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Legislation

Every jurisdiction in this catalog has entries whose figures move when a bill passes, whose act takes effect on a later date, or whose program is repealed while its agency keeps advertising it. This page watches each jurisdiction's law, follows a bill through its own jurisdiction's process where its stages are recorded, and names the catalog entries each instrument touches.

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Choosing a jurisdiction overrides the level. Stage is where the bill stands in its own jurisdiction's process. Direction is whether it expands or restricts benefits, recorded only where the reason can be read from the bill. Outcome is whether the instrument became law; catalog status is whether this catalog has been reconciled against it. None of this is legal advice, and a tracked item is a pointer to the official record rather than a substitute for reading it.

2 instruments in Northern Mariana Islands. Tracked across 51 jurisdictions. Every other jurisdiction on the board is still watched by hand.

A bill that died is listed only where a guide, an agency, or a news story has described it as current law. That is the failure that puts a number in front of a veteran which no assessor, registrar, or school will honor.

Northern Mariana IslandsTerritory

Public Law 24-23 Rewrote the veteran plate definitions and accepted the VA Veteran ID Card as proof

Catalog reconciledEnactedScope changed

Signed 2026-03-11Takes effect 2026-03-11

Introduced Done, 2025-04-24, step 1 of 6
In committee Done, date not recorded, step 2 of 6
Passed one chamber Done, 2025-09-09, step 3 of 6
Passed both chambers Done, 2026-02-26, step 4 of 6
Signed by the governor Done, 2026-03-11, step 5 of 6
In effect Done, 2026-03-11, step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Defines veterans by service in any branch or reserve component and accepts the VA Veteran ID Card as proof.

Amended 9 CMC 2116(a) and (b)(1) to define veteran and disabled veteran by service on active duty or in a reserve component of any branch of the Armed Forces, replacing the list of named branches, and to accept a valid VA Veteran Identification Card where no DD214 is available. Signed March 11, 2026, effective on approval.

Sponsor

Touches 9 CMC § 2116(a) · 9 CMC § 2116(b)(1)

Catalog entry

CNMI Veteran and Disabled Veteran License Plates

Official record

Northern Mariana IslandsTerritory

Public Law 24-18 Doubled paid military leave for Commonwealth government employees and widened who can use it

Catalog reconciledEnactedProgram created Scope changed

Signed 2025-11-26Takes effect 2025-11-26

Introduced Done, 2025-08-29, step 1 of 6
In committee Done, date not recorded, step 2 of 6
Passed one chamber Done, 2025-08-29, step 3 of 6
Passed both chambers Done, 2025-11-17, step 4 of 6
Signed by the governor Done, 2025-11-26, step 5 of 6
In effect Done, 2025-11-26, step 6 of 6

Expands benefits Doubles paid military leave for Commonwealth employees to 30 working days and widens who can use it.

The Military and Emergency Service Leave Act of 2025 (House Bill 24-54) enacted a new Article 5 in the government employees part of Title 1, giving permanent employees of every branch and autonomous agency up to 30 working days of paid leave a year, up from 15, for ordered service in the National Guard, a reserve component, the FEMA Reservist Program, the NOAA Corps or another USERRA service. Signed November 26, 2025, effective on approval, with implementing rules due within 120 days.

Sponsor

Touches 1 CMC Div. 8, Part 2, Ch. 5, Art. 5

Catalog entry

Paid Military and Emergency Service Leave for CNMI Government Employees

Official record

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