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Freedom Index 2015

Bill Bill Name Progress Action Date Votes Vote Rating Comments
HB106 Concealed carry fingerprints & refreshers Dead 02/23/2015 1 2
Loosens restrictions imposed by the Concealed Handgun Carry Act.
HB109 Transmission line corridors Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Provide for "location of transmission lines within designated, predetermined corridors."
HB11 Sunday & christmas day alcohol sales Dead 01/22/2015 0 2
Eliminates restrictions on alcohol sales on Christmas and Sundays.
HB110 New tax bracket & income tax rates Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Raises taxes for high income taxpayers and reduces taxes for low-income taxpayers.
HB111 Shared renewable energy facility operations Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Further micromanages New Mexico's electrical grid.
HB113 Energy-efficient homes tax credit Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates tax credit to "encourage New Mexico taxpayers to build energy efficient homes and to purchase foreclosed homes renovated to high-efficiency standards."
HB114 No false statements to environment dept. Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Dramatically increase penalties and defines conditions for misstatements to New Mexico Environment Department.
HB12 Water budget rate structures Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Sets up an onerous system of water regulations.
HB137 Reduce income tax & create new brackets Dead 01/22/2015 0 -8
Increase taxes on personal income.
HB138 Increase minimum wage Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Phases in minimum wage mandate rate increase to $10.10 an hour
HB14 Nmsu smart & micro grid technology Dead 02/09/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $250,000 for "smart grid, micro grid and renewable energy development."
HB148 No smoking in cars with minors Dead 03/02/2015 1 -2
Bans smoking in cars with children.
HB155 Lobbyist employer registration Passed 03/24/2015 2 2
Increases transparency of lobbying activities at the legislature.
HB158 Gross receipts rate & deductions Dead 01/22/2015 0 2
Repeals GRT exemptions and deductions in exchange for reducing the state GRT rate from 5.125 percent to 5.025 percent.
HB16 Surtax on certain corporations Dead 01/22/2015 0 -3
Levies a 1% surtax on the net incomes of certain corporations.
HB160 Cannabis revenue & freedom act Dead 01/22/2015 0 4
Creates a regulatory system "for the legal production, processing and sale ... of industrial hemp, marijuana and marijuana products."
HB177 Common core implementation standards Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Establishes implementation standards for "Common Core."
HB179 Severance fund investment in renewable energy Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
"Invests" at least 1 percent of the severance tax permanent fund in "green" power.
HB18 Separate tax deductions & exemptions Dead 01/23/2015 0 -4
Adds significant new burdens on businesses in terms of tax collection.
HB180 Minimum wage act "employee" definitions Dead 01/22/2015 0 -3
Adds 18-year-olds to the list of workers covered by the state minimum wage.
HB187 Public education nepotism rule waiver Dead 02/02/2015 0 -2
Waives nepotism rule for a family member of a school board member if superintendent can show "the family member is qualified for the position."
HB189 Concealed carry license length & refreshers Dead 03/13/2015 1 2
Loosens restrictions imposed by the Concealed Handgun Carry Act.
HB199 Oil & gas operation jurisdiction Dead 01/23/2015 0 3
Limits authority over oil and gas operations to municipalities and prohibits counties from adopting ordinances that restrict oil and gas activities.
HB20 Raise minimum wage Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Raises the minimum wage to $10.10.
HB201 Add species to game fish Passed 03/17/2015 2 2
Adds striped bass and tilapia to the list of regulated fish, to promote the "aquaponics" industry.
HB205 Public financing of legislative races Dead 02/06/2015 0 -5
Enables state legislators in contested primary and general elections to obtain taxpayer subsidies.
HB21 Phased-in supplemental income tax Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Levies a surcharge on the incomes of New Mexico taxpayers.
HB210 Pollution control equipment gross receipts Dead 02/03/2015 0 -2
Exempt from the GRT "receipts from the sale of pollution-control equipment."
HB219 Out-of-state event gross receipts Dead 03/13/2015 1 -2
Exempts "receipts from the performance of or admissions to recreational, athletic, or entertainment services that occur out of state" from the GRT.
HB225 Innovation & entrepreneurship commission Dead 01/22/2015 0 -1
Creates the "Innovation and Entrepreneurship Commission" within the Economic Development Department.
HB226 Small business support work group Dead 02/09/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $50,000 to the Legislative Council Service for the "small business support work group."
HB227 Combine cultural affairs & tourism depts. Dead 01/22/2015 0 1
Combines the tourism and cultural-affairs departments.
HB23 Nonprofit & public sector collaboration group Dead 01/30/2015 0 -1
Establishes a "nonprofit and public sector collaboration work group."
HB230 Tech jobs & research & development tax credit Dead 01/28/2015 0 -2
Amends the Technology Jobs Tax Credit Act to create the "Technology Jobs and Research and Development Tax Credit Act."
HB231 Expand nm-grown produce in school lunches Dead 02/02/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $160,000 to expand locally grown produce in government-school lunches.
HB235 Use of public water & landowner protection Dead 03/17/2015 1 3
Requires written consent by landowners in order to walk or wade in streams.
HB238 Workers' comp benefits & intoxication Dead 03/17/2015 1 3
Empowers workers' compensation judges to reduce benefits from 35 percent to 85 percent for workers who willfully or intentionally cause their own injuries.
HB239 Repeal capital gains from net income Dead 01/23/2015 0 -4
Repeals deduction from net income of 50 percent of capital gains.
HB24 Loan interest rate caps Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Caps the interest rates charged by lenders operating in New Mexico.
HB241 Public officials as lobbyists Dead 03/02/2015 1 2
Prohibit former PRC commissioners, legislators, and cabinet secretaries from lobbying work "for a period of calendar two years following the end of their service."
HB242 Renewable energy tax credit changes Dead 01/27/2015 0 -2
Expands the "cap on the credit for the amount of electricity that may be produced by qualified energy generators."
