House Bill 1 (HB 1) makes appropriations for the fifty-sixth legislature, second session, 2024, and for other legislative services, including the Legislative Council Service (LCS) the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC), the Legislative Education Study Committee (LESC), the Senate Rules (Committee (SRC), the House Chief Clerk’s Office (HCCO), the Senate Chief Clerk’s Office (SCCO), and other expenses of the legislature. An emergency is declared.
House Bill 2 (HB 2) makes general appropriations and authorizes expenditures by state agencies.
House Bill 3 (HB 3) makes general appropriations for the operations of the Department of Transportation.
House Bill 4 (HB 4) requires contributions to apprentice and training programs or to the Public Works Apprentice and Training Fund for all public works construction projects, and conforms references to the Workforce Solutions Department throughout the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act.
House Bill 5 (HB 5) The legislation outlines detailed procedures for financial management, program administration, and oversight to ensure compliance with apprenticeship standards.
House Bill 6 (HB 6) enacts the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act and creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Fund. HB 6 provides for the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program to pay eligible employees a percentage of their wages to bond with a new child or care for a family member for a limited time. HB 6 makes exceptions for certain employees.HB 6 provides for the Workforce Solutions Department to administer the program. Similar programs are preempted. HB 6 creates a temporary advisory committee.
House Bill 7 (HB 7) eliminates a scheduled decrease in funds being distributed to the Health Care Affordability Fund
House Bill 8 (HB 8) - Outlines amendments to the Governmental Conduct Act in the state of New Mexico.
House Bill 9 (HB 9) creates the Climate, Energy and Water Division within the Economic Development Department and provides the powers and duties of the division. It establishes the decarbonization technology program and creates the Climate, Energy and Water Project Fund. HB 9 appropriates fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).House Bill 9 (HB 9) creates the Climate, Energy and Water Division within the Economic Development Department and provides the powers and duties of the division. It establishes the decarbonization technology program and creates the Climate, Energy and Water Project Fund. HB 9 appropriates fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
House Bill 10 (HB 10) creates the Home Fire Recovery Income Tax Credit.
House Bill 11 (HB 11) enacts the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act and creates an authority and board. HB 11 creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Fund and provides for administration. HB 11 excepts certain employees. HB 11 provides for rule making and an appeals process. HB 11 preempts similar programs. HB 11 prescribes penalties.
House Bill 12 (HB 12) directs proceeds of legal actions from the federal Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act to attorney interest on lawyers’ trust accounts. HB 12 declares that settlement funds from the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Assistance Act in attorney interest on the accounts are not assignments.
House Bill 19 (HB 19) creates two new election-related offenses: disrupting election results and falsely acting as a presidential elector. This bill has an emergency clause, to take effect immediately.
House Bill 21 (HB 21) amends Public Schools relating to charter schools to specify a percentage of the school-generated program cost may be used for administrative support and monitoring obligations. New subsections require the chartering authority to provide an oversight and expenditure plan for the money retained from the charter school’s state equalization guarantee distribution and a report on spending.
House Bill 22 (HB 22) in Public Education creates the School Administrator Preparation Requirements Act and requires preparation programs to meet state and national standards. HB 22 provides specifications for the Administrator program and provides rulemaking authority to the Public Education Department. Creates the School Leadership Institute. HB 22 provides licensure requirements for school administrators and changes the minimum salary of the an alternative Level Three B-licensed school principal or assistant school principal. HB 22 repeals the School Leadership Institute within the Higher Education Department. HB 22 makes an appropriation
House Bill 23 (HB 23) - This act introduces changes to the composition and functioning of the State Game Commission, aiming to diversify qualifications, implement term limits, and establish clear procedures for appointment, removal, and filling vacancies. The effective date for these changes is set for January 1, 2025.
House Bill 24 (HB 24) amends property law relating to condominiums to require that by July 2, 2024, at least 55 percent of units of condominiums are owner-occupied and to require at least 35 percent of the members of the governing body of associations that manage a condominium own and occupy units within that condominium.
House Bill 25 (HB 25) makes it illegal to discriminate against renters or home-buyers based on income source/s.
HB26 is an appropriation bill that provided $5,299,900 for environmental modifications to Medicaid recipients.
House Bill 27 (HB 27) amends the Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Act by allowing health care professionals to request petitions for firearm protection orders, provides an expedited process for temporary orders to be issued at all times, requires immediate relinquishment of firearms upon service of an order, and allows law enforcement agencies to destroy, sell or transfer unclaimed firearms.
House Bill 28 (HB 28) The act provides authorization for the New Mexico Finance Authority to issue loans from the Public Project Revolving Fund to various qualified entities for specific public projects. It includes conditions for voiding authorization if entities do not express their intent to pursue a loan by a certain deadline. The declaration of an emergency suggests that the act should be implemented urgently for the well-being of the public.
House Bill 29 (HB 29) appropriates thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) from the Public Project Revolving Fund for the Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, the Local Government Planning Fund and the Cultural Affairs Facilities Infrastructure Fund. The New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee endorses this bill.
House Bill 30 (HB 30) prohibits certain uses of fresh water in oil and gas operations and requires an annual water use report. It alphabetizes and adds four definitions to the Oil and Gas Act.
House Bill 31 (HB 31) provides penalties for the spill or release of oil, produced water or other nondomestic liquid wastes. It directs the Oil Conservation Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to adopt rules relating to fresh water, produced water and nondomestic liquid wastes that are protective of public health, worker safety and natural resources and requires tracking of produced water. HB 31 alphabetizes and adds four definitions to the Oil and Gas Act. It makes an appropriation of seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000).
House Bill 32 (HB 32) restricts oil and gas operations in Children’s Health Protection Zones that are established by this legislation and provides definitions. Beginning in 2028 ceasing of gas and oil activities in the zones is required with limited exceptions. HB 32 requires oil and gas operators to create zone maps; plan detection and leak response and alarm response; and conduct water testing. HB 32 provides penalties for failure to comply with its provisions.
HB 33 would require reporting on the sale of drug products to the Superentend of Insurance and the reports to two Legislative Committees. HB33 would also allow the Superintendent to administer penalties for those entities who do not comply with reporting requiremenmts. An appropriation of $100,000 is provided for administrative cost to carry out the reporting process to the Office of hte Superintendent
House Bill 34 - (HB 34) - this proposed act seeks to allocate financial resources for a comprehensive study to assess the feasibility and benefits of establishing a state-run long-term residential rehabilitation facility to address the needs of individuals struggling with substance use disorder in New Mexico.
House Bill 35 (HB 35) appropriates $1,178,286 to University of New Mexico’s Health Sciences Center for their Communities to Careers program. HB 35 is referred to the Legislative Health and Human Services Committee.
House Bill 36 - (HB 36) - This legislative document outlines the creation, administration, and funding of a long-term residential rehabilitation center for substance use treatment in New Mexico.
House Bill 37 (HB 37) modifies the capital gains deductions from net income (currently the greater of $1,000 or 40% of the net capital gain income) to a maximum of $2,500 or 40% up to $1 million from the sale of a business.
House Bill 38 (HB 38) creates a task force to study the feasibility of creating an African American affairs department and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 39 (HB 39) makes appropriations totaling $27,552,700 to higher education institutions, tribal colleges, and the Public Education Department for education workforce, culturally responsive health and wellness, culturally sustaining frameworks, and indigenous college access initiatives to comply with the Martinez and Yazzie v. State of New Mexico lawsuit.
House Bill 40 (HB 40) creates an intrastate airline task force, providing duties, requiring a final report, and making an appropriation.
House Bill 41 (HB 41) authorizes the Environmental Improvement Board to adopt rules to establish and assess fees for a clean transportation fuels standard.
House Bill 42 (HB 42) creates a transportation trust fund, providing for transfers from the fund to the state road fund for certain projects prioritized by the Department of Transportation.
House Bill 43 (HB 43) provides the New Mexico state police division of the Department of Public Safety with four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to purchase catalytic converter engraving tools.
House Bill 44 (HB 44) relates to pretrial detention and establishes a presumption that a defendant is dangerous under certain situations.
House Bill 45 (HB 45) relates to crime and provides that embezzlement includes embezzling for another’s use.
House Bill 46 (HB 46) increases the penalty for a felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device to five years imprisonment, creates the second-degree felony for a felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device for a second or subsequent offense, and increases the penalty for a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device to a second-degree felony.
House Bill 47 (HB 47) relates to criminal law and creates the third-degree felony crime of unlawful carrying of a firearm while trafficking a controlled substance.
House Bill 48 (HB 48) increases the maximum royalty rate on future oil and gas development leases on state trust lands to enhance revenue for beneficiaries.
HB 49 (HB 49) adds a new requirement to add a school safety communication system in public schools. It also amends code to include this requirement in the definition of “Building System” in the Public School Capital Outlay Act.
House Bill 5 (HB 50) This is a legislative act that proposes an appropriation of $2,500,000 from the opioid crisis recovery fund to the local government division of the department of finance and administration.
House Bill 51 (HB 51) provides a Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) credit for state GRT for taxpayers with gross receipts that do not exceed $1,000,000. HB 51 specifies that the credit amount does not decrease GRT distributions to municipalities.
HB 52 appropriates $100,000 for domestic abuse training for Sandoval County
House Bill 53 (HB 53) This legislative act is related to motor vehicles in the state of New Mexico, specifically focusing on the creation and issuance of special Smokey Bear fire prevention registration plates.
House Bill 54 (HB 54) creates the All Cities and Counties Fund and distributes Gross Receipts Tax revenue to the fund.
House Bill 55 (HB 55) relates to motor vehicles and creates the Oral Fluid Roadside Detection Pilot Project to test for drugs when a driver is stopped for driving under the influence, and appropriates $650,000 from the Cannabis Regulation Fund to the Department of Public Safety to conduct this project.
House Bill 56 (HB 56) clarifies that the crime of trespass includes persons who knowingly enter without prior permission or remain on the lands of another knowing that the owner or lawful occupant did not provide permission. It also increases the penalty for trespass in certain circumstances.
House Bill 57 (HB 57) relates to criminal sentencing and requires chemical castration treatment as a condition of parole for sex offenders. Refusal to undergo chemical castration treatment is a parole violation.
House Bill 58 (HB 58) repeals the law that requires a background check for the sale of a firearm.
House Bill 59 (HB 59) creates an exception in the definition of game birds for domestic strains of quail. HB 59 allows raising quail without a permit.
House Bill 50 (HB 60) creates the crimes of criminal desecration of a dead human body, criminal sexual contact with a dead human body, and criminal sexual penetration of a dead human body, and prescribes penalties.
House Bill 61 (HB 61) amends Section 30-22-25 NMSA 1978, increasing the penalty for aggravated battery upon a peace officer.
House Bill 62 (HB 62), related to traffic offenses, provides for testimony by interactive video, and provides for implied consent to a laboratory analyst’s appearance by video.
HB 63 mandates the Department of Health to develop a Cannibis education and prevention program through the Cannabis School Use Prevention Act. Assistance is to be provided by the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center. The Act is to be implemented by July 1, 2024.
House Bill 64 (HB 64) - This act proposes to regulate the packaging and labeling of cannabis products to ensure child safety, discourage appeal to minors, and provide comprehensive information to consumers. The rules and amendments described in this act will go into effect on August 1, 2024.
House Bill 65 (HB 65) This bill is a proposed amendment to the Cannabis Regulation Act in the state of New Mexico.
House Bill 66 (HB 66) - This legislative act focuses on regulating cannabis production, sales, and possession, with specific attention to penalties for individuals under 21 and those without the required licenses. The act proposes to address both adult and minor offenses related to cannabis in the state of New Mexico.
HB 67 appropriates $6,000,000 for the operation of county and tribal health councils statewide.
House Bill 68 (HB 69) makes an appropriation to the Department of Transportation to clear cattle guards on New Mexican Native American, Native American Nation, tribe and pueblo lands.
House Bill 69 (HB 69) creates the crime of organized residential theft.
House Bill 70 (HB 70) makes an appropriation to the state equalization guarantee distribution of the Public School Fund to provide school-based mental health counselors in public middle and high schools.
House Bill 71 (HB 71) enacts the Student Loan Bill of Rights Act and establishes licensing and duties for a student loan servicer; gives oversight to the financial institutions division of the Regulation and Licensing Department, delineates rules and allowances for discharge, payment options, cosigners, and fair practice; creates an ombudsman position; and establishes a fund.
House Bill 72 (HB 72) creates a cybersecurity fund, directs rulemaking to establish requirements and procedures from the fund, and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 73 (HB 73) creates the Energy Storage System Income Tax Credit of 40% of the cost up to $5,000 for systems installed on residential property and $150,000 for commercial or agricultural property.
House Bill 74 (HB 74) amends Public Schools to clarify that local school boards and governing bodies of charter schools shall determine the total number of instructional days that students are required to be in school programs.
House Bill 75 (HB 75) provides school districts with the option to replace school buses with electric or zero emission alternative fuel school buses, including entering into agreements for electrical energy storage. HB 75 tasks the board of regents of New Mexico State University with conducting a statewide study and providing a report on the feasibility and costs for school districts to transition to electric school buses. HB 75 makes appropriations.
House Bill 76 (HB 76) prohibits the adoption of certain rules relating to the production and delivery for sale of zero-emission vehicles
House Bill 77 (HB 77) reinstates the death penalty and provides for sentencing procedures, mitigating circumstances, automatic review by the supreme court, requires execution by lethal injection, and prohibits the execution of certain persons. The bill also makes appropriations to the Corrections Department and Administrative Office of the Courts.
House Bill 78 (HB 78) relates to firearms and allows for the permitless carry of firearms by adults and repeals sections of law that forbid the carrying of a firearm.
House Bill 79 (HB 79) provides a Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) deduction for the sale of firearms and ammunition. HB 79 creates a hold harmless distribution from State GRT to local governments.
House Bill 80 (HB 80) relates to the Children, Youth and Families Department and creates the crimes of assault, aggravated assault, battery and aggravated battery against a public service worker, as well as conspiracy and accessory to commit assault or battery against a public service worker.
House Bill 81 (HB 81) creates the Gun Storage Income Tax credit.
House Bill 82 (HB 82) appropriates five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000) to the Cultural Affairs Department for the New Mexico Historic Women Marker Program.
House Bill 83 (HB 83) extends the expiration date of the Angel Investment Credit.
House Bill 84 (HB 84) requires a minimum compensation for non-temporary and temporary faculty at public post-secondary educational institutions, and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 85 (HB 85): This legislative bill would enhance transparency in lobbying activities, ensure public access to relevant information, and streamline reporting processes.
House Bill 86 (HB 86) proposes allocating $500,000 from the general fund to the New Mexico State Police Division for the fiscal year 2025.
House Bill 87 (HB 87) provides that multiple violations of crimes involving stolen vehicles apply towards sentencing regardless of which section of law was violated previously.
House Bill 88 (HB 88) directs the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to establish a program to distribute funds appropriated to the DFA for recruitment of statewide and local firefighter and emergency medical technicians and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 89 (HB 89) This legislation ensures that places providing public accommodation make closed captioning available on television receivers during regular hours and providing a mechanism for enforcement and penalties for non-compliance. The Attorney General’s role is key to enforcing the provisions of the act.
House Bill 90 (HB 90) appropriates one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for capital improvements at the Epi Duran Regional Crisis and Treatment Center operated by San Miguel County.
House Bill 91 (HB 91) amends the duties of the Energy Conservation and Management Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. It creates the Geothermal Projects Development Fund and authorizes grants. HB 91 creates the Geothermal Projects Revolving Loan Fund and authorizes loans. It appropriates twenty-five million six hundred thousand dollars ($25,600,000).
