The bill requires the State Forestry division work with three state universities to create the New Mexico Reforestation Center to set up a seed bank program, nursery program, and planting program and develop reforestation projects, at an estimated cost of $4.6 million a year. This is to be done on land not yet purchased and not included in this cost.

The bill would subsidize the Tesla dealership on the Nambe pueblo by allowing a state tax credit for excise taxes paid on a car.

The bill creates the Venture Capital Investment Act and fund under the New Mexico Finance Authority, to make investments in new or expanding businesses in the state that create new jobs. These investments are required to be made with venture private equity funds or with New Mexico businesses, to achieve the economic objectives of the state.

The bill will spend up to $1 million a year on giving taxpayers a tax credit of 40% of the cost and installation of an energy storage system.

The bill authorizes spending $917,800 to renovate a facility in San Miguel County for substance abuse programs.

The bill authorizes spending $100,000 a year for hiring someone to administer a newly created statutory revision program in the Legislative Council Service to provide continuous technical updates to existing state law.

The bill would change the school funding formula calculation to increase guaranteed funds for school facilities, based on school districts implementing two mill levy ($1 per thousand of property value) tax, increasing the state distribution of funds by approximately $11 million.

The bill will spend $100,000 through central New Mexico Community College on statewide landscaping for the America Saves New Mexico program.

The bill creates two new district judgeships, one each in the 5th judicial and 13th judicial district courts to handle growth in population and case loads in those areas.

The bill authorizes spending $250,000 a year on a new position of Chief Diversity Officer at the State Personnel Office at an unstated salary. This position will create new diversity programs and evaluate race as it relates to state government employment

The bill increases various stipends for teaching residents, classroom teachers, principals and administrators; and requires the public education dept. to partner with approved teacher preparation programs to create residency programs. It also allows undergraduate seniors and graduates or professionals without a teaching license.

The bill caps interest rates for small or "payday" loans at 36%, instead of $175%, raises the cap on loan amounts from $5,000 to $10,000, and makes other changes.

The bill will authorize spending $1 million to reinstate the Sports Authority Division in the state tourism department, this time with 7 members appointed by the Secretary of Tourism instead of 25 appointed by the Governor.

The bill will allow state government to field complaints from liquified natural gas customers about nondeliveries and call the dispensers to find out the reasons for nondelivery, and basically make the dispensers accountable to the state, without any specified guidelines. work with the LP gas dispenser to ensure timely delivery to customers. In an emergency, the bureau may require the dispensers who own the LP gas containers used by customers to deliver within 24 hours or the bureau may authori

The bill creates a child welfare ombudsman office headed by a chief child welfare ombudsman. This office would be appointed by a committee appointed by the Governor and legislative council, for a six year term, and would cost between $1 million and $3 million a year.

The bill temporarily earmarks 15 percent of the revenue from the resource excise tax associated with the mining of copper for distribution to the counties it is extracted from, which at the time of this bill is Grant County..

The bill extends the application deadline for the Small Business Recovery Loan Fund from May 31, 2022 to December 31, 2022, for businesses recovering from the government mandated shutdown during Covid-19.

The bill will require tribal gross receipts taxes be equal to or higher, instead of equal to or lower, than the rates of towns they border in order to receive a 75% tax credit against gross receipts tax due the state.

At a cost of $7 million a year, the bill increases the salary of a supreme court justice to that of a federal magistrate judge. Because statewide, district, metropolitan, and magistrate judge pay is linked to the salary of a supreme court justice, this would increase pay for all lower court judges, except magistrate judges,

The bill authorizes $258.8 million in general obligation bonds to spend on senior centers, library resources and school facilities for higher and tribal education, to be voted on by the public.

The bill authorizes spending $400,000 for infant safety devices to be installed at fire stations and health care facilities, so those surrendering infants that might otherwise be abandoned can do so in a manner that is safe for the babies.

The bill requires the state to designate for-profit businesses that meet certain revenue and employee numbers and are more than 50% owned by women or minorities as a "Historically Underutilized Business" and to train them on how to do business with the state.

