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Bill Sharer
(R) - New Mexico
New Mexico Senate District 01
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New Mexico State Capitol
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-986-4877

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P.O. Box 203
Farmington, NM 87499
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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
Environment 100
22
 
Energy 100
20
 
Business 81
20
 
Regulations and Licensing 68
17
 
Children 88
9
 
Local Government 66
7
 
Budget 56
6
 
Courts 92
5
 
Criminal Law 78
5
 
Pensions 83
4
 
Taxes 55
2
 
Agriculture 70
2
 
Law Enforcement 70
2
 
Alcohol and Tobacco 62
1
 
Constitution 100
1
 
Controlled Subsctances 100
1
 
Transparency 56
1
 
Privacy Rights 67
1
 
Water 57
1
 
Housing 100
1
 
Native Americans 100
1
 
Military and Veterans 50
0
Property Rights 0
-1
 
State Government 49
-1
 
Labor 44
-1
 
Education 48
-2
 
Transportation 40
-2
 
Elections 33
-3
 
Economy 10
-4
 
Health Care 29
-8
 
All Bills 59
55
 
Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB1 Fund State Legislative Session Senate Final Passage 01/19/2021 -2 Yea The bill authorizes the spending of approximately $30 million dollars to pay for the 2021 legislative session and other legislative expenses, including $2 million for national guard and other police presence to prevent potential riots, which never happened.
HB2 General Appropriation Act Of 2021 Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 -6 Nay The bill increases spending by four percent, and spends approximately $20 billion on state operations, $12 billion in state money and $7.3 from the general fund, including more raises for teachers who have not returned to the classroom.
HB4 Create NM Civil Rights Act Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 -5 Nay The bill will allow anyone to sue state or local government for depriving his or her rights, a right that already exists under the Tort Claims act, up to $2 million. This bill however will allow costs and attorney fees to be added to the plaintiff's damages.
HB6 State Equalization Guarantee Distributions Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -2 Yea The bill make various revisions to the funding formula for public schools, at a cost of $103.3 million a year.
HB10 Create Broadband Development Division Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -2 Nay The bill will spend $2 million a year on creation of the Broadband Development Division and the Connect New Mexico Act and Fund, and increase the amount of money for broadband service from $5 to $10 million.
HB11 Increase Spending for Local Economic Development Projects Senate Final Passage 02/18/2021 -4 Yea The bill spend $200 million on grants from the Severance Tax Permanent Fund to certain businesses impacted by the Covid-19 shutdown
HB15 Expand Sustainable Building Tax Credit Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -2 Nay The bill authorizes spending $3.6 million over two years subsidizing the LEED green building industry by expanding the Sustainable Building Tax Credit.
HB20 Require Paid Sick Leave in Public Health Shutdowns of Businesses Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -8 Nay This bill will increase regulation of employers by requiring them to pay certain minimums of paid sick leave to employees during a closure of the business due to a public health mandate.
HB22 Allow Non-citizen College Students Paid Professional Leave Scholarships Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -2 Yea This bill will allow non-citizen college students enrolled in state-approved teacher preparation prorams to receive scholarships for paid professional leave.
HB23 Expand Requirements for Licensure of Medical Schools Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -3 Yea This bill will increase the requirements for new and renewal licenses of medical schools, including agreements with at least five different medical facilities with capacity for 150 licensed beds or more, and at least one first-year resident position for every 10 students.
HB25 Expand Authority of the Legislative Education Study Committee Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -1 Abstain This bill would no longer limit the direction of Legislative Education Study Committee to high schools, and would remove other restrictions.
HB29 No School Discrimination For Hair Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Abstain The bill will prohibit discipline or discrimination in schools based on a student's personal traits, beliefs, culture, hairstyle or headdress, including the wearing of a burka, as historically associated with race.
HB41 Expand the Number of Land Grants Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -2 Nay The bill will expand the number of land grants in the state by adding various criteria and increasing the areas that can claim land grant-Mercedes status, thereby qualifying as political subdivisions of the state.
HB43 Black Education Act Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -4 Abstain The bill creates a 23-member black education advisory council, requires racial sensitivity and anti-racism training or professional development for all school personnel, and makes other requirements.
HB51 Create Environmental Database Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -3 Nay The bill will authorize spending $100,000 and create a publicly accessible environmental database to include the Environment Department and various other state agencies. The database will be somewhat duplicative of another state database and possibly include some sensitive and confidential private data.
HB52 Create Bilingual Multicultural Education Advisory Council Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -2 Yea The bill will create a 15-member Bilingual Multicultural Advisory Council to advise the public education system.
HB55 Require Publication of Capital Outlay Spending Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 2 Yea The bill will require that capital outlay spending, approved bond amounts, and vetoes be published in a searchable list on the state legislative web site.
HB57 Prescribed Burning Act Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Yea The bill will create a training and certification program through New Mexico State University for landowners and prescribed burning contractors and practitioners, in order to make it easier for landowners to get affordable liability insurance for prescribed burns.
HB67 Create Primary Care Council and Act Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 -1 Yea The bill would create a 22-member primary health care advisory council for reviewing various aspects of primary health care in the state and recommending regulations and legislation.
HB68 Space Flight Informed Consent Act Changes Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Yea The bill permanently repeals the Space Flight Informed Consent Act, removing immunity for space flight companies and making them liable for the safety and well-being of passengers.
HB75 Medical Malpractice Definitions Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -3 Yea The bill would remove hospitals from the Medical Malpractice Act, leaving them with no malpractice insurance, and therefore they would no longer be paying into the Patients' Compensation Fund.
HB76 Expand Authorization for EIB Permit Denials Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 -4 Nay To expand the causes for which the Environmental Improvement Board may deny or revoke permits.
HB89 Healthy Soil Tax Refund Contribution Option Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 -1 Yea The bill would require changing the state's income tax forms to allow taxpayers with refunds to contribute to the "healthy soil program" through New Mexico State University.
HB92 Safe Drinking Water Testing Fund Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -2 Yea The bill will change the water conservation fund to the safe drinking water testing fund and raise the fee from three cents per thousand gallons of water to five cents.
HB98 Omnibus Tax Bill Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 2 Yea The bill adds protections for innocent spouses, raises the threshold for protecting low-income taxpayers from wage garnishment, implements residency requirements, and makes various other changes.