HB243 Liquor licenses & definitions Passed 03/26/2015 2 3
Expands the freedoms of wineries and breweries.
HB25 Medicaid infant home visiting services Dead 01/26/2015 0 -4
Establishes a new home visiting program to provide home visiting services for infants who are born to Medicaid recipients.
HB257 Election contributions by certain contractors Dead 02/10/2015 0 2
Bans prospective state contractors from "bundling contributions to or sponsoring or hosting a fundraiser" for candidates who have "authority over a state agency that is soliciting a contract to which the prospective state contractor responds."
HB259 Certain physician services gross receipts Dead 02/06/2015 0 -2
Broadens "the types of receipts that may be deducted from gross receipts for commercial contract and Medicare part C services provided by a physician, osteopathic physician or podiatrist."
HB261 Angel investment credit minimum investments Dead 01/23/2015 0 -2
Expands the "Angel Investment Credit."
HB262 Gas tax & road projects Dead 02/09/2015 0 -4
Increases the gas tax from $0.17 per gallon to $0.19 per gallon and the diesel tax from $0.21 to $0.23 per gallon beginning in FY16, and indexes both to inflation.
HB263 Geothermal renewable energy certificates Passed 03/17/2015 2 -2
Allows "Renewable Energy Certificates" to be used by "rural electric distribution cooperatives for thermal energy originating from geothermal energy sources."
HB264 Balanced budget compact Dead 01/23/2015 0 2
Adds New Mexico to the list of states pressing for a federal balanced-budget amendment.
HB27 Employment of former prc employees Dead 03/13/2015 1 2
Increases regulations on former Public Regulation Commission personnel.
HB272 Transportation network company services act Dead 03/16/2015 1 4
Advances the process for regulating ride-sharing services.
HB275 Separate reporting of tax expenditures Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Requires "all taxpayers who reduce tax liabilities by taking advantage of a tax expenditure to separately report that tax expenditure."
HB278 Campaign finance disclosure Dead 03/05/2015 0 -3
Regulates the free speech of independent organizations engaged in election communications.
HB279 Reduce corporate income tax rate Dead 01/26/2015 0 2
Incrementally reduces the corporate tax rate.
HB28 Small business development fund act Dead 01/28/2015 0 -4
Appropriates $100,000,000 from the Permanent Fund to fund a politically-managed small business development fund.
HB291 Nm federal land management study commission Dead 02/02/2015 0 3
Creates 17-member New Mexico Federal Land Management Study to examine options to transfer federal lands to the state.
HB296 Solar energy installation lease tax credit Vetoed 03/26/2015 2 -2
Extends the "solar market development tax credit" for homes and small businesses "by allowing leased systems access to the credit."
HB299 Public-private partnership act Dead 03/05/2015 1 3
Allows state and local governments to partner with the private sector for schools, hospitals, recreational facilities, parking lots, roads, habitat restoration, dams, pipelines, transmission lines, etc.
HB304 Statewide broadband implementation Dead 02/03/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $300,000 for implementation of a statewide broadband system.
HB305 Economic development cooperative marketing Dead 02/17/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $2 million "for a cooperative marketing program that provides matching funds to local economic development organizations to increase business recruitment."
HB306 Business recruitment & expansion Dead 02/17/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $500,000 "for the Economic Development Corporation ... to expand its marketing and prospect-development efforts."
HB307 Tourism marketing & promotion Dead 02/17/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $3.5 million "to the Tourism Department to expand marketing and promotion of New Mexico as a tourist destination."
HB311 Work force needs analysis Dead 02/19/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $125,000 to the Higher Education Department "to develop and implement a workforce gap forecasting model."
HB312 Local economic development act implementation Dead 02/19/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $50 million "for the purpose of funding projects pursuant to the Local Economic Development Act."
HB313 Economic development grant fund Dead 02/19/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $4.5 million "to implement the provisions of the Economic Development Grant Act."
HB314 Create local economic development fund Dead 03/02/2015 1 -2
Creates a "local economic development fund."
HB316 Professional golf tournament Dead 02/26/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $1.5 million to lure a professional golf tournament to the state.
HB321 Economic development project population limit Dead 03/19/2015 0 -2
Increases the population limit for communities eligible to receive funding under the Local Economic Development Act.
HB333 Equal opportunity scholarship & tax credits Dead 03/13/2015 1 6
Establishes opportunity scholarships for low-income pupils.
HB337 Rural infrastructure tax credit Dead 02/17/2015 0 -2
Creates the "Rural Infrastructure Tax Credit" and limits it to $10 million per calender year.
HB339 Small brewer & winegrower reciprocity Vetoed 03/31/2015 2 2
Allows small distillers and small brewers "to operate three off-premise locations."
HB347 Local business opportunity fund Dead 01/28/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $5 million to create the "local business opportunity fund."
HB349 Dental health act changes & therapists Dead 03/16/2015 1 2
Establishes a new dental provider entitled, “dental therapist,” providing for licensure and scope of practice, supervisory requirements and agreement guidelines with a sponsoring dentist in order to practice as a dental therapist.
HB351 Unreimbursed medical expense tax deduction Dead 03/16/2015 1 -2
Creates an income-tax deduction "for certain unreimbursed or uncompensated medical care expenses."
HB353 Public employee salary increase Dead 02/20/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $14.5 million for raises to state bureaucrats.
HB357 Agricultural hemp act Dead 01/28/2015 0 3
Authorizes "industrial hemp production and possession and commerce in industrial hemp commodities."
HB358 Small business income tax deduction Dead 01/28/2015 0 -2
Creates an income-tax deduction "for a business with annual business income less than $350,000 and that employs at least one full-time equivalent employee."
HB36 Loan interest rate caps Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Caps interest rates at 36 percent for loans made within New Mexico.
HB360 Increase minimum wage & annual increases Dead 01/28/2015 0 -7
Phases in minimum-wage increase from $7.50 to $15.00 over three years.
