Legislator
State Representative
Eliseo Alcon
(D) - New Mexico
New Mexico House District 06
Out of Office
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Vote Record By Category
| Category | Vote Index | Total Score |
|---|---|---|
| Alcohol and Tobacco | 75 |
2
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| Agriculture | 60 |
1
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| Military and Veterans | 60 |
1
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| Law Enforcement | 57 |
1
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| Regulations and Licensing | 51 |
1
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| Housing | 100 |
1
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| Native Americans | 50 |
0
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| Courts | 50 |
0
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| Criminal Law | 50 |
0
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| Controlled Subsctances | 0 |
-1
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| Pensions | 33 |
-2
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| Privacy Rights | 25 |
-2
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| Transparency | 36 |
-3
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| Constitution | 0 |
-3
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| Economy | 0 |
-4
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| Transportation | 33 |
-4
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| Civil Law | 0 |
-4
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| Elections | 18 |
-7
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| Health Care | 35 |
-7
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| Water | 17 |
-8
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| Property Rights | 0 |
-8
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| Environment | 20 |
-9
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| Energy | 14 |
-10
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| Children | 29 |
-10
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| Labor | 0 |
-14
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| Business | 29 |
-18
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| Taxes | 20 |
-21
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| Local Government | 12 |
-25
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| Education | 22 |
-35
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| Budget | 13 |
-48
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| State Government | 10 |
-56
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| All Bills | 27 |
-179
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Rated Bill Votes
| Bill | Bill Name | Motion | Vote Date | Rating | Vote | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1 | Fund State Legislative Session | House 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 | House Final Passage | 02/24/2021 | -6 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | -5 | Yea | 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. |
| HB5 | Revise Electric Facility Authority Board | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will make various changes to the authority board of electric generating facility economic districts, including allowing the governor to appoint three additional members. |
| HB6 | State Equalization Guarantee Distributions | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -2 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill spend $200 million on grants from the Severance Tax Permanent Fund to certain businesses impacted by the Covid-19 shutdown |
| HB12 | Create Cannabis Regulation Act | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | 4 | Yea | The bill will authorize $1.2 million a year in spending, create the Cannabis Regulation Act, and impose a total of 16% tax and regulations on commercial and medical cannabis. It is a $49 million a year tax increase. |
| HB14 | Create Grants Administration Act | House Final Passage | 03/05/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill authorizes spending $1.5 million a year and crates the Grant Opportunities Act and Council to identify where to give grants to tribal and other governments. |
| HB15 | Expand Sustainable Building Tax Credit | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill authorizes spending $3.6 million over two years subsidizing the LEED green building industry by expanding the Sustainable Building Tax Credit. |
| HB16 | Create Rural Opportunities Interim Committee | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill creates the interim Rural Opportunity Committee to study barriers to economic and educational opportunities in rural New Mexico and develop a long-term plan to address rural needs. |
| HB20 | Require Paid Sick Leave in Public Health Shutdowns of Businesses | House Final Passage | 02/28/2021 | -8 | Yea | 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. |
| HB21 | Increase Regulation of and Payments by Employers | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | -3 | Yea | This bill will require employers who work on public works projects to make payments to approved training programs or the state public works apprentice and training fund, regulated by the Labor Relations division. |
| HB22 | Allow Non-citizen College Students Paid Professional Leave Scholarships | House Final Passage | 02/19/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | -1 | Yea | This bill would no longer limit the direction of Legislative Education Study Committee to high schools, and would remove other restrictions. |
| HB27 | Create Crime Of Hazing | House Final Passage | 02/28/2021 | -1 | Yea | This bill would make it a misdemeanor for a student to act in a way that endangers the physical or mental health of another student as part of acceptance into a student organization, without mentioning specific guidelines as to what kind of actions those would be. |
