2 GCA § 2108
Separate Consideration of Unrelated Matters
View official PDF ↗(a)Any bill introduced, considered or passed by I Liheslaturan Guåhan, or any of its Members, shall not contain more than one
(1)subject matter, and shall not contain unrelated subjects or pertain to multiple projects, except for one
(1)annual budget bill and one
(1)supplement to the annual budget bill per fiscal year; except that, the succeeding Liheslaturan Guåhan may, on the year it commences, introduce, consider and pass one
(1)supplement to the annual budget bill for that fiscal year, whose subject and contents may be exempted from this Section.
(b)Unrelated subjects on an annual budget bill or only one
(1)supplement to the annual budget bill shall be the same subject matter as a bill which has been discussed at a duly noticed public hearing, unless the public hearing is waived due to the existence of emergency conditions involving danger to the public health or safety consistent with § 2103, Title 2, Guam Code Annotated.
§ The story of this section
- Enacted by P.L. 24-160 § 3 — introduced as Bill 499-24 · introduced by Vicente C. Pangelinan + 2 cosponsors
- Enacted by P.L. 28-14 § 1 — introduced as Bill 48-28 · introduced by Mark Forbes
- Amended by P.L. 30-2 § 1 — introduced as Bill 34-30 · introduced by Judith T. Won Pat, Ed.D + 13 cosponsors · lead sponsor unverified
Interpreted by the courts:
- 2025 Guam 19 — Takako B. Guthrie and Joseph A. Guthrie, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners-Appell (2025) · per Robert J. Torres, J. · pinpoints (a) at ¶72
Reconstructed from the Guam Code Annotated. For the authoritative version, see the official PDF.