House Bill 92 (HB 92) creates Geothermal Electricity Generation tax credits and deductions for facility construction costs. HB 92 distributes loss of local government tax revenue to deductions to local governments.
House Bill 93 (HB 93) creates a Gross Receipts Tax deduction for the installation of safety equipment or modifications to homes of Medicaid recipients.
House Bill 94 (HB 94) requires the Health Care Authority Department (HCAD) to collect and report data relating to the direct care worker workforce;. requires a biennial personal care services cost study; requires the HCAD to implement the cost study’s recommendations. HB 94 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 95 (HB 95) amends the Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services Act (FNCOS), expanding the definition of “Family in Need of Court-Ordered Services”. An appropriation is made.
House Bill 96 (HB 96) increases the penalty for resisting, evading or obstructing an officer a fourth degree felony.
House Bill 97 (HB 97) creates a prenatal substance exposure task force; provides duties; requires a final report; and makes an appropriation.
House Bil 98 (HB 98): This bill is a draft of legislative amendments related to public finance in the state of New Mexico. The proposed changes involve expanding eligibility for individual tax-free savings accounts for persons with disabilities under the Accounts for Persons with Disabilities Act. Additionally, it introduces an exemption from Medicaid recovery for these accounts.
House Bill 99 (HB 99) eliminates racinos from smoking-permitted areas allowed in the Dee Johnson Clean Indoor Air Act
House Bill 100 (HB 100) creates the Adult Online Learner Scholarship program with a focus on specific, critical workforce needs. HB 100 creates funds and makes appropriations.
House Bill 101 (HB 101) enacts the Firefighter and Emergency Service Provider Peer Support Act (FESPPS), which allows state, local and regional public fire agencies to create confidential and limited liability peer support programs for their employees and volunteers. An appropriation is made.
House Bill 102 (HB 102) relates to magistrate courts and makes magistrate courts a court of record for certain actions, provides that appeals from magistrate court are made to the court of appeals, repeals sections of law, and appropriates funds.
House Bill 103 (HB 103) relates to crime and provides that exposure of a child to certain drugs constitutes child abuse, allows for the taking of newborn children into temporary protective custody under certain circumstances, and appropriates funds.
House Bill – 104 (HB 104) This legislative act in New Mexico establishes a Statewide Public Health and Climate Program and a Public Health and Climate Resiliency Fund.
House Bill 105 (HB 105) permits awarding of scholarships to low-income students attending private schools. HB 105 creates the Educational Scholarship Income Tax Credit and Educational Scholarship Corporate Income Tax Credit.
House Bill 106 (HB 106) provides that exposure to the use of fentanyl is evidence of child abuse and appropriates funds to the Department of Public Safety to expand its investigation of child abuse cases to include cases involving fentanyl.
HB 107 modifies the amount and increase in awards fior death oir injury for hospitals and outpatien clinics owned by hosptitals to $1,000,000.
House Bill 108 (HB 108) creates the Local Solar Access Fund in the New Mexico Finance Authority that provides grants for solar energy systems. It requires the New Mexico Finance Authority to establish rules and appropriates one hundred ten million dollars ($110,000,000).
House Bill 109 (HB 109) provides that aggravated criminal sexual penetration and criminal sexual penetration of a child are punishable by death; creates a first degree felony for human sexual trafficking against a victim under 18 years of age that is punishable by death, and increases and establishes fines for certain offenses.
House Bill 110 (HB 110) limits the performance of certain abortions by health care providers and penalties.
House Bill 111 (HB 111) appropriates one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) for the construction of a border barrier at the New Mexico-Mexico border.
House Bill 112 (HB 112) redistributes tax revenue from the Liquor Excise Tax to counties for alcohol and substance use prevention and treatment. HB 112 creates a new fund, County Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Fund.
House Bill 113 (HB 113) provides that judges receive a salary increase and have annual pay increases at the rate of inflation, removes the salary formulas for magistrates and appropriates $6,048,684 to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
House Bill 114 (HB 114) enacts the Firearm Industry Accountability Act, prohibits false advertising, unconscionable, deceptive or unfair trade practices and actions that impact public health, safety or welfare, requires reasonable controls and procedures, prescribes civil penalties and provides private remedies.
House Bill 115 (HB 115) removes the salary formulas for magistrate judges.
House Bill 116 (HB 116) removes the statute of limitations for the crime of human trafficking, increases the age of a child for the crime of sexual exploitation of children by prostitution, adds “human trafficking” to the definition of racketeering, amends the elements of human trafficking, provides a definition of ‘harm’, prohibits certain defenses in a prosecution for human trafficking, adds victims of human trafficking and sexual exploitation of children to the victims of crime act, and prohibits earned good time for a human trafficking sentence.
House Bill 117 (HB 117) excludes receipts of a prime contractor operating a national lab or a state-owned research facility from Gross Receipts Tax deductions for manufacturers.
House Bill 118 (HB 118) removes a sunset date to allow taxpayers in electricity generation to apportion business income by the single sales factor.
House Bill 119 (HB 119) requires at least two persons for the operation of a railroad train or locomotive that is used in the movement of freight. When the freight involves radioactive material, three workers are required, as well as requirements for radiation counters and compliance with protective standards.
House Bill 120 (HB 120) appropriates two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the Corrections Department to provide menstrual products to incarcerated persons.
House Bill 121 (HB 121) requires the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to conduct assessments, provide services and conduct an investigation upon a failure to comply with a plan of care.
House Bill 122 (HB 122) appropriates two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the secretary of state to convene a county redistricting task force.
House Bill 123 adds to Public Libraries to prohibit the banning of library materials.
House Bill 124 (HB 124) creates the Interim Administrative Rule Oversight Committee, requires legislative review of executive agency proposed rules, amends the State Rules Act’s notice of proposed rulemaking to include a fiscal impact statement if the estimated cost of implementing a proposed rule is greater than $1,000,000, and appropriates $2,000,000 to the Legislative Council Service.
House Bill 125 (HB 125) The Public Banking Act outlines a comprehensive framework for the establishment and operation of the Public Bank of New Mexico, emphasizing transparency, public representation, and a focus on community development. The act reflects a commitment to leveraging the bank's resources for the benefit of the state and local communities.
House Bill 126 makes an appropriation to the Public School Facilities Authority for a statewide public school ventilation verification assessment.
House Bill 127 (HB 127) requires that a person be at least 21 years old to purchase or possess an automatic firearm, semiautomatic firearm or firearm capable of accepting a large capacity feeding device and creates misdemeanor crimes for violating this provision.
House Bill 128 (HB 128) This bill explains in detail cannabis regulations. This bill includes the Cannabis Regulation Act in the Racketeering Act, the Delinquency Act and the Uniform Licensing Act.
House Bill 129 (HB 129) creates the crime of unlawful sale of a firearm before the required waiting period ends and requires a 14-day waiting period before the completion of a sale of a firearm, with an exception.
House Bill 130 (HB 130) creates a cloud seeding weather modification pilot project in the New Mexico Department of Agriculture and requires reporting. It appropriates one million nine hundred eighty thousand dollars ($1,980,000).
HB 131 makes an appriopriation of $25,000,000 to food banks in New Mexico and unused funds do not revert to the General Fund.
House Bill 132 (HB 132) expands Public Schools enforcement provisions to reduce excessive absenteeism. HB 132 makes it a crime for a parent of an excessively absent to student to continue being absent and provides penalties for parents and students.
House Bill 133 (HB 133) amends the Oil and Gas Act by allowing the Oil Conservation Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to regulate certain transfers of oil and gas wells and authorize the conversion of oil and gas wells for energy storage and geothermal development. It increases the amount of fees and financial assurance associated with operating oil and gas wells and increases civil penalties. SB allows fees to be adjusted to account for inflation; requires the capture of ninety-eight percent of natural gas produced beginning in 2027; and provides for certain setbacks from oil and gas facilities. Committee Substitute The House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee introduced a substitute bill for HB 133 (HENRC CS/HB133) that amends the Oil and Gas Act by allowing the Oil Conservation Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to regulate certain transfers of oil and gas wells and authorize the conversion of oil and gas wells for energy storage and geothermal development. It increases the amount of fees and the amount or type offinancial assurance associated with operating oil and gas wells and increases civil penalties. HENRC CS/HB133 allows fees to be adjusted to account for inflation; requires the capture of ninety-eight percent of natural gas produced beginning in 2027.
House Bill 134 (HB 134) creates the Tribal Education Trust Fund and provides reporting requirements. HB 134 creates the Tribal Education Trust Fund Disbursement Formula Task Force. HB 134 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 135 (HB 135) amends Public Schools to change distributions from the Indian Education Fund.
House Bill 136 (HB 136) makes an appropriation for grants to colleges and universities to develop pre-service computer science education programs.
House Bill 137 (HB 137) enacts the Gas-Operated Semiautomatic Firearms Exclusion Act that prohibits gas-operated semiautomatic firearms. The bill also prohibits large-capacity ammunition feeding devices and devices that increase the rate of fire or approximate the action of a machine gun, and machine guns and machine gun attachments. It requires the certification of semiautomatic firearms.
HB 138 makes modifications to the defintions of tire and weight descriptions for ATV's and off-highway vehicles.
House Bill 139 (HB 139) enacts the Professional Recruitment and Retention Housing Loan for Service Act (PRRHLS); provides for program administration by the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (NMMFA); provides loans for service to professionals for expenses related to the purchase of a home; conditions loans on practice in New Mexico; and provides terms for repayment.
House Bill 140 (HB 140) creates personal and corporate tax credits for car charging units and new, used, or leased electric, plug-in hybrid, and fuel cell cars. HB 140 repeals the credits in 2030.
House Bill 141 (HB 141) provides that judges receive a salary increase, removes the salary formulas for magistrates and appropriates $6,048,684 to the Administrative Office of the Court.
House Bill 142 makes an appropriation to the Public Education Department to provide reimbursement for the cost of the preliminary scholastic aptitude test for high school junior who score 1,000 or above on the test during their junior year.
House Bill 143 (HB 143) amends the Industrial Revenue Bond Act and the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act to include certain electric energy storage facilities as eligible projects. It requires the provision of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes payments to school districts if a municipality or county acquires energy storage facility projects. HB 143 provides a gross receipts tax deduction for sales of energy storage equipment to a government for the purpose of installing an energy storage facility. It adds sunset dates.
HB 144 Office of Gun Violence Prevention and Intervention, assigned to the Department of Health, creates a director and a committee. A report to the Legislative Council is required.
HB 145 requires the Department of Health to establish nurse staffing ratios with the advise of a nurse staffing advisory committee, administrarive penalties are provided to enforce the ratios.
House Bill 146 (HB 146) creates the Transportation Trust Fund (TTF); makes annual transfers to the state road fund for certain projects prioritized by the Department of Transportation (DOT); transfers certain unexpended capital outlay balances to the TTF; distributes a portion of gross receipts tax revenue attributable to the sale of electricity to the TTF; amends distributions of the motor vehicle excise tax; and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 147 (HB 147) The act reforms the State Game Commission appointment process.
House Bill 148 (HB 148) authorizes the New Mexico Finance Authority to make loans or grants from the Water Project Fund for certain water projects and declares an emergency. The New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee endorsed this bill.
House Bill 149 (HB 149) This legislation in the state of New Mexico focuses on medication-assisted treatment for minors with substance use disorder and establishes a fund to support these programs.
House Bill 150 (HB 150) enacts the Renewable Energy Production Tax Act. HB 150 imposes an excise tax on electricity created by natural resources and distributes the tax to the Severance Tax Permanent Fund.
House Bill 151 (HB 151) requires universities and colleges receiving state funding to adopt policies and procedures to prevent sexual assaults, domestic violence, dating violence, and harassment or stalking.
House Bill 152 (HB 152) prohibits driving with controlled substances or metabolites in the blood and provides that the ignition interlock requirement only applies to offenders with alcohol concentration in their blood or breath.
House Bill 153 (HB 153) appropriates three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) to the Department of Transportation for infrastructure projects on a certain portion of US Highway 380.
House Bill 154 (HB 154) This act is related to public employees in the state of New Mexico. The act outlines conditions under which certain public employees may retire and subsequently return to work for affiliated public employers.
House Bill 155 (HB 155) adds 12 crimes to the "three strikes law" which imposing mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. It provides for exceptions to allow for geriatric or medical parole and allows certain convictions of a defendant who was under the age of eighteen to constitute a violent felony.
House Bill 156 (HB 156) provides that children under the age of 15 who are detained in juvenile detention facilities must be segregated from children 15 years of age or older.
House Bill 157 (HB 157) enacts the School Teachers Onsite Protection Act. HB 157 requires the Department of Public Safety to conduct employee firearm training and establishes procedures for school employees to be licensed and appointed to carry handguns on school premises. HB 157 adds school employees licensed and appointed to carry a handgun to exceptions to unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon school premises.
HB 158 requires celluar and paging service companies to provide text messages at no additional charges in the context of a silver alert.
House Bill 159 (HB 149) This legislation in the state of New Mexico, is related to gaming and introduces amendments to Section 60-2E-47 NMSA 1978.
House Bill 160 (HB 160) This legislation is related to gaming in the state of New Mexico. The act focuses on the qualifications and salary of the Executive Director of the Gaming Control Board.
House Bill 161 (HB 161) requires certain new school buses to have air conditioning and seat belts. HB 161 provides for the calculation of school bus seating capacity. HB 161 requires training.
House Bill 162 (HB 162) enacts the Meat Inspection Act. HB 162 authorizes the New Mexico Livestock Board to conduct meat inspections for safety and quality for human consumption. It creates the office of meat and poultry inspection and provides for actions and penalties. HB 162 provides exemptions for ritual slaughter and humane slaughter.
House Bill 163 (HB 163) expands the type of practitioners that are eligible for the Rural Health Care Practitioners Tax Credit. HB 163 modifies the credit’s requirements.
House Bill 164 makes an appropriation to the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to fund the existing livestock Mexican wolf compensation program.
HB 165 requires the Health Authority Department to provide reimbursment to communtiy pharmacies for services to Medicaid beneficiaries. an appropriation of $7,500,000 is made available to reimbursement , while a study to determing reasonable reimbursment is made. Certain pharmacies are not elegible for this reimbursement such as government owned pharmaices.
House Bill 166 (HB 166) creates Gross Receipts Tax deductions for child care assistance by for-profit providers.
HB 167 requires certain medical actions during child birth for infants born alive. Penaltiies and monitoring by a task force are also created in this legislation.
House Bill 168 (HB 168) prohibits undocumented persons from receiving, transporting or possessing a firearm or destructive device.
House Bill 169 prohibits misrepresenting lab-cultured protein as a meat food product. Provides penalties.
House Bill 170 (HB 170) This legislation is an amendment to Section 26-2B-9 of the Lynn and Erin Compassionate Use Act in the state of New Mexico, which relates to medical cannabis and employment protections.
House Bill 171 (HB 171) amends Public Schools to change graduation requirements for students entering ninth grade in the 2025-2028 school year to prepare students to graduate with a diploma of excellence. HB 171 aligns next-step plans to graduate profiles.
House Bill 172 (HB 172) This legislative act is related to public employee pensions in the state of New Mexico. The act outlines provisions for cost-of-living adjustments for qualified pension recipients and introduces a temporary, additional, non-compounding payment during fiscal years 2025 and 2026. The act also includes specific conditions and criteria for pension adjustments based on factors like the funded ratio and smoothed investment rate of return.
House Bill 173 (HB 173) appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the NM Department of Agriculture to administer a rangeland pest mitigation program.
House Bill 174 (HB 174) appropriates one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the Cultural Affairs Department to conduct a feasibility study to establish a National Museum of New Deal Art.