| HB28 | Change Legal Definition of Telecommunications "Cramming" | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill would revise the legal definition of the crime of "cramming" as it relates to telecommunications services to mean the charging of a customer for goods or services that were not telecommunications services and not authorized by the customer. |
| HB29 | No School Discrimination For Hair | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB33 | Expand Authority of the NM Livestock Board Director | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -1 | Yea | To give the director of the New Mexico Livestock Board more leeway in hiring inspectors and setting rules for the use of serums and vaccines. |
| HB34 | Podiatric Svc. Cost Sharing Limits | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | -2 | Yea | To expand regulation of the insurance companies by prohibiting insurers from charing a specialist copay for podiatric services. |
| HB35 | Independent Role For Nurse Anesthetists | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | 1 | Yea | This bill would allow certified registered nurse anesthetists to work in an independent role or with other health care providers at a health care facility. |
| HB36 | Increase Property Exemptions in Financial Judgments | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will significantly increase and expand the amount and kinds of property and financial interests that could not be taken from a person in a bankruptcy, foreclosure, or other financial judgments |
| HB41 | Expand the Number of Land Grants | House Final Passage | 02/19/2021 | -2 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -4 | Yea | 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. |
| HB46 | Injectable Opioid Treatment Study | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill would give the University of New Mexico $150,000 for a study of an injectable opioid treatment program, with no requirements for reporting of results. |
| HB51 | Create Environmental Database | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | -3 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will create a 15-member Bilingual Multicultural Advisory Council to advise the public education system. |
| HB54 | Decrease Regulations for Barbers and Cosmetologists | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | 3 | Yea | The bill attach the Board of Barbers and Cosmetologists administratively to the Regulation and Licensing Department, and decrease regulations for barbers and cosmetologists. |
| HB55 | Require Publication of Capital Outlay Spending | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | 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. |
| HB56 | Sex Offender & Human Trafficking Changes | House Final Passage | 02/22/2021 | -3 | Yea | The bill will expand convictions considered sex offenses, impose stricter penalties for convictions of human trafficking, lift certain statutes of limitations, and expand the definition of human trafficking to include commercial sexual activity. |
| HB57 | Prescribed Burning Act | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | 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. |
| HB60 | Restrict Sales of Motor Vehicles | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will prohibit the sale of more than four vehicles ayear by anyone who is not a licensed motor vehicle dealer. The bill will also require anyone who sells a vehicle to possess the title and registration, and make other restrictions. |
| HB67 | Create Primary Care Council and Act | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 02/19/2021 | 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. |
| HB74 | Felon Voting Rights Changes | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill will allow convicted felons to vote once they are no longer incarcerated, and require the state to proactively register inmates to vote prior to release. A person's voter registration would not be canceled once the person is convicted.The language of the bill would allow escaped inmates to vote. |
| HB75 | Medical Malpractice Definitions | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/05/2021 | -4 | Yea | To expand the causes for which the Environmental Improvement Board may deny or revoke permits. |
| HB82 | Create "Historically Underutilized Business" Designation | House Final Passage | 02/22/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will give preference to certain businesses by the state by allowing those with fewer than 50 employees and $5 million in revenue for three previous years to apply for a certificate for a "historically underused business" designation. |
| HB83 | Decrease High School Graduation Requirements | House Final Passage | 02/22/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill will significantly reduce the the number of math, history and other course credits high school students need to graduate high school. It would also remove the state graduation exam. |
| HB89 | Healthy Soil Tax Refund Contribution Option | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | -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. |
| HB90 | Tax Penalties & Remedies | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will require the state to approve tax credit applications within 120 days instead of 180 and provide a hold-harmless protection for the taxpayer, prohibits the use of sales suppression software and allows the start to pursue prosecutions, and limits options for appealing denials of tax credits. |
| HB91 | Increase Metro Court Mediation Fee Max | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will raise the maximum mediation fee that metro courts may charge for small claims and criminal actions from $5.00 to $15.00. |
| HB92 | Safe Drinking Water Testing Fund | House Final Passage | 02/19/2021 | -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. |
| HB93 | Limit Out-of-school Suspensions | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | 1 | Yea | To restrict schools and charter schools from expelling or suspending a student except as a last resort, after numerous other measures have been exhausted and numerous factors, such as homelessness and foster care placement, have been considered. |
