and ended on January 3, 2021, during the first and second years of Lou Leon Guerrero's Governorship. It was succeeded by the 36th Guam Legislature, which began in 2021 and ended in 2023.

In the 2018 Guam election, the Democratic Party of Guam won a supermajority.^[1] This is the first supermajority Guam Legislature since the 30th Guam Legislature. This legislature is the first to have a female supermajority.^[1]

Party Summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total

	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	9	6	15

Begin (January 3, 2019)	10	5	15
Latest voting share	66.7%	33.3%

Leadership

Legislative

Speaker: Tina Muna Barnes
Vice Speaker: Telena Cruz Nelson
Legislative Secretary: Amanda Shelton^[2]

Majority (Democratic)

Majority Leader: Telena Cruz Nelson
Assistant Majority Leader: Kelly Marsh Taitano
Majority Whip: Amanda Shelton
Assistant Majority Whip: Regine Biscoe Lee^[2]^[3]

Minority (Republican)

Minority Leader: Wil Castro
Assistant Minority Leader: Louise Borja Muna
Minority Whip: Telo Taitague
Assistant Minority Whip: James Moylan^[2]^[4]

Membership

Senator		Assumed office	Residence	Born^[2]
Tina Muna Barnes	Democratic	2019	Mangilao	1962
Telena Cruz Nelson		2017	Yigo	1980^[5]
Amanda L. Shelton		2019	Asan-Maina	1990
Kelly Marsh (Taitano)		2019	Asan-Maina
Regine Biscoe Lee		2017	Tumon	1981^[6]
Joe S. San Agustin		2017	Yigo	1957^[7]
Therese M. Terlaje		2017	Mangilao	1964^[8]
Clynton E. Ridgell		2019	Talofofo	1979
Jose "Pedo" Terlaje		2019	Yona
Sabina Perez		2019
Wil Castro	Republican	2017	Barrigada	1974^[9]
Louise Borja Muna		2017	...	1968^[10]
Telo T. Taitague		2019	Tamuning
James Moylan		2019
Mary Camacho Torres		2015	Santa Rita	1960^[11]

Committees

Committee	Chair	Vice Chair^[12]
Committee on Rules	Regine Biscoe Lee	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 Muna Barnes
Committee on Public Safety, Border Safety, Military and Veteran Affairs, Mayors Council, Infrastructure and Public Transit	Jose "Pedo" Terlaje	Tina Muna Barnes (Military and Veterans' Affairs and Mayors' Council of Guam), Telena Cruz Nelson (Public Safety), Joe S. San Agustin (Infrastructure), William M. Castro (Border Security)
Committee on Environment, Revenue and Taxation, and Procurement	Sabina E. Perez	Therese M. Terlaje (Environment), Telena Cruz Nelson (Revenue and Taxation, and Procurement]
Committee on Heritage and the Arts, Parks, Guam Products, Hagatna Revitalization, Self-Determination, and Regional Affairs	Dr. Kelly Marsh Taitano	Tina Muna Barnes, Amanda Shelton (Heritage and the Arts), Jose "Pedo" Terlaje (Self-Determination), Clynton E. Ridgell (Regional Affairs)
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 Higher Education and the Advancement of Women, Youth, and Senior Citizens	Amanda Shelton	Telena Cruz Nelson (Higher Education), Kelly Marsh Taitano (Advancement of Women), Regine Biscoe Lee (Advancement of Youth), Joe S. San Agustin (Advancement of Senior Citizens)
Committee on Education, Air Transportation, and Statistics, Research, and Planning	Telena Cruz Nelson	Therese M. Terlaje, Amanda Shelton (Education)
Committee on Public Accountability, Human Resources, and the Guam Buildup	Tina Muna Barnes	Kelly Marsh Taitano