House Bill 175 (HB 175) specifies to whom and under what circumstances information that is held by the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) that pertains to child abuse and neglect may be shared; requires that information be provided about child fatalities or near fatalities; protects personal identifier information of CYFD clients; requires the court’s written order when excluding media from an abuse or neglect proceeding, which is appealable; requires reports on the CYFD website; and prescribes a penalty.
House Bill 176 (HB 176) makes general appropriations and authorizes expenditures by state agencies required by law.
House Bill 177 (HB 177) creates the New Mexico Match Fund and appropriates one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to the NM Match Fund. It declares an emergency.
House Bill 178 (HB 178) The act reforms the State Game Commission appointment process.
House Bill 179 (HB 179) increases Liquor Tax rates. HB 179 provides for rate increases determined by inflation. The bill creates a new fund and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 180 (HB 180) appropriates one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the Department of Health to develop a pregnancy and parenting resource website and hotline to provide resources to expectant families and new parents.
HB 181 adds managed care organizations to the Life and Health Insurance Quaranty Act as a member.
House Bill 182 (HB 182) amends sections of the Campaign Reporting Act by requiring disclaimers for advertisements generated by using artificial intelligence or containing materially deceptive media. It also creates the crime of distributing materially deceptive media. The bill has an emergency clause, to take effect immediately.
House Bill 183 (HB 183) increases the penalty for negligent use of a deadly weapon to a misdemeanor for a first offense and a fourth degree felony for a second or subsequent offense.
House Bill 184 (HB 184) enacts the Government Use of Artificial Intelligence Transparency Act (GUAIT); requires inventories and assessments of artificial intelligence system use; requires reports; amends the procurement code; requires vendor transparency for purchases of artificial intelligence products and services; provides definitions; and makes an appropriation.
HB185 provides new guidlines for step therapy relates to pharmaceutical perscriptions provided by health plans and Medicaid.
HB 186 changes the reportable damage from $500 to $1,000 before a report is made to the Department of Transportation.
House Bill 187 (HB 187) creates the School Solar Income Tax Credit.
House Bill 188 (HB 188) amends the Land Grant Support Act. It creates the Land Grant-Merced Revolving Land Fund and provides for administration and rulemaking. It amends the Land Grant-Merced Assistance Fund and provides for distributions for loan repayments. HB 188 appropriates eight million dollars ($8,000,000).
House Bill 189 (HB 189) enacts the Low-Income Solar Act (LISA); requires equitable distribution of benefits of on-site solar-generated energy generated on affordable housing; restricts some utility fees for solar on affordable housing; provides for promulgation of related rules; and regulates the tax valuation of solar energy systems.
House Bill 190 (HB 190) This Legislation is related to procurement in the state of New Mexico, specifically introducing sections to the Procurement Code. The focus of these sections is on public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the development of public projects.
House Bill 191 (HB 191) enacts the Animal Welfare Funding Act and requires the Department of Finance and Administration to administer animal welfare grants. HB 191 creates the Animal Welfare Trust Fund and the Animal Welfare Grant Fund. HB 191 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 192 (HB 192) appropriates one million two hundred thousand dollars ($1,200,000) to the Health Care Authority Department for programs in Santa Fe County that refer people in need to resources.
House Bill 193 (HB 193) This proposed legislative act is related to the Law Enforcement Retention Fund in the state of New Mexico. The act outlines the creation of the law enforcement retention fund, the disbursement of retention differentials for certified law enforcement officers based on their years of service, reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies, and appropriations from the general fund.
House Bill 194 (HB 194) relates to labor and requires that public contracts provide for increased contractor and subcontractor reimbursement. HB 194 requires worker wage increases in accordance with and concurrent with state minimum wage increases or increased costs as mandated by law.
House Bill 195 (HB 195) amends and enacts sections of the Opportunity Enterprise Act (OEA) and changes the name of the act; allows the New Mexico Finance Authority (NMFA) to provide housing development loans; creates the Housing Development Revolving Fund; defines terms; amends the structure of the Opportunity Enterprise Review Board and changes its name; provides duties; requires rulemaking; amends requirements for opportunity enterprise loans; and requires reporting.
House Bill 196 (HB 196) creates the Government Accountability Expendable Trust (GAET) and the Government Accountability Program Fund (GAPF); provides for distributions from the GAET to the GAPF to fund pilot projects that will be evaluated by the Legislative Finance Committee in consultation with the state budget division of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) and the state agency administering the pilot project; changes a provision of law that currently transfers certain excess revenue to the tax stabilization reserve to instead transfer the excess revenue to the GAET.
House Bill 197 (HB 197) broadens higher education state financial aid and tuition rate eligibility for certain students who are immigrants.
House Bill 198 (HB 198) increases the penalty for a felon and serious violent felon found in possession of a firearm. It also prohibits those convicted of these offenses from earning good time while in prison.
House Bill 199 (HB 199) increases the minimum annual salary for licensed educational assistants. HB 199 increases the minimum wage rate for all public school employees and a minimum annual salary for all full-time public school employees and charter school employees.
House Bill 200 (HB 200) increases the sentence for second degree murder.
House Bill 201 (HB 201) appropriates one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) to the Water Project Fund.
HB 202 requires child care homes to be recognized as residences in municiple and county zoning and other codes.
HB 203 appropriates $2,000.000 for mileage reimbursment for ambulance and for providers of Medicaid environmental modificaition services.and emergency services.
House Bill 204 (HB 204) requires that the salaries for district attorneys be 95% of the salary of an appellate judge, removes the designation of “at will” positions and provides that “at will” positions are to be defined by the New Mexico District Attorney Association Personnel and Compensation Plan, and repeals sections of law.
House Bill 205 (HB 205) enacts the Women's Bill of Rights Act; provides for single-sex environments; and provides guidelines for data collection.
House Bill 206 (HB 206) increases penalties for certain sexual offenses, limits the defense for criminal sexual communication with a child, and amends the definition of “sex offender.”
House Bill 207 (HB 207) relates to finance and requires the Public School Capital Outlay Council to provide grants from the Public School Capital Outlay Fund for lease assistance. HB 207 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 208 (HB 208) enacts the Trade Education Assistance Act and creates the Trade Education Assistance Fund. HB 208 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 209 (HB 209): This legislative act is related to economic development in the state of New Mexico. The main focus is to remove the match requirement for regional councils of planning and development districts to receive grants-in-aid from the Department of Finance and Administration.
House Bill 210 (HB 210) appropriates two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) to the Department of Finance and Administration for the regional planning districts to provide grant writing and technical assistance services.
House Bill 211 (HB 211) prioritizes Water Project Fund projects that are urgent to address public health and safety. It allows the Water Trust Board to authorize water projects for wastewater conveyance and treatment and provides that the New Mexico Finance Authority set requirements of financial capability of qualifying entities and determine costs of originating grants and loans. HB 211 removes the requirement that eligible entities conduct an audit and that water project plans are reviewed and recommended by the state engineer and the Department of Environment before approval. It removes fiscal agent fees from items that are eligible for grants and loans and reduces the amount of water project funds distributed to the state engineer. HB 211 allows the New Mexico Finance Authority to fund water projects without receiving the approval of the legislature for the next five years and changes the date that the Water Trust Board is required to report to the legislature. It provides that money in the Water Project Fund may be used to hire contractors to provide technical assistance. COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE The House Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee introduced a committee substitute for HB 211 (HAAWC CS/HB 211) that prioritizes Water Project Fund projects that are urgent to address public health and safety. It allows the Water Trust Board to authorize water projects for wastewater conveyance and treatment and provides that the New Mexico Finance Authority set requirements of financial capability of qualifying entities and determine costs of originating grants and loans. HAAWC CS/HB 211 removes the requirement that eligible entities conduct an audit. It removes fiscal agent fees from items that are eligible for grants and loans and reduces the amount of water project funds distributed to the state engineer for the next five years. HAAWC CS/HB 211 allows the New Mexico Finance Authority to fund water projects without receiving the approval of the legislature for the next five years and changes the date that the Water Trust Board is required to report to the legislature. It provides that money in the Water Project Fund may be used to hire contractors to provide technical assistance;
House Bill 212 (HB 212) changes the rates of the Liquor Tax to a percentage and redistributes the tax revenue. HB 212 creates the Alcohol and Substance Use Harms Alleviation Fund and eliminates fortified wine as a distinct type of alcohol in the Liquor Excise Tax Act.
House Bill 213 (HB 213) changes the rates of the Liquor Tax to a percentage and redistributes the tax revenue. HB 213 creates the Alcohol and Substance Use Harms Alleviation Fund and eliminates fortified wine as a distinct type of alcohol in the Liquor Excise Tax Act.
House Bill 214 (HB 214) appropriates one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to the board of regents of Western New Mexico University to create and support a men's baseball program.
House Bill 215 (HB 215) relates to Public Schools to amend class and teaching loads. HB 215 requires the Public Education Department PED) to create and maintain an online portal to receive confidential reports of class load violations. HB 215 provides class load waivers. HB 215 gives the PED rule making authority. HB 215 requires school districts to provide notice of case load waivers.
House Bill 216 (HB 216) imposes a flat Corporate Income Tax rate and requires all business income to be apportioned by the single sales factor.
House Bill 217 (HB 217) modifies distributions of the Liquor Tax and the Motor Vehicle Tax.
House Bill 218 (HB 218) reduces the number of practice hours for to qualify for the Health Care Practitioners Tax Credit. HB 218 modifies the definition of rural.
House Bill 219 (HB 219) reduces Gross Receipts Tax and Compensating Tax rates. HB 219 expands deductions for the sale of professional services.
House Bill 220 (HB 220) provides that youth referred by the Children, Youth and Families Department are eligible for the Juvenile Community Corrections Grant Fund.
HB 221 ask the Motor Vehicle Division to issue a Isotopes license plate. First registration would be for a charge of $32 with a $20 renewal.
House Bill 222 (HB 222): This legislation outlines the conditions, exceptions, and requirements for retired members returning to employment with local administrative units in New Mexico, particularly focusing on the suspension and continuation of retirement benefits.
House Bill 223 (HB 223) relates to elections and requires voters to present identification before voting, and allows for free identification cards to be issued by the Motor Vehicle Division.
HB224 requires the Workforce Solutions Department to create a poster enumerating various services available to veterans.. The Veterans Services Department is to be consulted.
House Bill 225 (HB 225) criminalizes hazing and aggravated hazing. HB 225 creates an online reporting portal. HB 225 provides an exception to the Inspection of Public Records Act. Makes an appropriation.
House Bill 226 (HB 226): This legislative act is related to the regulation of cannabis in the state of New Mexico. The act addresses various aspects of the licensing process for commercial cannabis activities and introduces provisions for state and national criminal history checks as a condition for eligibility for licensure.
House Bill 227 (HB 227) relating to public schools phases in maximum class load limits for elementary school classes. HB 227 replaces average class load limits with maximum class loads. HB 227 allows waivers and requires school districts to report class load waivers on their websites. HB 227 requires school and charter school education plans to report class and teaching loads. HB 227 requires the Public Education Department to create and maintain an online portal to receive reports of class load violations. HB 227 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 228 (HB 228) relates to Public School finance to provide for school-based instruction programs for disabled students. HB 228 creates the disability language program unit. HB 228 allows school districts and charter schools that develop and implement disability language instruction programs to receive distributions created by the program unit. HB 228 instructs the Public Education Department to review and evaluate the programs.
House Bill 229 (HB 229) amends sections of public school code by providing specialized support services ancillary to special education. HB 229 provides that school districts and charter schools include specialized support services in department-approved educational plans.
House Bill 230 (HB 230) creates the Interim Transportation Committee and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 231 (HB 231) appropriates three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) for road construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance on New Mexico Highway 128 in Lea and Eddy counties.
House Bill 232 (HB 232) creates the Infrastructure Planning and Development Division (IPDD) of the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA); reorganizes the local government division of the DFA; transfers functions, personnel, appropriations, money, property, contractual obligations, and statutory references.
House Bill 233 (HB 233) relates to criminal procedure and provides a procedure for the determination of competency. It also establishes competency restoration programs, requires reporting, and requires the state to pay for mental examinations.
HB234 establishes a fund of $70,000.000 for the support of malpractice premiums for certain health care providers who meet criteria. The Superintendent of Insurance will administer the program and establish rules, priority criteria and protect confidential information at required by law.
House Bill 235 (HB 235) provides Department of Defense (DOD) and the United States Coast Guard (CG) with licensing exemptions; allows for portability of professional licenses; amends commission and council memberships to include a member of the armed forces or state defense force, a spouse or veteran; amends sections of the NMSA 1978 to add “space force” membership for program/service eligibility; and provides for concurrent jurisdiction on violation of laws by a child on military installations.
House Bill 236 (HB 236): This legislative act proposes to amend the Public Employees Retirement Act in the state of New Mexico. The proposed changes mainly focus on allowing certain public safety employees to return to work under specific conditions after retirement.
House 237 Bill (HB 237) enacts the Climate, Energy and Water Authority Act and creates the Climate, Energy and Water Authority. It provides the powers and duties of the authority. HB 237 establishes a decarbonization technology program and creates the Climate, Energy and Water Project Fund. It appropriates fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
House Bill 238 (HB 238) provides that the Department of Transportation and Eddy County may enter into a joint powers agreement. It appropriates thirty million dollars. ($30,000,000)
House Bill 239 (HB 239) This legislative act relates to corrections in the state of New Mexico. The main focus of the act is to include cannabis in the definition of "contraband" and to prohibit the possession of cannabis in places of imprisonment, with specified exceptions.
House 240 Bill (HB) 240 appropriates two million dollars ($2,000,000) to the Veterans' Services Department to contract with a veteran, police and first responder posttraumatic stress disorder therapy program. The Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee requested the introduction of HB 240.
House Bill 241 (HB 241) increases the salary caps applicable to elected county officials.
House Bill 242 (HB 242): This legislative bill introduces comprehensive changes to the New Mexico Marriage Code, allowing for marriage ceremonies conducted through remote communication technology, modifying marriage license expiration dates, and addressing various aspects of marriage dissolution. The bill also includes provisions related to fees, penalties for unlawful issuance of marriage licenses, and the preservation of marriage records. Additionally, it grants religious organizations immunity from liability for refusing to provide services for marriages that violate their religious beliefs.
House Bill 243 (HB 243) amends the Election Code by revising the manner of picking up ballots from ballot collections boxes, and appropriates $50,000 to the Secretary of State to help pay for the cost of collecting ballots.
House Bill 244 9HB 244) relating to public education provides that career and technical education courses offered by high schools shall be part of a series of courses of a single program of study relevant to a career field or industry certification.
House Bill 245 (HB 245) appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the Aviation Division of the Department of Transportation for construction and improvements to the Roswell Air Center for the purpose of hosting air racing events.
House Bill 246 (HB 246) amends Public Schools to change graduation requirements to require one-half unit of financial literacy prior to graduation.
House Bill 247 (HB 247) modifies notices of property valuations forms. HB 247 repeals a statute that presumes property to be classified as nonresidential.
House Bill 248 (HB 248) removes the income cap for the Social Security income exemption for personal income tax.
House Bill 249 (HB 249) indexes the amount of Social Security income exempt from state income tax.
House Bill 250 (HB 250) provides for the installation of electronic monitoring devices in facilities that house adults with developmental disabilities and provides for rulemaking.
House Bill 251 (HB 251) requires that special logos for license plates be made as attachable decals, and directs that standardized special registration plates be made with a blank space to attach a logo; includes a requirement that existing manufactured plates be depleted before creating attachable logos; requires the Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) of the Taxation and Revenue Department (TRD) to apply for a license to use the Smokey Bear image and name; and provides for the issuance of a Smokey Bear fire prevention registration plate.
House Bill 252 (HB 252) modifies individual income tax brackets and rates.