HB366 Oil & gas state preemption Dead 03/02/2015 1 4
Expressly declares the state's exclusive authority over oil and and gas.
HB368 Vending machine food gross receipts Dead 01/29/2015 0 -2
Exempts from the GRT "food, as defined by the federal supplemental nutrition assistance program ... from a coin-operated vending machine owned by a ... business that has a total gross annual revenue of less than $2 million."
HB37 Pregnant worker accommodation act Dead 02/05/2015 0 -3
Creates a new set of regulations around hiring and termination of pregnant workers.
HB378 Require oral public comment at meetings Dead 03/31/2015 1 2
Requires that "a public body permit oral public comment at any meeting governed by the [Open Meeting Act], before final action is taken."
HB392 Audio & video stream of public body meetings Dead 02/27/2015 0 2
Requires "public bodies" to transmit meetings via the internet. Exempts small municipalities, non-class A counties, and school districts.
HB40 Electric vehicle income tax credit Dead 02/17/2015 0 -2
Creates $2,500 income tax credit for purchase of electric vehicles.
HB402 Nm small business development center Dead 02/23/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $850,000 for the New Mexico small business development center at Santa Fe Community College.
HB409 Pregnant worker accommodation act Dead 03/05/2015 1 -3
Mandates "reasonable accommodations" for pregnant employees.
HB41 School grade promotion & retention Dead 02/18/2015 1 3
Ends social promotion of 3rd graders who cannot read and makes provisions for intervention and remediation.
HB414 Statewide food infrastructure Dead 03/03/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $1.4 million to subsidize "agricultural and food entrepreneurs" to create "a statewide food infrastructure."
HB422 State agency contract severance pay Dead 02/02/2015 0 2
Restricts severance pay provisions in state employment contracts.
HB425 Limit certain loan fees & charges Dead 02/23/2015 0 -4
Limits fees and charges for short-term loans.
HB429 Lottery scholarships for home school Dead 03/13/2015 1 4
Allows homeschooled students access to the Lottery Tuition Fund.
HB43 Penalties for dealing food stamps Dead 02/09/2015 1 4
Increases penalties for illegal trade in food stamps.
HB44 Firearm transfer act Dead 01/22/2015 0 -6
Places restrictions and requirements on the transfer of firearms.
HB441 Taos ski valley bond sale Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/31/2015 2 -2
Authorizes the Village of Taos Ski Valley Tax Increment Development District to issue up to $44 million in tax-exempt bonds.
HB443 Temp licensure for health & vet care Dead 02/03/2015 0 3
Permits temporary licensing of out-of-state doctors and vets conducting charity work.
HB444 School contributions tax credit Dead 02/03/2015 0 6
Establishes a tax credit (up to $1,000) for contributions to educational scholarships or tuition grants.
HB445 Reduce renewable portfolio standards Dead 03/13/2015 1 4
Reduces state mandate for politically correct electricity from 20 percent to 15 percent.
HB450 Solo-worker job creation Dead 02/23/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $500,000 for the "solo-worker program."
HB451 Increase number & quality of pre-k programs Dead 02/03/2015 0 -3
Expands pre-k programs.
HB452 Woody biomass job creation Dead 02/19/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $250,000 "to advance opportunities for entrepreneurs to utilize woody biomass generated from forest restoration."
HB454 Hydrogen fuel production tax credit Dead 02/10/2015 0 -2
Creates the "hydrogen fuel production tax credit."
HB465 Win with wellness school project Dead 02/03/2015 0 -2
Creates the "Win With Wellness" pilot project to "develop and implement a wellness curriculum in public schools."
HB482 Reduce some unemployment benefits Dead 03/13/2015 1 4
Reforms unemployment benefits to restore solvency to the UI trust fund and bring New Mexico more in line with other states' formulas.
HB489 Internet wine sales Passed 03/31/2015 2 2
Permits vintners to take orders via the Internet, "whether the financial transaction related to the order is administered by a licensee or a licensee's agent."
HB495 Corporate tax for preschool programs Dead 02/05/2015 0 -4
Imposes a "corporate low wage tax" to fund preschool.
HB498 State preemption of wage & leave laws Dead 02/05/2015 0 3
Preempts local regulation of wages and leave policies.
HB502 Off-highway vehicle operation & fees Dead 02/09/2015 0 2
Loosens regulations on off-road vehicles.
HB517 Historically underutilized businesses Dead 03/17/2015 1 -3
Promotes "full and equal business opportunities for all" by "encouraging and setting goals for the use of historically underutilized businesses by state agencies."
HB537 Gov't employee political activity Dead 02/09/2015 0 3
Bans government employees from coercing other government employees into voting for or contributing to a candidate; bans the use of public resources for political purposes.
HB54 Anesthesiology assistant definitions Passed 03/24/2015 2 3
Amends the Anesthesiologist Assistant Act by changing the definition of Anesthesiologist Assistant (AA) and removing the provisions which require, for the purposes of this act, that AAs practice only if they are employed by the University of New Mexico.
HB540 New high-income tax bracket Dead 02/09/2015 0 -5
Raises top income-tax rate.
HB541 Early childhood provider benefit incentives Dead 02/26/2015 0 -3
Expands pre-k programs.
HB55 Public works project wage calculations Dead 03/13/2015 1 4
Repeals certain calculations under New Mexico's "Davis-Bacon" prevailing wage law, which arbitrarily sets above-market wage rates on public works projects.
HB551 Home inspector licensing act Dead 03/17/2015 1 -2
Requires home inspectors to be licensed.
HB555 Early childhood educator scholarship fund Dead 02/09/2015 0 -3
Creates the "early childhood educator scholarship fund."
HB560 Forfeiture procedures & reporting Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/31/2015 2 6
Reforms asset-forfeiture procedures.
HB58 Increase gas tax for state road fund Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Increases New Mexico's gas tax by one penny over the next five years from 17 cent to 22 cents.
