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Freedom Index 2024

Bill Bill Name Progress Action Date Votes Vote Rating Sponsor Rating Categories Comments
HB108 Local Solar Access Fund Dead 01/24/2024 0 -6 0 Economy, Energy, Environment
Bill creates the “local solar access fund” which sets up a $110 million annual expenditure to fund solar energy projects.
HB114 Firearm Industry Accountability Act Dead 01/29/2024 0 -6 0 Economy, Gun Rights
Bill would impose economic restrictions targeted at driving firearm industry of all kinds out of New Mexico.
HB119 Railroad Operation Personnel Requirement Dead 01/30/2024 0 -3 0 Labor, Transportation
Bill attempts to micromanage interstate rail commerce through New Mexico by mandating specific crew sizes.
HB129 Firearm Sale Waiting Period Crimes Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/04/2024 2 -3 0 Gun Rights
Bill sets up arbitrary 7 day waiting period before purchasing a gun.
HB133 Oil & Gas Act Changes Dead 02/01/2024 0 -4 0 Energy, Environment
Bill would impose new regulations on NM's oil and gas industries.
HB140 Clean Car Income Tax Credit Dead 01/29/2024 0 -5 0 Budget, Environment, Taxes
Bill provides big tax credits for electric vehicles and EV charging stations.
HB177 Nm Match Fund Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/28/2024 2 -2 0 Budget, State Government
Bill creates recurring $100 million expenditure to provide for federal matching funds.
HB179 Liquor Tax Changes & Uses Dead 02/09/2024 0 -6 0 Alcohol and Tobacco, Taxes
Bill increases liquor excise tax rates by an astonishing 25 cents per serving.
HB187 School Solar Tax Credit Dead 02/12/2024 0 -4 0 Energy, Taxes
Bill creates a new 40% credit against personal income tax in the Income Tax Act for installing a photovoltaic system on school property for the purpose of providing electricity to a school building in New Mexico.
HB190 Public Private Partnership Agreements Dead 02/12/2024 1 4 0 Economy, State Government
Bill would allow for useful public private partnerships
HB195 Housing Fund & Changes Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/28/2024 2 -2 0 Budget, Housing
Expands the permissible uses of the opportunity enterprise revolving fund to include financing for residential and workforce development housing and new housing related parameters for rules governing project approval.
HB2 General Appropriation Act Of 2024 Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/06/2024 3 -4 0 Budget
HB212 Liquor Tax Rate & Fund Dead 01/23/2024 0 -5 0 Alcohol and Tobacco, Taxes
Bill would impose new taxes on the wholesale price of various alcoholic beverages. The tax increase will range from 30 percent to 100 percent on average, depending on the type of alcohol
HB213 Liquor Taxes & Definitions Dead 02/09/2024 0 -4 0 Alcohol and Tobacco, Taxes
Bill changes the liquor excise tax from a tax on the wholesale transaction to one on the retail transaction. All consumers would pay an excise tax equivalent to 2 percent of the price of beer, 3 percent of the price of wine, and 4 percent of the price of spirits. This would be a significant tax hike on most forms of alcohol.
HB24 Owner-occupied Condos & Associations Dead 01/16/2024 0 -4 0 Housing
Bill would create unnecessary new regulations on condominiums.
HB25 Housing Discrimination Based On Income Dead 01/29/2024 0 -2 0 Housing
Bill creates unnecessary new regulations regarding rental housing.
HB252 Tax Omnibus bill Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/06/2024 4 0 0 Taxes
Bill would modestly reduce income taxes while raising capital gains and corporate tax and offering several tax credits.
HB26 Medicaid Environmental Modification Svcs. Dead 01/23/2024 0 -2 0 Health Care
Bill spends $5 million on "environment modification services" in Medicaid program.
HB27 Extreme Risk Protection Order Changes Dead 01/30/2024 0 -4 0 Gun Rights
Bill creates additional means by which gun rights can be violated under New Mexico's ineffective "red flag" law.
