July 16, 2025
MEMORANDUM
To: All Senators, Stakeholders, Media
From: Senator Shawn Gumataotao
Chairman, Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard
Subject: First Notice of Public Hearing – Thursday, July 24, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Buenas yan Håfa adai! Please be advised that the Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard (Committee) will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, July 24, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Public Hearing Room of the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña. The agenda includes the following discussion item:
Watch Live
The Public Hearing will broadcast on local television, GTA Channel 21, Docomo Channel 117 and stream online via I Liheslaturan Guåhan’s live feed. A recording of the hearing will be available online via Guam Legislature Media on YouTube after the hearing.
How to Participate
If you are interested in participating in the Public Hearing to provide testimony, please contact the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411 or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov no later than Wednesday, July 23, 2025, for further guidance.
If written testimonies are to be presented at the Public Hearing, the Committee requests that copies be submitted prior to the hearing date and they should be addressed to Senator Shawn Gumataotao, Chairman of the Committee. Testimonies may be submitted via Senator Gumataotao’s mailbox located at the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña or via email to the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao.
Special Accommodations
Individuals requiring special accommodations, auxiliary aids or services are asked to submit their request to Ms. Diana Topasna at the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411, 120 Father Duenas Avenue Capitol Plaza Building, Suite 103, Hagåtña, Guam 96910, or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov. Si Yu’os Ma’åse’!
MEMORANDUM
To: All Senators, Stakeholders, Media
From: Senator Shawn Gumataotao
Chairman, Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard
Subject: First Notice of Public Hearing – Thursday, July 24, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
Buenas yan Håfa adai! Please be advised that the Committee on Public Safety, Emergency Management, and Guam National Guard (Committee) will conduct a Public Hearing on Thursday, July 24, 2025, beginning at 8:30 a.m. in the Public Hearing Room of the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña. The agenda includes the following discussion item:
- Bill No. 158-38 (COR) by Vice-Speaker V. Anthony Ada and Senators Christopher Duenas, Jesse Lujan, Chris Barnett, Joe San Agustin, Tina Muna Barnes, and Shelly Calvo: AN ACT TO ADD A NEW § 77108 TO CHAPTER 77, TITLE 10 AND TO REPEAL SECTION 4 OF PUBLIC LAW 30-202 RELATIVE TO AUTHORIZING THE GUAM POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE ITS OWN ATTORNEY.
Watch Live
The Public Hearing will broadcast on local television, GTA Channel 21, Docomo Channel 117 and stream online via I Liheslaturan Guåhan’s live feed. A recording of the hearing will be available online via Guam Legislature Media on YouTube after the hearing.
How to Participate
If you are interested in participating in the Public Hearing to provide testimony, please contact the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411 or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov no later than Wednesday, July 23, 2025, for further guidance.
If written testimonies are to be presented at the Public Hearing, the Committee requests that copies be submitted prior to the hearing date and they should be addressed to Senator Shawn Gumataotao, Chairman of the Committee. Testimonies may be submitted via Senator Gumataotao’s mailbox located at the Guam Congress Building in Hagåtña or via email to the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao.
Special Accommodations
Individuals requiring special accommodations, auxiliary aids or services are asked to submit their request to Ms. Diana Topasna at the Office of Senator Shawn Gumataotao at (671) 647-1409/1411, 120 Father Duenas Avenue Capitol Plaza Building, Suite 103, Hagåtña, Guam 96910, or via email at office.senatorshawn@guamlegislature.gov. Si Yu’os Ma’åse’!