Legislator
State Senator
Peter Wirth
(D) - New Mexico
New Mexico Senate District 25
In Office
contact info
Capitol Office
New Mexico State Capitol
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-986-4727
District office Phone
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Phone: 505-986-4727
Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
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| All Bills | 67 |
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Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
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| HB33 | Approval of certain projects by law | Senate Final Passage | 02/18/2016 | 1 | Yea | Promotes accountability by requiring projects subsidized by the New Mexico Finance Authority to obtain legislative approval. |
| HB168 | Transportation Network Company Services Act | Senate Final Passage | 02/18/2016 | 4 | Yea | Establishes regulatory certainty for ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft. |
| HB206 | Design & Build Procurement For Some Projects | Senate Final Passage | 02/18/2016 | 3 | Yea | Advances fiscal responsibility by permitting NMDOT to use the "design-build" method for road and highway projects which use federal funds. |
| HB283 | Unemployment Compensation Contribution Rates | Senate Final Passage | 02/18/2016 | 3 | Yea | Offers employers some relief from unemployment-insurance taxes. |
| SB5 | Delay Tax Changes | Senate Final Passage | 09/30/2016 | -3 | Yea | Delays planned reductions in the tax rates on corporate income. |
| SB9 | Reduce Certain Legislative Appropriations | Senate Final Passage | 09/30/2016 | 4 | Yea | Reduces spending by many state agencies by 5 percent. |
| SB10 | School District Cash Balances | Senate Final Passage | 10/01/2016 | 2 | Yea | Allows the secretary of the Public Education Department to reduce funding to government schools by $25 million. |
| SB11 | Industrial Hemp Research | Senate Final Passage | 10/01/2016 | 2 | Yea | Authorizes the Department of Agriculture "to provide for the growing of industrial hemp for research and development purposes." |
| SB92 | Rapid Workforce Development Act | Senate Final Passage | 02/18/2016 | -2 | Yea | Perpetuates unsound economic-development policies by creating the "rapid workforce development fund." |
| SB105 | Expedited Professional Licensure | Senate Final Passage | 02/14/2016 | 3 | Yea | Requires agencies, boards, and commissions to process professional-license applications valid in other U.S. jurisdiction as soon as practicable. |
| SB147 | Spaceport Liquor License | Senate Final Passage | 02/10/2016 | -2 | Nay | Offers a lifeline to the taxpayer-boondoggle "Spaceport America" by permitting it to obtain a liquor license. |
| SB163 | Segregated Sale Of Growlers | Senate Final Passage | 02/12/2016 | 2 | Yea | Allows liquor-license holders with "package rights" to fill and sell growlers. |
| SB193 | Ski Area Alcoholic Beverage Sales | Senate Final Passage | 02/09/2016 | 2 | Nay | Permits the sale of alcoholic beverages in both the outdoor and indoor areas of ski resorts. |
| SB214 | Workers' Comp Benefits & Intoxication | Senate Final Passage | 02/17/2016 | 4 | Yea | Amends Workers' Compensation Act to reduce benefits for employees injured while drunk or on drugs. |
| SB215 | Design & Build Procurement For Some Projects | Senate Final Passage | 02/11/2016 | 3 | Yea | Advances fiscal responsibility by permitting NMDOT to use the "design-build" method for road and highway projects which use federal funds. |
| SB238 | Film Production Tax Credit For Distribution | Senate Final Passage | 02/17/2016 | -4 | Yea | Perpetuates the state's failed subsidization of Hollywood as a tool for "economic development" by creating a new credit for production companies that provide distribution services. |
| SB263 | Opioid Prescription Monitoring | Senate Final Passage | 02/14/2016 | -2 | Yea | Requires physicians to "obtain and review a report from the state's prescription monitoring program" before prescribing opioids "for the first time to a patient." |
| SJR3 | Permanent fund annual distributions, ca | Senate Final Passage | 02/14/2016 | -6 | Yea | Proposes constitutional amendment to devote permanent-fund revenue to "early childhood education services administered by the state." |
| SJR5 | Use & Tax Of Marijuana & Revenue , Ca | Senate Final Passage | 02/14/2016 | 3 | Yea | Proposes constitutional amendment to legalize possession and personal use of marijuana for persons 21 years of age and older. |
| SJR14 | Legislatively Limit Property Value Raises, Ca | Senate Final Passage | 02/10/2016 | -2 | Nay | Proposes constitutional amendment to give legislators the power to permit local governments to abate property taxes on commercial projects located in "economic development zones" and "revitalization zones." |
Rated Sponored Bills
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