HB30 Use Of Water In Oil & Gas Operations Dead 01/16/2024 0 -4 0 Energy, Environment
Bill would ban use of fresh water in fracking operations.
HB31 Oil & Gas Liquid Spills & Protections Dead 01/16/2024 0 -4 0 Economy, Energy, Environment
Bill would unnecessarily increase costly regulations on oil and gas industry.
HB32 Oil & Gas Children's Health Protection Zones Dead 01/16/2024 0 -4 0 Energy, Environment
Bill creates arbitrary setbacks to limit oil and gas wells in absence of any hard data showing they are harmful to those nearby.
HB35 Unm Office Of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Dead 01/23/2024 0 -3 0 Budget, Education, State Government
Bill spends over $1 million dollars on "DEI" (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) at UNM Health Sciences Center.
HB37 Limit Income Tax Capital Gains Deduction Dead 01/24/2024 0 -8 0 Budget, Economy, Taxes
Under the current system, New Mexico taxpayers with capital gains income are able to deduct 40 percent of their net gain from their New Mexico taxable income. This is a positive feature of the state’s tax code as it promotes the creation of capital, which has been in short supply in the Land of Enchantment. HB 37 would limit a taxpayer’s net capital gains deduction to $2,500 (for all types of investment gains), or 40 percent of up to a $300,000 net capital gain.
HB4 Apprentice & Training Program Contributions Dead 01/16/2024 0 -2 0 Labor
Bill would add new groups of workers to fund government-managed apprenticeship program.
HB40 Intrastate Airline Task Force Dead 01/17/2024 0 -3 0 State Government, Transportation
Bill would create unnecessary and duplicative "intrastate airline task force" at taxpayer expense to meddle in aviation decisions.
HB41 Clean Transportation Fuel Standards Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/05/2024 2 -6 0 Energy, Environment
Bill would empower the unelected Environmental Improvement Board to impose costly "clean fuel" regulations on New Mexico motorists.
HB48 Increases oil and gas royalty (tax) rates on future oil and gas lease sales Dead 02/13/2024 1 -4 0 Energy, Taxes
Bill would allow for increased tax rates imposed on oil and gas industry in New Mexico.
HB5 Workforce Development & Apprenticeship Fund Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/28/2024 2 -2 0 Budget, Labor
Creates the workforce development and apprenticeship trust fund (WDATF or trust fund) to be invested by the State Investment Council and to distribute annually to the public works apprentice and training fund and the Workforce Solutions Department.
HB6 Paid Family & Medical Leave Act Dead 02/02/2024 0 -8 0 Labor
Bill would set up a paid family leave "trust fund" funded through taxes on employers and employees.
HB7 Health Care Affordability Fund Distribution Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/01/2024 2 -4 0 Health Care, Taxes
Bill would prevent reduction of health insurance premium tax.
HB71 Student Loan Bill Of Rights Act Dead 02/08/2024 0 0 -3 Budget, Education, Taxes
Bill creates a "Student Loan Bill of Rights" which will impose costs on taxpayers.
HB72 Create Cybersecurity Fund Dead 01/27/2024 0 -5 0 Budget, State Government
Bill would spend $35 million on ill-defined "cybersecurity fund."
HB73 Energy Storage System Income Tax Credit Dead 01/26/2024 0 -4 0 Energy, Environment, Taxes
Bill creates a new, unnecessary tax credit for energy storage.
HB75 Electric School Buses Dead 01/17/2024 0 -4 0 Education, Energy, Transportation
Bill would waste money encouraging school districts to use electric school buses.
HB84 Public College Faculty Compensation Dead 01/24/2024 0 -3 0 Economy, Education
Bill imposes "minimum wage" for New Mexico higher education faculty.