HB66 Investment in nm tech collaborative companies Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Requires the State Investment Council to invest at least 0.25 percent of the Severance Tax Permanent Fund "in private equity funds ... approved by the Technology Research Collaborative."
HB68 Filmmaking academy pilot program Dead 01/26/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $300,000 for a pilot program for a "publicly-funded, conservatory-style, accredited film academy."
HB70 Extend solar market development tax credit Dead 01/23/2015 0 -2
Provides for solar tax credits of up to $9,000 per house.
HB75 Employee preference act Dead 02/25/2015 2 7
Makes New Mexico a right-to-work state and increases the minimum wage by 50 cents to $8.00 an hour.
HB81 Patient safe staffing act Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Increases state control and management of staffing at hospitals.
HB82 School academic & enrichment programs Dead 02/03/2015 0 -2
Increases spending on after-school programs.
HB90 Nutrition & dietetics board sunset date Dead 03/13/2015 1 -2
Puts off the sunset date for the Nutrition and Dietetics Board.
HB93 Farmers' market double up food bucks program Dead 01/28/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $400,000 to increase the purchasing power of food stamps used to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables at farmers’ markets.
HB94 U.s. dept. of defense energy gross receipts Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Establishes GRT deduction for "the sale by a qualified contractor of qualified research and development services and qualified directed energy and satellite-related inputs sold pursuant to a contract with the to the United States Department of Defense."
HB96 Nm grown produce for school meals Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $1.4 million "for the purchase and distribution of New Mexico grown fresh fruits and fresh vegetables" to schools, as well as a full-time-equivalent bureaucrat to "administer and promote this initiative."
HJM2 Defer retirement benefits legislation Dead 01/22/2015 0 2
Locks in recent reforms to public employee retirement system.
HJR10 Convention of states Dead 01/26/2015 0 2
Calls for a convention of the states to approve a constitutional amendment limiting federal power.
HJR13 Constitutional countermand convention Dead 02/09/2015 0 2
Calls for a convention of the states to approve a constitutional "countermand" amendment.
HJR2 Limit school class size, ca Dead 01/26/2015 0 -6
Proposes to amend state constitution to limit class sizes despite little evidence of CSR's benefits.
HJR3 Economic development tax incentives, ca Dead 01/26/2015 0 2
Limits duration of tax incentives for specific businesses and industries in the absent of specific legislative action.
HM105 Support crude oil export ban relief Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/24/2015 1 3
Requests that the congressional delegation support lifting the federal ban on oil exports.
HM127 Study ongoing costs of railrunner Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/25/2015 1 2
Requests a DOT study on the costs of the Rail Runner, the feasibility of privatizing the line, and possible "benefits of replacing [it] with a reestablished commuter bus service."
HM16 Veto certain capital outlay & use for roads Dead 01/22/2015 0 3
Requests that the governor veto capital appropriations for counties that have banned or restricted oil and gas exploration.
HM2 Parental paid-leave working group Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2015 1 -2
This Memorial requests UNM's BBER to convene a parental paid-leave working group to develop recommendations for the establishment of a publicly managed parenting workers' leave fund.
HM75 Spaceport road as state road Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/19/2015 1 -2
Funds a study of classifying the road to "Spaceport America" as a state road and completing it.
HR2 Archive house audio & video streams Dead 02/26/2015 0 2
Requires the archiving of videos of legislative proceedings.
HR6 Disclosure of lobbyist info Dead 01/30/2015 0 2
Requires the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives to maintain a registry of lobbyists.
SB10 Raise minimum wage Dead 01/20/2015 0 -4
Would increase NM's minimum wage to $8.30/hour
SB103 Employee preference Dead 01/22/2015 0 6
Makes New Mexico a right-to-work state.
SB105 County gross receipts for school improvements Vetoed 03/19/2015 2 -2
Creates the "authority to impose a special county education gross receipts tax of 0.75 percent."
SB110 Residential energy conservation programs Dead 01/23/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $1 million to the Department of Finance and Administration "to provide for a residential energy conservation program to increase the energy efficiency and reduce energy expenditure of homes occupied by low-income persons."
SB114 Local gov't special fuels taxes Vetoed 03/24/2015 2 -2
Authorizes local governments to impose "a special fuels excise tax of up to two cents per gallon in one-cent increments," provided voters approve.
SB118 Concealed carry fingerprints & refreshers Dead 01/26/2015 0 2
Loosens restrictions imposed by the Concealed Handgun Carry Act.
SB140 Outdoor youth program act Dead 01/22/2015 0 -3
Creates new taxpayer-financed government program to encourage outdoor activities among youth.
SB152 Health security act Dead 01/26/2015 0 -8
Creates taxpayer-financed universal health entitlement.
SB160 Implement local economic development act Dead 01/26/2015 0 -6
Dramatically increases LEDA spending (business development/corporate welfare) to $50 million.
SB161 Science early education pilot program Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $250,000 for the "Science Early Education Program" at high-poverty schools and creates the "Science Early Education Fund."
SB162 Work force needs analysis Dead 03/02/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $125,000 to "develop and implement a workforce gap forecasting model that will identify future workforce needs."
SB163 Economic development co-op marketing Dead 02/18/2015 0 -2
Would create a new program and provide $2 million in matching funds to local economic development organizations to increase business recruitment in those organizations' regions.
SB164 Job training Dead 02/18/2015 0 -4
Appropriates $12 million to the "Job Training Incentive Program."
SB165 Statewide broadband system implementation Dead 03/13/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $300,000 for a "statewide broadband system."
SB166 Business recruitment, expansion & reporting Dead 03/13/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $500,000 to expand Economic Development Department's marketing and prospect-development efforts.
SB167 Economic development grant fund & reporting Dead 02/18/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $4.5 million to the economic development grant fund for "economic development."
SB168 Expand tourism marketing & promotion Dead 02/25/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $3.5 million to promote tourism in New Mexico.