House Bill 253 (HB 253): This legislative bill focuses on several amendments and additions to the Severance Tax Bonding Act.
House Bill 254 (HB 254) requires the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to determine federal benefits eligibility for children in its custody and apply for federal benefits and either act as the child's representative payee or determine an appropriate alternative; sets forth the CYFD’s obligations when acting as a child's representative payee; prohibits the use of federal benefits to pay the CYFD for the child's care; and establishes provisions for the release of federal benefits provided to children in legal custody of the state.
SB 255 requires the Motor Vehicle Division to create a Gadson Flag Gun Safety Awareness license plate. Fees for the plate are to be distributed between production cost and hunting and gun safety training provided by the Department of Game and Fish.
House Bill 256 (HB 256): This bill is related to higher education, specifically addressing requirements for colleges of education at public four-year educational institutions.
House Bill 257 (HB 257) expands a Gross Receipts Tax deduction for foods sold at certain convenience stores.
House Bill 258 (HB 258) makes a recurring distribution from the Premium Tax revenue to the Emergency Medical Services Fund.
House Bill 259 (HB 259): This legislative act is related to public finance in the state of New Mexico. This act focuses on authorizing a percentage of the severance tax permanent fund to be invested in private equity funds specifically targeting climate technology.
House Bill 260 (HB 260) requires the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (NMFA) to conduct a study on affordable housing and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 261 (HB 261) increases the amount invested that qualifies for the Affordable Housing Tax Credit from 50% to 100% in a housing project.
House Bill 262, relating to veterinary medicine, makes non-compete provisions in veterinarian and veterinary technician agreements unenforceable.
House Bill 263 (HB 263) increases certain fees that may be charged by a notarial officer for notarial work.
House Bill 164 (HB 264) removes the sunset date for an income tax exemption for armed forces retirement pay.
HB265 will now require that children in custody of the state or released as foster children under the age of twenty-six, or undergoing a dispositional study, will now have access to medical assistance and public assistance that they may be eligible for.. Evidence in writing will now be required as to the application for the medical assistance and public assistance will not also be required.
House Bill 266 (HB 266) creates the Gun Storage Income Tax credit.
House Bill 267 (HB 267) amends the State Rules Act (SRA); requires an agency to respond in writing to public comments on a proposed rule before the rule is promulgated; and requires publication in the New Mexico Register of Agency Responses to Public Comments (NMARPC).
House Bill 268 (HB 268) increases the Child Income Credit for children under six years old.
House Bill 269 (HB 269) appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for Quay County to construct a new Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari.
House Bill 270 (HB 270) amends provisions governing the Technology Enhancement Fund (TEF); requires assessments of benefits for economic development, rural and tribal communities and workforce education and training; and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 271 (HB 271): This proposed legislation referred to as the "Public Finance Accountability Act." The Act establishes a framework for overseeing and managing capital expenditures by creating the Public Finance Accountability Fund, funding criteria, and grant management and oversight requirements.
House Bill 272 (HB 272) appropriates three million dollars ($3,000,000) to the Higher Education Department for Central New Mexico Community College, in collaboration with San Juan College, Santa Fe Community College and Southeast New Mexico College, to develop and start entrepreneur-in-development programs to foster and nurture local companies.
House Bill 273 (HB 273) amends the Local Economic Development Act to include child care facilities as qualifying entities.
House Bill 274 (HB 274) creates the Advanced Energy Equipment Income and Corporate Income Tax credits. HB 274 contains a repeal date.
House Bill 275 (HB 275) reduces the amount of time Taxation and Revenue Department must determine results of applications for High-Wage Job Tax Credits (credit). HB 275 clarifies submission of certificates for the credit and clarifies definitions under the act.
House Bill 276 (HB 276): This legislative bill focuses on refining and expanding the regulations around cannabis-related activities in the state of New Mexico, providing specific guidelines for licensing, operation, and addressing potential supply shortages in the medical cannabis program.
House Bill 277 (HB 277) relates to teacher licensure. HB 277 expands the scope of the computer science endorsement to all licensed teachers and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 278 (HB 278) requires computer science to be embedded in elementary and middle school subjects and offered as a standalone course in high school. HB 278 provides for professional development for teachers. HB 278 creates a fund and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 279 (HB 279) appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the board of regents of New Mexico State University for the Stem Outreach Center for expansion of stem technology labs statewide.
House Bill 280 (HB 280) creates a flat individual Income Tax rate of 1%.
House Bill 281 (HB 281): The legislative bill relates to higher education and proposes to expand eligibility for the Lottery Tuition Scholarship Program. The specific amendment is focused on changing the definitions and criteria within the Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act.
House Bill 282 (HB 282) amends and enacts sections of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act to comply with federal law.
House Bill 283 (HB 283) provides for nonpartisan administrative assistance and policy support for legislators in regional offices, and appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Fund to the Legislative Council Service.
House Bill 284 (HB 284) amends the Children, Youth and Families Department Act; requires the use of state-issued electronic devices when performing departmental duties; and requires the backup and retention of electronic records.
House Bill 285 (HB 285): This legislative proposal focuses on various aspects related to public safety, law enforcement recruitment, and training. This bill reflects an effort to enhance the recruitment and retention of law enforcement officers and telecommunicators, with an added focus on diversity, mentorship, and modernized recruitment strategies.
House Bill 286 (HB 286) appropriates eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000) to the Department of Transportation for the east-west corridor transportation infrastructure project on Los Lunas Boulevard in Valencia County.
House Bill 287 (HB 287) requires the publication of terms of certain legal settlement agreements and provides for loss prevention review teams and reports.
HB288 appropriates $100,000,000 of which $10,000,000 may be expended in any fiscal year for the repayment of health care educational loans. Social workers are added, and allied professional may be added by the Department of Higher Education
HB 289 makes an appropriation of $250,000 for training to the Health Department and to contract with a Lesbian, gay,bisexual, transgender, and queer organization in health care laws, and patient rights.
House Bill 290 (HB 290) allows for the forgiveness of loans made to certain borrowers according to the Child Care Facility Loan Act; provides conditions; expands uses of the loans; and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 291 (HB 291) allows counties and municipalities to require water harvesting, recycling and reuse. It creates the Water Harvesting Income Tax Credit and standards for the design, construction, installation and inspection of rainwater and storm water catchment systems. HB 291 requires permitting and provides matching funds for rainwater and storm water catchment systems in public buildings and facilities.
House Bill 292 (HB 292) enacts a new section of the NMSA 1978 to limit county and municipal restrictions on certain battery charged fences; amends a section of the NMSA 1978 regarding county and municipal zoning; and provides definitions.
House Bill 293 (HB 293) amends and enacts sections of the Affordable Housing Act; creates the Creditworthiness Assistance Program; provides for creditworthiness assistance grants; creates the Creditworthiness Assistance Fund; and makes an appropriation.
House Bill 294 (HB 294) creates the Education Enrichment Income Tax Credit.
House Bill 295 (HB 295) relates to deceptive trade practices. HB 295 enacts the Protection of Minors from Distribution of Harmful Material Act and provides definitions, authorizes liability and creates a private right of action.
House Bill 296 (HB 296) enacts the Parental Bill of Rights Act relating to education.
House Bill 297 (HB 297) enacts the Seizure Safe Schools Act to provide for seizure disorder management and care by school personnel. HB 297 provides for rule making and limits liability.
HB 298 creates the Service Members and Veterans Suicide Prevention Act and Program. The Veterans Services Department is directed to initiate a program of community education and planning for suicide prevention services. Certain reports are required.
HB 299 allows for the presence of certain drugs in facilities who provide services for withdrawal management purposes.
House Bill 300 (HB 300) appropriates fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) to the Department of Transportation for the second phase of a road infrastructure project on certain portions of United States Highway 180.
House Bill 301 (HB 301) creates the Future Water Trust Fund and the Future Water Project Fund. It includes the Future Water Trust Fund in the permanent funds invested by the State Investment Council. HB 301 makes an appropriation.
House Bill 302 (HB 302) provides exemption from state licensing requirements for child care programs or facilities licensed or certified by the United States Department of Defense or United States Coast Guard; expands the list of protected classes of the Human Rights Act to include military status; amends sections of the NMSA 1978 to add “space force” to the definitions of "armed forces" and "uniformed services.”
House Bill 303 (HB 303) creates a pilot program using Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families block grant funding to provide economic support in the form of monetary stipends to New Mexico residents participating in the pilot program; requires participants to be enrolled in certain workforce training programs; provides for participant eligibility criteria and processes to approve workforce training programs for specific industries or fields; provides definitions; and makes an appropriation.
HB 304 appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for small rural hospitals to pay medical malpractice surcharges.
House Bill 305 (HB 305) prohibits a homeowner association from assessing a fee on the sale of a lot or real property by a lot owner in the association's development.
HB 306 requires reporting by corporation and management companies operating hospitals in New Mexico, of certain data to the Superintendent of Insurance who will publish the data by December 15th of 2024 and for each year forth coming.
House Bill 307 (HB 307): This legislative act is restructuring the Border Authority in New Mexico, changing its composition, separating it from the Economic Development Department, and providing appropriations for the transition.
House Bill 308 (HB 308): This legislative act focuses on general obligation bonds and authorize the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds to make capital expenditures for various public projects. This act also provides for property tax levy for payment and principal of, interest on and certain costs related to the bonds. This act requires the approval of the registered voters at the 2024 general election of the State.
House Bill 309 (HB 309) requires that rules, orders or other directives issued by government entities pursuant to the All Hazard Emergency Management Act, the Public Health Emergency Response Act, the Riot Control Act or the Energy Emergency Powers Act that close certain businesses or facilities and that include exemptions for some businesses or facilities shall also include exemptions for facilities operated by religious organizations that are exempt from taxation pursuant to federal law. It amends, repeals and enacts sections of the NMSA 1978.
House Bill 310 (HB 310): This legislative act is related to tobacco products in the state of New Mexico. This proposed legislation should strengthen regulations and impose penalties on licensees and their employees for violations related to the sale of tobacco products, particularly when it involves selling to minors.
HJCcs/ HB 316 increases the penalty for a felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device to five years imprisonment, creates the second-degree felony for a felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device for a second or subsequent offense, and increases the penalty for a serious violent felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device to a second-degree felony.
House Joint Memorial 1 (HJM 1) relates to economic development in the Four Corners region and urges New Mexico’s congressional delegation to support funding for a freight rail line and transloading facility on the part of the Navajo Nation in that area.
House Joint Memorial 2 (HJM 2) relates to families in which at least two generations are engaged with two or more state social service agencies and seeks a study of the impact of these families on agency budgets and on family outcomes.
House Joint Memorial 7 (HJM 3) relates to fentanyl and seeks a gubernatorial declaration.
House Joint Resolution 1 (HJR 1) proposes to change the length of each regular legislative session to not exceed 45 days, removes the restrictions on bill that may be considered in even-numbered years and provides for consideration of governor veto overrides for bill of special or extraordinary sessions.
House Joint Resolution 2 (HJR 2) proposes to amend the constitution of New Mexico to eliminate the pocket veto; the resolution proposes that all bills passed by the legislature and not acted on by the governor will become law and requires veto messages on all bills vetoed by the governor.
House Joint Resolution 3 (HJR 3) proposes to amend the state constitution to remove the requirements that only courts of record may deny bail and that only prosecuting authorities may request a hearing to determine whether bail is denied. It also proposes to allow courts to deny bail for all types of criminal offenses, to allow courts to deny bail upon a finding by clear and convincing evidence that release conditions will not reasonably ensure the appearance of a person or protect any other person or the community and to allow for conditions for denial of bail to be provided by law.
House Joint Resolution 4 (HJR 4) proposes to amend NM Const. Article 2 by adding a new section that provides the people of the state with environmental rights and directs the state, counties and municipalities to serve as trustees of the state’s natural resources for the benefit of all the people.
House Joint Resolution 5 (HJR 5) proposes to amend the state constitution by increasing the length of the legislative session in even-numbered years from 30 to 60 days and proposes to allow for consideration of veto overrides for bills of special or extraordinary sessions.
House Joint Resolution 6 (HJR 6) is a proposal to amend Article 12 of the Constitution of New Mexico by repealing and adding a new Section 6 that replaces the Public Education Commission with the State Board of Education.
House Bill 201 (HB 201) appropriates one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) to the Water Project Fund.
House Joint Resolution 8 (HJR 8) proposes an amendment to NM Constitution, Article 4 to provide that a declaration of a state of emergency pursuant to a power granted to the governor by law terminates after ninety days unless the governor calls the legislature into special session to address the circumstances of the emergency and to require a three-fifths' vote of the legislature to extend, restrict, suspend or terminate the emergency declaration.
House Joint Resolution 9 (HJR 9) proposes to change the length of each regular legislative session to not exceed 45 days, removes the restrictions on bill that may be considered in even-numbered years and provides that every regular session may consider governor veto overrides for bill of a previous regular, special or extraordinary session.
House Joint Resolution 10 (HJR 10) proposes to amend the NM Constitution to provide for the creation of an independent redistricting commission to develop redistricting plans for congressional districts, state legislative districts and the districts of other districted state offices
House Joint Resolution 11 (HJR 11) approves the retrocession of exclusive federal legislative jurisdiction to concurrent legislative jurisdiction over property known as the Enhanced Use Lease Parcel on Kirtland Air Force Base.
House Joint Resolution 12 (HJR 12) requests the US Congress to call a convention, upon the application of two-thirds of the states, for the limited purpose of proposing amendments to the US Constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for federal officials and members of Congress.
House Joint Resolution 13 (HJR 13) proposes an amendment to Article 10, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to provide that the salaries of county officers shall be established by the board of County Commissioners; removes references to the “First Legislative Session”; and clarifies that any fees collected by a county official must be paid into the treasury of the county.
House Joint Resolution 14 (HJR 14) proposes to amend articles 4 and 9 of the constitution of New Mexico to provide by a law a program to provide state funding to parents or legal guardians of school-age children for home school or private school.
House Joint Resolution 15 (HJR 15) proposes to amend NM Constitution, Article 4 to create a permanent Interim Administrative Rule Oversight Committee and allow that committee to overturn executive agency rules.
House Memorial 1 (HM 1) relates to varying retirement benefits for members of two state employee retirement systems.
House Memorial 2 (HM 2) celebrates community food and farm initiatives in New Mexico that seek to end hunger and strengthen the statewide food system.
House Memorial 3 (HM 3) relates to prenatal health and seeks a study of how substance exposure affects it.
House Memorial 4 requests the Legislative Education Study Committee to study and report on middle school education.
House Memorial 5 (HM 5) relates to federal compensation for people exposed to radiation and seeks support from the New Mexico congressional delegation to expand such compensation.
House Memorial 6 (HM 6) relates to higher education and declares January 17, 2024, New Mexico Highlands Day in the state House Representatives.
House Memorial 7 (HM 7) relates to autism, declaring January 17, 2024, Autism Day in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 8 (HM 8) relates to the current conflict in the Middle East and seeks a call for a ceasefire, among other actions.
House Memorial 9 honors the late Hubert Henry Quintana, who was active in economic development and public service in southeastern New Mexico.
House Memorial 10 relates to foster children sleeping in state office buildings.
House Memorial 11 (HM 11) relates to absenteeism in public schools and seeks a study of the issue.
House Memorial 12 (HM 12) relates to the behavioral healthcare workforce in New Mexico and seeks a study to reduce burdens on the workforce and to expand the workforce.
House Memorial 13 (HM 13) declares February 12, 2024, “Public Health Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 14 (HM 14) declares January 23, 2024, “Smokey Bear Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 15 (HM 15) relates to the Escuelita Building in Las Trampas and seeks its transfer from the Peñasco Independent School District to the Las Trampas Mutual Domestic Water Consumers Association.