The bill authorizes a one-time personal income tax rebate for every taxpayer from between $250 to $500, gives various other tax exemptions or credits including military pension payments and social security income, and reduces gross receipts tax.

The bill would authorize spending $350,000 a year - not including cleanup - to begin coordinating clean up and reclamation of legacy uranium mine and mill sites, much of which is being done by the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept. and the federal government. See also SB89.

The bill will require the creation of a web- based resource tool that provides resources for at-risk students, at an expected cost of $250,000

The bill creates a gross receipts tax credit for vehicles purchased on Native American land which would subsidize the Tesla dealership that is expected to be developed on the Nambe Pueblo.

The bill authorizes spending $15 million to make more and larger grants to counties and towns for longer periods of time, for adding and expanding air routes and adding larger planes to seat up to 30 people instead of nine.

The bill creates a pilot project campaign on Alzheimer's disease and dementia for tribal, rural and other areas of the state, at a cost of $200,000 a year.

The bill would protect individual privacy by no longer allowing the public access to certain transactions by a notary that contain personal information, and limit the ability of the public to inspect such journals and acts, with certain exceptions for law enforcement.

The bill eliminates state residency requirements in new occupational licenses and license renewals, allows for expedited for license holders in good standing in areas outside the state, and makes numerous other changes making it easier to obtain and keep state licenses for making a living in one's chosen field or profession.

The bill requires the Public Education Department and the Department of Public Safety to conduct a criminal background check on all volunteers, contract employees, or applicants for licensure.

The bill increases the state budget by 13.8% and authorizes spending $8.47 billion for operation of state government in fiscal year 2023. This includes a 7% raise for all state and education employees.

The bill will spend $75,000 to create youth recreation programs, community education services, and an archive of the land grant's history.

The bill requires state department secretaries to develop and implement language plans to make sure those who don't speak English well can access state programs.

The bill requires state department secretaries to develop and implement plans to ensure those who don't speak English well can access state programs.

The bill creates the Hydrogen Hub Development Act and allows public private partnerships to develop hydrogen hub projects. It authorizes grant and new debt and subsidizes the hydrogen production industry by creating an income tax credit and gross receipts tax deduction.

The bill will spend $500,000 a year on maintaining a list of everyone who tests positive for Human Papillomavirus in a statewide registry.

The bill will authorize spending an additional $12 million on operation of the state engineer's office.

The bill removes incentive for early retirement of police, corrections, firefighters and related employees and adds incentive for delayed retirement by increasing their pension benefit from 90% to 100% of salary if they continue to work another three to five years.

The bill will require a six-year statute of limitations for prosecuting a first degree felony for selling drugs or other controlled substance, and no statute of limitations for prosecuting second-degree murder.

The bill will criminalize the carrying of a firearm while trafficking a controlled substance, making it a third-degree felony.

The bill sets various conditions for presuming that a suspect is too dangerous to be released on bail prior to the trial.

The bill will make possession of a firearm by a felon a third degree felony with a minimum five-year sentence.

The bill will make organized theft of a retail store a new crime, with various levels of misdemeanor and felony penalties.

The bill authorizes spending $1.14 billion for operation of the state transportation department for fiscal year 2023, an increase of $122.3 million.

The bill will prohibit anyone other than a registered car dealership from selling more than four vehicles in a calendar year, and make various other requirements.

The bill will require mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for anyone who commits three violent felonies, with certain exceptions.

The bill will allow taxpayers a gross receipts tax deduction on the sale of feminine hygiene products.

The bill will expand the state's authority to purchase land under the National Heritage Conservation Act, except through eminent domain.

The bill authorizes spending $15 million on creation of a new block grant program for counties, towns and Indian tribes and pueblos for community energy efficiency projects, based on income and other criteria.

The bill will extend the gross receipts tax deduction for non-athletic special events at New Mexico State University's Pan American Center for five more years, in order to prevent the events from going to nearby Texas.

The bill reduces the gross receipts tax rate from 5.125% to 4.875%.

