LWVNM: Legislative Tracking
League of Women Voters Positions on New Mexico Legislation 2017 Session
Bills the LWVNM opposes are italicised.
Some listings are not the bill name but a description of what the bill does.
Bills added since the last update are in bold -- those with ? beside the Description need review.
** indicates LWVNM top priorities, based upon significance and viability.
Using the nmlegis.org website: To see a complete list of all the bills this session, go to the Legislation List and click Go. For schedules, go to What's Happening where you can click on the HTML versions of Senate, House and committee calendars. You can watch committee hearings while they're taking place via Webcast.
Last updated: Apr 08, 2017.
| Bill | Legislation Name/Description | Sponsor | Date* | Status |
| ETHICS & TRANSPARENCY | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB58 | Rulemaking Requirements | Gentry/T. Salazar | LAW | |
| HB73 ** | Public Officials as Lobbyists | Dines | SCAL | |
| HB93 | Cabinet Secretaries Sources of Compensation | Baldonado | HJC | |
| HB119 | Prohibition Period for Candidate Contributions | McQueen | SRC | |
| HB121 ** | Web Based Capital Outlay Publication | McQueen | SRC | |
| HB140 | Capital Outlay Audits | Ely | HTPC | |
| HB141 ** | Publication of Capital Outlay Funding | Ely | HTPC | |
| HB149 | Crime of Audit Obstruction | Thomson | HJC | |
| HB225 ** | Live & Archived Public Broadcasts | Herrell/Ja. Smith | HAFC | |
| HB391 | Publication of Sole Source Contracts | L. Trujillo | HCPA | |
| HR1 | Floor Amendments & Subs on Legislative Website | Gentry | Rule | |
| HJR8 ** | State Ethics Commission (CA) (not all sponsors listed) | Dines/Steinborn | On 18 Ballot | |
| SB 2 | Additional Info to State Auditor | Rue | Veto | |
| SB25 | Web-Based Capital Outlay Publication | Rue | SFC | |
| SB26 | Archive Legislative Webcasting | Rue | SRC | |
| SB27 | Governor’s Contingency Fund in Treasury | Rue | HCAL | |
| SB61 | Electronic Communications Privacy Act | Wirth/Dines | Veto | |
| SB107 | State Agency Post-Contract Audit | Rue | Died | |
| SB168 | Lobbyists Reporting Requirements & Fees | Steinborn | SRC | |
| SB225 | Estimated Lobbyists Expense Report Filings | Steinborn | SRC | |
| SB228 | Post-Session Lobbyist Reports | Steinborn | SRC | |
| SB255 | Crime of Audit Obstruction | Cervantes | SJC | |
| SB472 | Additional Sunshine Portal Info | Rue | SJC | |
| SB341 | Session Contributions to Public Officials | Lopez | SJC | |
| SJR13 | Pocket Enactments & Veto Messages – CA | Candelaria | SJC | |
| SB393 | Lobbying Reporting Requirements | Ivey-Soto/Smith | Veto | |
| VOTING RIGHTS & ELECTIONS | ||||
| HB28 | Driver’s License Automatic Voter Registration | Roybal Caballero | SJC | |
| HB98 | Paper Ballot Access for Blind Voters - expanded | T. Salazar | LAW | |
| HB174** | Local Election Act | Smith/Ely/Ivey-Soto | P Veto | |
| HB206 | Unaffiliated Voters in Primary Elections | Garcia Richards/Dines | HJC | |
| HB290 | On-Line Absentee Ballot Requests – now in HB98 | Small/Roch | In HB98 | |
| HB291 | Financial Disclosure for Appointees | Small/Dow | SCAL | |
| HB297 | School District Campaign Reporting Dates | Smith/Candelaria | SRC | |
| HB399 | Campaign Public Financing Changes | Ruiloba/McQueen | HJC | |
| HB466 | Disclosure of Education Election Ad Sponsors | L. Trujillo | HLELC | |
| HJR3** | Independent Redistricting Commission | O’Neill/Ca. Trujillo | HJC | |
| HJR4** | Register all Qualified Electors to Vote | J. Martinez/Thomson | HLELC | |
| HJR9 | State Legislators Term Limits & Elections (CA) –Oppose | Montoya | died | |