| HB96 | Exclude Criminal Records When Considering Employment Applicants | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill prohibit certain convictions from disqualifying applicants for government employment or for licensure in a trade or profession, unless the arrest or conviction is "recent enough and sufficiently job-related" to predict performance in the job. |
| HB98 | Omnibus Tax Bill | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/22/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -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. |
| HB107 | Expand Regulation of Insurers with Prescriptions | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will require health insurers to allow local community pharmacies to fill prescriptions that would otherwise be required to be filled at insurer-chosen mail-order pharmacies. |
| HB108 | Solid Waste Management Fee Schedule | House Final Passage | 03/09/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will remove the $10,000 cap on permit fees for solid waste management companies and instead require that the fees increase each year by the percentage of the consumer price index published by the federal Department of Labor. |
| HB111 | Expand Regulations of Property Owners | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill will create a state housing council and spend $2 million a year to enforce new violations of property rights and expanded regulations of property owners, These include caps on late fees, prohibiting "discrimination" based on sources of income, and others. |
| HB112 | Require Free Health Care for All Non-citizens | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | -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. |
| HB113 | No Discrimination Based On Military Status | House Final Passage | 02/11/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill would prohibit discrimination against veterans and other members of the military by including them in the New Mexico Human Rights Act. |
| HB114 | Habitual Offender Judicial Flexibility | House Final Passage | 02/28/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will give judges more flexibility in sentencing habitual offenders and others convicted of a noncapital felony, including simple possession, and allow them to choose whether to increase an offender's sentence. |
| HB119 | Traffic Ticket Payments | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will require all traffic citations to be filed with the court instead of dividing citations between the courts and Motor Vehicle Division, and will no longer require drivers to decide at the time of the traffic stop whether they want to pay the citation or go to court. |
| HB120 | Military Spouse Expedited Licensure | House Final Passage | 02/22/2021 | 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. |
| HB122 | Health Insurance Premium Surtax | House Final Passage | 03/08/2021 | -5 | Yea | The bill increases taxes on health insurance carriers, raising the premium surtax by 2.75% to 3.75% of gross health insurance premiums, in order to create a new Health Care Affordability Fund. This will bring the total tax on insurance premiums to 6.753%, which is the second highest rate in the nation. This bill is a $153 million a year tax increase. |
| HB123 | Limited Immunity For Overdose Programs | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | -3 | Yea | The bill will allow counties and towns to adopt ordinances to provide "a safe and hygienic space supervised by train staff" where people can consume drugs without overdosing, and grant immunity for those who use such facilities. |
| HB125 | Behavioral Health Practitioner Changes | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | 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. |
| HB127 | Homeless Youth Id Cards | House Final Passage | 02/19/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will allow unaccompanied homeless youths age 25 and younger to apply for and receive free of charge a REAL-ID compliant identification card without the signature of an adult. |
| HB128 | School Personnel Background & Training | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/28/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB131 | Asst. Secretary Of Hispanic Education | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will require creation of an assistant secretary of Hispanic education position at the Higher Education Department and replaces the current Hispanic education liaison position at the Public Education Dept. with an assistant secretary of Hispanic Education, and makes other requirements with no funding appropriation. |
| HB138 | Spend $3 million More on Fine Arts Education | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will increase the fine arts education portion of the public school funding formula and authorize spending $3 million more per year, without any money appropriated. |
| HB141 | Ed Infrastructure Technology Definition | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will allow the Public School Capital Outlay Council to make awards to school districts and charter schools for remote learning technology using a $10 million annual amount set aside for the broadband deficiencies correction program. |
| HB142 | School Task Force On Sexual Misconduct | House Final Passage | 02/28/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill creates a nine-member task force on sexual misconduct at public and private schools that receive state funding. It requires the task force to develop a "sexual misconduct climate survey" to be conducted of all students, to be kept on file. It requires creation of policies for investigation of sexual assault, domestic violence, harassment, implementation of prevention and outreach programs, and makes other requirements. |