The bill will require that a state of emergency declaration end after 90 days unless the governor calls the Legislature into special session to address the circumstances of the state of emergency.

The bill authorizes the New Mexico Finance Authority to provide loans from the Public Project Revolving Loan Fund to 187 state and local entities. The bill also requires that a listed entity must have certified to the NMFA its desire to pursue a loan for a listed project by the end of FY 25, or the authorization for the loan is void.

The bill requires school districts to make facilities not being used or planned for use for educational purposes available for lease or purchase by charter schools.

The bill create the a new independent Office of Family Representation and Advocacy (OFRA) for the representing children and families in abuse and neglect matters. OFRA will appoint and pay attorneys and other staff to assist and represent parents and children in child welfare cases.

The bill would reduce the burden on taxpayers who provide home health and hospice services by requiring that gross receipts tax be determined by the location of the one providing the service instead of there the service is given.

The bill requires courts to provide continuous monitoring of all defendants on electronic monitoring before trial, keep records of the monitoring for at least five years, notify law enforcement immediately of violations, and make other requirements.

The bill expands the scope of the health department's Harm Reduction, or needle exchange, program to other activities and equipment in order to reduce the adverse effects of substance abuse and opioid deaths, with no cost specified.

At a cost of an estimated $500,000 a year, the bill will allow public and private partners to work together and building and improving broadband telecommunications networks. It also sets the criteria for how those partnerships will work.

The bill will allow up to two temporary six-month permits for non-resident veterinarians working with state and local government to provide veterinary services at the Albuquerque Bio Park.

The bill requires that schools receive the same transportation funding they received in the last two fiscal years regardless of changes to mileage or student ridership, which is estimated to be 10,000 fewer. This means schools will receive a $6.8 million increase in transportation funding when it would otherwise be reduced by $5 million.

The bill raises the salary of teachers with a 520 certificate (Native American language and culture) to that of a level 2 teacher license salary, which is $60,000, at a project cost of more than $3.5 million a year.

The bill creates the grant opportunity council to advise on and figure out how to obtain and spend more federal money.

The bill restricts and removes some rights of property owners by reducing and capping the late fees that can be charged to renters, requiring increased time periods for late payments and vacating a property and makes numerous other changes.

The bill moves the end of the technology readiness gross receipts tax credit for the national labs from July 1, 2023 to July 1, 2032.

The bill creates the new crime of criminal threat, defined as a statement intending to cause evacuation, lockdown or disruption of a school, home, church, business public building or other public places, cause physical injury or property damage. The bill makes this crime a fourth degree felony.

The bill creates a new crime of operating a chop shop, making it a third degree felony, and a new crime of criminal damage to stolen property, or theft or attempted theft of regulated material. Penalties range from petty misdemeanor to fourth degree felony.

The bill authorizes spending up to $20 million a year and creates the Opportunity Enterprise Act and the opportunity enterprise review board to work with the New Mexico Finance Authority and the Economic Development Department to provide financing, leases, loans, and revolving funds to applicants who qualify.

The bill raises the cap on annual property tax increases for properties that are not the owner's primary residence from three percent to ten percent.

The bill allows retired members of the Educational Retirement Board to "double dip" by returning to work with an ERB-affiliated employer and still receive their pension benefits. The returning employees could work for up to 36 consecutive or nonconsecutive months so long as they haven't worked for an ERB-affiliated employer for the previous 90 days.

The bill creates a public state central bank, similar to how the Fed is the central bank of the U.S., with an 11-member board and at a cost of $110,000,000. The Fed is responsible for much of the central planning of the economy.

The bill removes the statute of limitations on second-degree murder and increases the sentence from 15 to 18 years.

The bill creates the land grant assistance fund and earmarks $1.5 million a year in distribution of gross receipts tax revenue for the fund.

The bill increase the amount of the angel investment tax credit from 25 percent to 40 percent of the investment and makes this tax credit refundable.

The bill requires criminal sentencing courts to base fines and fees on a convicted person's ability to pay, capping them at 2% of income or $10 a month. It expands training, education and rehabilitation in lieu of community service and makes other changes.