House Memorial 16 (HM 16) proclaims January 24, 2024, “Gallup/McKinley County Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 17 (HM 17) relates to social workers and environmental justice.
House Memorial 18 (HM 18) relates to the current conflict in the Middle East, condemning antisemitism and supporting the state of Israel.
House Memorial 19 (HM 19) proclaims January 24, 2024, “Grant County Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 20 (HM 20) relates to public school class sizes and seeks a study.
House Memorial 21 (HM 21) declares January 25, 2024, “Santa Fe County Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 22 (HM 22) relates to mental health care providers in secondary schools and seeks a study.
House Memorial 23 (HM 23) proclaims January 25, 2024, “Hidalgo County Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 24 (HM 24) relates to the New Mexico-Mexico border and safety in that area.
House Memorial 25 (HM 25) relates to poverty and the “cliff effect,” which occurs when a household loses its eligibility for public assistance once its income rises above the threshold set by federal poverty guidelines.
House Memorial 26 (HM 26) relates to elections and opposes the removal of candidates from primary and general election ballots.
House Memorial 27 (HM 27) relates to impeachment of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and her executive order on firearm possession.
House Memorial 28 (HM 28) proclaims February 9, 2024, “New Mexico Speech-Language and Hearing Association Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 29 (HM 29) relates to public school teacher recruitment and retention and seeks a study.
House Memorial 30 (HM 30) relates to people who use ignition interlock devices and seeks a study.
House Memorial 31 (HM 31) declares January 29, 2024, “UNM Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 32 (HM 32) relates to compensation for higher education instructional staff and seeks a study.
House Memorial 33 (HM 33) relates to the protection of bees and seeks the establishment of a working group.
House Memorial 34 (HM 34) relates to citizen science and a civics education program at the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Law called Wild Friends.
House Memorial 35 (HM 35) declares January 30, 2024, “Valencia County Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 36 (HM 36) proclaims February 1, 2024, “City of Santa Fe Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 37 (HM 37) recognizes the National Conference of State Legislatures.
House Memorial 38 (HM 38) relates to the transfer of a building from the Peñasco Independent School District to three acequia associations.
House Memorial 39 (HM 39) relates to Huntington’s Disease and the symbol used to bring awareness to it.
House Memorial 40 (HM 40) declares January 31, 2024, “Deming Luna County Silver Spikes Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 41 (HM 41) declares January 31, 2024, “Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 42 (HM 42) relates to methane emissions from utilities and seeks a study.
House Memorial 43 (HM 43) relates to state agency rules and seeks a new interim committee.
House Memorial 44 (HM 44) relates to property assessment disparities between residential and nonresidential holdings and seeks new legislation to address the issue.
House Memorial 45 (HM 45) relates to sexual assault in correctional facilities and seeks the continuation of a task force studying the issue.
House Memorial 46 (HM 46) relates to internet connectivity.
House Memorial 47 (HM 47) relates to music therapy and seeks a study.
House Memorial 48 (HM 48) declares February 2, 2024, “American Indian Day” in the state House of Representatives to honor the native tribes and their people in New Mexico.
House Memorial 49 (HM 49) recognizes the 200th anniversary of the Nuestra Señora de Dolores Catholic Parish in Manzano.
House Memorial 50 (HM 50) relates to the zoning designation of an Albuquerque neighborhood.
House Memorial 51 (HM 51) relates to tobacco products and seeks a study.
House Memorial 52 (HM 52) relates to student loans and seeks a study.
House Memorial 53 (HM 53) declares February 7, 2024, “Lincoln County Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 54 (HM 54) relates to higher education spending and seeks a study.
House Memorial 55 (HM 55) relates to New Mexico Highway 11 and seeks prioritizing funding for improvements to the road.
House Memorial 56 (HM 56) relates to the Border Development Act and seeks a study.
House Memorial 57 (HM 57) declares February 9, 2024, “African-American Day” in the state House of Representatives.
House Memorial 58 (HM 58) relates to oil and gas facility setbacks and seeks a study.
House Memorial 59 (HM 59) relates to substance abuse and seeks a study.
House Memorial 60 (HM 60) congratulates the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad for 25 years of operation.
House Resolution 1 (HR 1) constitutes articles of impeachment of Michelle Lujan Grisham, governor, with a recitation of the articles of impeachment upon which the house of representatives finds that Michelle Lujan Grisham has committed acts that warrant impeachment and trial in the senate pursuant to NM Constitution Article 4, sections 35 and 36. It provides for notice of impeachment and the prosecution of impeachment.
Senate Bill 226849 (SB) transfers one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) to the Water Trust Fund. The Water and Natural Resources Committee asked for the introduction of this bill.
Senate Bill 2 (SB 2) enacts the Low-Income Solar Act; requires equitable distribution of benefits of on-site solar generated energy generated on affordable housing; restricts some utility fees for solar on affordable housing; provides for promulgation of related rules; and regulates the tax valuation of solar energy systems.
Senate Bill 3 (SB 3) enacts the Paid Family and Medical Leave Act and creates the Paid Family and Medical Leave Fund. SB 3 provides for the Paid Family and Medical Leave Program to pay eligible employees a percentage of their wages to bond with a new child or care for a family member for a limited time. SB 3 makes exceptions for certain employees. SB 3 provides for the Workforce Solutions Department to administer the program. Similar programs are preempted. SB 226552 creates a temporary advisory committee.
Senate Bill 4 (SB 4) increases the Occupancy Tax (Lodger’s Tax Act) and modifies the uses of the tax to include quality-of-life facilities. SB 4 allows bond issue to help defray the cost of the facilities.
Senate Bill 5 (SB 5) creates the petty misdemeanor offense of possession of a firearm within certain distances of a polling place during an election, with exceptions.
Senate Bill 6 (SB 6) This bill explains in detail cannabis regulations. This bill includes the Cannabis Regulation Act in the Racketeering Act, the Delinquency Act and the Uniform Licensing Act.
Senate Bill 226663 (SB) appropriates five hundred million ($500,000,000) to the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund. The Mortgage Finance Authority Act Oversight Committee sought introduction of this bill.
Senate Bill 8 (SB 8) creates the Electric Vehicle and Charging Unit Income Tax Credits. SB 8 increases registration fees for electric cars and allocates the additional registration fee to state and local road funds.
Senate Bill 9 (SB 9) transfers three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) to the Conservation Legacy Permanent Fund for the purposes of the fund and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 10 (SB 10) allows for the appropriation of money into the Judicial Retirement Fund, lowers the service credit requirements for normal retirement, increases certain service credit multipliers, increases member and employer contributions to the Judicial Retirement Fund, and appropriates $2,613,157 to the Judicial Retirement Fund.
Senate Bill 11 (SB 11) allows for the appropriation of money into the Magistrate Retirement Fund, increases certain service credit multipliers in the Magistrate Retirement Act, and increases member and state contributions to the Magistrate Retirement Fund.
Senate Bill 12 (SB 12) renames the Family Violence Protection Act as the Protection Against Abuse and Violence Act, clarifies definitions, and specifies the standard to be implemented for certain orders of protection.
Senate Bill 13 (SB 13) creates the Public Safety Recruitment Bureau (PSRB) of the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy (NMLEA); provides powers and duties; provides for the development of a centralized public safety recruitment website to advertise employment opportunities; provides for the development of a media campaign to recruit law enforcement and telecommunicator career candidates; creates an advisory committee; requires law enforcement agencies to have plans to recruit more women into law enforcement and to provide mentorship and peer assistance programs for newly trained and other law enforcement officers; includes telecommunicators in the law enforcement retention fund; provides funding for the New Mexico Law Enforcement Standards and Training Council (NMLESTC) to develop new curricula for telecommunicators; and makes appropriations.
SB14 provides a reorganization of various statutes requirements, divisions and departments that will be now under the Health Care Authority. This legislation is effective July 1, 2024..
SB15 creates health care business transaction oversight through the Health Care Consolidated Oversight Act.
Senate Bill 16 (SB 16) relates to criminal procedure and provides a procedure for the determination of competency. It also establishes competency restoration programs, requires reporting, and requires the state to pay for mental examinations.
Senate Bill 17 (SB 17) enacts the Health Care Delivery and Access Act (HCDAA); imposes the health care delivery and access assessment on certain hospitals; creates the Health Care Delivery and Access Fund (HCDAF); creates the Health Care Delivery and Access Medicaid-Directed Payment Program (HCMPP); provides for revenue from the assessment be used as additional reimbursement to certain hospitals; provides a distribution to the HCDAF; states that the Tax Administration Act applies to and governs the HCDAA; provides a delayed repeal; provides a contingent effective date.
Senate Bill 21 (SB 21) directs the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) to establish a program to distribute funds appropriated to the DFA for recruitment of statewide and local firefighter and emergency medical technicians and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 22 (SB 22) creates new personal income tax and corporate income tax credits for mall renovations.
SB23 commissions an academic study of behavioral health statutes by the Legislative Council Service.. An appropriation of $100,000 is made to support the study.
Senate Bill 24 (SB 24) increases the maximum royalty rate on future oil and gas development leases on state trust lands to enhance revenue for beneficiaries.
Senate Bill 25 (SB 25) allows fee-for-service payments and payments from individuals to be included in the Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) deduction for services provided by health care practitioners.
Senate Bill 26 makes an appropriation to the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to fund the existing livestock Mexican wolf compensation program.
Senate Bill 27 makes an appropriation to the New Mexico Department of Agriculture to fund and provide rootstock or vines for new vineyards in New Mexico.
Senate Bill 28 (SB 28) creates the Rail Infrastructure Income Tax Credit and companion corporate income tax credit.
Senate Bill 226969 relates to metropolitan courts and creates the Court Emergency Property Reserve Fund and the Metropolitan Court Parking Fund. The bill provides different docket fees for counties with a metropolitan court, repeals sections of law and appropriates $1,000,000 to the Court Emergency Property Reserve Fund.
Senate Bill 30 (SB 30), relating to children, expands eligibility for the Fostering Connections Program.
Senate Bill 31 (SB 31) This act proposes a financial allocation to support the Affordable Housing Act through the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority. The funds are intended to be used to carry out the objectives of the Affordable Housing Act. The proposal focuses on initiatives to make housing more accessible and affordable within the state.
SB32 226760 commissions the Department of Health to pay licensed boarding homes for eligible person to reside in the home for the sum of $200 per month, who have been discharged from the Behaviorl Health Institue at Las Vegas or the New Mexico Adult Pshyciatric Center. The Department is to develope rules preventing fraud and to recieve an appropriation of $250,000.
Senate Bill 33 (SB 33) makes appropriations to the Children’s Trust Fund and the Next Generation Fund to increase the amount of grant funding that can be used each year to support programs that protect children.
This bill (SB34) expands the presription donar program to both instate and out of state contributors. All presciptions must be reviewed by a medical professional.
Senate Bill 35 (SB 35): The bill proposes to ensure access to medication-assisted treatment for minors in substance abuse treatment facilities and programs funded or operated by the state, with provisions for funding and reporting to legislative committees.
Senate Bill 36 (SB 36) requires certain receipts for services provided by health care practitioners that are deductible from Gross Receipts Tax to be within the scope of practice of the provider.
Senate Bill 37 (SB 37) enacts the Meat Inspection Act. SB 37 authorizes the New Mexico Livestock Board to conduct meat inspections for safety and quality for human consumption. It creates the office of meat and poultry inspection and provides for actions and penalties. SB 37 provides exemptions for ritual slaughter and humane slaughter.
Senate Bill 38 (SB 38) relates to primary elections and allow voters who have not selected a party affiliation to vote in the primary election of any political party.
Senate Bill 39 (SB 39) relates to criminal justice and limits incarceration for technical violations of probation and parole. It also alphabetizes and adds new definitions.
Senate Bill 40 (SB 40) extends the Geothermal Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Tax Credits and makes the income tax credit refundable. SB 40 raises the aggregate cap of the credits to $16 million and requires annual reporting by the Taxation and Revenue Department. The definition of qualifying heat pump is modified. SB 40 includes a delayed repeal.
This is a (SB41) bill with specific appropriations for social work and mental health supervision, training and development through the Higher Education Department.
Senate Bill 42 (SB 42) adds a new requirement to add a school safety communication system in public schools. It also amends code to include this requirement in the definition of “Building System” in the Public School Capital Outlay Act.
Senate Bill 43 (SB 43) enacts the Utility Easements for Broadband Act, authorizing the use and sharing of easements for the provision of communication services throughout the state.
(SB44) This bill allows the Regulations and Licensing Department to compensate board members of various licensing boards for their time and to also waive certain licensing fees for health professionals seeking initial or renewal of thier licenses.
Senate Bill 45 (SB 45) provides for funding for educational technology infrastructure and amends various related acts.
Senate Bill 49 (SB 49) appropriates twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) to the Health Care Authority Department.
SB47 creates the Health Care Personnel Recruitment Fund with an appropriation of $30,000,000 from investment earnings may be used for recruitment purposes.
Senate Bill 48 (SB 48) authorizes tuition scholarship organizations to award education scholarships to certain private schools. SB 48 creates the Education Scholarship Income Tax Credit and the Education Scholarship Corporate Income Tax Credit. It provides a delayed repeal.
Senate Bill 49 (SB 49) enacts the Rural Infrastructure Crisis Response Act; creates the Rural Infrastructure Crisis Response Fund (RICRF) and establishes eligibility requirements; creates the Bureau of Rural Infrastructure Crisis Response and provides duties; amends the Tribal Infrastructure Act to make the Tribal Infrastructure Board the fiscal agent for assistance from the RICRF for projects owned or operated by Indian nations, tribes and pueblos, and makes an appropriation.
SB50 provides for the addition of payment of all or a portion of insurance premiums and out of pocket cost including copays , deductions or coinsurance from the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act.
Senate Bill 51 authorizes the creation of a state meat inspection program to ensure the safety and quality of meat for human consumption. Declares an emergency.
SB52 appropriates $51,000,000 for rural and frontier hospitals and declares an emergency so that the appropriation takes effect immedicatly.
SB53 (226442) modifies the malpractice award amounts to one million dollars effective January 1, 2025.
Senate Bill 54 amends Taxation to change the date of the Back-to-school Sale gross receipts tax deduction to the last weekend in July and increases the sale price limits for clothing and computers by 50 percent.
Senate Bill 55 (SB 55) creates the anti-hazing act; requires a code of conduct; and a hazing prevention committee at post-secondary educational institutions. SB 55 requires an annual report. It requires hazing prevention education. SB 55 provides penalties.
Senate Bill 56 (SB 56) removes the repeal date for the armed forces retirement pay income tax exemption. The bill increases the exemption extends it to surviving spouses.
Senate Bill 57 (SB 57) appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the Workforce Solutions Department for a Local News Fellowship Program.
Senate Bill 58 (SB 58) creates Geothermal Electricity Generation tax credits and deductions for facility construction costs. SB 58 distributes loss of local government tax revenue to deductions to local governments.
Senate Bill 59 (SB 59) amends the duties of the Energy Conservation and Management Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department. It creates the Geothermal Projects Development Fund and authorizes grants. SB 59 creates the Geothermal Projects Revolving Loan Fund and authorizes loans. It appropriates twenty-five million six hundred thousand dollars ($25,600,000).
Senate Bill 60 (SB 60) makes an appropriation of $375,000 for a suicide intervention training program at Santa Fe Community College.
Senate Bill 61 (SB 61) This bill outlines specific limits, conditions, and reporting requirements for procurement contracts related to architectural and engineering services as well as construction in the state of New Mexico.
SB62 directs the Heath Care Authority Department to develop mileage reimbursments for ambulance and for providers of Medicaid environmental modificaiton services.