HB103 Increase Exam and Certification Fees for Water Utility Operators Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -1 Yea The bill will essentially double exam and certification fees for water utility operators, and authorize the Water Quality Control Commission to raise them once a year.
HB105 Electric Generation Project Requirements Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -2 Yea The bill changes the method for determining an annual in-lieu tax payment for an electric generation or transmission facility project, provides for equal sharing of in-lieu of tax payments among all school districts in the county, and provides for a payment of 5% of payment in lieu of tax to the state. The bill also clarifies that certain payments to the state for an electric transmission project shall be made by the person proposing the electric transmission project.
HB112 Require Free Health Care for All Non-citizens Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -4 Yea The bill will require all county and public university hospitals to provide free health care to all non-citizens living in the county.
HB120 Military Spouse Expedited Licensure Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow for expedited licensure for military service members and their spouses in the area of teaching, architecture, interior design, and other areas.
HB125 Behavioral Health Practitioner Changes Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill will require examining boards for psychologists, counselors, therapists and social workers to issue licenses to current license holders form out of state who otherwise meet statutory requirements, and allows supervision by " the appropriate" technology, and extends temporary licenses until the end of a public health emergency plus six months.
HB128 School Personnel Background & Training Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill will require applicants for school employment to disclose past ethical misconduct, require schools to track child abuse allegations, require the public education department to maintain a list of reports, require training programs, and make other requirements.
HB129 Pharmacy Benefit Manager Reporting Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Nay The bill will require increased reporting and transparency for pharmacy benefit managers, who are third-party administrators contracted with health insurance plans. The bill will require them to show all rebates received from manufacturers , reduce the cost of covered persons' prescription drugs by an equal amount, and make other changes.
HB146 Transfer Some Duties To District Courts Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Abstain The bill changes the appointment of magistrate judges from the Director of the Administrative Office of the Courts to the Chief District Court Judge, puts operation of the magistrate courts under the direction and control of district courts, and makes other changes.
HB155 Workforce Training Residency Requirements Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -1 Yea The bill allows residents who have lived in the state one day, instead of one year, to apply for the Job Training Incentive Program.
HB157 Mining Act Forfeiture Fund Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Yea The bill creates the Mining Act Forfeiture Fund for forfeited financial assurance if a mine operator does not complete the reclamation required by a permit. The funds will be used for cleanup.
HB168 National Flood Insurance Compliance Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 -1 Nay The bill will designate the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department as the coordinating agency responsible for compliance with federal floodplain management regulations, which includes establishing rules for developments owned or partially owned or funded by the state to meet federal floodplain management regulations.
HB177 Homemade Food Act Senate Final Passage 03/20/2021 3 Yea The bill will loosen restrictions on New Mexico’s cottage food industry. If passed, the bill would allow homemade food producers to sell their products online and from home and do so without a permit or a home kitchen inspection.
HB178 Counseling & Therapy Licensure Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -1 Yea This bill would clarify a requirement of work experience in alcohol and drugs to qualify for licensure in the field of counseling and therapy, include "human services" and "family services" in the field of therapy, and extend the counseling and therapy board to 2027.
HB179 Fees For Vital Records For Homeless Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Nay The bill will allow orphaned youth, social workers and educational professionals to apply for a certified birth certificate without a parent or guardian's signature, in order to make it easier for homeless youth and children to enroll in school, workforce programs, obtain a job, open a bank account, or apply for housing or public benefits.
HB183 No Fines Or Fees For Some Juvenile Crimes Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -1 Abstain The bill will remove all fines and court costs for juveniles who commit crimes and their families or guardians, and replaces fines of $100 with up to 48 hours of community service for possession of marijuana.
HB185 Exempt Over 75 From Jury Duty- No Affidavit Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow those 75 years and older to request permanent exemption from jury service without having to file an affidavit with the court requesting the exemption.
HB188 Secondary Computer Science Teacher License Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -1 Yea The bill requires the Public Education Department to create a license enorsement in secondary computer science with the requirements needed for that endorsement. this is at a cost of 150,000 and in addition to the Information Technology and Technology Education endorsement.
HB189 Community Governance Attorney Pgm Max Salary Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -1 Nay The bill will allow for the Community Governance Attorney Commission to adjust the maximum allowable salaries beyond $50 thousand for participating attorneys. The salary is not to be increased beyond that of entry-level attorneys paid by legal service assistance entities that receive funding from the federally established legal services corporation.
HB196 Regional Housing Authority Changes Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill removes of some of the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority's redundant oversight, and required funds, of the Regional Housing Authorities which is vested in the Housing and Urban Development department.
HB200 Water Trust Board Projects & Nm Unit Fund Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 -2 Nay The bill designates the Water Trust Board as a successor to the Southwest New Mexico Water Study Group, which will prevent the use of money in the NM Unit Fund from being used for the Gila River through the Colorado River Basin Project Act. It would prevent using the money to develop up to 14,000 acre-feet per year of additional Gila River water.
HB212 Remake Nmsu- Carlsbad As Community College Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 1 Yea The bill will make the existing New Mexico State University Carlsbad Branch Community College into an independent community college to be known as "Southeast New Mexico College. It will transfer all functions, personnel, moneys, records, equipment, and property to the new college except for Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center.
HB222 Special Education Ombud Act Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -2 Yea The bill creates the Office of the Special Education "Ombud, " to provide confidential and impartial assistance in resolving grievances and disputes.
HB224 Community Action Board Changes Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 1 Yea The bill will remove the requirement for Community Action boards to have 15 members and removes the cap of 10 years total for board service. The Boards govern Community Action Agencies and administer block grants.
