LWVNM: Legislative Tracking

League of Women Voters Positions on New Mexico Legislation 2024 Session

(MS Word version: LWVtrack2024.docx. Machine readable JSON data: LWVtrack2024.json.)

Some listings are not the bill name but a description of what the bill does.
The bills on this sheet are labeled A (top priority) B (secondary priority) There will be a separate C category that will be listed separately, but not tracked.

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.

Last updated: Mar 01, 2024.

Bill Legislation Name/Description Sponsor Date Status
Voting & Elections & Ethic - Priority
HB8 Elected Officials & The Gov’t Conduct Act Cates   SJC
HB19 Election Offense – False Electors Chasey   HCAL
SJR7 Independent Redistricting Commission CA Jaramillo/Figueroa   withdrawn
HJR10 Independent Redistricting Commission CA Figueroa   HJC
HB122 County Redistricting Task Force Cates/McKenna   withdrawn
HB182 Election Changes (fraudulent publicity) Chasey/Little   GOV
SB108 Distribution to the Election Fund Munoz/Rodriguez   GOV
Modernization of Legislature - Priority
HJR2 Eliminate Pocket Vetoes CA McQueen   HCAL
HJR7 Salary Commission - CA Rubio/Duhigg   HCAL
HJR5 Session length – 60-day sessions CA- amended Figueroa   HCAL
SJR3 Session length & pocket vetoes –CA - oppose Tallman   SRC
HJR1 Session length & pocket vetoes – CA – oppose - amended McQueen   HCAL
SJR4 Legislative Session Changes Lopez   SRC SJC
Budgets & Taxes - Priority
HB37 Limit Income Tax Capital Gains Deduction – in HB252 Chandler   inHB252
SB119 Flat Corporate Income Tax – in HB252 Wirth   In HB252
HB48 Future Oil & Gas Lease Royalty Rates Tallman/McQueen   SFC
SB24 Future Oil & Gas Lease Royalty Rates Tallman/McQueen   SFC
HB179 Liquor Tax Changes & Uses Ferrary   dead
SB147 Liquor Tax Changes & Uses Sedillo Lopez   dead
HB252 Omnibus Tax bill – Title is Adjust Tax Brackets Lente   GOV
Gun safety - Priority
HB27 Extreme Risk Protection Order Changes Garratt/Chandler   HCAL
HB114 Firearm Industry Accountability Act Chandler   HCAL
HB129 Firearm Waiting Period Crimes – amended to 7 days Andrea Romero   GOV
HB127 Age 21 for Firearm purchases Szczepanski   HCAL
HB137 Gas Operated Semiauto Firearm Exclusion Act Andrea Romero   HCAL
SB5 Firearms Near Polling Places Wirth/Szczepanski   GOV
SB69 14 day Waiting period – HB129 passed Cervantes   dead
Education
HB39 Yazzie-Martinez funding Gurrola   HAFC
HB134 Tribal Education Trust Fund Lente   withdrawn
SB67 Career Development Success Pilot Program Brandt/ Hernandez   Not germane
SB 137 School Board & Charter School Governing Council Req Soules/Figueroa   GOV
HB199 Educational Assistant Salaries Herrera   HAFC
SJR9 State Board of Education CA Neville, Soules,   HEC
HJR6 State Board of Education CA – They will not do this SJR9 Block   HEC HJC
HB171 High School Graduation Requirements G.A. Romero   LAW
Environment
HB 41 Clean Transportation Fuels Standards Ortez, Chandler   GOV
HB73 Energy Storage System Tax Credit - in HB252 Sariñana   HTRC
HB91 Geothermal Resource Project Fund – SB59 same Roybal Caballero   GOV
HB92 Geothermal Electric Generation Tax Credit – HB252 Roybal Caballero   HTRC
HB108 Local Solar Access Fund Szczepanski   HAFC
HB133 Oil & Gas Act Changes Ortez   HCAL
SB1 Water Trust Fund Wirth   SFC
SB40 Geothermal Heat Pump Credit – in HB252 Soules   STBTC
SB8 Tax breaks for EVs – HB252 Tallman   STBTC
SB9 Conservation Legacy Fund Neville/Wirth   SFC
SB 84 Reclamation of Abandoned Sites Steinborn   SFC
Health Care
HB6 Paid Family & Medical Leave Chandler   HCEDC
SB3 Paid Family & Medical Leave Stewart   L House
SB35 Medication Assisted Treatment in Treatment Facilities Ortiz y Pino   Not germane
HB149 Medication for Juveniles in Treatment Programs Parajon   HAFC
Other Topics
HB116 Human Trafficking & Sexual Exploitation Crime Thomson   HCAL
SB7 NM Housing Trust Fund Rodriguez   SFC
SB46 State Food Banks Rodriguez   SFC
SB145 Public Bodies & Federal Immigration Violation Sedillo Lopez   L Senate

Committees: HAFC - House Appropriations & Finance; HCAL - House Calendar (for a vote); HCEDC - House Commerce & Economic Development; HEC - House Education Committee; HJC - House Judiciary; HTRC - House Taxation & Revenue; SFC - Senate Finance Committee; SJC - Senate Judiciary Committee; SRC - Senate Rules Committee; STBTC - Senate Tax, Business & Transportation;

Statuses: HCAL - House Calendar (for a vote); P - House - Passed House; L - House - Lost in House; H - con - , House Concurrence; SCAL - Senate Calendar for a vote; P - Senate - Passed Senate; L - Senate - Lost in Senate; Gov - On Gov. desk; Law - Signed by the Governor; P-veto - Pocket veto; signed - Memorials do not require the Governor's signature HCAL - House Calendar (for a vote); P - House - Passed House; L - House - Lost in House; H - con - , House Concurrence; SCAL - Senate Calendar for a vote; P - Senate - Passed Senate; L - Senate - Lost in Senate; Gov - On Gov. desk; Law - Signed by the Governor; P-veto - Pocket veto; signed - Memorials do not require the Governor's signature;