Senate Bill 63 (SB 63) This Bill establishes criteria for qualified pension recipients, outlines the process for determining cost-of-living adjustments based on federal social security administration figures, and appropriates funds to ensure adequate funding for these adjustments in subsequent fiscal years.
Senate Bill 64 (SB 64) provides a temporary Oil and Gas Tax exemption for the severance of natural gas from a production compliance project completed to comply with certain agency rules.
Senate Bill 65 (SB 65) modifies the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax distribution which increases amounts to the State Road Fund and Transportation Project Fund. SB 65 eliminates the distribution to the General Fund.
Senate Bill 66 (SB 66) increases the penalty of making a shooting threat to a fourth degree felony and creates the crime of swatting.
Senate Bill 67 (SB 67) adds to Public Education to create the Career Development Success Program and the Career Development Success Program Fund. SB 226947 makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 68 (SB 68) enacts the Age Appropriate Design Code Act and provides civil penalties.
Senate Bill 69 (SB 69) creates the crime of unlawful sale of a firearm before the required waiting period ends and requires a 14-day waiting period before the completion of a sale of a firearm, with exceptions.
Senate Bill 70 (SB 70) requires that supreme court justices receive a salary equal to the salary received by federal magistrate judges and removes the funding formulas for magistrates.
Senate Bill 71 (SB 71) creates the office of housing, providing powers and duties, providing for the development and updating of the state housing plan, and adding the director of the office of housing to the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority. An emergency is declared.
Senate Bill 72 (SB 72) increases the tax on e-cigarettes and distributes the revenue to fund created by the bill, Nicotine Use Prevention and Control Fund.
Senate Bill 73 (SB 73) reinstates the death penalty for murdering a peace officer.
Senate Bill 227198 (SB) appropriates twenty-two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($22,800,000) to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico for development and faculty hiring for the School of Public Health
Senate Bill 75 (SB 75) requires members of the New Mexico State Police to be the highest-paid law enforcement officers in the state, and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 76 relates to Public School capital outlay by amending the local share adjustment waiver requirements for school districts.
SB 77 (SB 77) appropriates one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for capital improvements at the Epi Duran Regional Crisis and Treatment Center operated by San Miguel County.
Senate Bill 78 (SB 78) appropriates two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to support integrated substance use disorder programs for northeastern New Mexico.
Senate Bill 79 (SB 79) appropriates sixty-five thousand dollars ($65,000) to the Department of Environment to convene a working group to develop findings and recommendations for a viable, voluntary and incentive-based statewide composting program.
Senate Bill 80 (SB 80) Requires retailers to prominently display signs or decals indicating that it is illegal for a person under 21 years of age to purchase tobacco products and that it is illegal to sell flavored tobacco products. This legislative act would regulate the sale and distribution of tobacco products in order to address concerns related to the appeal of flavored products to minors and to promote public health and safety.
Senate Bill 81 (SB 81) This legislation appropriates eleven million dollars from the general fund to the local government division of the Department of Finance and Administration. The funds are designated for the widening of Paseo del Norte in northwest Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, from two lanes to four lanes.
Senate Bill 82 (SB 82) requires the Risk Management Division to maintain an insurance policy that covers search and rescue volunteers.
Senate Bill 83 (SB 83) requires the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to conduct assessments and provide services upon a failure to comply with a plan of care.
Senate Bill 84 (SB 84) appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Department of Environment (NMED) for the assessment, remediation or reclamation of orphaned or abandoned sites.
Senate Bill 85 (SB 85) enacts the Seizure Safe Schools Act to provide for seizure disorder management and care by school personnel. SB 85 proves for rule making and limits liability.
Senate Bill 86 (SB 86) modifies the Graduate Scholarship Act by changing eligibility, limiting fields of study, and increasing awards. SB 86 makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 87 (SB 87) The amendments cover various aspects, including the purchase of service credit, conditions for normal retirement, and rules for retired members returning to employment.
Senate Bill 88 (SB 88) allows the Taxation and Revenue Department to issue electronic credentials for driver's licenses and identification cards and to create a verification system.
Senate Bill 227135 (SB) appropriates sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) to expand the health care work force.
Senate Bill 90 (SB 90) creates the Firearm and Ammunition Tax Act which imposes a tax on the sale of firearms and ammunition. SB 90 distributes the tax revenue to the Crime Victims Reparation Fund and this bill’s created Family Representation and Advocacy Fund.
Senate Bill 91 (SB 91) allows persons to leave infants with first responders or in safety devices for the surrender of infants, under certain conditions, without criminal prosecution for abandonment or abuse of a child; allows the installation and operation of safety devices for the surrender of infants; provides requirements for installation, operation, monitoring and inspection of those devices; provides limited immunity for operators of those devices; requires the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to issue rules to implement the provisions of the Safe Haven for Infants Act (SHIA); repeals a section of the SHIA; and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 227251 (SB) appropriates one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) to the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University for a windmill technician certification workshop.
Senate Bill 93 (SB 93) makes an appropriation to the board of regents of New Mexico State University for research and development of chile harvesting solutions and marketing and promotion of chile grown in New Mexico.
Senate Bill 227173 (SB) appropriates two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) to the Board of Regents of New Mexico State University for an enologist.
Senate Bill 95 (SB 95) appropriates twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to plan, design, construct, replace and improve water lines in Truth or Consequences in Sierra County. It declares an emergency because of the excessive amount of water lost annually.
Senate Bill 96 (SB 96) increases the penalty for second degree murder and attempted murder in the second degree.
Senate Bill 97 (SB 97) provides that shooting at a motor vehicle and shooting from a motor vehicle are separate crimes and increases the penalties for each offense.
SB98 establishs a Compact between member states to allow professional counselors to provide services in other member states.
Senate Bill 99 (SB 99) removes increases of the Cannabis Excise Tax.
Senate Bill 100 (SB 100) appropriates $25 million to Hobbs for loss of Gross Receipts Tax that is sourced to Lea County.
Senate Bill 101 (SB 101) authorizes the Office of the State Engineer to inspect permit and license holder records. It increases the maximum penalty for a violation of water law and provides for an annual increase in penalties for a violation of water law to account for inflation.
Senate Bill 102 (SB 102) amends the Racketeering Act by adding certain crimes to the definition of “racketeering” in the Racketeering Act, adding a definition of “criminal gang”, and creates new crimes for criminal gang activity.
SB227216 makes an appropriation of $350,000 to the Baord of Regents of the University of New Mexico and the Medical School, the Nursing School, the School of Pharmacy, and the ColleHealth.
Senate Bill 104 (SB 104) appropriates two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) to the Department of Transportation for infrastructure projects on a certain portion of US Highway 380.
Senate Bill 105 (SB 105) makes several tax changes by modifying, reducing, imposing, and repealing taxes, exemptions, deductions, and distributions: • Modification of tax code include income tax brackets; reduction to 2% of Gross Receipts Tax (GRT), Governmental GRT, Compensating Tax (CT), Leased Vehicle GRT, and certain Gaming Tax; increase of Bingo and Raffle Tax to 2%, and reduction of Capital Gains deduction to a maximum of $1,000. • The following taxes are eliminated by SB 105 repealing various acts: Estate, Interstate Telecommunications GRT, Railroad Car Company, Motor Vehicle Excise, Alternative Fuel, local government Gas and Insurance Premium, Venture Capital Investment, and certain GRT distributions to municipalities. • The bill strikes these tax credits: Rural Job, Film Production, Investment, Laboratory Partnership with Small Business, Technology Jobs and Research and Development, High-Wage Jobs, Advanced Energy Combined Reporting, Affordable Housing, Alternative Energy Product Manufactures, and Rural Health Care Practitioner. • Elimination of Income Tax, Corporate Income and Franchise Tax, and GRT and CT credits, deductions, and exemptions including Back-to-School Tax-Free Weekend, Sale of Food at Retail Food Stores, Lottery Retailer Receipts, Medical and Health Care Services, Durable Medical Equipment, Health Care Practitioner Services • Delayed repeals of Income Tax, Corporate Income and Franchise Tax, and GRT and CT credits, deductions, and exemptions. • Authorizes a GRT exemption for donations to nonprofits. • Imposes additional fees for electric and hybrid vehicles and makes an appropriate to the State Road Fund and Transportation Project Fund. • Eliminates Metropolitan Redevelopment Project and Tax Increment Development District dedications of an increment of state GRT • Technical and conforming changes. The provisions of SB 105 are effective January 1, 2025.
Senate Bill 106 (SB 106) This legislative act is related to cultural affairs, specifically creating a commission to plan and implement celebrations commemorating the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the founding of the United States of America.
Senate Bill 107 (SB 107) modifies the amount, refundability, and transferability of the Rural Job Tax Credit.
Senate Bill 108 (SB 108) creates a distribution to the election fund to ensure that the balance of the fund at the end of a fiscal year is twenty million dollars ($20,000,000).
Senate Bill 109 (SB 109) enacts the Catastrophic Business Relief Act and creates the Catastrophic Business Relief Loan Fund. SB 109 provides catastrophic business relief loans for certain businesses and establishes terms for loans and repayment. SB 109 establishes reporting requirements. SB22611 makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 110 (SB 110) The Public Banking Act outlines a comprehensive framework for the establishment and operation of the Public Bank of New Mexico, emphasizing transparency, public representation, and a focus on community development. The act reflects a commitment to leveraging the bank's resources for the benefit of the state and local communities.
Senate Bill 111 (SB 111) appropriates eight hundred forty thousand dollars ($840,000) to the Department of Environment to provide additional resources to protect water in the state
SB 112 provides limited mobility placards for women in their third trimester of pregnancy.
Senate Bill 113 (SB 113) appropriates fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for a medical facility in Taos.
Senate Bill 114 (SB 114) exempts certain public employment wages from state income tax.
Senate Bill 115 (SB 115) This legislative act is related to public liability in the state of New Mexico. The act outlines amendments to Section 15-7-3 of the NMSA 1978, which pertains to the powers and duties of the Risk Management Division of the General Services Department.
Senate Bill 116 (SB 116): This legislative act is related to state reserves in New Mexico. The act focuses on the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund and outlines various provisions related to its creation, investment, distribution, and permissible expenditures. The act also specifies amendments to Section 6-4-9 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated (NMSA) from Laws 1999, Chapter 207, Section 1, as amended.
Senate Bill 117 (SB 117) increases the amount of the Special Needs Adopted Child Tax Credit.
Senate Bill 118 (SB 118) exempts dyed diesel fuel used for agriculture from Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax.
Senate Bill 119 (SB 119) creates a flat corporate income tax rate and increases the rate to 6.9%.
Senate Bill 120 (SB 120) creates the unleaded aviation fuel grant program and the Unleaded Aviation Fuel Grant Program Fund. It appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) to this fund.
Senate Bill 121 (SB 121) makes federally recognized Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo eligible for the New Solar Market Development Income Tax Credit. SB 121 modifies the aggregate amount of credits allowed per year.
Senate Bill 122 (SB 122) relates to pretrial release and establishes when a rebuttable presumption arises in order to hold a defendant in jail before trial. The bill contains an emergency clause, to take effect immediately.
Senate Bill 123 (SB 123) This legislative act is related to public employee pensions in the state of New Mexico. The act outlines conditions and provisions for public safety employees who wish to return to work for affiliated public employers after retirement. The legislative act covers various aspects such as retirement eligibility, pension calculation, suspension of pension during subsequent employment, and specific provisions for certain categories of retired members.
Senate Bill 124 (SB 124) This legislative act is related to public employees' retirement in the state of New Mexico. This act amends the Public Employees Retirement Act to allow certain members to purchase service credit for periods of employment in specific situations.
Senate Bill 125 (SB 125) removes the sunset date for an income tax exemption for armed forces retirement pay and extends the exemption to surviving spouses.
Senate Bill 126 (SB 126): This proposed legislation is specifically related to the reimbursement rates for travel by privately owned automobile and privately owned airplane for members, officers, and employees of the legislative branch of government. The text outlines the per diem rates, travel expenses, and reimbursement rules for both in-state and out-of-state travel.
SB`127 provides for prescribing pshchologist to administer intramuscular injections.
Senate Bill 128 (SB 128) creates a state fire member; provides a definition for a "state fire member"; changes the name of State Police Member, Correctional Officer Member and Probation and Parole Officer Member Coverage Plan 1 to State Public Safety Member Coverage Plan 1; includes state fire member under State Public Safety Member Coverage Plan 1; and makes technical changes.
Senate Bill 129 (SB 129) amends the Cybersecurity Act (CA); provides for rulemaking; establishes reporting requirements for public entities receiving state appropriations in certain situations; and changes the membership of the Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CAC).
Senate Bill 130 (SB 130) provides for a work group on artificial intelligence systems; requires reports; and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 131 (SB 131) appropriates nine hundred thousand dollars ($900,000) to the Tourism Department to purchase advertisements, commercials and publicity for the Isleta New Mexico Bowl via television and other platforms.
Senate Bill 132 (SB 132) amends sections of public school code by providing specialized support services ancillary to special education. SB 132 provides that school districts and charter schools include specialized support services in department-approved educational plans.
Senate Bill 133 (SB 133) requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to administer a disadvantaged business enterprise program. DOT is required to expend no less than 30 percent of program eligible federally assisted contract funds with disadvantaged business enterprises.
Senate Bill 134 (SB 134) appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to the Department of Transportation to study electric vehicle development, including charging stations at rest areas throughout the state.
SB135 relates to step therapy guidlines for prescription drug coverage and elimiates certain drug therapy requirments for certain conditions such as substance abuse drugs.
Senate Bill 136 (SB 136) requires the governor, lieutenant governor and members of the governor's cabinet to use electric vehicles in the course of their government service. It appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000) for this purpose.
Senate Bill 137 (SB 137) enhances mandatory training for local school boards and governing bodies of charter schools. SB 137 specifies the number of training hours attended be entered in the school support and accountability system. SB 137 limits a local school board’s termination of a superintendent after a school board election and amends the campaign reporting act as it applies to local school board candidates. SB 137 requires local school board or governing body meetings to be webcast and archived.
Senate Bill 138 (SB 138): The proposed legislation is related to finance and the creation of a "demolition fund" in the state of New Mexico. The fund is intended for the purpose of providing grants to counties and municipalities to demolish condemned residential properties. The document outlines the creation of the fund, its administration, and specifies an appropriation from the general fund for the fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years.
SB 139 creates the Medicaid Trust Fund with an appropriation of $1,000,000,000 which may be invested by the State Investment Officer with appropriate supervisi202oin. Reporting to various Legislative Committees.
Senate Bill 140 (SB 140) provides that the district attorney division of the 11th judicial district in San Juan county has oversight of prosecutorial decisions made by the district attorneys of McKinley county.
Senate Bill 141 (SB 141) This legislative act is related to recycled metals, specifically addressing the inclusion of palladium, platinum, and rhodium in the definition of "regulated material." The act introduces requirements for the purchase or receipt of catalytic converters containing these metals, along with record-keeping obligations for secondhand metal dealers.
SB142 requires behavioral health residential facilies to allow a patients to notify a family member of their admittance to the facility. Failure to do so will reselut in a $750 civil penalty or $1,000 for additional incidences.
Senate Bill 143 (SB 143) relates to Public School finance to provide for school-based instruction programs for disabled students. SB 143 creates the disability language program unit. SB 143 allows school districts and charter schools that develop and implement disability language instruction programs to receive distributions created by the program unit. SSB 143 instructs the Public Education Department to review and evaluate the programs.
Senate Bill 144 (SB 144): This legislation is related to alcohol, specifically focusing on increasing the amount of the local DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) grant fund that may be used for the administration of the local DWI grant program in the state of New Mexico.