HB230 Real Estate Licensure Recovery Limits Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 -1 Yea The bill extends the time that a consumer can file a civil lawsuit against the Real Estate Commission from by a year to two years, and increases the amount that may be recovered from $10,000 to $50,000, and a cumulative total from $30,000 to $100,000. The bill adds “property management” to the list of transactions for which a consumer can sue a licensee of the REC. The bill was authored by the NM Real Estate Commission.
HB231 Native American Polling Place Protection Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill prohibits consolidation of polling locations on Indian lands with other non-native polling locations without the written agreement of the Indian nation, tribe or pueblo.. It requires that when registered voters cannot leave due to health concerns, regardless of whether voters reside outside the Indian nation that are able to access polling locations, at least one polling place must be located within the boundaries of the nation, tribe or pueblo.
HB234 Strengthen Guardianship Provider Oversight Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill creates a court visitors' pilot program to increase oversight of and monitor guardianship cases and makes various other requirements. It also requires consideration of less restrictive alternatives to guardianship.
HB235 Insurance Code Changes Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 1 Nay The bill increases the duties of the Superintendent of Insurance during states of emergency, including the ability to take action to ensure that residents have access to insurance, healthcare and other insurance-related needs during states of emergency. This includes allowing companies and individuals to use email as a method of document and information delivery, reinstatement of a company's expired certificate of authority, and other changes. at
HB239 Create Deputy Mine Inspector Position Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Abstain The bill changes the position of Associate State Mine Inspector to Deputy State Mine Inspector to align with the state constitution, and to be able to take on critical duties when there is a State Mine Inspector vacancy..
HB240 "contracting Hospital" Definition Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Yea The bill will change hospital definitions in state law in order to allow the mill levy taxes for the Valencia County hospital to be used for operating a 24-hour emergency health care facility licensed as a remote location of the hospital.
HB244 Ethics Commission & Sec. Of State Duties Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Abstain The bill revises the Campaign Reporting and various other related Acts to update the duties of the State Ethics Commission and Secretary of State. It imposes various fines on political action committees for filing to update reports with correct information. It also gives the SOS increased authority to waive or reduce fines for late filings of financial disclosure reports, and makes other changes.
HB245 Utility Distribution System Hardening Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill clarifies that conversion of overhead tap lines to underground service does not qualify to be included in a grid modernization project application, but that substations that are designed to reduce outages and distribution system disruption do qualify.
HB250 Long-term Care Dementia Training Requirements Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 1 Yea The bill requires Alzheimer's and Dementia care training at every long-term care facility licensed by the state, for every long-term care facility contractor, for each direct care staff member employed. It is estimated to cost approximately $250,000 a year.
HB255 Alcohol Deliveries Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -1 Absent The bill raises taxes b $22.4 million a year. It allows delivery beer and wine to customers at home, provides more flexibility for restaurants, gives tax deductions and fee waivers through 2026 to existing liquor licensees, allows the holder of a retailer's, dispenser's and various other license holders to apply for an alcoholic beverage delivery permit, which are not transferrable, creates new licenses, and makes various other changes.
HB261 Unm Data For Muni Incorporation Petitions Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 1 Yea The bill requires the University of New Mexico's (UNM) Geospatial and Population Studies Group to use population data in municipality incorporation petitions. it removes language requiring county commissioners to cover costs of a census, and requires them to include GPSG data showing the territory has a population density of at least one person per acre in an incorporation petition. The bill will save counties $20,000.
HB266 Special Education Teacher Licenses Senate Final Passage 03/20/2021 -1 Yea The bill creates another new level 1 alternative teaching license specifically for teaching students with disabilities, and allows anyone who holds a such a license to teach special eduction at that time is not required to apply for a new license.
HB269 Medical Record Disclosure Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -2 Nay The bill will allow the disclosure of an person's medical records to a provider, health care institution or health group purchaser for treatment, payment or health care operation activities, without the person's consent.
HB270 Autonomous Vehicles Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Nay The bill allows and sets requirements for testing driverless vehicles in New Mexico, prohibits government agencies from prohibiting operation of those vehicles in the state, and allows driver assisted platooning to follow closr than 300 feet on a roadway outside of a business or residential district
HB271 Deposit Of Certain Fees In Motor Trans Fund Senate Final Passage 03/16/2021 -1 Yea The bill will create a standard process for the Public Regulation Commission to administer the revenues generated from the federal Unified Carrier Registration Act and require the UCR fees to be deposited in the Motor Transportation Fee fund, and then in turn to the State Road Fund.
HB277 Public Retiree Beneficiary Designation Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow a retired Public Employment Retirement Association member to change the designation of a survivor beneficiary, which has previously been allowed only once and was non-revocable, unless the member became divorced.
HB278 Manufacturing Services Gross Receipts Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow a gross receipts tax deduction from the sale of manufacturing equipment if the buyer delivers a nontaxable transaction certificate to the seller. The bill will also allow a GRT deduction from selling or leasing certain equipment if the sale or lease is with a manufacturing business or service provider.
HB285 Capital Outlay Projects Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -1 Yea The bill will authorize spending $517.7 million on various capital outlay projects around the state.
HB287 Access To Culturally Appropriate Svcs. Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -1 Yea The bill requires the Public Education Department to create a task force to conduct an asset map and gap analysis of public school students' access to culturally appropriate social services in the state.
HB291 Increase Low Income Tax Credits Senate Final Passage 03/19/2021 -6 Yea This bill will give $100 million a year in low-income tax credits.
HB296 Capital Outlay Reauthorizations Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 -1 Yea The bill will re-authorize an unspent $57.9 million and the capital outlay projects for which the money was approved in previous years, including spaceport operations and other projects.
HB303 Unlawful Liquor License Inducements Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 1 Nay The bill makes it illegal for all parties involved for New Mexico liquor retailers to accept anything of substantial value from manufacturers or wholesalers that entices the retailer to buy or avoid any particular brand or kind of alcoholic beverage.
HJR1 Permanent Fund For Early Childhood, Ca Senate Final Passage 03/18/2021 -5 Nay The resolution will an option on the ballot in the next general election to change the state constitution and allow the spending of an additional $220 million a year from the Land Grant Permanent Fund on early childhood education.