| HB144 | Damage To Property By Theft | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | 2 | Yea | The bill creates a new crime of damage to property by theft or attempted theft of regulated material, making it a fourth degree felony, and sets penalties. There is a threshold of $2,500 on the cost of repairing the property Anyone found guilty is required to make restitution to the property owner. This bill would target thieves who still $2500 in copper but in so doing cause tens of thousands of dollars in damage. |
| HB145 | Crime Of Illegally Dismantling A Vehicle | House Final Passage | 02/25/2021 | 3 | Yea | The bill make it a third degree felony to operate, maintain, or control a chop shop. Additionally, the bill would make knowingly transporting an illegally obtained vehicle or major part and selling, buying or receiving the same from a chop shop fourth degree felonies. |
| HB146 | Transfer Some Duties To District Courts | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | 1 | Nay | 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. |
| HB147 | Dietitian Nutritionist Licensure | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will make various changes to the Nutrition and Dietetics Practice Board, adding a dietician nutritionist, increases the license renewal fee from $75 to $150, allows for the use of telehealth, disciplinary procedures, and makes other changes. |
| HB152 | Chiropractic Board Changes | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will expand those eligible to be appointed to the Chiropractic Board by the Governor from members of the New Mexico Chiropractic Association to the public at large, and allows for temporary licensure under certain circumstances. |
| HB153 | Campaign Reporting Changes | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will change reporting dates for campaign donations and expenses, change the amount of donations that must be reported in a supplemental report in the final days of an election to donations of $1,000 or more for all state elections. The bill will require those who are prohibited from receiving donations during the legislative session to report any donations during the session period. |
| HB155 | Workforce Training Residency Requirements | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | 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. |
| HB158 | Make Legislative Task Forces Subject to Open Meetings Act | House Final Passage | 02/22/2021 | 2 | Yea | The bill requires legislative task forces to be considered government entities and therefore subject to the open meetings act with its meetings open to the public. |
| HB163 | School Financial Management Classes | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | 2 | Yea | The bill will exchange a half credit of math for high school graduation requirements to a half credit of financial literacy, and require schools to offer financial management as an elective in sixth through eighth grade. |
| HB165 | Biennial Budget Pilot Project | House Final Passage | 03/05/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill creates a four-year pilot project with two budget cycles to determine if biennial budgeting would improve the state budget process. |
| HB168 | National Flood Insurance Compliance | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB171 | Program Units For Certain School Personnel | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill includes all school employees certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards when calculating the school funding formula (State Equalization Guarantee), at a cost of $3.7 million a year. |
| HB177 | Homemade Food Act | House Final Passage | 03/12/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/26/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB184 | K-5 Plus Funding & Uses | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will allow schools to use either equivalent hours or additional days for both K-5 Plus Programs and Extended Learning Programs, giving flexibility to school districts and charter schools. |
| HB185 | Exempt Over 75 From Jury Duty- No Affidavit | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/10/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB192 | Extend Human Rights Act To Public Bodies | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill would expose all local and state government agencies to the same liability if accused by anyone of restricting services based on discrimination. |
| HB196 | Regional Housing Authority Changes | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | 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. |
| HB198 | Transfer Certain Dps Duties To Dot | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill transfers certain authority related to the operations of the ports of entry, the trip tax, and various other acts from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Transportation. |
| HB200 | Water Trust Board Projects & Nm Unit Fund | House Final Passage | 02/25/2021 | -2 | Yea | 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. |
| HB201 | Probation Release For Some Defendants | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will require that defendants placed on probation will automatically be released if they are classified as a minimum- or medium-level risk by a "validated scoring instrument," have met all the obligations of their probation, and have completed one-half or more of the period of probation. |
| HB206 | Utility Affordability & Relief Act | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill would require utility companies to give customers up to two years to pay utility bills accrued from during the Covid shutdown and prohibit utilities from disconnecting service as long as customers make payments under installment agreements, and makes other requirements. |
| HB209 | State Indian Child Welfare Act | House Final Passage | 03/08/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill expands the Children's Code to include a new State Indian Child Welfare Act. It will require courts to make a written determination as to whether the federal act and the state act apply, and allows for tribal state agreements, emergency removal requirements, and makes various other requirements. |
