Legislator
State Senator
Benny Shendo, Jr.
(D) - New Mexico
New Mexico Senate District 22
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New Mexico State Capitol
490 Old Santa Fe Trail
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Phone: 505-986-4264

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P.O. Box 634
Jemez Pueblo, NM 87024
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Vote Record By Category
Category Vote Index Total Score
All Bills 49
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Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB54 Anesthesiology assistant definitions Senate Final Passage 03/18/2015 3 Yea Amends the Anesthesiologist Assistant Act by changing the definition of Anesthesiologist Assistant (AA) and removing the provisions which require, for the purposes of this act, that AAs practice only if they are employed by the University of New Mexico.
HB75 Employee preference act Committee of the Whole 03/05/2015 7 Nay Makes New Mexico a right-to-work state and increases the minimum wage by 50 cents to $8.00 an hour.
HB155 Lobbyist employer registration Senate Final Passage 03/19/2015 2 Yea Increases transparency of lobbying activities at the legislature.
HB201 Add species to game fish Senate Final Passage 03/18/2015 2 Yea Adds striped bass and tilapia to the list of regulated fish, to promote the "aquaponics" industry.
HB243 Liquor licenses & definitions Senate Final Passage 03/20/2015 3 Yea Expands the freedoms of wineries and breweries.
HB263 Geothermal renewable energy certificates Senate Final Passage 03/18/2015 -2 Yea Allows "Renewable Energy Certificates" to be used by "rural electric distribution cooperatives for thermal energy originating from geothermal energy sources."
HB296 Solar energy installation lease tax credit Senate Final Passage 03/20/2015 -2 Yea Extends the "solar market development tax credit" for homes and small businesses "by allowing leased systems access to the credit."
HB339 Small brewer & winegrower reciprocity Senate Final Passage 03/21/2015 2 Yea Allows small distillers and small brewers "to operate three off-premise locations."
HB441 Taos ski valley bond sale Senate Final Passage 03/21/2015 -2 Yea Authorizes the Village of Taos Ski Valley Tax Increment Development District to issue up to $44 million in tax-exempt bonds.
HB489 Internet wine sales Senate Final Passage 03/21/2015 2 Yea Permits vintners to take orders via the Internet, "whether the financial transaction related to the order is administered by a licensee or a licensee's agent."
HB560 Forfeiture procedures & reporting Senate Final Passage 03/21/2015 6 Yea Reforms asset-forfeiture procedures.
SB7 Hydrogen fuel production tax credit Senate Final Passage 03/07/2015 -2 Abstain Creates the "hydrogen fuel production tax credit."
SB8 Charter school education tech equipment Senate Final Passage 02/25/2015 1 Yea Makes charter schools eligible to receive certain education technology equipment.
SB9 Electric vehicle income tax credit Senate Final Passage 03/19/2015 -2 Yea Provides $2,500 income tax credit for purchase of electric vehicles.
SB69 Resident business set-aside act Senate Final Passage 03/19/2015 -6 Yea Sets up a system of in-state purchasing mandates for government contractors.
SB70 Airline employee shifts and hours Senate Final Passage 02/11/2015 1 Absent Makes permanent the overtime exemption for "airline employees who work more than 40 hours in a week due to voluntarily trading shifts with other employees."
SB94 Industrial hemp farming act Senate Final Passage 03/02/2015 2 Yea Provides for licensing the growing, selling, and processing of industrial hemp.
SB105 County gross receipts for school improvements Senate Final Passage 03/05/2015 -2 Yea Creates the "authority to impose a special county education gross receipts tax of 0.75 percent."
SB114 Local gov't special fuels taxes Senate Final Passage 02/27/2015 -2 Yea Authorizes local governments to impose "a special fuels excise tax of up to two cents per gallon in one-cent increments," provided voters approve.
SB208 Fraud against taxpayers definitions Senate Final Passage 02/27/2015 3 Yea Amends the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act to clarify that "state," for purposes of the act, includes local governments, government schools, and other recipients of state funds.
SB238 Craft brewer licenses Senate Final Passage 03/05/2015 2 Abstain Allows a small brewer or winegrower "that also holds a dispenser or restaurant license to additionally hold a Small Brewer and Winegrowers Limited Wholesaler License."
