The nine-member Northern Mariana Islands Senate overrode the veto of the Tinian stablecoin bill with a two-thirds, 7–1 vote on May 9, 2025, and the House subsequently overturned it with a 14–2 majority on May 15, 2025

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On May 15, lawmakers in the Northern Mariana Islands House voted 14-2 to override Governor Arnold Palacios’ earlier veto of the bill.

The House vote followed a May 9 decision by the territory’s Senate, which also overturned the veto with a 7-1 majority.

The territory’s nine-member Senate had revived the bill on May 9, voting 7-1 in a two-thirds majority to override the veto, which then needed a two-thirds majority in the House to pass.