| HB210 | Audiology & Speech Language Pathology Compact | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill increases the entry level salary for legal aid attorneys participating in the Community Governance Attorney and Conditional Tuition Waiver Program from $52,720 to $54, 502. The program provides loans and loan forgiveness to UNM law students who become employed fulltime as a community governance attorney. |
| HB212 | Remake Nmsu- Carlsbad As Community College | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | 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. |
| HB214 | Repeal Min Wage For Disabled Persons | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill requires employers to pay the same minimum wage to individuals with disabilities that they are required to pay workers generally, denying them employment opportunities. |
| HB215 | Behavioral Health Screening Coverage | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill would authorize spending $1.2 million a year to give behavioral health screenings and treatment services to certain persons not eligible for Medicaid, and make other requirements. |
| HB217 | Public Health Emergency Lottery Scholarships | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill lowers minimum requirements for students to qualify for the lottery scholarship during a public health emergency. These include a grade point average of a 2.0 rather than a 2.5 and completion of 9-12 credit hours instead of 12-15. It would allow students to qualify for more than the current 7 semesters allows them to not lose their eligibility if they fail to complete a semester. |
| HB219 | Biliteracy Development Framework Task Force | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will authorize spending $400,000 on a working group to study biliteracy and oral language frameworks, consisting of experts in instruction and tribal language development. |
| HB221 | K-2nd Grade Assessment Changes | House Final Passage | 03/05/2021 | -1 | Absent | The bill adds three content areas for daily instruction for kindergarten through 3rd grade, including vocabulary, fluency and writing. It also requires the Public Education Dept. to change the testing requirements to observational for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade. It will cost an estimated $2 million. |
| HB222 | Special Education Ombud Act | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill creates the Office of the Special Education "Ombud, " to provide confidential and impartial assistance in resolving grievances and disputes. |
| HB223 | Nontraditional Comm Or Disability Registry | House Final Passage | 03/10/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will cost approximately $300,000 and create a statewide disability registry to identify vehicles that may be driven or occupied by a person who has been diagnosed with a condition or disability that may make the person unable communicate with a law enforcement officer or to respond appropriately to an officer’s commands. |
| HB224 | Community Action Board Changes | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | 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. |
| HB227 | Ethnic Studies Definition | House Final Passage | 03/05/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill requires that students in kindergarten through twelfth grade receive appropriate instruction on ethnic studies and amends the high school graduation requirements to require four units in social science, with one-half unit in ethnic studies, and reduces the elective requirements to seven units. |
| HB230 | Real Estate Licensure Recovery Limits | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/02/2021 | 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. |
| HB232 | Require Union Workers to Replace School Ventilation Systems | House Final Passage | 02/25/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill creates a new fund for replacing school ventilation systems, costing up to $5 million per school, and requires the work be done by a "skilled and trained workforce." This means 40% of the workers must be graduates of a registered union apprenticeship program. |
| HB234 | Strengthen Guardianship Provider Oversight | House Final Passage | 03/09/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/25/2021 | 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. |
| HB241 | Water Trust Fund Mutual Domestic Set-aside | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill requires that 10%of the appropriation by the legislature from the Water Project Fund to the Water Trust Board be set aside as grants for water projects that serve mutual domestic water systems. |
| HB244 | Ethics Commission & Sec. Of State Duties | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/16/2021 | 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. |
| HB248 | Insurance Fee Changes | House Final Passage | 03/09/2021 | -2 | Yea | This bill increases taxes by $4 million a year by increasing various fees on the insurance industry. |
| HB250 | Long-term Care Dementia Training Requirements | House Final Passage | 03/08/2021 | 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. |
| HB253 | Disclosure Of Certain Mental Health Info | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will allow for disclosure of confidential information about a minor child's mental health information for "research purposes." Written releases would not have to be obtained. It also strips a minor child's ability to control access to their behavioral health information. |
| HB255 | Alcohol Deliveries | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB256 | Elder Workforce Development Task Force | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill requires the Aging and Long-Term Services Department to convene a task force to determine the feasibility of launching workforce development initiatives in rural and tribal communities across the state, at an expected cost of $100,000 a year. |