The bill makes the gross receipts tax deduction for dialysis services permanent.

The bill expands the Crime Reduction Grant Act by expanding the purposes for awarding grants to including recruiting and retaining law enforcement officers, creating crisis intervention teams, staffing a criminal justice coordinating council and other programs.

The bill authorizes creation of the the Law Enforcement Retention Fund, and one-time payments equal to five percent of an officer's annual salary every five years as incentive to remain on staff with his or her agency. Estimated cost is $3.5 million a year.

The bill increases pension benefits for magistrate judges and originally had a $10 million appropriation to pay for the cost.

At an expected cost of $35 million a year, the bill increases the percent of salary a judge earns for each year of service from 3.5% to 4% a year in the first 10 years of service, allowing a judge to receive a pension worth 40 percent of their salary after 10 years of service.

The bill seeks to expand the Medicaid rolls by giving taxpayers a way to transfer their eligibility information to the human services department or health exchange via their income tax forms, at an estimated cost of more than $330 million a year

The bill creates a new violence intervention program and grant fund and sets criteria for how the funds will be distributed, at an estimated cost of $1.7 to $10.7 million a year.

The bill creates a new crimes of threatening a judge or an immediate family member of a judge, making it a fourth degree felony, and maliciously sharing personal information of a judge or an immediate family member of a judge - a misdemeanor.

The resolution increases government transparency by requiring that analysis and fiscal impact reports, substitute legislation and amendments for bills be made available online as soon as practicable, and that amendments and bill substitutes be kept online even if they do not pass.

The memorial requests the state's congressional delegation to consider the impact of drought when setting federal agricultural policy, including the U.S. Farm Bill.

The resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to allow state government to pay and the people to vote on whether they can receive taxpayer funds for internet, utility and sewer bills, at unknown but possible $100 million cost per year.

The resolution proposes a constitutional amendment for environmental "rights," and would make the state the trustee of all the natural resources. See also SJR2.

The bill would limit the length of time a governor may declare an emergency to 90 days unless the governor calls for a special session and the Legislature approves an extension.

The bill would allow the Legislature to set the conditions for detaining and denying defendants bail pending trial.

The bill proposes a constitutional amendment to allow registered voters who have not chosen a party affiliation to vote in only one party’s primary election, unless a political party chooses to limit participation to members of its party in the nomination process by paying all costs of their own nomination process.

The bill would expand the current property tax exemption for 100 percent disabled veterans and their widows and widowers to the same with less than a 100 percent disability, based on the amount of the exemption on a veteran's federal disability rating.

The bill proposes an amendment to the constitution to increase a property tax exemption for honorably discharged armed forces members and their widows and widowers, from $4,000 to $10,000, for the 2023 property tax year. After the 2023 property tax year, the $10 thousand property tax exemption would be indexed to inflation.

The bill proposes a constitutional amendment to create an Office of Consumer Affairs within the Executive Branch, charged with promoting and protecting the interests of the consumers of New Mexico.

The bill allows members of the House to attend floor sessions electronically if they have Covid, are at high risk, or meet other qualifications, subject to approval by the Speaker of the House.

The bill will increase salaries for licensed teachers by $10,000 per year.

The bill allows local government to regulate where recreational marijuana shops can open, requires criminal background checks on those applying for a license to have these stores, increases the number of mature plants a micro business is allowed to produce from 200 to 1000, allows owners of businesses that serve alcohol to apply for a license to grow marijuana, and makes other regulations.

The bill will require the Workforce Solutions Dept. to obtain fingerprints on any employee or prospective employee contractor who has access to federal tax information, in order to have the Dept. of Public Safety and the FBI to run a criminal background check.

The bill requires the state Attorney General. to assist with investigating and prosecuting missing person cases where one or more missing Native American persons are believed to be victims, creates an online network and database of missing Native American persons and makes other related changes.

Senate Bill 123 extends the State Racing Commission’s (SRC) termination date to July 1, 2027 and extends the repeal of the Horseracing Act to July 1, 2028.