SB171 Higher ed workforce development programs Dead 01/22/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $300,000 for "workforce development."
SB176 Licensure of freestanding birth centers Dead 02/18/2015 0 -3
Creates new government licensing regime for "freestanding birth centers."
SB182 Incorporate arts into k-12 education Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $350,000 for "regional centers to provide curriculum alignment, professional development, technical assistance, portfolio assessment, program support and networking opportunities for highly qualified arts educators."
SB183 Employee preference act Dead 01/22/2015 0 6
Makes New Mexico a right-to-work state.
SB184 No stb projects in certain counties Dead 01/22/2015 0 4
Bars the Board of Finance from issuing or selling severance tax bonds to local governments that have imposed regulations on mines and/or wells that would raise permitting and/or operating costs "by 25 percent or more."
SB193 Prc jurisdiction over local phone carriers Dead 01/22/2015 0 3
Reduces Public Regulation Commission authority over "incumbent local exchange carriers" serving more than 50,000 customers.
SB20 Paid leave for parent-teacher conferences Dead 01/26/2015 0 -3
Mandates paid leave for parent-teacher conferences.
SB201 School bus fuel gross receipts Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates GRT exemption for sales of "fuel in a vehicle authorized by contract with the Public Education Department as a school bus for the to-and-from school transportation of students."
SB204 State inspectors general act Dead 02/23/2015 0 3
Creates independent Offices of Inspectors General within eight cabinet level departments to conduct audits and investigations.
SB208 Fraud against taxpayers definitions Passed 03/20/2015 2 3
Amends the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act to clarify that "state," for purposes of the act, includes local governments, government schools, and other recipients of state funds.
SB209 Nmsu smart & microgrid development Dead 01/23/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $250,000 to NMSU for "research development and demonstration, technology transfer and advanced workforce training in renewable energy integration."
SB214 Motor vehicle tax to road fund Dead 02/18/2015 0 3
Phases in a shift of the revenue from the excise tax on motor vehicles from the general fund to the road fund.
SB223 Phased minimum teacher salary increase Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Increases minimum salaries for level one, two, and three teachers and administrators.
SB237 Local produce in school lunches Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $160,000 to expand the NMSU Department of Agriculture program that provides locally grown produce for school lunch programs.
SB238 Craft brewer licenses Passed 03/17/2015 2 2
Allows a small brewer or winegrower "that also holds a dispenser or restaurant license to additionally hold a Small Brewer and Winegrowers Limited Wholesaler License."
SB240 Live horse race gaming tax credit Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates gaming tax credit for live horse racing.
SB241 Certain liquor license transfer limits Passed 03/17/2015 2 2
Loosens controls over liquor-dispenser licenses.
SB242 Renewable energy tax credit changes Dead 02/09/2015 0 -2
Expands the "cap on the credit for the amount of electricity that may be produced by qualified energy generators."
SB249 Geothermal renewable energy certificates Passed 03/24/2015 2 -2
Allows "Renewable Energy Certificates" to be used by "rural electric distribution cooperatives for thermal energy originating from geothermal energy sources."
SB258 Sale of alcohol growlers Dead 03/25/2015 1 2
Defines "cider" and "growler" and permits wineries to sell wine or cider in growlers.
SB26 Investment in nm tech collaborative companies Dead 01/20/2015 0 -2
Requires that one-fourth percent of the market value of the severance tax permanent fund be invested in New Mexico business enterprises that are approved by the technology research collaborative.
SB264 Public employee bargaining public meetings Dead 01/22/2015 0 3
Requires that all government-employee collective bargaining sessions "be open public meetings at all times."
SB267 Sale of spaceport america Dead 02/02/2015 0 4
Sells off "Spaceport America."
SB271 Out-of-state event gross receipts Vetoed 03/24/2015 2 -2
Exempts "receipts from the performance of or admissions to recreational, athletic, or entertainment services that occur out of state" from the GRT.
SB274 Hold harmless & food deduction changes Dead 02/09/2015 0 3
Reimposes municipal and county GRT rates on food, in exchange for reducing the statewide GRT rate from 5.125 percent to 5.000 percent.
SB275 Board of body art practitioners Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/20/2015 2 -2
Creates the "Board of Body Art Practitioners" and "Body Art Practitioner Fund" with a sunset date of July 1, 2021.
SB279 Sustainable building tax credits Passed 03/20/2015 2 -2
Extends and modifies the "Sustainable Building Tax Credit."
SB280 Water harvesting income tax credit Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates a water-harvesting tax credit "of 20 percent of the cost of purchasing and installing a residential or commercial water harvesting system."
SB282 Brain education advanced learning project Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $200,000 for a professional-development pilot project to train government-school teachers in "brain education."
SB284 Patient safe staffing act Dead 02/25/2015 0 -4
Increases state control and management of staffing at hospitals.
SB289 Public financing of legislative races Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Enables state legislators in contested primary and general elections to obtain taxpayer subsidies.
SB290 Audits of capital outlay projects Dead 01/27/2015 0 2
Requires an independent audit "for every capital outlay project costing more than $5 million funded in whole or in part with state money."
SB293 Supplemental nutritional assistance program Dead 02/09/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $200,000 for supplemental food-stamp benefits.
SB296 Employer records & workforce solutions costs Dead 02/18/2015 0 1
Requires employers to keep worker records for three years instead of one.
SB297 Identify certain programs in budget requests Dead 03/17/2015 1 1
Amends the requirements for agency performance-based program budget requests to "prioritize and promote use of evidence-based, research-based, and promising sub-programs."
SB301 Create early childhood funds Dead 02/23/2015 0 -5
Creates the Early Education Endowment Fund and the Early Education and Home Visiting Fund.
SB303 Freedom from unwarranted surveillance act Dead 03/18/2015 1 4
Bans law enforcement's use of drones without a warrant.
