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Mary Papen
(D) - New Mexico
New Mexico Senate District 38
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All Bills 34
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Rated Bill Votes
Bill Bill Name Motion Vote Date Rating Vote Comments
HB2 Tax, Fund & Distribution Changes Senate Final Passage 05/25/2017 -3 Yea Raises tax revenue by an estimated $31.6 million in the first fiscal year by (potentially unconstitutionally) imposing the GRT on purchases made from out-of-state vendors.
HB41 Alternative Level 3-b Administrator License Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 2 Yea Permits an "alternative pathway to licensure" for a number of categories of school employees, including counselors, social workers, nurses, psychologists, therapists, and interpreters for the deaf.
HB58 Rulemaking Requirements Senate Final Passage 03/13/2017 2 Yea Improves transparency and accountability in the regulatory process by adopting uniform standards for public participation, explanatory statements, archiving of records, and emergency rulemaking.
HB60 Broadband Infrastructure Development Senate Final Passage 03/03/2017 -2 Yea Perpetuates corporate welfare by allowing "broadband telecommunications network facilities" to be included in local "public-private partnerships" for "economic development."
HB63 Local Option Fuel Tax Senate Final Passage 03/15/2017 -4 Yea Hurts economic development by allowing counties and municipalities to impose a total gasoline tax of as much as 10 cents.
HB86 Caregiver Leave Act Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -3 Absent Further micromanages the employer-employee relationship by mandating that employers providing a sick-leave benefit "permit ... eligible employees to use accrued sick leave to care for their family members."
HB113 Statewide Broadband Network Senate Final Passage 03/03/2017 -2 Yea Hurts economic development by ordering the state's chief information officer to "establish and maintain a statewide broadband network and apply for reimbursements from the federal universal service fund."
HB122 Ban Certain Pharmacy Fees Senate Final Passage 03/09/2017 -2 Yea Further regulates healthcare by barring pharmacy benefits managers from charging pharmacies "a fee for any step or component of, or mechanism related to, the adjudication of a claim."
HB139 Health Care Coverage Id Cards Senate Final Passage 03/18/2017 -2 Yea Adopts an unnecessary requirement that insurers "make available or provide an identification card to the primary insured" within 30 days of a policy's effective date.
HB144 Industrial Hemp Research Rules Senate Final Passage 03/03/2017 2 Yea Boosts economic development by authorizing the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules "for industrial hemp ... research and development purposes, including agricultural, agronomic, ecological, processing, sales and marketing research."
HB157 Firefighter Ptsd & Mental Health Senate Final Passage 03/13/2017 -2 Yea Unnecessarily adds post-traumatic stress disorder to the list of conditions that are presumed to be caused by a firefighter’s employment.
HB174 Local Election Act Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 2 Yea Simplifies voting by mandating a single election day and prohibiting advisory questions.
HB176 Muni Enviro Services Gross Receipts Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -2 Absent Potentially raises the tax burden by renaming the "municipal environmental services gross receipts tax" the "municipal infrastructure and environmental services gross receipts tax" and expanding the types of projects to be funded by the levy.
HB179 Pregnant Worker Accommodation Act Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -2 Absent Hurts economic development by imposing unnecessary and duplicative regulations on employers, allegedly on behalf of pregnant workers.
HB202 Tax Of Businesses Without Physical Presence Senate Final Passage 03/11/2017 -4 Yea Hikes the taxes on gasoline and diesel, raises the fee for a weight-distance permit, delays the phased reduction of corporate income tax, equalizes the GRT for nonprofit and for-profit hospitals, and raises the motor-vehicle excise tax by 33 percent.
HB215 Physician & Assistant Collaboration Senate Final Passage 03/18/2017 2 Yea Deregulates healthcare by offering alternatives to the standard relationship between a physician assistant and a physician.
HB218 Litter Control & Landscape Beautification Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 1 Yea Streamlines government by replacing the Litter Control Council with a seven-member New Mexico Clean and Beautiful Advisory Committee, a "smaller and more focused" entity.
HB231 Terminate Information Technology Commission Senate Final Passage 03/18/2017 1 Yea Streamlines government by abolishing the redundant Information Technology Commission.
HB243 Info Available At Mammography Facilities Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -2 Absent Further overregulates healthcare by requiting health facilities that provide mammography examinations to provide information on individual breast density.