HB89 Closed Captioning Act Dead 01/17/2024 0 -5 0 Business, Regulations and Licensing
Bill would impose requirement for all screens (TV or otherwise) be close captioned.
HB91 Geothermal Resources Project Funds Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/05/2024 2 -4 0 Energy, Environment
Bill would spend more than $25 million to subsidize the development of geothermal electricity projects in New Mexico.
HB92 Geothermal Electricity Generation Tax Credits Dead 01/31/2024 0 -3 0 Energy, Environment
Bill creates tax credit for geothermal electricity in NM.
HM17 Social Worker Enviro Justice Principles Dead 02/02/2024 0 -4 0 Constitution, Environment
Memorial would ask New Mexico social workers to espouse principles of "environmental justice."
SB145 Public Bodies & Federal Immigration Violation Dead 02/06/2024 1 -2 0 Civil Law, Constitution, Local Government, State Government
Bill would have barred local governments from hiring federal immigration police to detain people for civil violations of federal immigration law.
SB153 Early Childhood Fund Transfers Signed/Enacted/Adopted 02/20/2024 2 -3 0 Budget, Education
Bill further increases the distribution of the early childhood education and care program fund from a projected $155 million to $250 million in FY25, or an increase of $95 million. The program itself is based on faulty assumptions and already awash in money.
SB159 Higher Education Trust Fund Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/05/2024 2 -2 0 Budget, Education
Bill creates a higher education trust fund to invest $959 million transferred from the tax stabilization reserve fund to pay for "free" college.
SB186 Rent Control Prohibitions Dead 01/23/2024 0 -6 0 Economy, Housing
Bill would repeal New Mexico's prohibition on rent control.
SB2 Low Income Solar Act Dead 01/16/2024 0 -4 0 Energy
Bill imposes costly new regulations on utilities to redistribute money to low-income utility customers.
SB24 Oil & Gas Development Royalty Rates Dead 02/13/2024 0 0 -6 Economy, Energy, Taxes
Bill would increase royalty rate from one-fifth of the value of the oil or natural gas produced to one-fourth of the value of the oil or gas.
SB3 Paid Family Medical Leave Act Dead 02/14/2024 2 -8 0 Business, Health Care, Taxes
Bill would set up a paid family leave "trust fund" funded through taxes on employers and employees.
SB4 Increase Occupancy Rate Tax Dead 01/16/2024 0 -4 0 Taxes
Bill would allow municipalities to increase lodgers tax on motels and hotels.
SB40 Geothermal Heat Pump Tax Dead 01/30/2024 0 0 -3 Budget, Energy, Taxes
The bill reinstates and expands the geothermal ground-coupled heat pump tax credits. The credit rate remains at 30 percent of costs, with a maximum of $9,000 tax credit per installation. The cap for the credit in each of the acts is increased from $2 million to $16 million
SB43 Utility Easements For Broadband Dead 01/18/2024 0 3 0 Economy, Property Rights, Regulations and Licensing
Bill simplifies and clarifies broadband access for rights of way.
SB46 State Food Banks Dead 02/07/2024 0 -4 0 Budget
Bill spends $25 million to vastly increase state funding for food banks.
SB48 Tuition Scholarships & Tax Credits Dead 01/17/2024 0 4 0 Education
Bill would create a small education scholarship income and corporate income tax credit for claim by taxpayers who contribute to a certified tuition scholarship organization that awards education scholarships to eligible students attending certain private schools.
SB7 Nm Housing Trust Fund Dead 02/03/2024 0 -4 0 Budget, Housing
Bill appropriates $500 million from the general fund to the New Mexico housing trust fund for expenditure in FY25 and subsequent years.
SB8 Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Dead 01/17/2024 0 -4 0 Budget, Energy, Environment
Bill would create EV and EV charger tax credits.
SB9 Conservation Legacy Fund Dead 01/30/2024 0 -4 0 Budget, Environment
Bill would allocate $300 million for Conservation Legacy Fund