SB1 Restaurant Gross Receipt Tax Deduction Senate Final Passage 02/10/2021 1 Yea The bill gives a $600 tax rebate to for certain taxpayers, and a gross receipts tax deduction for bars and restaurants, excluding fast food restaurants.
SB2 Waive 2021 Liquor License Fees Senate Final Passage 02/10/2021 1 Yea The bill would waive liquor license fees for approximately 3,800 license holders for the next year at an expected cost of $3.8 million.
SB3 Extend Small Business Recovery Act Senate Final Passage 02/10/2021 -3 Nay The bill will extend the Small Business Recovery Act in order to continue making interest free loans to businesses affected by the Covid-19 shutdown, and increase the maximum loan amount from $75,000 to $150,000. Businesses will no longer be required to have records demonstrating actual losses.
SB4 Redistricting Precinct Boundaries Senate Final Passage 02/18/2021 -1 Yea The bill creates explicit timelines for the creation or redrawing of election districts and adjusting the boundaries of precincts, allowing for adjustments to the release of nominating petitions following the redistricting process.
SB7 Driver's License Suspension Penalties Senate Final Passage 03/05/2021 2 Nay The bill will remove the Motor Vehicle Department's authority to report nonresident drivers to their state of residence for failing to appear or pay a penalty, or to suspend a nonresident's license for the same infractions in their home states, or tribal authorities. The bill also allows licenses suspending before July 1, 2021 to be reinstated.
SB8 Local Gov't Air Quality Regulations Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 -4 Nay The bill will allow state and local governments to adopt certain environmental regulations that are more stringent than federal regulations.
SB10 Allow Abortion Up to Birth Senate Final Passage 02/11/2021 -2 Nay To allow abortion up to birth and force doctors and other health care personnel to participate against their will in abortions by removing conscience protections. The bill will also repeal a pre-Roe v. Wade law that criminalizes abortion.
SB11 Clean Fuel Standard Act Senate Final Passage 03/11/2021 -6 Nay The bill will spend $1.6 million a year to create and implement the Clean Fuel Standards Act, requiring drastic reductions in CO2 emissions from vehicles.
SB12 Revised Uniform Law On Notarial Acts Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 1 Abstain This bill removes administration and enforcement of Notarial Acts from the Governor's office and the Regulation and Licensing Department and shifts it solely to the Secretary of State.  The bill incorporates new areas including electronic notaries and allowances, automatic notary authorizations, and who can be a notary.
SB15 Redistricting Committee Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -3 Absent The bill will create a joint interim legislative redistricting committee of eight members each from the House and Senate, with political Party representation proportional to the representation of seats in each chamber. The makes other requirements.
SB17 Family Income Index Act Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -3 Nay The bill will require calculating a family income index and deciding funds for schools based on that index, as well as make other requirements.
SB20 Transportation Project Fund Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -3 Yea The bill would redirect the 18 and 75 hundredths percent of the Motor Vehicle Excise Tax revenue from the Local Governments Fund to the Transportation Project Fund.
SB21 Retiree Health Care Act Senate Final Passage 02/24/2021 -1 Nay The bill raises the maximum age of a dependent child from 19 to 26, eliminates a Discount Prescription Drug Program that existed before Medicare Part D and Obamacare, and makes other changes.
SB23 Health Care Purchasing Act Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 -1 Yea The bill would increase regulation of health insurers by setting limits on cost sharing and coinsurance for chiropractic services, requiring them to be no higher than those on primary care services.
SB27 Preservation Of Housing Senate Final Passage 02/11/2021 -1 Yea The bill will allow the NM Housing Trust Fund to be used to provide rental and mortgage assistance, housing counseling, down payment assistance, home rehabilitation and weatherization, and programs to address homelessness.
SB29 Cost Of Photovoltaic Systems Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Nay The bill will allow public school capital outlay money nearly $3 million over the next three years on photovoltaic systems or other solar powered electric system for public schools.
SB32 Wildlife Conservation & Public Safety Act Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -3 Absent To make it illegal for anyone to use a trap or poison wildlife to capture, injure or kill an animal on public land, with certain exceptions, making violations a misdemeanor penalty. See also HB366 from 2019.
SB35 Minimum Wage For Secondary School Students Senate Final Passage 02/18/2021 -2 Nay The bill will require that high school students be paid the same minimum wage as adults, instead of 50 cents less for hour.
SB40 K-5 Plus & Extended Learning At All Schools Senate Final Passage 03/01/2021 1 Nay The bill will set a maximum number of instructional days a school with K-5th grade students must provide, allow a school to make a good faith effort to keep students with their regular teacher, require all students participate and remove requirement for evaluation of student progress K-5 Plus only.
SB42 Increase Ed Retirement Contributions Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -4 Nay The bill increases employer contributions to educators' retirement by 4% of salary over four years.
SB43 Funding Of Demolition Of Abandoned Schools Senate Final Passage 03/01/2021 1 Yea The bill authorizes the Public School Capital Outlay Council to enter into an agreement with the school district to fully fund the demolition of an abandoned school if the costs of continuing to insure an abandoned facility outweigh any potential benefit and there is no practical use for the abandoned facility without the expenditure of substantial renovation costs.
SB49 Uses Of Local Econ Development Funding Senate Final Passage 03/01/2021 -1 Yea The bill will allow local governments to spend up to 25% Local Economic Development funds to expand or recruit retail businesses if they are not financed with state government revenues.
SB50 Seed Cotton Transport Special Fuel Permits Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 1 Abstain The bill will require a new 60-day special fuel user permit for Seed Cotton Module Transport Vehicles for a fee of $250, instead of the current prepaid permit that includes a $5 temporary special fuel user permit for each day or each entry/exit into NM. The bill will exempt the vehicles from other taxes and fees.
SB51 Charter School Enrollment Preference Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 1 Yea The bill would would allow charter schools to give enrollment preferences to children of employees of the school, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, in addition to returning students and siblings of enrolled students.
SB52 Extended Unemployment Benefits Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 -2 Yea The bill will allow the state to extend unemployment payments seven additional weeks during periods of high unemployment, in order to be eligible for more federal money.
SB54 Public Schools Facilities Authority Functions Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 1 Nay The bill limits the Public School Capital Outlay Act limits Public School Facilities Authority's operating budget to 5 percent of the prior five years of award, rather than the current three-year average.
SB59 Reserve Funds' Transfers Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 2 Nay The bill raises the cap on the operating reserve fund from eight percent to 15 percent, and requires any excess oil and gas emergency school tax revenues above he five-year rolling average to be distributed to the operating reserve first until the 15% is met, and then to the tax stabilization reserve.