| SB42 | Elect President by Popular Vote – LWVUS position | Stewart | HLELC | |
| SB97 | Public Financing of Campaign Fixes | Wirth | P Veto | |
| SB102 | Elect President by National Popular Vote – merged with SB42 | McSorley | In SB42 | |
| SB205 | Unaffiliated Voters in Primary Elections | Sapien | SJC | |
| SB224 | Register Voters 3 Days Before Elections | Steinborn | HLELC | |
| SJR7 | Elect President by National Popular Vote | McSorley | SRC | |
| SJR10 | Rescind Prior Constitutional Conventions Applications | Egolf | On 18 ballot | |
| SJR12 | Fair Election Constitutional Convention – Oppose | Ortiz y Pino | HJC | |
| EDUCATION | ||||
| HB124 | Teacher Competency for Licensure Advancement | Stapleton | Veto | |
| HB125 | Teacher & Principal Evaluation System | Stapleton | Veto | |
| HB158 | Teacher Evaluation Pilot Project | Garcia Richard | HEC | |
| HB211 | Next Generation Science Standards | G. Andres | Veto | |
| HB273 | Charter School Changes – rewritten – now support | Rep. Smith/Ivey-Soto | HEC | |
| HB417 | Charter Schools Chartered by PED – Oppose | Youngblood | HEC | |
| HB451 | Community Schools & Pre-K Definitions | Thomson | HEC | |
| HB454 | Chartering of Virtual Charter Schools | Roch | HEC | |
| HJR1** | Permanent funds for early childhood education (CA) | Maestas/J. Martinez | SRC | |
| HJR5 | No New School Activity Without Funding (CA) | Roch | HAFC | |
| SB30 | Establish & Study Teacher Cost Index | Morales | Veto | |
| SB32 | K-3 Plus Eligibility | Kernan | LAW | |
| SB34 | Teacher & Principal Evaluation System | Morales | HEC | |
| SB35** | Public Schools Funding Sufficiency | Soules | SFC | |
| Education continued next page | ||||
| Education Continued | ||||
| SB40 | State School Grades Council | Morales | HCAL | |
| SB62 | School Rating Grade Point System | Stewart | HCAL | |
| SB66 | School Fund Transportation Distribution | Stewart | SEC | |
| SB106 | Early Childhood Services Department | Morales | SJC | |
| SB135** | Charter Schools in School Districts | Munoz | LAW | |
| SB288 | Taxes & Surtaxes for Early Childhood | Soules | SCON | |
| SB305 | Charter School Equalization Guarantee | Sapien | L Senate | |
| SB313 | Charter School Facilities & Leases | Sapien | HEC | |
| SB346 | Charter School Free & Reduced Meals | Stefanics | SEC | |
| SB403 | Student Literacy & Interventions | Kernan | SEC | |
| SJR2 | Public Education Board & Superintendent (CA) | Padilla | SRC | |
| SJR3** | Permanent Funds for Childhood Education (CA) | Padilla | SRC | |
| SJR6 | Statewide Millage to Fund Public Education (CA) | Stewart | SRC | |
| SJR11 | Elected & Appointed Board of Education (CA) | Soules | SRC | |
| SJR17 | Early Childhood Education Department – CA | Padilla | SFC | |
| SJR18 | Severance Tax Money For Early Childhood – CA | Sapien | SRC | |
| HB307 | Career- Technical Professional Development | Stapleton Williams | Veto | |
| FAIRNESS, FINANCE & TAXES | ||||
| HB27 | Increase the Minimum Wage | Roybal Caballero | HBIC | |
| HB55 | Liquor Tax to fund DWI Grant Fund & Drug Courts | Carl Trujillo | HTR | |
| HB67 | Increase the Minimum Wage | M. Garcia | HBIC | |
| HB117 | Supplemental Income Tax (for high earners) | Roybal Caballero | HLED | |
| HB152 | Tax Expenditure Budget | Thomson | HTR | |
| HB201 | New Top Income Bracket | Ely | HCAL | |
| HB202 | Tax of Business without a Physical Presence – Now main revenue bill | Carl. Trujillo | Veto | |
| HB282 | Increase Cigarette & E-Cigarettes Tax | Thomson/ Armstrong | HTRC | |
| HB310 | Income & Capital Gains Taxes | McCamley | HTR | |
| HB311 | Increase Working Families Tax Credit | Rubio | HTR | |
| HB324 | Additional Tax Brackets | Maestas | HCPA | |