HB249 College Special Event Gross Receipts Senate Final Passage 03/13/2017 -2 Yea Maintains tax-code complexity by extending the expiration date for the GRT deduction for "nonathletic special events at post-secondary educational institutions within 50 miles of the New Mexico border."
HB262 Sunday Liquor Sales On December 31 Senate Final Passage 03/14/2017 1 Yea Permits alcohol to be "sold, served and consumed on licensed premises" in years "when December 31 falls on a Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m. of the following day."
HB266 Short-term Rental Occupancy Tax Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -2 Absent Removes the lodging-tax exemption for homeowners who rent rooms through websites and applications, but does not compensate for the new revenue with a lower tax rate.
HB276 Check Cashing Service Licensure Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 2 Yea Deregulates check-cashing by lowering the licensing threshold for persons receiving under $2,500 within a thirty-day period.
HB289 Agriculture In Econ Development Finance Act Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 -1 Yea Perpetuates corporate welfare by explicitly including "agricultural enterprises" as eligible to receive economic-development subsidies.
HB295 Licensing Board Membership & Sunsets Senate Final Passage 03/18/2017 -3 Yea Perpetuates unnecessary regulations by extending the sunset dates for a number of state licensing bureaucracies, including the Board of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, the Private Investigations Advisory Board, and the Interior Design Board.
HB299 Registered Lay Midwives As Practitioners Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 3 Yea Deregulates healthcare by allowing lay midwives to procure, possess, and administer (but not prescribe) medications.
HB341 Exempt Eyebrow Threading From Licensing Senate Final Passage 03/18/2017 2 Yea Boosts economic development by exempting providers of eyebrow-threading from barber/cosmetology licensure.
HB342 Community Dev Financial Institution Act Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -3 Yea Perpetuates corporate welfare establishing the "Community Development Financial Institution Fund" to "fill a vital role in meeting the needs of New Mexico's underserved communities in furthering economic development."
HB347 Installment Loan Fee Limits & Literacy Fund Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -4 Yea Micromanages the financial sector by imposing a fee-based structure for all loans under $5,000 and eliminating payday loans.
HB361 Resident Directors Of Nm Banks Senate Final Passage 03/14/2017 2 Yea Deregulates banking by removing the rule that at least two-thirds of the membership of the board of New Mexico-chartered banks be residents of the state.
HB364 Contact Lenses Prescriptions Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -2 Yea Imposes a regulation, of dubious value, that prescriptions for contacts or eyeglasses can only be issued after an in-person examination.
HB375 Hairstylist Licenses & Board Representation Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 2 Yea Reforms occupational licensing by eliminating the requirement that an applicant who has completed 1,200 hours of coursework and has passed an exam also complete a registered hairstyling apprenticeship.
HB442 Minimum Wage & Wage-related Conduct Senate Final Passage 03/17/2017 -2 Yea Hurts economic development by raising the minimum wage to $9.25. (The bill also bars local governments from regulating the schedule/hours of workers in private-sector employment.)
SB2 Tax Changes Senate Final Passage 05/24/2017 -4 Yea Hikes taxes in a number of ways, including raising the motor vehicle excise tax by 33 percent, the gasoline tax by 29 percent, and the diesel tax by 24 percent.
SB6 Industrial Hemp Research Rules Senate Final Passage 02/07/2017 2 Yea Boosts economic development by authorizing the Department of Agriculture to adopt rules "for industrial hemp ... research and development purposes, including agricultural, agronomic, ecological, processing, sales and marketing research."
SB17 Cave Exploration Landowner Liability Senate Final Passage 02/13/2017 2 Yea Enhances private-property owners' rights by freeing them from "any duty of care to keep [their] lands safe for entry or use" by cave explorers.
SB24 Local Gov't Broadband Infrastructure Senate Final Passage 02/14/2017 -2 Yea Hurts economic development by adding "broadband technology infrastructure" to the list of local-government projects covered under the Infrastructure Development Zone Act.
SB42 Agreement To Elect President By Popular Vote Senate Final Passage 02/20/2017 -6 Yea Potentially disenfranchises the state's citizens by awarding New Mexico's Electoral College votes to the winner of the "largest national popular vote total."
SB58 Allow Customers To Bring Wine To Restaurants Senate Final Passage 02/08/2017 2 Yea Supports economic development by permitting restaurants to "allow a customer to bring onto and consume ... the customer's own bottle of wine that is not available on the menu."