SB241 Certain liquor license transfer limits Senate Final Passage 02/26/2015 2 Yea Loosens controls over liquor-dispenser licenses.
SB249 Geothermal renewable energy certificates Senate Final Passage 03/09/2015 -2 Yea Allows "Renewable Energy Certificates" to be used by "rural electric distribution cooperatives for thermal energy originating from geothermal energy sources."
SB258 Sale of alcohol growlers Senate Final Passage 03/05/2015 2 Yea Defines "cider" and "growler" and permits wineries to sell wine or cider in growlers.
SB271 Out-of-state event gross receipts Senate Final Passage 02/26/2015 -2 Yea Exempts "receipts from the performance of or admissions to recreational, athletic, or entertainment services that occur out of state" from the GRT.
SB275 Board of body art practitioners Senate Final Passage 02/27/2015 -2 Yea Creates the "Board of Body Art Practitioners" and "Body Art Practitioner Fund" with a sunset date of July 1, 2021.
SB279 Sustainable building tax credits Senate Final Passage 03/13/2015 -2 Yea Extends and modifies the "Sustainable Building Tax Credit."
SB297 Identify certain programs in budget requests Senate Final Passage 03/20/2015 1 Yea Amends the requirements for agency performance-based program budget requests to "prioritize and promote use of evidence-based, research-based, and promising sub-programs."
SB303 Freedom from unwarranted surveillance act Senate Final Passage 03/18/2015 4 Yea Bans law enforcement's use of drones without a warrant.
SB304 Early childhood books and toys Senate Final Passage 03/07/2015 -3 Abstain Appropriates $200,00 to purchase and loan toys and books to "providers of state-funded early child care assistance programs."
SB318 Sunset dates for certain agencies Senate Final Passage 02/27/2015 -2 Yea Extends the sunset date for seven boards, including the Massage Therapy Board and Athletic Trainers Practice Board.
SB319 County irb projects & complaint process Senate Final Passage 03/05/2015 -2 Yea Permits industrial revenue bonds to be issued for mining and energy projects.
SB352 Utility economic development rates Senate Final Passage 03/14/2015 -2 Absent Allows gas and electric utilities to offer "economic development rates" without the requirement for excess capacity.
SB391 Extend solar market development tax credit Senate Final Passage 03/10/2015 -2 Yea Extends the sunset of the "Solar Market Development Tax Credit" by four years.
SB440 Small brewer & winegrower reciprocity Senate Final Passage 03/12/2015 2 Yea Allows "winegrowers and small brewers to obtain wine or beer directly from a winegrower or small brewer without going through a licensed New Mexico wholesaler."
SB448 Military acquisition gross receipts end dates Senate Final Passage 03/07/2015 -2 Abstain Extends GRT deduction "from transformational acquisition programs performing research and development, test and evaluation at New Mexico Major Range."
SB471 Brewer facility alternating proprietorship Senate Final Passage 03/13/2015 2 Yea Allow "alternating proprietorships to be established so that manufacturing facilities and equipment of a small brewer licensee may be used by another small brewer licensee to produce beer."
SB503 Beer & wine delivery licenses Senate Final Passage 03/02/2015 2 Yea Creates beer and wine delivery licenses, given approval by "a majority of qualified voters" in a local-option district.
SB537 Sunshine portal state contract info Senate Final Passage 03/12/2015 3 Absent Broadens the information required to be disclosed via the Sunshine Portal Act.
SB556 Taos ski valley bond sale Senate Final Passage 03/10/2015 -2 Yea Authorizes the Village of Taos Ski Valley Tax Increment Development District to issue up to $44 million in tax-exempt bonds.
SB565 Limit film production tax credit Senate Final Passage 03/14/2015 1 Yea Clarifies and limits production expenses that are eligible for the film tax credit.
SJM10 Reconvene j. paul taylor childhood task force Senate Final Passage 03/19/2015 -2 Yea Requests that UNM "reconvene for the third year the J. Paul Taylor Early Childhood Task Force in order to continue the task force's work ... developing further an early childhood behavioral health action plan."
SM69 Reconvene j. paul taylor childhood task force Senate Final Passage 03/19/2015 -2 Yea Requests that UNM "reconvene for the third year the J. Paul Taylor Early Childhood Task Force in order to continue the task force's work ... developing further an early childhood behavioral health action plan."
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