The bill sets a $15 an hour minimum wage for all state, public education, and higher education employees. requiring the minimum wage to increase by 2 percent each year.

The bill authorizes creation of a "Missing in New Mexico" event in support of those who have missing relatives and to allow them the opportunity to meet with an investigator.

The bill earmarks 2.5 percent of the annual severance tax bond capacity for the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund

The bill makes it easier for the Legislature to spend more money by transferring money that would normally go into the operating reserve fund into the tax stabilization reserve fund, until the fund reaches 20% of the previous year's spending, reducing the estimated rate of investment return by more than $17 million per year.

The bill creates a new Opportunity Scholarship and fund to pay for a free college education for any student taking at least six hours and maintaining at least a 2.5 grade post average.

The bill allows a gross receipts tax deduction for payments from a Medicare contractor for certain medical and healthcare services for hospices and nursing homes.

The bill authorizes spending of $650,000 to create a Climate Change Bureau, and another $420 million a year implementing a new "clean fuel standard." It will require transportation fuels for motor vehicles, special equipment and business that produce or import those fuels to meet a minimum 20% reduction in carbon intensity by 2030, and 30% by 2040.

The bill replaces the legislative endowment scholarship and the college affordability scholarship with the Opportunity Scholarship, to give free college tuition and fees to anyone taking between six and 18 hours and keeping a 2.5 grade point average.

The bill requires the Liquified Petroleum and Compressed Gas Bureau to receive customer complaints against gas dispensing companies and allowing the Bureau to oversee and monitor the companies to ensure timely delivery to customers. It requires companies to deliver gas to customers within 48 hours in an emergency or the Bureau can authorize another dispenser to fill that company's cans, and requires the companies to provide a list of their customers to the Bureau.

The bill will make it a fourth degree felony to commit acts of intimidation against employees and agents of the Secretary of State, county clerks, and municipal clerks’ offices.

The bill authorizes spending $10 million on KN95 masks for the public and creating an educational campaign on their importance.

The bill prohibits discrimination in organ donation against those who have a disability and need life-saving organ transplants.

The bill increases the pension paid to legislators from 11% to 14% of the per diem rate (for daily expense reimbursement), or, currently, from $11,000 to $14,000 a year.

The bill authorizes spending $50 million to buy and distribute Covid at home test kits.

The bill authorizes spending $400,000 for infant safety devices to be installed at fire stations and health care facilities, so those surrendering infants that might otherwise be abandoned can do so in a manner that is safe for the babies.

The bill authorizes the New Mexico Finance Authority to make approximately $72.5 million in loans or grants for 32 projects from the water project fund.

The bill will allow retired members of the Educational Retirement Board to "double dip" by going back to work with an affiliated employer for up to 36 months and still receive their retirement as long as they haven't worked for 90 days.

The bill will require truck tractors attached to a freight trailer to drive in the right-hand lane on interstate highways, except when otherwise required by law, and allows a $200 fine for violations.

The bill authorizes $50 million for the water trust fund.

The bill authorizes $70 million a year for the housing trust fund.

The bill transfers all responsibility, resources and property related to railroad safety enforcement, ambulance standards and motor carrier regulation from the Public Regulation Commission to the Department of Transportation, at a cost of $2 million.

The bill puts an additional $45 million into the judicial and magistrate retirement funds, and increases a state Supreme Court justice's salary to be equal to a federal magistrate judge's salary, which is $201,000.

The bill will authorize subsidizing the electric vehicle industry by offering a $2,500 - $4,000 personal income tax credit for purchase of a $55,000 electric vehicle by January 1, 2027.

The bill requires state department secretaries to develop and implement language plans to make sure those who don't speak English well can access state programs.

The bill removes restrictions on certain "family index" funds for public schools, allowing them to spend them how they choose instead of requiring a certain percentage for reading and mathematics.

The bill will allow private businesses to give hiring preference to veterans, their spouses, and their widows and widowers.