SB77 Ban Certain Pharmacy Fees Senate Final Passage 03/09/2017 -2 Abstain Further regulates healthcare by barring pharmacy benefits managers from charging pharmacies "a fee for any step or component of, or mechanism related to, the adjudication of a claim."
SB86 Water Rights Notices Posted Online Senate Final Passage 02/07/2017 1 Yea Increases government transparency by requiring the state engineer to post water-rights applications online.
SB94 Nonathletic Event Gross Receipts Senate Final Passage 02/24/2017 -2 Yea Maintains tax-code complexity by extending the sunset date for the GRT deduction for "nonathletic special event[s] held at a venue that is located on the campus of a post-secondary educational institution within fifty miles of the New Mexico border."
SB95 Gas Tax Increase & Distribution Senate Final Passage 03/02/2017 -4 Yea Hurts economic development by hiking the gasoline tax by 10 cents and the diesel tax by 5 cents.
SB96 Campaign Finance Fixes Senate Final Passage 02/15/2017 -4 Yea Regulates the free speech of independent organizations engaged in election communications.
SB107 State Agency Post-contract Audits Senate Final Passage 02/16/2017 2 Nay Boosts government transparency and accountability by requiring "closeout audits" of state-agency contracts greater than $10 million.
SB111 Revert Balances Of Certain Funds Senate Final Passage 01/18/2017 2 Yea Helps to close the budget deficit for the preceding fiscal year by reverting balances from fire and law-enforcement funds.
SB112 Capital Outlay Project Changes Senate Final Passage 01/18/2017 2 Yea Helps to close the budget deficit for the preceding fiscal year by reducing capital expenditures.
SB113 Reduce Appropriations & Transfer Funds Senate Final Passage 01/18/2017 2 Yea Helps to close the budget deficit for the preceding fiscal year by reducing/transferring funds from various state accounts, including the "closing fund."
SB114 School District Cash Balances Senate Final Passage 01/18/2017 2 Yea Helps to close the budget deficit for the preceding fiscal year by reducing appropriations to school districts and charter schools.
SB125 Real Estate Auctioneer License Exemptions Senate Final Passage 02/27/2017 1 Yea Deregulates real-estate auction regulations by exempting an auctioneer working under the control of a qualifying broker from licensure requirements.
SB135 Charter Schools In School Districts Senate Final Passage 02/28/2017 3 Nay Boosts education choice in the state by clarifying that the term 'school district' includes locally and state-chartered charter schools.
SB138 Enrolled Agents At Tax Protests Senate Final Passage 03/15/2017 2 Absent Enhances taxpayers' rights by allowing enrolled agents to participate on behalf of their clients in all tax protests, not just income-tax protests.
SB139 Auto Recycler Reporting To Tax & Rev. Dept. Senate Final Passage 03/11/2017 -2 Yea Mandates that auto recyclers notify the Taxation and Revenue Department of every motor-vehicle purchase within forty-eight hours of the close of business on the day the purchase is made.
SB155 Workers' Comp Benefit Clarification Senate Final Passage 02/28/2017 3 Yea Boosts economic development by changing the worker-compensation rule that allows an employee to continue receiving benefits despite returning to work and being fired for misconduct unrelated to his/her injury.
SB175 Medicaid Family Home Visiting Program Senate Final Passage 02/24/2017 -3 Yea Boosts the unaffordable and counterproductive welfare state by requiring the Human Services Department to "establish an infant, toddler and family home visiting program."
SB177 Medical Marijuana Changes Senate Final Passage 02/13/2017 2 Yea Adds 14 conditions to the list of "debilitating medical conditions" that qualify a patient to use medical cannabis.
SB202 Forfeiture Changes Senate Final Passage 02/22/2017 4 Yea Promotes civil liberties by modifying and strengthening 2015's reform of "the standards and procedures for the seizure and forfeiture of property."
SB206 State Early Learning Advisory Council Changes Senate Final Passage 02/24/2017 -2 Yea Perpetuates ineffective and counterproductive preschool policy by expanding the membership of, and extending the sunset date for, the Early Learning Advisory Council.
SB207 Clarify A Certain Charter School's Authority Senate Final Passage 03/08/2017 -3 Absent Hurts education-choice options by restricting charter-school growth in rural areas.