| HB260 | Free Park Passes for Vets and Gold Star Families | House Final Passage | 02/23/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will instruct the State Parks Division to give free park asses to veterans and Gold Star Families, at a cost of $510,000 a year. |
| HB261 | Unm Data For Muni Incorporation Petitions | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | 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. |
| HB262 | Energy Storage System Tax Credit | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will give a 40% tax credit for the cost and installation of energy storage systems, up to $5,000 per system. |
| HB265 | Natural Resources & Lands Protection | House Final Passage | 03/08/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will make government entities eligible to apply for grants from the Natural Lands and Heritage Conservation funds to acquire and protect open spaces and natural areas to acquire "unique and ecologically significant lands." |
| HB266 | Special Education Teacher Licenses | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -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. |
| HB268 | Coronavirus & Workers' Comp | House Final Passage | 03/08/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill shifts the burden of proof in a workers' compensation claim in favor of an "essential employe" when the employee claims to have contracted COVID-19 at work and establishes that the employer has not strictly complied with COVID-19 public health orders. |
| HB269 | Medical Record Disclosure | House Final Passage | 03/11/2021 | -2 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | -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. |
| HB272 | Health Easy Enrollment Program | House Final Passage | 03/08/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will create a program that seeks to actively enroll more people in Medicaid by giving them the option to indicate their interest and share their personal information by checking a box on the state income tax form. |
| HB276 | Crime Of Targeted Residential Picketing | House Final Passage | 03/11/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will create a new crime, making it a misdemeanor to target a person or his or her residence by standing, marching with a sign, shouting, using a megaphone, etc., within 100 feet of the residence. Violation is punishable by a year in jail and/or a $1,000 fine. |
| HB277 | Public Retiree Beneficiary Designation | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/16/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will authorize spending $517.7 million on various capital outlay projects around the state. |
| HB286 | Law Enforcement Licensure | House Final Passage | 03/10/2021 | -4 | Nay | The bill divides tha authority over a police officer's certification between the Law. Enforcement Academy Board and a new Law Enforcement Certification Board. It abolishes the public safety advisory commission which advised the secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety, and transfers disciplinary proceedings to the new board, and makes other changes. |
| HB287 | Access To Culturally Appropriate Svcs. | House Final Passage | 03/06/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -6 | Yea | This bill will give $100 million a year in low-income tax credits. |
| HB296 | Capital Outlay Reauthorizations | House Final Passage | 03/12/2021 | -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. |
| HB299 | Improvement Special Assessment Act | House Final Passage | 03/10/2021 | -2 | Yea | The bill will let local governments pass ordinances to allow energy and certain other property improvements to be financed by private third-party lenders and repaid with a special property tax imposed each year. |
| HB300 | State Leadership Pilot Program | House Final Passage | 03/10/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill requires the State Personnel Office to create a pilot program for leadership, management and development, to work with state agencies to design and foster innovation, and streamline and improve services at an expected cost of $75,000 a year. |
| HB301 | Legislative Process Review Commission | House Final Passage | 03/09/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will authorize spending between $50 and $94 thousand and create a commission to review and develop policy proposals to improve the legislative process. |
| HB303 | Unlawful Liquor License Inducements | House Final Passage | 03/05/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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. |
| HB325 | Public Peace, Health, Safety & Welfare | House Final Passage | 03/11/2021 | -1 | Yea | The bill will authorize spending $50,000 on a new aviation grant program to support air service to rural parts of the state. |
| HJM2 | Legislative Economic Policy Council | House Final Passage | 03/03/2021 | -1 | Yea | The memorial will request the Legislative Council to create a legislative economic policy council to study how to create sustainable economic development in New Mexico. |
| HJR1 | Permanent Fund For Early Childhood, Ca | House Final Passage | 02/12/2021 | -5 | Yea | 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. |
| HJR3 | Veteran Property Tax Exemption, Ca | House Final Passage | 03/01/2021 | -1 | Yea | The resolution proposes an amendment to the state constitution to increase a property tax exemption for honorably discharged members of the armed forces and their widows and widowers from $4,000 to $10,000. |
| HJR9 | Public Assistance For Infrastructure Dev, Ca | House Final Passage | 02/24/2021 | -2 | Yea | The resolution proposes to amend the “anti-donation clause” of the state constitution to allow the use of state money for installation of essential household electric, Internet, natural gas, water, and wastewater connections to homes |