The bill increases the payments from the law enforcement protection fund to various law enforcement agencies from $45,000 to $95,000. It also increases the death benefit for officers killed in the line of duty from $250,000 to $1 million.

In order to get more federal money, the bill creates a new 13 member commission and an Office of Family Representation and Advocacy to represent children and families in matters of welfare and abuse and neglect.

The bill makes it a misdemeanor to make a shooting threat.

The bill extends the lease between the New Mexico State Fair and the Downs at Albuquerque incorporated for the racetrack, grandstand, and casino area of the State Fairgrounds until February 28, 2047.

The bill increases employer contributions by 2 percent in fiscal year 2023 and by 1 percent in fiscal year 2024 for a total increase of 3 percent.

The bill authorizes directing $9 million from the public project revolving fund to water and water project related funds, and $5 million for cultural affairs facilities, leveraging a total of $46 million in federal funds.

The bill authorizes the Early Childhood Education and Care Department to set rules for criminal background checks for those applying for child care employment, volunteering, or licensure or registration as a childcare facility from the department.

The bill adds Native American resident veteran and contractor owned businesses with $6 million or less per year in gross revenue to those eligible to receive permanent preference for doing business with the state.

The bill sets deadlines for the Workforce Solutions Dept. (unemployment) to set prevailing wage rates for public contract employees.

The bill makes the Health Care Quality Surcharge Permanent. This is a bed-tax on nursing homes and other facilities for those with intellectual disabilities, from which the revenue is distributed in such a way as to get more federal money.

The bill makes health care facilities owned by the nine research park corporations at four of New Mexico's universities public employers, giving employees collective bargaining rights through the state. instead of the National Labor Relations Act.

The bill will no longer allow children convicted of first -degree murder to be sentenced to life without parole.

The bill authorizes spending an additional $25.2 million in general spending on operations of various state agencies.

The bill reduces the gross receipts and compensating tax rate from five and one- eighth percent (5.125 percent) to four and seven-eighths percent (4.875 percent).

The bill makes numerous changes to election law, including restricting the use of forms to those issued by the Secretary of State; requiring teams of election judges to have two from different political parties; and allows identification issued by state, federal or tribal governments only for registering to vote.

The bill requires all entities receiving government funds to report to the Taxation and Revenue department for five years the number of new full-time jobs, wages, and capital investments and requires the secretary of tax and rev to present a tax expenditures budget to the Governor by Oct. 15 each year, and other changes.

The bill authorizes spending $85 million more a year on state government and higher education employee wages, setting the minimum wage for those employees at $15 an hour.

The bill authorizes spending $15 million to make more and larger grants to counties and towns for adding and expanding air routes and adding larger planes to seat up to 30 people instead of nine.

The bill would make numerous changes to state election law, including allowing electronic signatures for candidate nominating petitions; allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in local, special and municipal elections; and allowing voter registration at the motor vehicle department with only a social security number.

The bill will allow the Secretary of Transportation to choose a construction manager general contractor separately from sealed bid contracts for project delivery services and independent cost services, at a guaranteed maximum price.

The bill would authorize spending $350,000 a year - not including cleanup - to begin coordinating clean up and reclamation of legacy uranium mine and mill sites, much of which is being done by the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Dept. and the federal government. See also HB164.

The resolution extends the lease between the New Mexico State Fair and the Downs at Albuquerque for the racetrack, grandstand and casino on the State Fair grounds until February 28, 2047.

The resolution proposes a constitutional amendment for environmental "rights," and would make the state the trustee of all the natural resources. See also HJR1.

The bill proposes to amend the constitution to allow an appointed judge to serve at least one year before a general election is held for that seat.

The resolution proposes a constitutional amendment to allow state government to pay and the people to vote on whether they can receive taxpayer funds for internet, utility and sewer bills, at unknown but possible $100 million cost per year. See also HJR1.

The memorial authorizes spending $160,000 on a Workforce Solutions Department task force to develop recommendations for implementing laws to require employers to pay for more family and medical leave for their employees.

The bill will require senators to dress in business attire even if attending floor sessions remotely via electronic means.