SB61 Rural Primary Care Clinician Loan Repayment Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 -2 Abstain The bill will create a loan repayment program to give awards to primary care organizations in rural areas for hiring various health care providers.
SB64 Local Government Investment Flexibility Senate Final Passage 02/24/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow counties and towns to invest in certificate of deposit account placement services, rather than just account registry services.
SB66 Permitted Percentage Rates For Loans Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 -4 Nay The bill reduces the maximum annual percentage rate of interest allowed for loans from 175% to 36%, or possibly higher if the prime rate is above 10% for three months. It increases the maximum covered loan amount from $5,000 to $10,000, and makes other requirements.
SB70 Public Project Revolving Fund Appropriations Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -2 Yea The bill authorizes spending $11.3 million from the Public Project Revolving Fund to various other funds as matching dollars to get federal money.  
SB71 Patients' Debt Collection Protection Act Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 -1 Abstain The bill requires healthcare pricing transparency (previously enacted by President Trump), requires health care providers to screen patients for assistance eligibility, prohibits collection of healthcare debt from indigent patients, and makes other requirements.
SB72 Electric Generation Project Requirements Senate Final Passage 03/05/2021 2 Yea The bill makes it a fourth degree felony to abandon a child with a disability, and a first degree felony if there is great bodily harm. It also makes it a second degree felony to abuse such a child.
SB75 State Agency Disclosure Of Sensitive Info Senate Final Passage 03/01/2021 1 Nay The bill will change the Governmental Conduct Act to protect sensitive personal information,  specifically  status as a recipient of public assistance or as a crime victim,   sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, immigration status, national origin or religion,  and  social security number or individual tax identification number.   
SB77 Two Plus Two Pilot Project Senate Final Passage 03/04/2021 -2 Yea The bill will create, at unknown cost, a six-year pilot project to help students transition from community college to university and measure student outcomes.
SB80 No School Discrimination For Hair Senate Final Passage 03/11/2021 1 Abstain The bill will prohibit schools from discipline or discrimination against a student based on race, culture, hairstyle or cultural headdress.
SB82 Expand Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force Senate Final Passage 03/11/2021 -2 Nay The bill will authorize spending $500,000 a year on expansion of the membership and scope of the Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force. This will include review and evaluation of fedeal license applications for privately operated disposal facilities.
SB84 Community Solar Act Senate Final Passage 03/04/2021 -4 Nay The bill would allow for the development of subscriber-owned solar electric generating facilities in the service areas of investor-owned utilities, with a public utility acquiring the energy output and giving bill credits to the subscribing customers.
SB88 Public Project Revolving Fund Projects Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -3 Yea To authorize the NM Finance Authority, which has $1.7 billion in outstanding loans, to loan money to 146 separate state and local entities at subsidized below market interest rates.
SB90 Count Police and Fire Overtime in Pension Calculations Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Abstain The bill will increase unfunded liability by at least 32.4 million by including law enforcement and fire protection employee overtime in calculating pensions.
SB93 Broadband Access & Expansion Act Senate Final Passage 03/03/2021 -1 Yea The bill authorize spending $950,000 on a new Office of Broadband Access and Expansion with a director, to develop a three-year statewide broadband plan by January 1, 2022.
SB94 Student Athlete Endorsement Act Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow college athletes to cash in on their name, image and likeness (NIL) by allowing promotions and third party endorsements. SB91 and prohibit post-secondary institutions from interfering with the student athlete's ability to be compensated for playing an intercollegiate sport; to earn compensation from the use of name, image, likeness (NIL).
SB96 Maternal Mortality Case Reviews Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 -1 Yea The bill changes the name of the Maternal Mortality and Severe Maternal Morbidity Review Committee to the Maternal Mortality Committee, increases the number of members on the committee from 25 to 32, and makes various other changes to the committee.
SB98 Economic Development Incentive Reports Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -1 Absent The bill will require businesses that receive government funding to give specific information related to employment, salaries and capital investments in the previous calendar year to the state Economic Development Department. It will also require the secretary of the Taxation and Revenue Dept. to compile and present a tax expenditure budget annually.
SB99 Tax Exempt Organization Audits Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 1 Yea The bill requires charitable organizations with revenues of $750,000 or more, instead of $500,000, to have an annual independent audit by a certified public accountant.
SB102 Daylight Saving Time Senate Final Passage 03/05/2021 1 Yea The bill would allow New Mexico to stay on daylight savings time year-round, when a federal law is changed to allow it.
SB103 Restricting Use Of Neonicotinoid Pesticide Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Absent The bill will prohibit the sue of 140 kinds of a new class of insecticides chemically related to nicotine.
SB106 Surety Bond For Driver Education School Senate Final Passage 03/04/2021 -1 Yea The bill raises the surety bond that must be posted by driver education schools from $5,000 to $15,000, in order to adequately compensate students for the loss of schools fees on closure of a school.
SB111 Hire Of Nm Licensed Surveyor And Attorney Senate Final Passage 03/03/2021 -1 Nay The bill authorizes spending $100,000 a year to hire a professional surveyor and a property law attorney to help land grants in defining and defending their common lands.
SB112 Create the Sustainable Economy Task Force Senate Final Passage 03/03/2021 -5 Nay The bill will authorize spending $100,000 a year on creating the Sustainable Economy Task Force, to develop a plan to replace the oil and gas industry as the state's primary source of revenue.
SB114 Medical And Geriatric Parole Procedure Senate Final Passage 02/24/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow certain inmates who have not finished serving their sentence to be considered for parole if they meet a variety of conditions, including are aged 55 or older, suffer from a debilitating illness, is permanently physically incapacitated, or terminally ill.
SB121 State Transportation Bonds For Projects Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 -4 Yea The bill will authorize the New Mexico Finance Authority to issue transportation project bonds up to $234.6 million after July 1, 2021, causing the NMFA's total bonding capacity to be reached.
SB122 Prohibit Use of Insignias by Nonpharmacies Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 -1 Yea The bill prohibits businesses that are not licensed as a pharmacy to use any kind of insignia, words or other devise to make the public think it is a pharmacy, but does not define any of these terms.
SB123 "health Care Practitioner" Definition Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 1 Absent The bill will correct an omission by adding physician assistants and pharmacists to those health care practitioners who are exempted from non-compete clauses.
SB124 Pharmacy Claim Insurance Payment & Process Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -1 Yea The bill expands regulation of health plans by shortening the time frame of reimbursement from health plans to pharmacies from 30 days to 14 days after receipt of electronic claims, improving their cash flow.