SB304 Early childhood books and toys Dead 03/10/2015 1 -3
Appropriates $200,00 to purchase and loan toys and books to "providers of state-funded early child care assistance programs."
SB318 Sunset dates for certain agencies Passed 03/19/2015 2 -2
Extends the sunset date for seven boards, including the Massage Therapy Board and Athletic Trainers Practice Board.
SB319 County irb projects & complaint process Passed 03/26/2015 2 -2
Permits industrial revenue bonds to be issued for mining and energy projects.
SB32 Local economic development act entities Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Increases the types of businesses that are qualified entities for the purpose of the Local Economic Development Act
SB332 Border zone trade-support gross receipts Dead 03/13/2015 0 -2
Reestablishes the GRT deduction "for trade-support companies that first locate in a border zone in fiscal years 2016-2021."
SB337 Small business investment tax credit Dead 02/25/2015 0 -2
Create the "small business investment income tax credit."
SB34 Broadband infrastructure fund Dead 02/25/2015 0 -3
This bill sets up a new "broadband infrastructure fund"at a cost to taxpayers of $10 million.
SB342 Raise state & state school minimum wage Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Raises minimum wage to $10.10 "for all state employees and every person regularly employed at a state educational institution."
SB343 Guadalupe county early childhood programs Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $50,000 "to improve early childhood education programs in Guadalupe County."
SB344 Northeastern nm early childhood programs Dead 01/22/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $150,000 "to improve and expand early childhood education programs in Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, and Taos counties."
SB346 Tax reform Dead 03/16/2015 0 6
Simplifies GRT rates.
SB347 Natural gas motor vehicle tax credits Dead 02/18/2015 0 -2
Create a GRT deduction "for natural gas motor vehicle equipment and installation."
SB350 Increase minimum wage & index to inflation Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Increases minimum wage for state employees, indexes minimum wage to inflation.
SB351 Dairy workers in minimum wage act Dead 01/22/2015 0 -3
Includes dairy workers within the definition of "employee" and within the overtime provisions of the Minimum Wage Act.
SB352 Utility economic development rates Passed 03/17/2015 2 -2
Allows gas and electric utilities to offer "economic development rates" without the requirement for excess capacity.
SB364 Municipal & general election at same time Dead 03/13/2015 0 3
Requires that regular municipal elections "be held concurrently with the general election."
SB375 Nm family act for family & medical leave Dead 01/22/2015 0 -5
Enacts the "New Mexico Family Act," funded by a 0.2 percent tax on personal and corporate incomes.
SB38 Enterprise zone supportive housing Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $10.95 million "to establish five enterprise zone supportive housing initiatives."
SB384 Campaign finance disclosure Dead 01/22/2015 0 -3
Regulates the free speech of independent organizations engaged in election communications.
SB391 Extend solar market development tax credit Vetoed 03/26/2015 2 -2
Extends the sunset of the "Solar Market Development Tax Credit" by four years.
SB394 Increase & index gas tax for road projects Dead 02/18/2015 0 -7
Increases the gas tax and diesel tax by ten cents each. Also indexes the taxes to inflation.
SB413 Angel investment minimum & sunset Dead 02/09/2015 0 -2
Increases the amount of "Angel Investment Credits" and eliminates some eligibility restrictions on the type and number of investments that qualify.
SB414 Cultural property tax credit changes Dead 02/18/2015 0 -2
Expands the Cultural Property Income Tax Credit Act.
SB415 Nm-grown produce in school meals Dead 01/23/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $1.4 million "for the purchase and distribution of fresh, locally growth fruits and vegetables for school districts, charter schools, and juvenile detention centers."
SB421 Limit local gov't & zoning commissions Dead 01/26/2015 0 3
Limits the authority of zoning commissions as well as the authority of municipalities and counties to regulate "agricultural operations, mining activities and oil and gas activities."
SB432 Increase minimum wage & annual increases Dead 01/26/2015 0 -5
Phases in minimum-wage increase from $7.50 to $10.10 over two years.
SB440 Small brewer & winegrower reciprocity Passed 03/24/2015 2 2
Allows "winegrowers and small brewers to obtain wine or beer directly from a winegrower or small brewer without going through a licensed New Mexico wholesaler."
SB448 Military acquisition gross receipts end dates Passed 03/26/2015 2 -2
Extends GRT deduction "from transformational acquisition programs performing research and development, test and evaluation at New Mexico Major Range."
SB452 Taos agricultural-based economic development Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $300,000 to assess "revitalization of agricultural lands to produce high-value crops in Taos County" and "provide specialized food and agricultural training for displaced workers in Taos County."
SB454 Small brewer off-premises beer tastings Dead 03/13/2015 0 2
Allows small brewers "to conduct beer tasting and sale at three off-premises locations."
SB471 Brewer facility alternating proprietorship Vetoed 03/24/2015 2 2
Allow "alternating proprietorships to be established so that manufacturing facilities and equipment of a small brewer licensee may be used by another small brewer licensee to produce beer."
SB476 Electronic proof of car insurance Dead 02/18/2015 0 1
Permits use of portable electronic devices to demonstrate proof of motor vehicle insurance policy.
SB477 Frontier community investment tax credit Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates tax credit for investments made in "Frontier Communities."
SB481 Naming of public facilities Dead 03/13/2015 0 2
Regulates how public buildings may be names after public officers.
SB483 Nm federal land management study commission Dead 03/05/2015 0 3
Creates 17-member New Mexico Federal Land Management Study to examine options to transfer federal lands to the state.
SB486 Create statewide food infrastructure Dead 02/18/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $1.4 million to subsidize "agricultural and food entrepreneurs" to create "a statewide food infrastructure."
SB488 College affordability endowment fund Dead 03/02/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $1 million to the College Affordability Endowment Fund.
SB494 Cumbres & toltec railroad visitor gateway Dead 02/23/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $106,300 to the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad Commission to build a visitor gateway center in the village of Chama.
