LWVNM: Legislative Tracking

League of Women Voters Positions on New Mexico Legislation, 2025 Session

(MS Word version: LWVtrack2025.docx. Machine readable JSON data: LWVtrack2025.json.)

Some listings are not the bill name but a description of what the bill does.

Another view on this list: Ed Santiago's LWVNM Tracking Sheet shows when and where bills are scheduled for a hearing.

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 22, 2025.

Bill Legislation Name/Description Sponsor Date Status
Voting & Elections & Ethics - Priority
SJR9 Independent Redistricting Commission CA Figueroa   SJC
HB143a Lobbying Activity Reports Silva   GOV
SB248 Lobbyist Regulation & Expenditures Reports Pope   SJC
HB208 Hunting & Fishing License Voter Registration Dow   SRC
HJR18 Salary Commission – CA - Rubio/Garrett   dead
SB16 Non-Majority Voters in Primary Elections Figueroa/Wirth   GOV
SB85 Campaign Finance Fix Wirth   Dead
SB218 Election Changes Duhigg   SJC
SB90 Limit Former Legislators from Lobbying for 2 years Pope   SRC
SJR11 School Elections Timing CA Trujillo   HJC
HJR2 Eliminate Pocket Vetoes – on the 2026 ballot McQueen   Passed
Environment - Priority
HB32 Electric or Alt Fuel School Buses Sariñana   HCAL
HB33 Prohibit New Emissions in High Ozone Counties Sariñana   HENRC
HB348 Water Violation Penalty Ortez   SCAL X
HB35 Children’s Health Protection Zones Sariñana   HJC
HB51 Energy Storage Systems Income Tax Credit – not in Tax bill Sariñana   HTRC
HB85 Non-functional turf - Cates   HGEIC
HB128 Creating a Local Solar Access Fund Szczepanski   GOV
HB88 Electric Vehicle Charging Station Zoning Act Hochman-Vigil   HTPWC
SB9 Pipeline Safety Act Violations Soules   GOV
SB23 Increase Oil & Gas Royalties Munoz   GOV
SB60 High School Water Management Pilot Program Padilla   SFC
SB108 Water & Wetlands Improvement Stefanics   SFC
SB29 Water Project Fund Appropriation Munoz   SFC
SB5a Game Commission Reform Campos   GOV
SB185 Unlawful Use of Underground Water Townsend   SJC
SB21/22 Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act Wirth   GOV
SB37 Strategic Water Reserve Fund Stefanics   GOV
SB210 Water Law Violation Campos   SJC
Health Care – Priority
HB15 Health Care Strategic Recruitment Plan Anaya   SCAL X
HB586 Oversight of healthcare consolidation Szczepanski   GOV
SB1 Behavioral Health Trust Fund Munoz   LAW
SB2 Public Health & Safety Initiatives – money in HB2 Shendo   HAFC
SB3a Behavioral Health Reform & Investment Act Wirth   LAW
HB70 Medicaid Waiver for Behavioral Health T. Lujan   HCAL
HB79CS/ Audiology & Speech- Language Pathology Compact Thomson   SJC
HB81CS Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact Thomson   SJC
HB82 Physical Therapy Licensure Compact Thomson   SJC
HB118 Professional Recruitment & Retention Act Cates   HAFC
SB46 Interstate Medical Licensure Act – L. Trujillo   SJC
HB243 Interstate Medical Licensure Act Matthews   SCAL X
SB80 Medicare Supplement Open Enrollment Stefanics   SCAL
SB12 Out of State Telehealth Providers Sedillo Lopez   lost
SB88a Medicaid Trust Fund & State Supported Fund Munoz/Sharer   GOV
SB105 Social Work Licensure Compact L. Trujillo   HJC
SB106 Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact – see HB242 L. Trujillo   SHPAC
HB242 Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact Matthews   SJC
Housing – Priority
SB144 Affordable Housing Act Funding Gonzales   SFC
SB145a Housing Trust Fund & Affordable Housing Gonzales   SFC
SB267CS Requiring Owners to Provide Notice - fees Hamblen   GOV
HB98 Auto expungement of Eviction Records after 5 years Ayanonu   HCAL
HB448 State Office of Housing Planning & Production - SB205 Dixon   SFC
HB114 Ban Discriminatory Restrictive Covenants Chavez   HJC
HB420 Housing Stabilization Program – SB350 Herndon   HAFC
HB339 Housing Discrimination & Human Rights Act Rubio/Romero   SJC
Education
HB63 Public School Funding Formula Changes G.A. Romero   S Consent
HB69 Loan Forgiveness Multiplier Act Garrett   SFC
SB64 School Career Development Success Project Brandt/Gurrola   SFC
SJR3a State Board of Education CA Soules   SCAL
SJR6 Early Childhood Trust Fund Padilla   SFC
SJR15 Appointed Public Education Board Soules   HEC
Budgets & Taxes
HB14CS Earned Income Tax Credit – Now Omnibus Bill Lente   GOV
HB417 Liquor Tax Changes & Programs Cadena   HTRC
SB20 Vaping & Nicotine Pouch tax Hickey   HTRC
SB294 Increase Child Income Tax Credit Berghmans   STBTC
Immigration
HB9 Immigrant Safety Act E. Chavez/Chandler   SJC
SB36 Sensitive Personal Info Nondisclosure Sedillo Lopez   GOV
SB171 Redaction on personal Info Trujillo   SHPAC
SB177 U visa Certification Sedillo Lopez   SHPAC
SB250 State Enforcement of Immigration Laws – blocks use Maestas   SCAL
Other Topics
HB8 Criminal Competency & Treatment – partial support Chandler   LAW
HB86 Human Trafficking Changes Thomson   HJC
HB11CS Paid Family & Medical Leave Act - no position Chandler   loss
SB420 Community Privacy & Safety Act Duhigg/Charley   SJC
SB279 Gas Operated Semi-Automatic Weapons Exclusion O’Malley   SFC
SB318 Firearms in the Unfair Practices Act Cervantes   HCAL X
HB12 ERPO Changes Chandler/Garrett   GOV
HB27 Librarian Protection Act Cates   HCAL

Committees: HAFC - House Appropriations & Finance; HCAL - House Calendar (for a vote); HEC - House Education Committee; HENRC - House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources; HGEIC - House Gov't, Elections & Indian Affairs; HJC - House Judiciary; HTRC - House Taxation & Revenue; SCAL - Senate Calendar (for a vote); SFC - Senate Finance Committee; SHPAC - Senate Health & Public Affairs; 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;