SB127 Family Representation & Advocacy Act Senate Final Passage 03/11/2021 -1 Nay The bill will create the Office of Family Representation and Advocacy, an independent office for the representation of children and families in abuse and neglect matters, instead of the 100+ attorneys under contract with the Administrative Office of the Courts. It will also create an oversight commission. The bill is suggested by a 2019 task force and SJR11 is contingent upon passage.
SB129 Amending Work And Save Act Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 1 Nay The bill extends the timeline for the state to implement the retirement plan marketplace and the Work and Save IRA program until July 1, 2024, as part of the bill that passed in 2020.
SB131 Discretionary School Funding Program Units Senate Final Passage 02/24/2021 1 Yea The bill clarifies that the Public School Capital Improvements Act state match calculation refers to prior year final funded program units. The bill also eliminates from the state match calculation units generated for discretionary public school programs..
SB133 Rural Air Service Enhancement Act Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -1 Nay The bill will create a new aviation grant program within the state Dept. of Transportation to give financial assistance to regional air service providers in rural communities through a grant program.
SB135 Opportunity Scholarship Act Senate Final Passage 03/17/2021 -2 Nay The bill will authorize spending of $30 million and create the Opportunity Scholarship Fund for two-year scholarships for students enrolled in programs for an associates degree. The bill also creates a new category of scholarship recipients who previously received the Lottery Scholarship in two or more semesters and meet various requirements.
SB137 Nmfa Water Projects Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 1 Yea The bill authorizes the New Mexico Finance Authority to make loans or grans for 37 projects from the water project fund.
SB140 Child Support Changes Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow the courts to assess retroactive child support payments that are behind, fees and other expenses for a longer retroactive period when it is shown than an action to establish paternity couldn't have been brought before the court sooner, and make other changes. The bill also seeks to correct guidelines by increasing amounts for higher-income noncustodial parents while making the amounts for the lowest income more affordable.
SB144 Remote Education Technology Infrastructure Senate Final Passage 02/18/2021 -1 Nay The bill authorizes spending $7.5 million a year, in addition to an additional $110 million in other bills for the same purpose, on broadband network for education, including student connectivity, school bus connectivity, and internet connectivity at school district buildings and any network project the Public School Capital Outlay Council deems necessary, for remote learning. The bill sets a $10 million a year cap.
SB145 Agency Sunset Dates Senate Final Passage 02/24/2021 -2 Yea The bill extends the expiration date for numerous state boards and commissions from July 1, 2022 to July 1, 2027.
SB146 State Defense Force Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -1 Yea The bill reorganizes the NM National Guard and State Defense Force command and control structure, revises the NM Military Code, establishes an Adjutant General, gives the governor greater ability to order out the state militia for actual or anticipated major disasters, and make other changes.
SB148 Diversity Commission Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Absent Originally with a $200,000 a year appropriation, the bill creates another commission on education. The Commission on Diversity, Equity and Excellence in Education, would be required to develop a longterm plan to transform public education in the state.
SB152 Continuing Care Aging Contracts Senate Final Passage 03/05/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow the five professional members of the NM Chiropractic board to be appointed from the public at large, changes the board position of "secretary-treasurer" to vice chair, and provides for temporary licensure under certain circumstances, including federal declared disasters.
SB160 Judicial Candidates In Voter Action Act Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -1 Absent The bill removes candidates for the Public Regulation Commission from the Voter Action Act, which provides for public campaign funds, and adds candidates for district judge.
SB181 Payment Flexibility For Court Convictions Senate Final Passage 03/01/2021 -2 Nay The bill requires courts to allow fines, fees and costs to be paid in installments, allows job training, schooling or participation unsocial or rehabilitation programs to count as community service toward fine reimbursement, reduces jail time for repayment of court costs, and makes other changes.
SB183 Uniform Collateral Consequences Of Conviction Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 1 Yea The bill provides for notice to criminal defendants of possible collateral consequences (inability to get a job, deportation, education , public benefits, owning a gun, occupational licensing, etc.) of entering a plea of guilty or no contest, and provides a process for those consequences to be removed,
SB186 Transfer Certain Dps Duties To Dot Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 1 Abstain The bill transfers certain port of entry and other responsibilities from the Dept. of Public Safety to the Dept. of Transportation, allows only a special fuel user whose vehicle isn't registered with DOT to acquire a temporary special fuel or border crossing user permit from Taxation and Revenue, makes it a violation to act as temporary special fuel user without a valid permit, and makes other changes.
SB187 Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 -3 Yea The bill diverts 50% of moneys for the Tobacco Settlement Permanent Fund to the Tobacco Settle Program Fund for 2022, to be available for spending.
SB190 Dev Disabilities Planning Council Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -1 Yea The bill changes the name and duties of the Developmental Disabilities Planning Council to more closely align with federal requirements, resulting in less work for the department to comply. It also requires a "comprehensive review and analysis" of services for those with developmental disabilities and requires the Council be comprised at least 60% of those with developmental disabilities.
SB192 Law Enforcement Disclosure Of Evidence Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 -2 Nay The bill requires law enforcement agencies and police officers to disclose to prosecution any evidence favorable to the accused in a criminal case, including "discrimination or bias against a protected class, bias in favor of or against a participant in the proceeding" and criminal charges and convictions. It allows suspension or revocation of an officer's certification for violations, and makes other requirements.
SB193 Rural Equity Ombudsman Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Absent The bill creates a new position of "rural equity ombud" to work on issues of concern to rural communities with local, state and federal municipalities, agencies and departments, at a cost of $95,000 a year.
SB196 Children's Code Reform Task Force Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Absent The bill would authorize spending approximately $500,000 on a new Children's Court Improvement Commission to study and make recommendations to reform the Children's Code in state law, and request input and appoint members from 40 different state departments, commissions, tribes, courts and other entities.
SB200 Teledentistry Definition Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 1 Nay The bill expands the definition of teledentistry to allow dentists to diagnose patients remotely, which will be helpful to patients in rural areas and areas where there is a shortage of dentists.