SB5 Business performance excellence program Dead 01/22/2015 0 -1
Appropriates $125,000 to expand "performance excellence leadership training."
SB502 U.s. dept. of defense energy gross receipts Dead 02/02/2015 0 -2
Exempts from the GRT receipts sales of "research and development services and qualified directed energy and satellite-related inputs sold pursuant to a contract with the to the United States Department of Defense."
SB503 Beer & wine delivery licenses Vetoed 03/19/2015 2 2
Creates beer and wine delivery licenses, given approval by "a majority of qualified voters" in a local-option district.
SB504 Unm geospatial & population studies program Dead 02/23/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $100,000 to "fund ongoing research related to poverty" by UNM's geospatial and population studies program.
SB512 No lobbying for former public officials Dead 01/26/2015 0 2
Prohibits "former PRC commissioners, former legislators and former cabinet secretaries from accepting compensation as lobbyists for a period of calendar two years following the end of their service."
SB521 Lottery scholarships for home school Dead 02/18/2015 0 4
Allows homeschooled students access to the Lottery Tuition Fund.
SB531 Woody biomass job creation Dead 03/02/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $250,000 "to advance opportunities for entrepreneurs to utilize woody biomass generated from forest restoration."
SB532 Win with wellness school project Dead 03/13/2015 0 -2
Creates the “Win With Wellness” pilot project for a "wellness curriculum" in government schools.
SB533 Severance tax fund in nm credit unions Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Requires that "at least 5 percent of the value of cash holdings of the Severance Tax Permanent Fund ... be invested in New Mexico financial institutions and credit unions."
SB537 Sunshine portal state contract info Passed 03/30/2015 2 3
Broadens the information required to be disclosed via the Sunshine Portal Act.
SB544 Permanent fund to ec. development dept Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates minimum percentages of the market value of the Severance Tax Permanent Fund to be invested directly or indirectly in New Mexico Businesses or transferred to the Economic Development Department.
SB546 Firearms safety locks & notices Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Requires gun dealers to post storage-law notices at their places of business.
SB553 Workers' comp benefits & intoxication Dead 03/16/2015 0 3
Requires that worker compensation benefits "be paid in proportion to the contribution of the worker's intoxication to the worker's injury or death."
SB556 Taos ski valley bond sale Dead 03/13/2015 1 -2
Authorizes the Village of Taos Ski Valley Tax Increment Development District to issue up to $44 million in tax-exempt bonds.
SB559 Early childhood provider benefit incentives Dead 01/27/2015 0 -2
Requires CYFD to prioritize funds to increase monthly child care assistance reimbursement rates by 50 percent for providers that offer paid sick days, paid family or medical leave, health insurance, or a minimum wage of $15 per hour.
SB561 Corporate tax for preschool programs Dead 01/27/2015 0 -4
Imposes a "corporate low wage tax" to fund preschool.
SB563 Increase school hours & days Dead 02/18/2015 0 -3
Establishes "a 205-day school year for kindergarten through fifth grades and requires each instructional day to consist of 5.5 hours per day," provided voter approval.
SB565 Limit film production tax credit Passed 03/17/2015 2 1
Clarifies and limits production expenses that are eligible for the film tax credit.
SB579 Limit certain loan fees & charges Dead 01/27/2015 0 -4
Limits fees and charges for short-term loans.
SB580 Local economic development projects Dead 03/16/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $10 million "to support local economic development projects."
SB585 Military base office rfp Dead 01/27/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $300,000 for a study of "the advantages and disadvantages of the State of New Mexico as it relates to the national security objectives of the United States."
SB593 Implement local economic development act Dead 03/16/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $50 million to the Economic Development Department "for the purpose of funding projects pursuant to the Local Economic Development Act."
SB6 Dental therapist licensure & regulation Dead 01/20/2015 0 4
Establishes a system of licensure and scope of service to allow dental therapists to practice in New Mexico.
SB606 Restrict work hours on school nights Dead 01/30/2015 0 -2
Adds restrictions on "what hours a child who is over the age of 16 and younger than 19 years of age may work."
SB607 Create early learning dept. Dead 01/30/2015 0 -4
Creates and funds the "Early Learning Department."
SB608 Local liquor excise tax & rates Dead 02/23/2015 0 -3
Allows all counties to impose a liquor excise tax with voter approval.
SB612 Teacher school supply purchase tax deduction Dead 03/02/2015 0 -2
Creates a "deduction from net income of a public school teacher for the cost of school supplies purchased in a taxable year."
SB618 Investment in local economic development Dead 02/02/2015 0 -2
Creates minimum percentages of the Severance Tax Permanent Fund to either subsidize state businesses or be transferred to the Economic Development Department.
SB621 Eliminate hold harmless reductions Dead 02/02/2015 0 -4
Eliminates the "hold harmless" phaseout for counties and municipalities.
SB623 Phase in higher income supplemental tax Dead 03/02/2015 0 -5
Creates an "individual income tax supplemental tax," to be imposed on higher-earning filers.
SB630 Carbon credit act Dead 02/02/2015 0 -5
Establishes "a carbon credit as a contract right," and creates and funds a board "charged with reviewing and auditing the carbon credit and offset rights."
SB633 Eliminate some hold harmless reductions Dead 03/02/2015 0 -4
Eliminates the hold-harmless phaseout for some local governments and replaces it with a "maximum distribution."
SB636 Early childhood programs Dead 02/02/2015 0 -3
Appropriates $10 million "for early childhood programs."
SB641 No state agency funds without audits Dead 02/02/2015 0 2
Bars approval of budgets and bond sales of state agencies that have "an outstanding annual audit or an annual or special audit with material weaknesses or significant deficiencies."
SB65 Regulation & labeling of nicotine products Dead 01/20/2015 0 -3
Imposes regulations and a tax on "nicotine products."
SB656 Raise gas tax & create road maintenance fund Dead 02/18/2015 0 -7
Increases the gas tax and diesel tax by ten cents each. Also indexes the taxes to inflation.