| HR1 | House Rule Changes | House Final Passage | 01/25/2021 | -1 | Yea | The resolution suspends the current House rules and allows for remote participation by the representatives, and limits the public to participation via webcasts. |
| SB1 | Restaurant Gross Receipt Tax Deduction | House Final Passage | 02/24/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/04/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/25/2021 | -3 | Yea | 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. |
| SB8 | Local Gov't Air Quality Regulations | House Final Passage | 03/18/2021 | -4 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 02/19/2021 | -2 | Yea | 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. |
| SB12 | Revised Uniform Law On Notarial Acts | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB17 | Family Income Index Act | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -3 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB27 | Preservation Of Housing | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | -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. |
| SB32 | Wildlife Conservation & Public Safety Act | House Final Passage | 03/18/2021 | -3 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | -2 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -4 | Yea | The bill increases employer contributions to educators' retirement by 4% of salary over four years. |
| SB43 | Funding Of Demolition Of Abandoned Schools | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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. |
| SB51 | Charter School Enrollment Preference | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/11/2021 | -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. |
| SB64 | Local Government Investment Flexibility | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/17/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/16/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB75 | State Agency Disclosure Of Sensitive Info | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/16/2021 | 1 | Yea | The bill will prohibit schools from discipline or discrimination against a student based on race, culture, hairstyle or cultural headdress. |
| SB84 | Community Solar Act | House Final Passage | 03/17/2021 | -4 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/18/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | -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. |
| SB106 | Surety Bond For Driver Education School | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | -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. |
| SB112 | Create the Sustainable Economy Task Force | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | -5 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/16/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/11/2021 | -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. |
| SB124 | Pharmacy Claim Insurance Payment & Process | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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. |
| SB129 | Amending Work And Save Act | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB137 | Nmfa Water Projects | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/14/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | -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. |
| SB152 | Continuing Care Aging Contracts | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB183 | Uniform Collateral Consequences Of Conviction | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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. |
| SB193 | Rural Equity Ombudsman | House Final Passage | 03/17/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB200 | Teledentistry Definition | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/17/2021 | -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. |
| SB218 | Uniform Division Of Income For Tax Purposes | House Final Passage | 03/16/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB222 | Health Info System Definitions | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 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. |
| SB234 | Lottery For Home School Students | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 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. |
| SB242 | Citizen Substitute Care Review | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 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. |
| SB256 | Fire Protection Fund | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB266 | Stagger Certain Judicial Terms | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 1 | Nay | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/13/2021 | -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. |
| SB279 | Osteopathic Medicine Changes | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/17/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | -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. |
| SB304 | Voting District Geographic Data | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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. |
| SB317 | No Behavioral Health Cost Sharing | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -4 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB341 | Leg. Approp For Comm Schools Fund | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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 | House Final Passage | 03/20/2021 | 1 | Yea | 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. |
| SB375 | Officer Training & Certification | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -1 | Yea | 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 | House Final Passage | 03/15/2021 | -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. |
| SB439 | Legislative Staff One-Time Compensation | House Final Passage | 03/19/2021 | -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. |
| SJM2 | Federal Gov't Payments In Lieu Of Taxes | House Final Passage | 03/18/2021 | 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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