SB202 Alternate Business Entity Names Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 1 Absent The bill requires businesses doing business in New Mexico to not only register their official corporate name, but any Doing Business As name it will use in the state as well. It requires the articles of incorporation of a nonprofit, business or foreign corporation must contain the name under which the corporation transacts business, and any alternate name.
SB204 Rural Telecommunications Act Senate Final Passage 03/02/2021 -1 Yea The bill expands the telecommunications companies eligible to receive grants fromthe state rural universal service fund, financed through surcharges on telecommunications customers' bills.
SB210 Ethnic Studies Education Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -4 Absent The bill creates an Ethnic Studies Council, at unknown cost, and requires students in kindergarten through 12th grade be taught "appropriate instruction' on ethnic studies. It also changes high school graduation requirements to require four units in social science with 1/2 being ethnic studies, and reduces elective requirements to seven units.
SB213 Prohibit Gay Or Trans Panic Defense Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Yea The bill will prohibit defendants from using a defense known as "gay panic" as an excuse for a violent or threatening response to being propositioned by a gay, bisexual or transgender person.
SB218 Uniform Division Of Income For Tax Purposes Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 -1 Absent The bill will require taxpayers to pay corporate income tax based on current state law instead of via the model in the Multistate Tax Compact, based on their delivering services or intangibles to a customer in the state or if they are used in New Mexico, instead of allowing the taxpayer to choose which model they want to use.
SB219 No Citizenship Proof For Occupational License Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 1 Absent The bill will remove proof of residency requirements for certain occupations and professions and allows submission of an individual taxpayer identification number as an alternative to a social security number for certain licenses and permits.
SB220 Exceptions For Body Cameras Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Yea The bill creates exceptions to the requirements for law enforcement officers to wear body cameras and record their activities while responding to calls for service. Officers would not be required to record death notifications or undercover operations sanctioned in advance by a law enforcement agency or explosive recovery. it also makes requirements for requesting camera footage
SB222 Health Info System Definitions Senate Final Passage 03/05/2021 1 Nay The bill changes definitions of "aggregate data" and "record-level data" to allow the Department of Health to release data that is grouped by specific healthcare providers or hospitals.
SB223 Cigarette Tax Distributions Senate Final Passage 03/04/2021 1 Yea The bill will authorize the NM Finance Authority to issue an additional $22 million in cigarette tax revenue bonds for completing the final phase 2 expansion at the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center. It will also allow the Center to continue receiving cigarette tax revenues after bonds are fully defeased.
SB229 Healthy Food Financing Act Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 -1 Nay The bill creates a new five-member advisory board and create a new program , at a cost of $100,000 a year, to loan money to eligible businesses and nonprofit projects.
SB230 Institutional Racism In State Agencies Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -1 Nay The bill, authored by the NM Real Estate Commission, will make it easier for consumers who have been harmed by the fraudulent actions of a real estate broker to receive financial compensation. It also increases the amount that may be recoveed from $10,000 to $50,000., and makes other changes.
SB234 Lottery For Home School Students Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Yea The bill expands the number of students eligible for the NM Lottery Scholarship by including students who "completed home-based or non-public school primary education programs." The bill strikes the eligibility category of students who attended "accredited private NM high schools, presumably because they would qualify under the expanded "non-public school primary education" category.
SB236 Independent Carlsbad Community College Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 2 Absent The bill will reorganize New Mexico State University's Carlsbad branch campus as an independent community college called Southeast New Mexico College, which would free up approximately $4.5 million a year in state money.
SB242 Citizen Substitute Care Review Senate Final Passage 03/15/2021 1 Yea The bill makes various changes to the Citizen Substitute Care Review Act, which is part of the Abuse and Neglect Act. These include requiring that state law must comply with the federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act; requires the study of policies and procedures instead of individual children, allows the Attorney General to advise, establishes a grievance procedure, and makes other changes.
SB244 Immunizations Detrimental To Some Children Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 1 Abstain The bill will allow certified nurse practitioners, in addition to physicians as being able to certify children for medical exemptions from vaccines.
SB247 Juvenile Life Sentences W/out Parole Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 1 Abstain The bill prohibits minors from being sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, and sets parole time frames for "youthful offenders" and "serious youthful offenders" between 14 and 18 years old.
SB256 Fire Protection Fund Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Abstain The bill will require that 100%, instead of 40.2%, of projected remaining balances in the Fire Protection Fund, be distributed to the Fire Protection Grant Fund. It would also require that any residual balances at the end of the fiscal year to go into the general fund. The Fire Protection Grant Council would be required to develop criteria for assessing the critical needs of recruiting and retention programs for volunteer fire fighters, and allow stipends for some volunteer firefighters.
SB265 County Jurisdiction Over Traffic Citations Senate Final Passage 03/09/2021 1 Absent The bill would remove law enforcement officers' discretion in choosing the magistrate court in which to file a traffic case, and give the defendant complete discretion in choosing the venue.
SB266 Stagger Certain Judicial Terms Senate Final Passage 02/24/2021 1 Yea The bill staggers the terms of District Judges and Metropolitan Court Judges as per the Constitutional Amendment passed in the November 2020 election.
SB271 Purple Star Public School Program Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Abstain The bill would spend $75,000 on a new "purple star public schools program" to honor schools that work to welcome and recognize military families and ease their children's transition into a new school.
SB272 Military Family Early School Enrollment Senate Final Passage 03/03/2021 1 Yea The bill will prioritize enrollment for children of military families who will be attending public school and allow those families that will be relocating to a military base in New Mexico to enroll their children in public school prior to their actual physical presence in the school district. The bill will also require school districts or charter schools to accept electronic application for enrollment, and makes other requirements.
SB273 Definition Of Rural Library Senate Final Passage 02/25/2021 -1 Yea The bill redefines "rural library" as those in areas with 3,000 people or fewer, based on the most recent federal census, making them eligible to receive grants from the state.
SB276 Regional Hazmat Response Volunteer Teams Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 -1 Abstain The bill will incorporate viral diseases into the definition of hazardous substances, allowing state employees to assist state and local governments in accident response. It changes the requirement for each responsible state agency from having one designated person knowledgeable in the area of hazardous materials accident response to having one designated person knowledgeable in accident response, and make other changes.