SB66 School grade promotion & retention Dead 01/20/2015 0 4
Would provide for retention and remediation for certain students in early elementary school that cannot read.
SB662 Art sale at auctions gross receipts Dead 03/02/2015 0 -2
Exempts from the GRT "fine art sold by an auction house located in a municipality to a bidder that is not a resident of the state and that does not have a principal place of business in the state."
SB664 Employee preference act Dead 02/02/2015 0 6
Makes New Mexico a right-to-work state.
SB673 Allow customer wine in restaurants Dead 02/02/2015 0 2
Allows customers of "a dispenser, canopy licensee, or restaurant licensee" to bring and drink their own wine.
SB675 Truth in political advertising act Dead 03/17/2015 0 -7
Appropriates $5 million for a sure-to-be-held-unconstitutional "review agency" to grade election advertisements for their "truth or falsity, with a one being untruthful or false and a five being completely truthful."
SB69 Resident business set-aside act Dead 03/17/2015 1 -6
Sets up a system of in-state purchasing mandates for government contractors.
SB7 Hydrogen fuel production tax credit Dead 03/10/2015 1 -2
Creates the "hydrogen fuel production tax credit."
SB70 Airline employee shifts and hours Passed 03/20/2015 2 1
Makes permanent the overtime exemption for "airline employees who work more than 40 hours in a week due to voluntarily trading shifts with other employees."
SB71 Local elections for nm-produced liquor sales Dead 01/27/2015 0 2
Allows local-option districts "to hold an election to add distilled spirits produced in New Mexico to what restaurant licensees are allowed to sell and serve."
SB72 Loan interest rate caps Dead 01/20/2015 0 -4
Cap the interest rates charged by lenders operating in New Mexico.
SB75 Limit spaceport bond & tax authority Dead 01/22/2015 0 2
Repeals Spaceport Authority's ability to issue bonds. Limits use of Spaceport Authority's funds.
SB8 Charter school education tech equipment Passed 03/24/2015 2 1
Makes charter schools eligible to receive certain education technology equipment.
SB87 New mexico housing trust fund Dead 02/25/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $5 million "to carry out the provisions of the New Mexico Housing Trust Fund Act."
SB9 Electric vehicle income tax credit Dead 03/17/2015 1 -2
Provides $2,500 income tax credit for purchase of electric vehicles.
SB90 Removal from office for felony conviction Dead 01/26/2015 0 2
Stipulates that an elected official convicted of a felony must immediately resign and forfeit his or her campaign funds to the children’s trust fund.
SB92 Employee preference act Dead 01/22/2015 0 6
Makes New Mexico a right-to-work state.
SB93 No public employee union dues from payroll Dead 01/22/2015 0 4
Prohibits payroll deductions of unions dues for government employees.
SB94 Industrial hemp farming act Vetoed 03/24/2015 2 2
Provides for licensing the growing, selling, and processing of industrial hemp.
SB98 Nmsu economic development promotion Dead 02/18/2015 0 -2
Appropriates $100,000 to NMSU's Arrowhead Center for Business Development "to further economic development and promote entrepreneurship throughout the state."
SB99 Cybersecurity device gross receipts Dead 01/26/2015 0 -2
Creates a GRT deduction for sales of cyber-security devices.
SJM10 Reconvene j. paul taylor childhood task force Dead 03/17/2015 1 -2
Requests that UNM "reconvene for the third year the J. Paul Taylor Early Childhood Task Force in order to continue the task force's work ... developing further an early childhood behavioral health action plan."
SJR1 Independent redistricting commission, ca Dead 01/20/2015 0 3
Proposes constitutional amendment to create a commission to redistrict federal and statewide offices.
SJR12 Land grant fund for longer school time, ca Dead 01/27/2015 0 -3
Amends the constitution to "create an additional distribution from the permanent school fund (to the general fund) in the amount of 1 percent of the five-year average of the year-end market value of the fund," in order to lengthen the school year.
SJR16 Invest public money in local banks, ca Dead 02/02/2015 0 -2
Proposes constitutional amendment to require at least 5 percent of state investments to be "deposited in banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions that are chartered in New Mexico."
SJR2 Use, regulation, sale & tax of marijuana, ca Dead 01/27/2015 0 3
Proposes voter-approved constitutional amendment to "allow for possession and personal use of marijuana for persons 21 years of age and older," with regulations to determined by the legislature.
SJR3 Limit car-related fees & taxes for roads, ca Dead 01/22/2015 0 2
Proposes constitutional amendment to restrict the use of transportation-tax revenue to transportation expenses.
SJR4 Campaign finance constitution convention, ca Dead 03/02/2015 0 -4
Calls for "a constitutional convention for the sole purpose of proposing an amendment ... that would limit corporate personhood for the purposes of campaign finance and political speech."
SJR9 Increase & index minimum wage, ca Dead 01/22/2015 0 -4
Indexes minimum wage to inflation rate via constitutional amendment.
SM40 No additional wilderness next to pecos Dead 01/23/2015 0 3
Establishes that "New Mexico opposes the designation of any expanded wilderness or special management areas adjoining the existing Pecos wilderness."
SM6 Federal land mgmt. & revenue impacts Dead 03/17/2015 0 2
Requests that the Department of Finance and Administration "convene stakeholders to ... study and make recommendations on the legal, economic, and practical framework surrounding federal land management."
SM69 Reconvene j. paul taylor childhood task force Signed/Enacted/Adopted 03/17/2015 1 -2
Requests that UNM "reconvene for the third year the J. Paul Taylor Early Childhood Task Force in order to continue the task force's work ... developing further an early childhood behavioral health action plan."
SM79 Nmsu retail gas prices study Dead 03/13/2015 0 -2
Asks NMSU's business school to "undertake a study of the factors that influence the retail price of gasoline and the reasons why the retail price of gasoline varies from region to region and subregion to subregion."