| HB365 | Limit Capital Gains Deductions | Chr. Trujillo | HTR | |
| HB442 | Minimum Wage & Wage Related Behavior | Rodella/Egolf | Veto | |
| HB504 | Income Tax Changes | Maestas | HLED | |
| SB36 | Raise the Minimum Wage | Soules | SCAL | |
| SB50 | Additional Upper Income Tax Brackets | O’Neill | SCOR | |
| SB123 | Tax Reform (Oppose) | Sharer | SFC | |
| SB199 ** | Delay Certain Tax Changes (delay reductions in corporate taxes) | J.A. Smith | In HB202 | |
| SB231 | Increase Cigarette Tax – Money to General Fund | Morales | Died | |
| SB264** | Taxation of Internet Sales | Ja. White/ Ca. Trujillo | In HB202 | |
| SB321 | Raise Minimum Wage | Campos | SCOR | |
| SB343 | Changes to Tax Code Provisions Oppose | Griggs | SCOR | |
| SB344 | Income Tax Rates & Pre-K Funding | Tallman | SFC | |
| SB386 | Raise Minimum Wage & Allow Training Wage | Sanchez | Veto | |
| NATURAL RESOURCES | ||||
| HB24 | State Trust Lands Restoration Funds | Ezzell | LAW | |
| HB61 | Extend Solar Market Tax Credit | Maestas Barnes | SCOR | |
| HB64 | Waste Water System Financing | Crowder | Law | |
| HB82 | Extend Solar Market Tax Credit | McQueen | HLED | |
| HB193 | Solar Market Tax Credit Permanent | Ely | HBIC | |
| HB199 | Distributed Generation Consumer Protection – Oppose | Rodella | LAW | |
| HB338 | Community Solar Gardens | Roybal-Caballero | HJC | |
| HB440 | Renewable Energy Tax Credits | Dodge/Crowder | HEENR | |
| HJM5 | Chaco Area Fracking Lease Moratorium - | Lente | HEENR | |
| HM70 | Protection of Chaco Canyon Landscape | Lente | Signed | |
| SB41 | Extend Solar Market Tax Credit | Stewart | SCOR | |
| SB86 | Water Rights Posted Online | Cisneros | HSIV | |
| SB210 | Distributed Generation Consumer Protection – Oppose – same as HB199 | Sanchez | P Veto | |
| SB215 | Energy & Water Project Financing | Wirth | SCOR | |
| SB226 | Efficient Utility Water Use | Steinborn | HEENR | |
| SB227 | State Facility Renewable energy use | Steinborn | Veto | |
| SB248 | Utilities Accept of Gov’t Renewables | Stefanics | SCOR | |
| SB307 | Oil & Gas Act Powers & Penalties | R. Martinez | SJC | |
| SB312 | Renewable Energy Requirements for Utilities | Stewart/Small | SCOR | |
| SB342 | Community Solar Gardens Act | Lopez | SCOR | |
| SB373 | Renewable Energy Portfolio Reporting to PRC – Oppose | Padilla/dow | SCOR | |
| SB432 | Renewable Energy Tax Credits | Sanchez | SCOR | |
| SM43 | Study Recycling or Reuse of Waste Materials | Stefanics | SCAL | |
| REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS & HEALTH CARE | ||||
| HB37 | Born Alive Infant Protection – Oppose | Montoya | HCPA | |
| HB101 | Health Security Act | Gonzales | HAFC | |
| HB103 | Hospital Indigent Care Reports | Rehm | HCPA | |
| HB179 | Pregnant Worker Accommodation Act (not all sponsors listed) | Chasey/Armstrong | Veto | |
| HB220 | Partial & Late Term Abortion – Oppose | Herrell | HCPA | |
| HB221 | Parental Notification – Oppose | Little | HCPA | |
| HB284 | Health Coverage for Contraception (not all sponsors listed) | D. Armstrong | SJC | |
| HB313 | Surprise Billing Protection Act | D. Armstrong | HJC | |
| HB384 | Medicaid Carrier Assessment Exemption – Oppose | Townsend | died | |
| HB402 | Anir Ambulance Reimbursement Act | Thomson | HHHS | |
| HB464 | Report Use of Fetal Tissue | Da. Gallegos | HHHS | |
| HB473 | Decriminalize Abortion | Ferrary/Egolf | HJC | |
| HJM7 | Impact of ACA Repeal Task Force | Thomson | HCAL | |
| SB68 | Medical Board Reporting | Rue | Dead | |
| SB183 | Partial & Late Term Abortion- Oppose | Sharer/ Da. Gallegos | SPAC | |
| SB217 | Medicaid Access, Disputes & Fraud | Papen | P Veto | |