Senate Bill 145 (SB 145) prohibits public bodies from entering into agreements to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations. It also requires the termination of any such agreements and prohibits public bodies from using public resources to facilitate detaining individuals for federal civil immigration violations.
SB146 requires county and contracting hospitals to accept plans offered by the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange and to offer reasonable payment plans for patiens.
Senate Bill 147 (SB 147) increases Liquor Tax rates. SB 147 provides for rate increases determined by inflation. The bill creates a new fund and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 148 (SB 148) eliminates administrative fees for collecting, distributing, and transferring certain taxes and other fees.
SB 149 Creates the Behavioral Health Faclities Act and the Behavioral Health Facilities Fund . An approriation of $160,800,000 is appropriated for planning and construction of behavioral health facilities.
Senate Bill 150 (SB 150) appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration for Quay County to construct a new Dr. Dan C. Trigg Memorial Hospital in Tucumcari.
Senate Bill 151 (SB 151) makes a recurring distribution from the Premium Tax revenue to the Emergency Medical Services Fund.
Senate Bill 152 (SB 152) relates to background checks. SB 152 amends criminal history investigation procedures for the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) and the Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD) to specify who requires a background check. SB 152 includes definitions. Declares an emergency.
Senate Bill 153 (SB 153) increases the amount that is annually transferred to the Early Childhood Education and Care Program Fund. HSB 153 provides for for unexpended and unencumbered balance in the program fund to revert to Early Childhood Education and Care Fund.
Seante Bill 154 (SB 154) amends the rights of sexual assault survivors, provides time lines for sending sexual assault exam kits to a crime laboratory, requires a law enforcement agency to use the sexual assault examination kit tracking system, and adds time lines for survivor notification when a match in the database is identified.
Senate Bill 155 (SB 155) appropriates $25 million to Carlsbad for loss of Gross Receipts Tax that is sourced to Eddy County.
Senate Bill 156 (SB 156): This legislation is related to brain injury services in the state of New Mexico. It outlines the creation of a "Brain Injury Registry," amendments to the "Brain Injury Services Fund," and appropriations for fiscal year 2025.
Senate Bill 157 (SB 157) relates to elections and prohibits the sharing of early and absentee voter information while an election is underway.
Senate Bill 158 (SB 158) creates a Constitutional Revision Commission and provides powers and duties. It appropriates two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) and declares an emergency.
Senate Bill 159 (SB 159) creates the Higher Education Trust Fund and Higher Education Program Fund. SB 159 transfers $959 million dollars from the Tax Revenue Stabilization Reserve to the trust fund and provides for an annual distribution.
Senate Bill 160 (SB 160) appropriates twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) for the restoration of the Rio Grande Valley State Park.
SB161 provides $50,000,000 for subsidies for revenue losses for certain hospitals with less than thirty beds.
Senate Bill 162 (SB 162) This legislative act is related to public finance in the state of New Mexico. The act addresses the drawing or payment of a warrant by an employee of a state agency when there is an insufficient balance, and it prescribes penalties for this type of action.
Senate Bill 163 (SB 163) This legislative act is related to alcohol in the state of New Mexico. The act amends Section 60-7A-3 of the Liquor Control Act regarding the transportation of alcoholic beverages into the state without a permit, exportation of alcoholic beverages without a permit, importation for private use, reciprocal shipping, and unlawful actions.
Senate Bill 164 (SB 164) – This legislative act is related to Human Services; requiring the Department of Health to evaluate the "Impacts of Universal Basic Income on Pregnant People". This legislation also reflects an experimental approach to understand the potential benefits and challenges of implementing a universal basic income specifically for pregnant individuals, with a focus on health and financial outcomes.
Senate Bill 165 (SB 165) changes the calculation of the amount of pension for State Legislator Member Coverage Plan 2 (SLMC-2) and makes an appropriation.
SB166 creates the Homelessness Reduction Division with in the Health Care Authority Department. A one millioin dollar appropriation is requested to support a task force and an advisory council.
Senate Bill 167 (SB 167) appropriates fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) to purchase the Northeast New Mexico Correctional Facility located in Union County and owned by the Town of Clayton.
Senate Bill 168 (SB 168) requires that the salaries for district attorneys be 95% of the salary of an appellate judge, removes the designation of “at will” positions and provides that “at will” positions are to be defined by the New Mexico District Attorney Association Personnel and Compensation Plan, and repeals sections of law.
Senate Bill 169 (SB 169) amends the State Supplemental Land and Water Conservation Fund by removing the political subdivision fund matching requirement and changing the incorporated municipality population cap. It amends eligible recipients of funds and requires prioritization of funding requests of Indian nations, tribes and pueblos. SB 169 removes a reference to a defunct entity and revising citations. It appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000). Amendment 2/9/2024 The Senate Finance Committee amended SCONC SB 169A (SFC SB 169AA) by removing the political subdivision fund matching requirement and changing the incorporated municipality population cap in the State Supplemental Land and Water Conservation Fund. It amends eligible recipients of funds and requires prioritization of funding requests of Indian nations, tribes and pueblos. It clarifies the State Supplemental Land and Water Conservation Fund’s usage . SFC SB 169AA removes a reference to a defunct entity and revising citations
Senate Bill 170 (SB 170) appropriates thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) to the Rural Libraries Endowment Fund.
Senate Bill 171 (SB 171) provides a personal income tax deduction for school supplies purchased by a public school teacher.
Senate Bill 172 (SB 172) removes the authority of the Forestry Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to acquire land or interest in land by gift or purchase in the name of the state pursuant to the Forest Conservation Act.
Senate Bill 173 (SB 173) amends the Natural Heritage Conservation Act and its definitions. It removes the authority of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to acquire conservation or agricultural easements. It repeals Section 75-10-7 NMSA 1978.
Senate Bill 174 (SB 174) provides a Gross Receipts Tax deduction for the sale of legal services to recover compensation for the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon Fire.
Senate Bill 175 (SB 175) This legislative act is related to law enforcement in the state of New Mexico. This act establishes a program to distribute funds for the recruitment of state and local law enforcement officers, correctional officers, and probation and parole officers.
Senate Bill 176 (SB 176) amends and enacts sections of the Professional Athletic Competition Act (PACT); adds definitions; adds and increases fees; adds weight classes; requires state champions; extends the termination dates of the PACT and the New Mexico Athletic Commission (NMAC).
Senate Bill 177 (SB 177) increases the salary caps for elected county officials.
Senate Bill 178 (SB 178) amends the Children’s Code by providing that the sealing of juvenile records does not apply to crimes related to firearms for purposes of the National Instant Criminal Background Check.
SB 179 adds HMOs as members of the Health and Life Insurance Guaranty Association Act
SB180 makes an appropriation of $600,000 to the Regents of the Univeristy of New Mexico for the Health Sciences Center to use for government training of high school students and minority students.
Senate Bill 181 (SB 181) restores certain income that is subject to Corporate Income Tax and clarifies its applicability to intangible income. SB 181 includes corporations with at least 20% of their property, payroll, and sales in the United States or in a Water’s Edge Group.
Senate Bill 182 (SB 182) appropriates two million eight hundred thousand dollars ($2,800,000) to the Department of Finance and Administration for the regional planning districts to provide grant writing and technical assistance services.
Senate Bill 183 (SB 183) requires an additional registration fee for electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and provides that the additional registration fees be distributed to the State Road Fund and the Transportation Project Fund
Senate Bill 184 (SB 184) modifies the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax distributions.
Senate Bill 185 (SB 185) appropriates one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) to the Water Project Fund.
Senate Bill 186 (SB 186): This legislative act is repealing the prohibition on political subdivisions and home rule municipalities from enacting rent control for privately owned real property in the state of New Mexico.
Senate Bill 187 (SB 187) eliminates local authority to administer the Air Quality Control Act and repeals Sections 74-2-4 and 74-2-16 NMSA 1978.
Senate Bill 188 (SB 188) removes the match requirement for regional councils of planning and development districts to receive grants from the Department of Finance and Administration.
Senate Bill 189 (SB 189) makes an appropriation to the Tourism Department to purchase advertisements, commercials and publicity for the Connie Mack World Series via television and other platforms.
Senate Bill 190 (SB 190) creates the DWI Act and amends, repeals, and enacts sections of the Motor Vehicle Code.
Senate Bill 191 (SB 191) This legislative act is related to off-highway motor vehicles in the state of New Mexico. It involves amendments to Section 66-3-1001.1 of the New Mexico Statutes Annotated (NMSA) from the year 1978.
Senate Bill 192 (SB 192) makes general appropriations and authorizes expenditures by state agencies required by law.
Senate Bill 193 (SB 193) transfers twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) to the Reading Materials Fund.
Senate Bill 194 (SB 194) amends the Emergency Powers Code, the Public Health Emergency Response Act, and the Public Health Act by providing for automatic termination of a public health emergency order or a public health order that closes public places or limits gatherings. It provides for renewal or amendment of a public health emergency order or a public health order upon authorization of the legislature or by particular legislative leaders in certain circumstances. SB 194 declares an emergency.
Senate Bill 195 (SB 195) provides that it is a fourth degree felony for a person to enter a retail establishment with the intent to commit a felony or theft after receiving notice that the person is not authorized to enter the establishment.
Senate Bill 196 (SB 196) provides school districts with the option to replace school buses with electric or zero emission alternative fuel school buses, including entering into agreements for electrical energy storage. SB 196 tasks the board of regents of New Mexico State University with conducting a statewide study and providing a report on the feasibility and costs for school districts to transition to electric school buses. SB 196 makes appropriations.
Senate Bill 197 (SB 197) makes appropriations to the Department of the Environment and the Interstate Stream Commission for water projects in Taos County
Senate Bill 198 (SB 198): This amended legislative act is related to the State Game Commission in the state of New Mexico. It outlines changes to the powers and duties of the State Game Commission, specifically regarding land acquisition procedures.
House Bill 199 (SB 199) appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to the Aviation Division of the Department of Transportation for construction and improvements to the Roswell Air Center for the purpose of hosting air racing events.
Senate Bill 200 (SB 200) appropriates two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) to the Department of Environment to plan, design and construct water system improvements for the Timberon Water and Sanitation District in Timberon in Otero County.
Senate Bill 201 (SB 201) clarifies duties for the Department of Transportation (DOT) related to the regulation of railway companies, transportation network companies and motor carriers; changes the appeals process by making department decisions appealable to district court; updates definitions and other provisions of the Motor Carrier Act (MCA); and repeals sections of the NMSA 1978 relating to carrier inspection fees.
Senate Bill 202 (SB 202) makes general appropriations and authorizes expenditures by state agencies required by law.
Senate Bill 203 (SB 203): The legislative bill proposes an appropriation of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) from the general fund to the brain injury services fund.
Senate Bill 204 (SB 204) prohibits the unlawful carrying of a firearm in a park or playground.
Senate Bill 205 (SB 205) appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Department of Finance and Administration for local councils of government to receive, disburse and oversee appropriations for local governments in their planning and development districts.
Senate Bill 206 (SB 206) appropriates ninety-eight thousand two hundred dollars ($98,200) to the Administrative Office of the Courts for bailiff salary increases in the Mora County Magistrate Court and San Miguel County Magistrate Court.
Senate Bill 207 (SB 207) authorizes an occupancy surtax (surtax) on certain short-term rentals (STR). SB 207 requires local governments to impose the surtax and use the proceeds to support the cost of affordable housing. SB 207 modifies the form requirements for notice of evaluations to property owners and repeals a statute that requires property be presumed nonresidential.
Senate Bill 208 (SB 208): The "Automatic License Plate Reader Act" proposed for the State of New Mexico outlines regulations and guidelines for the use of automatic license plate reader (ALPR) systems by law enforcement agencies.
Senate Bill 209 (SB 209) makes an appropriation for the Las Cruces Public School District to connect individuals and families with parenting support services.
Senate Bill 210 (SB 210) appropriates sixty million dollars to the Department of Finance and Administration for the New Mexico Finance Authority to carry out the purposes of the Behavioral Health Capital Fund, Primary Care Capital Fund, and Child Care Facility Revolving Loan Fund.
Senate Bill 211 (SB 211) creates the Science Education Promotion Fund and requires the Economic Development Department to provide grants. SB 211 appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000).
Senate Bill 212 (SB 212) requires regional housing authorities to develop and implement an affordable housing plan for the following five years.
Senate Bill 213 (SB 213) appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Department of Finance and Administration for Black Fire recovery efforts and requires reports.
Senate Bill 214 (SB 214) relates to public schools to add the Student Achievement and Innovation Leaders Act and create student achievement awards. SB 214 provides support through monetary awards and creates a fund. SB 214 makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 215 (SB 215) enacts the Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration Act and provides for the unitization of formations for subsurface sequestration of carbon dioxide. It limits liability of owners of sequestration facilities following transfer of interests to the state and establishes fees.
Senate Bill 216 (SB 216) amends the New Mexico Finance Authority Act (NMFAA) to provide financing for affordable housing projects; amends the definitions of "public project" and "qualified entity"; and amends the local government planning fund.
Senate Bill 217 (SB 217) provides a minimum distribution from the Severance Tax Bonding Fund to the Severance Tax Permanent Fund annually for 10 years. SB 217 limits the amount of Supplemental Severance Tax Bonds for year 2024.
Senate Bill 218 (SB 218) makes general appropriations and authorizes expenditures and provides an exception to legislative confidentiality.
Senate Bill 219 (SB 219) appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Public Education Department to make naloxone nasal spray available in high schools.
Senate Bill 220, relating to public school finance, limits the growth of administrative expenditures by school districts and charter schools.
Senate Bill 221 (SB 221): This Legislative bill, known as the "Diversity Act," is introduced to address issues related to diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion within the state's workforce.
Senate Bill 222 (SB 222) relating to Economic Development provides for applications to the Economic Development Department for funding pursuant to the Local Economic Development Act. Requires an annual report.
SB223 establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund and provides direction on fund distribution from the federal Mineral Leasing Act.
Senate Bill 224 (SB 224) appropriates one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) for implementation of the Health Care Consolidation Oversight Act.
Senate Bill 225 (SB 225) appropriates three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to the General Services Department to provide salaries for two pilots for the state airplane fleet.
Senate Bill 226 (SB 226) appropriates one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) to the Department of Transportation to construct a high-speed passenger railroad in New Mexico.
Senate Bill 227 (SB 227) appropriates $3 million for an Entrepreneur-In-Development program at Central New Mexico Community College in collaboration with San Juan College and Southeast New Mexico College.
Senate Bill 228 (SB 228): This legislative act is related to the Department of Environment. This act authorizes the department to use money for certain fees to be used for other operational expenses. Repealing conflicting laws and making an appropriation.
Senate Bill 229 (SB 229) amends the Election Code by revising the manner of picking up ballots from ballot collections boxes, and appropriates $50,000 to the Secretary of State to help pay for the cost of collecting ballots.
Senate Bill 230 (SB 230) amends a section of the Children's Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Act (MHDDA); amends a section of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code (MHDDC); and provides for additional disclosure of confidential information.
Senate Bill 231 amends public school code to require health education for grades six through 12 to add instruction on youth substance use and abuse and the dangers of drugs. HB 231 requires classes instruction on drug poisoning awareness, treatment and provide student access to abuse and prevention resources.
Senate Bill 232 (SB 232) amends the Industrial Revenue Bond Act and the County Industrial Revenue Bond Act to include certain electric energy storage facilities as eligible projects. It requires the provision of payment-in-lieu-of-taxes payments to school districts if a municipality or county acquires energy storage facility projects. HB 143 provides a gross receipts tax deduction for sales of energy storage equipment to a government for the purpose of installing an energy storage facility. It adds sunset dates.