SB279 Osteopathic Medicine Changes Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 1 Yea The bill repeals the Osteopathic Medicine Act and transfers the authority to regulate the professional licensing and practice of osteopathic physicians and osteopathic physician assistants to the New Mexico Medical Board, and makes other changes.
SB281 Contract Renegotiations For Some Businesses Senate Final Passage 03/11/2021 1 Yea The bill allows companies who have agreements with the state for projects receiving Local Economic Development funds to renegotiate the terms of their agreements by December 31, 2021, under certain circumstances, particularly due to Covid-19.
SB285 Emergency Mental Health Evaluations Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 1 Nay The bill will allow peace officers, instead of transporting persons to emergency mental health evaluations themselves, to have those persons transported by Emergency Medical Technicians or Responders, upon their consent.
SB286 Emergency Congressional Election Procedure Senate Final Passage 02/19/2021 -2 Yea The bill will authorize spending $3.5 million and sets the requirements for the 2021 special election to fill the Congressional District One vacancy. it allows County Clerks to request a waiver from the Secretary of State to operate as all-mail ballot elections.
SB289 Special Ed Division Of Ed Dept. Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -1 Nay The bill will authorize spending $1 million on more professional development for teachers and other school personnel who work with special education students, including gifted students.
SB294 Marriage License & Certificate Fees Senate Final Passage 03/15/2021 -1 Nay The bill will increase the fee for marriage licenses from $25 to $50.
SB299 Mobility Limitation License Plate Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 1 Yea The bill will require the Motor Vehicle Devision to have a special registration plate designed and issued for those who qualify for a significant mobility limitation, that may be purchased for an additional $10 fee.
SB303 Change Ed Retirement Board Membership Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -4 Absent The bill will increase the membership of the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board from seven to nine, adding a member from the American Federation of Teachers, and someone from the NM Higher Education Department.
SB304 Voting District Geographic Data Senate Final Passage 03/05/2021 1 Nay The bill will require the Secretary of State to collect and make available to the public, all geographic information system data for all voting districts in the state.
SB315 Public Safety Officer Retirement Senate Final Passage 03/11/2021 -1 Yea The bill expands the Public Employees Retirement program to include as "state police members" those who were officers of the former motor transportation division certified and commissioned before June 30, 2015, and employees of the defunct special investigations division of the Department of Public Safety.
SB316 Gender & Orientation Data Collection Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -1 Abstain The bill will require 12 agencies to collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation and gender identity when otherwise collecting other demographic data, as part of federal programs or surveys. The bill will require the agencies report the data to the Legislature and make it publicly available in accord with state and federal law, except for personally identifying and other legally protected information.
SB317 No Behavioral Health Cost Sharing Senate Final Passage 03/15/2021 -4 Nay The bill prohibits certain health insurance coverages from requiring copayments, deductibles and coinsurance for members who receive behavioral health servics between January 1, 2022 until January 1, 2027, at a cost of approximately $1.7 million a year. It raises the health insurance premium surtax from 1% to 3.75% and creates the "health care affordability fund" for those who are uninsured.
SB325 Dept. Of Trans Collection Of Damages Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Yea The bill includes traffic control and safety devices in the list of public roadway infrastructure protected under state law. It also makes the owner and operator of a vehicle, truck, tractor or engine that causes damage to any public highway road, bridge, sign or other device or structure liable for the actual damage caused. It allows the Dept. of Transportation to enter settlement agreements for damages.
SB328 Water & Sanitation Gross Receipts Senate Final Passage 03/12/2021 -1 Nay The bill allows the water and sanitation gross receipts tax to be imposed for longer than six years from the date it went into effect.
SB340 Medical Marijuana Changes Senate Final Passage 03/15/2021 1 Yea The bill will allow those who are not residents of New Mexico but have proof of enrollment in a medical cannabis program of another state or New Mexico Indian tribe or pueblo to buy medical marijuana.
SB341 Leg. Approp For Comm Schools Fund Senate Final Passage 03/04/2021 1 Yea The bill would transfer authority over the Community Schools fund from the Public Education Department to the Legislature.
SB345 Per Diem & Mileage Act Changes Senate Final Passage 03/15/2021 -1 Yea The bill removes limits for per diem and mileage reimbursement for nonsalaried government officers, such as legislators, and allows the Dept. of Finance and Administration to set new rates each year. It also allows them to get per diem reimbursement even if they only attend meetings digitally from home, without physically attending the meeting.
SB365 Adjustable Rate Mortgage Changes Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 1 Abstain The bill changes the maximum frequency of interest rate and payment changes for adjustable rate mortgages from annually to once every six months and the limit of those adjustments from two percent each to one percent each.
SB367 Constitutional Revision Commission Senate Final Passage 03/04/2021 -1 Nay The bill authorizes spending $150,000 to create a Constitutional Revision Commission, to study the state constitution and make recommendations for changing it to the Legislature.
SB375 Officer Training & Certification Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Absent The bill increases benefits for survivors of police officers from $250,000 to $400,000, creates a new Law Enforcement Certification Board, distributes $6 million to the Dept. of Public Safety for implementing the Law Enforcement Training Act, makes new training requirements and removes oversight of officer certification and misconduct from the Law Enforcement Academy Board and gives it to the new board.
SB377 General Appropriations & Expenditures Senate Final Passage 03/01/2021 -2 Yea The bill authorizes spending approximately an additional $257.5 million, most of it in annual spending, on broadband, unemployment benefits, native language programs and various items.
SB387 Segregated Bank Account Senate Final Passage 03/10/2021 -1 Abstain The bill expands adds conditions for exempting certain campaign contributions from reporting requirements, requiring they be deposited into a separate bank account.
SB439 Legislative Staff One-Time Compensation Senate Final Passage 03/14/2021 -1 Yea The bill will provide a one-time payment of $300 for every legislative permanent, session and contract staffer who has been working in the state capitol during the public health emergency.
SB440 Statewide Economic Development Finance Act Senate Final Passage 03/08/2021 -1 Absent The bill expands eligibility for entities that can receive financial assistance in various ways, and allows the NM Finance Authority to provide financing assistance from the economic development revolving fund for projects. The bill allows greater latitude in spending federal money should it become available.
SJM2 Federal Gov't Payments In Lieu Of Taxes Senate Final Passage 03/13/2021 1 Yea The memorial requests the federal government to base federal payments in lieu of taxes to local governments for nontaxable federal lands within the boundaries of those jurisdictions, on a full property tax equivalency basis, as was committed to at the beginning of the program.
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