| SB282 | Hospital Patient Protections – reproductive services | Ortiz y Pino | SJC | |
| SB347 | Prescription Drug Minimum Coverage – contraceptive coverage | Candelaria | SCOR | |
| SB433 | Hospital Tax for Medicaid Trust Fund | Cisneros | SFC | |
| SB448 | Health Care Tax Exemptions & Medicaid Fund | Ortiz y Pino | SCOR | |
| SB471 | State Agency Medication Price Transparency | Stefanics | SJC | |
| SJM28 | Medical Board Reporting Task Force – replaces SB68 | Rue | HHHS | |
| SM129 | Study Impact of ACA Repeal | Stefanics | SRC | |
| JUDICIARY | ||||
| HB72 | Reinstate the Death Penalty – Oppose | Youngblood | HCPA | |
| HB81 | General Fund Support for Judiciary | Gentry | HAFC | |
| HB306 | Interventions for Some Nonviolent Offenders | Stapleton | Veto | |
| SB49 | Create Judge Pro Tem Fund | R. Martinez | P Veto | |
| SB65 | Court Language Access Fund | Stewart | LAW | |
| SB263 | Sentencing Law Impact Report & Funds – passed SFC – needs funds | Cervantes | HCAL | |
| SB304 | Magistrate Courts Operations Funds & Fees – passes SFC – needs funds | Martinez | P Veto | |
| OTHER | ||||
| HB50 | Background Check on Gun Transfers – moved from HCAL back to HJC | Garcia Richards | HJC | |
| SB48 | Background Check on Gun Transfers | Wirth/ R.Martinez | SJC | |
| SB109 | Workforce Solutions Gender-Neutral Language | Cervantes | HCAL | |
| SB259 | No Firearms for order of Protection Subjects | Cervantes | Veto | |
| SB270 | No Local Enforcement of Immigration Laws | Lopez | SCAL | |
| SB337 | Firearms in State Capitol | Ivey-Soto | L House | |
| SB410 | Firearms Near Polling Places | Stewart | SRC | |
| SJR5 | Concealed Firearms without a Permit – Oppose | Neville | SRC | |
| SM51 | Study Statutory Gun Violence Protections | Soules | SCAL | |
* Date of Committee meeting or floor vote; CA - Constitutional amendment; (a) amended; CS = committee substitute;
HAFC - House Appropriations & Finance;
HAWC - House Agriculture, Water & Wildlife;
HAWR - Agriculture, Water Resources;
HBEC - House Business & Employment;
HBIC - House Business & Industry;
HCAL - House Calendar (for a vote);
HCPA - Consumer & Public Affairs;
HEC - House Education Committee;
HEENR - House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources;
HGEI - House Gov't, Elections & Indian Affairs;
HHC - House Health;
HHHS - House Health and Human Services;
HJC - House Judiciary;
HLED - House Labor & Economic Development;
HLEL - House Local Government, Elections, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs;
HLELC - House Local Government, Elections, Land Grants & Cultural Affairs;
HR - House Rules;
HRC - House Rules & Order of Business Committee;
HRPA - House Regulatory & Public Affairs;
HSCA - House Safety & Civil Affairs;
HSIV - House State Gov't, Indian & Veteran Affairs;
HTPC - House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements;
HTPW - House Transportation & Public Works;
HTR - House Tax & Revenue;
HWMC - House Ways & Means;
SAIC - Senate Indian and Cultural Affairs;
SCAL - Senate Calendar (for vote);
SCC - Senate Committee on Committees;
SCON - Senate Conservation;
SCOR - Senate Corporations & Transportation;
SEC - Senate Education Committee;
SFC - Senate Finance Committee;
SJC - Senate Judiciary Committee;
SPAC - Senate Public Affairs;
SRC - Senate Rules Committee;
SCAL - Senate Calendar for a vote;
H - con - , House Concurrence;
L - House - Lost in House;
Gov - On Gov. desk;
P - House - Passed House;
P-veto - Pocket veto;
P - Senate - Passed Senate;
signed - Memorials do not require the Governor's signature;
HCAL - House Calendar (for a vote);
Law - Signed by the Governor;
L - Senate - Lost in Senate;