Senate Bill 233 (SB 233) amends the Graduate Scholarship Act (GSA); changes eligibility; increases awards; and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 234 (SB 234) appropriates four million five hundred thousand dollars ($4,500,000) for domestic violence services.
Senate Bill 235 (SB 235) appropriates one million dollars ($1,000,000) to the Higher Education Department to expand existing efforts to retain students and improve graduation rates at all public institutions of higher education.
Senate Bill 236 (SB 236) changes procedures to determine Gross Receipts Tax (GRT) increments that fund Metropolitan Development Projects. SB 236 delays the effective date of the provisions of Laws 2023, Chapter 112, Section 15.
Senate Bill 237 (SB 237) enacts the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act; repeals the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act (1995); and makes conforming amendments to other sections of the NMSA 1978.
Senate Bill 238 (SB 238) enacts the Regional Education Cooperative Revenue Bond Act and provides powers and duties. SB 238 provides processes and procedures for the issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds and refund bonds for capital projects to carry out the functions of a regional education cooperative. SB 238 allows a coordinating council of a regional eduction cooperative to issue bonds or request the New Mexico Finance Authority to issue the bonds. SB 238 makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 239 (SB 239): This proposed legislative bill pertains to higher education scholarships and proposes amendments to certain definitions and requirements in the Legislative Lottery Tuition Scholarship Act and the Opportunity Scholarship Act.
Senate Bill 240 (SB 240) appropriates one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to the Children, Youth and Families Department for trauma-informed training for all staff and foster families.
SB241 requires criminal records checks of certain employees, applicants, and volunteers for the Long Term Services Department. SB241 declares an emergency.
Senate Bill 242 enacts the Preschool Literacy Program Act. SB 242 creates the Preschool Literacy Program and establishing program requirements, eligibility and provides definitions. SB 242 requires reports.
Senate Bill 243 (SB 243) creates Hotel Renovation Income Tax Credit and the Hotel Renovation Corporate Tax Credit.
Senate Bill 244 (SB 244) appropriates seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($750,000) for total quality management training programs for governmental entities and businesses.
Senate Bill 245 (SB 245): The legislative bill proposes the creation of a Joint Interim Public Works Committee, outlining its powers, duties, membership, and funding. This bill is supposed to enhance oversight and evaluation of capital projects, with a focus on timely implementation and effective use of funds. The committee is granted powers to assess projects, make recommendations, and ensure accountability in the capital expenditure process.
Senate Bill 246 (SB 246): The bill focuses on capital expenditures, reauthorizing or reappropriating balances, expanding or changing purposes, extending expenditure periods, changing agencies, and establishing conditions for the reversion or transfer of unexpended balances of appropriations made by the Legislature in prior years. The bill also declares an emergency.
Senate Bill 247 (SB 247) relates to economic development. SB 247 amends the Bioscience Development Act. SB 247 authorizes investment in bioscience companies and establishes requirements. Makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 248 (SB 248) enacts the Unsafe Use of Public Roadways and Spaces Act (Act) which regulates where solicitation is allowed and prohibited in public areas and criminalizes aggressive solicitation. It also prohibits an occupant of a vehicle to offer money or anything of value to a solicitor who is in violation of the Act.
Senate Bill 249 (SB 249) changes a distribution to the Oil and Gas Reclamation Fund to a dollar amount. It requires money from federal sources to be separately accounted for from other money in the fund and to be expended before any other money in the fund. SB 249 provides for a reversion of the balance in the fund.
Senate Bill 250 (SB 250) enacts the Innovation Fellowship Act and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 251 (SB 251) adjusts Gross Receipts Tax rates based on individual sales.
SB252 renames County and Tribal Health Councils to the Regional Council and Access Act and Councils.. New duties are defined in SB252 including reporting and cooperation with other entities. There will be five different councils.
Senate Bill 253 (SB 253): This is a legislative act pertaining to capital expenditures in the state of New Mexico. This act establishes the legal framework for issuing severance tax bonds to fund a freight rail line project, imposing conditions, limitations, and accountability measures to ensure responsible use of the funds and compliance with federal regulations.
Senate Bill 254 (SB 254): This legislative act focuses on allocating funds for brain injury services, including increasing funding limits, establishing a registry, conducting surveillance, and providing education to healthcare professionals. The provisions also address the treatment of unspent balances to ensure transparency and accountability in fiscal management.
Senate Bill 255 (SB 255) creates the crime of student athlete harassment
SB256 requires reporting of the latest data available to be submitted available from the Health Care Work Force Work Group. that is complete.
SB257 requires hospitals with in six months of this Act to implement a policy prohibiting intimate examinations of patients who are anesthetized or unconscious without consent.
Senate Bill 258 (SB 258) specifies to whom and under what circumstances information that is held by the Children, Youth and Families Department that pertains to child abuse and neglect may be shared; requires that information be provided about child fatalities or near fatalities; protects personal identifier information of department clients; requires the court's written order when excluding media from an abuse or neglect proceeding; requires reports on the department's website; and prescribes a penalty.
Senate Bill 259 (SB 259) amends the Economic Development Finance Act (EDFA); provides loans and grants to nonprofit organizations to complete capital outlay projects; adds definitions; creates the Capital Outlay Trust Fund (COTF); amends, repeals and enacts sections of the NMSA 1978.
Senate Bill 260 (SB 260) appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Public Education Department for students attending public schools in the Pueblo of Zuni and the Navajo Nation in New Mexico.
Senate Bill 261 (SB 261) allows for the imposition of a stayed adult criminal sentence upon the adjudication of a youthful offender.
Senate Bill 262 (SB 262) appropriates two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) to the Department of Transportation to study the feasibility of constructing a high-speed passenger railroad in New Mexico.
Senate Bill 263 (SB 263) appropriates five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) to hire a sports nutritionist to consult with the New Mexico State University women's sports teams.
Senate Bill (264) creates the Adult High School Diploma Pilot Project. SB 264 requires the collection of program data and reporting. SB 264 creates a fund and makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 265 (SB 265) relates to public schools. SB 265 enacts the Drug-related Incident Response Act. SB 265 requires: School districts and governing bodies of charter schools to develop and implement school-based drug-related incident response plans for nonviolent drug-related incidents involving students. The Public Education Department to commence a study and to tailor drug-related incident response plan requirements and training to the needs and abilities of school districts and charter schools. Data collection, reporting and data use restrictions. Certain data be de-identified and provides for confidentiality agreements. SB 265 provides definitions. SB 265 makes an appropriation.
Senate Bill 266 (SB 266) appropriates one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to carry out the purposes of the Acequia and Community Ditch Fund Act.
Senate Bill 267 (SB 267) appropriates ten million dollars ($10,000,000) for the construction of a native aquatic species restoration facility at Storrie Lake.
SB 268 appropriates $70,000,000 with an annual cap of $7,000,000 for each grant to hospitals in need for services in areas of need. Funds may be used for operations, debt service, Medicaid match, and medical malpractice.
Senate Bill 269 (SB 269): This legislation act focuses on ensuring accountability and transparency in the management of public finances, particularly in the context of capital expenditures and grants awarded by state agencies in New Mexico.
Senate Bill 270 (SB 270) appropriates five million dollars ($5,000,000) to the Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico to increase the compensation for medical residents of the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center.
Senate Bill 271 (SB 271) requires a defendant to be held in jail without bond for a violation of conditions of release until there is a hearing to consider modification or revocation of those conditions of release. This bill has an emergency clause, to take effect immediately.
Senate Bill 272 (SB 272) requires certain executive departments and public bodies to collect demographic data pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity.
Senate Bill 273 (SB 273) relates to public school finance and provides that income derived from state trust lands for the benefit of the common schools and distributed from the State Lands Maintenance Fund to the Common School Current Fund shall not supplant General Fund support for public schools.
Senate Bill 274 (SB 274): This proposed legislative act is focused on establishing a Compliance Bureau within the Office of the Superintendent of Regulation and Licensing in the State of New Mexico, specifically for the enforcement of the Cannabis Regulation Act.
Senate Bill 275 (SB 275): This legislative act is related to capital expenditures in the state of New Mexico. It outlines various provisions, appropriations, limitations, and requirements regarding the use of funds for specific projects.
Senate Bill 276 (SB 276) requires that probation must be served instead of parole in certain circumstances and provides that a court cannot order a defendant to be placed on probation for a longer period than the maximum allowable incarceration time.
Senate Bill 277 (SB 277) adds a tribal enforcement representative to the Governor’s Organized Crime Prevention Commission.
Senate Bill 278 (SB 278) appropriates fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to the Local Government Division of the Department of Finance and Administration to provide funding to a program that assists residents of Grant and Hidalgo counties who are at least sixty years old, have an income that is at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level and are in need of assistance to support their quality of life and safety.
Senate Bill CS/SB 297 makes an appropriation for the implantation of the So Works program at San Juan College.
Senate Bill 300 (SB 300) authorizes the issuance of severance tax bonds for certain transportation projects; establishes conditions for the expenditure and appropriation of the bond proceeds and for the reversion of unexpended balances of bond proceeds; authorizes the issuance of state transportation bonds; establishes criteria for the bonds; and requires reports.
Senate Bill 307 (SB 307) This bill is proposed to create the Substance and Alcohol Abuse Task Force.
Senate Joint Memorial 1 (SJM 1) is a joint memorial that urges Congress to pass a resolution that would establish a way to fund infrastructure projects throughout the United States.
Senate Joint Memorial 2 (SJM 2) relates to missing and murdered indigenous women and seeks establishment of a task force to update the state’s response plan to the issue.
Senate Bill 226989 proposes to amend the state constitution by replacing the dean of the University of New Mexico School of Law as chair of the appellate judges nominating commission with the chief justice of the supreme court. It also proposes to add an additional member of the supreme court to the commission.
Senate Bill 227117 (SB) proposes an amendment to the NM Constitution Article 12, Section 13 to provide for nominating committees for appointed and reappointed members of boards of regents of state educational institutions except student members.
Senate Joint Resolution 3 (SJR 3) proposes to change the length of each regular legislative session to not exceed 45 days, removes the restrictions on bill that may be considered in even-numbered years and provides for consideration of governor veto overrides for bill of special or extraordinary sessions.
Senate Joint Resolution 4 (SJR 4) proposes to amend the state constitution by increasing the length of the legislative session in even-numbered years from 30 to 60 days and proposes to allow for consideration of veto overrides for bills of special or extraordinary sessions.
Senate Joint Resolution Bill 5 (SJR 5): This is a joint resolution proposing an amendment to Article 20 of the Constitution of New Mexico. This amendment focuses on the establishment and protection of a retiree health care trust fund for public employees.
Senate Joint Resolution 6 (SJR 6) proposes to amend the NM Constitution by adding a new section to provide for the creation of a Children, Youth and Families Commission and an executive director to direct the activities of the Children, Youth and Families Department, as provided by law.
Senate Joint Resolution 7 (SJR 7) proposes to amend the NM Constitution to provide for the creation of an independent redistricting commission to develop redistricting plans for congressional districts, state legislative districts and the districts of other districted state offices.
Senate Joint Resolution 8 (SJR 8) proposes to amend NM Const. Article 2 by adding a new section that provides the people of the state with environmental rights and directs the state, counties and municipalities to serve as trustees of the state’s natural resources for the benefit of all the people.
Senate Joint Resolution (SJR 9) is a proposal to amend Article 12 of the Constitution of New Mexico by repealing and adding a new Section 6 that replaces the Public Education Commission with the State Board of Education.
Senate Joint Resolution 10 (SJR 10): This proposed amendment to Article 4, Section 4 of the Constitution of New Mexico. This amendment pertains to the filling of legislative vacancies. The key points include the method of filling vacancies by appointment or election based on the time remaining until the expiration of the term, with specific provisions for vacancies occurring close to the start of a regular legislative session.
Senate Joint Resolution 11 (SJR 11) proposes to allow courts to deny bail for any criminal offense upon a finding that a defendant is dangerous and that release conditions will not reasonably protect another person or the community. It also proposes to remove the requirement that only courts of record may deny bail.
Senate Joint Resolution 12 (SJR 12) proposes to amend the state constitution to allow municipalities and counties to regulate firearms in a way that is more restrictive than state law.
Senate Joint Resolution 13 (SJR 13) proposes to amend the constitution of New Mexico to provide for voting requirements for policymaking and advisory bodies created by statute.
Senate Joint Resolution 14 (SJR 14) proposes an amendment to Article 1 of the NM Constitution to establish procedures to allow counties to petition the legislature and Congress to form a new state.
Senate Joint Resolution 15 (SJR 15) proposes an amendment to New Mexico Constitution Article 15 to add a new section to create the Conservation Legacy Permanent Fund and require its investment by the state investment officer and provide for certain distributions of investment income of the fund.
Senate Joint Resolution 16 (SJR 16) proposes an amendment to Article 10, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to provide that the salaries of county officers shall be established by the Board of County Commissioners; to remove references to the first legislative session; and to clarify that any fees collected by a county official must be paid into the treasury of the county.
Senate Joint Resolution 17 (SJR 17) proposes to amend the NM Constitution, Article 2 by adding a new Section 25 to establish rights of children to include health care, nutrition, safe housing, transportation to access services, home visitation, early childhood programs, fully resourced community schools, school-based health centers, youth mentorship programs and attainment of skills for quality employment. It requires establishment and administration of laws to protect those rights .
Senate Joint Resolution 18 (SJR 18) proposes an amendment to Article 8, Section 1 of the Constitution of New Mexico to allow a percentage of value of agricultural property owned by a foreign nation be assessed a higher property tax rate.
Senate Memorial 1 (SM 1) relates to citizen science and a civics education program at the University of New Mexico (UNM) School of Law called Wild Friends.
Senate Memorial 2 (SM 2) relates to carbon emissions and seeks repeal of the state’s electric vehicle mandate.
Senate Memorial 3 (SM 3) relates to the current conflict in the Middle East and seeks support for Israel.
Senate Memorial 4 (SM 4) relates to varying pension benefits for members of two state employee retirement systems.
Senate Memorial 5 (SM 5) relates to the structure of the state Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD).
Senate Memorial 6 (SM 6) relates to the current conflict in the Middle East and seeks a call for a ceasefire, among other actions.
Senate Memorial 7 (SM 7) relates to fentanyl and education about the dangers of its use.
Senate Memorial 8 (SM 8) requests the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to study and recommend legislation for establishing setbacks for oil and gas facilities.
Senate Memorial 9 (SM 9) relates to gun violence and seeks a study.
Senate Memorial 10 (SM 10) relates to property assessment disparities between residential and nonresidential holdings and seeks new legislation to address the issue.
Senate Memorial 11 (SM 11) relates to behavioral health education programs and students and seeks two studies.
Senate Memorial 12 (SM 12) relates to the therapeutic use of psilocybin mushrooms and seeks a study.
Senate Memorial 13 (SM 13) relates to the federal Justice40 environmental justice initiative and seeks legislative tracking of the funding allocated to New Mexico.
Senate Memorial 14 (SM 14) relates to oil and gas facility setbacks and seeks a study.
Senate Memorial 15 relates to broadband expansion and seeks a study.
Senate Memorial 16 (SM 16) relates to substance abuse and seeks a study.
Senate Memorial 17 (SM 17) relates to direct care workers and pay to personal care service provider agencies and seeks studies.
Senate Memorial 18 (SM 18) relates to Route 66 and its upcoming 100th anniversary.
Senate Memorial 19 (SM 19) relates to the conclusion of a lawsuit (Adobe Whitewater Club of New Mexico vs. New Mexico State Game Commission), land rights and river access along the Pecos River.
Senate Resolution 1 (SR 1) enacts a new senate rule regarding consumption of alcohol.