SB231 Increase Cigarette & E-cigarette Taxes Senate Final Passage 03/08/2017 -4 Yea Hikes the cigarette tax by 90 percent, raises the tobacco-products tax by a factor of three, and imposes the tobacco-products tax on electronic cigarettes.
SB254 Short-term Rental Occupancy Tax Senate Final Passage 03/01/2017 -2 Yea Removes the lodging-tax exemption for homeowners who rent rooms through websites and applications, but does not compensate for the new revenue with a lower tax rate.
SB258 Decrease Marijuana Penalties Senate Final Passage 03/02/2017 2 Nay Promotes law-enforcement prioritization by reducing the penalties for possession of marijuana up to one-half ounce and use or possession of drug paraphernalia.
SB262 Legislative Public Works Committee Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 2 Yea Imposes greater transparency and accountability on the capital-outlay process by creating a "public works committee" to evaluate proposals and "develop a ranked list ... based on a scoring methodology."
SB269 State Agency Institutional Racism Policies Senate Final Passage 03/10/2017 -2 Absent Wastes time and resources by requiring state agencies and entities receiving state funding to develop and implement policies to decrease "institutional racism."
SB275 Massage Therapy Practice Act Changes Senate Final Passage 03/04/2017 -2 Yea Perpetuates unnecessary occupational licensing by revising the Massage Therapy Practice Act.
SB298 Sale Of Corrections Industries Products Senate Final Passage 03/13/2017 -2 Yea Enhances unjust government-supported competition with the private sector by allowing the Corrections Industries Division to sell its products at any value year round.
SB308 Prc To Facilitate Rural Broadband Service Senate Final Passage 03/03/2017 -2 Yea Hurts economic development by imposing a surcharge (the rate of which is to be decided by the Public Regulation Commission) "to deploy and maintain" broadband Internet service "in rural areas of the state."
SB318 Include E-cigarettes In Clean Indoor Air Act Senate Final Passage 03/07/2017 -2 Yea Bans electronic cigarettes from "public" indoor settings, despite the facts that the products do not contain tobacco and do not produce smoke.
SB338 Statewide Broadband Network Senate Final Passage 02/14/2017 -2 Yea Hurts economic development by ordering the state's chief information officer to "establish and maintain a statewide broadband network and apply for reimbursements from the federal universal service fund."
SB365 Define & Schedule Cannabidiol Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 2 Yea Helps patients with pain and/or epilepsy by excluding cannabidiol from the definition of marijuana.
SB374 Hunger-free Students' Bill Of Rights Act Senate Final Passage 03/09/2017 -2 Abstain Further entrenches welfarism by mandating that a "meal application" be distributed in "every school enrollment packet" and banning schools from publicly identifying or stigmatizing (?) "a student who cannot pay for a meal or who owes a meal debt."
SB377 Check Cashing Threshold Revenue Requirement Senate Final Passage 03/13/2017 2 Yea Deregulates check-cashing by lowering the licensing threshold for persons receiving under $2,500 within a thirty-day period.
SB386 Raise Minimum Wage & Allow Trainee Wage Senate Final Passage 03/01/2017 -2 Yea Hurts economic development by raising the statewide minimum wage to $9.00. (A "training" rate would be allowed, at $8.00, but that is still higher than the state's current minimum wage.)
SB390 Film Tax Credit "production Facility" Senate Final Passage 03/07/2017 -2 Yea Enhances corporate welfare by reducing the acreage on which a film set must be located in order for producers to claim the film-production tax credit.
SB456 Interior Designer Licensure To Rld Senate Final Passage 03/14/2017 -2 Yea Perpetuates unnecessary occupational licensure by extending the sunset date for the Interior Design Board and revising regulations for interior designers.
SB478 Bioscience Development Act Senate Final Passage 03/16/2017 -3 Yea Perpetuates corporate welfare by creating the "Bioscience Authority Fund" to "encourage and foster economic development ... by attracting and encouraging the growth of bioscience industries and facilities."
SJM5 Reconvene J. Paul Taylor Childhood Task Force Senate Final Passage 02/20/2017 -2 Yea Hurts fiscal responsibility by recommending that the "J. Paul Taylor early childhood task force," which is essentially a taxpayer-funded lobbying entity for ineffective and wasteful preschool programs, be reconvened.
SJM12 Retirement Income Security Task Force Senate Final Passage 02/24/2017 -2 Yea Meddles with the private sector by asking the treasurer to establish a task force to consider a state-run "retirement savings vehicle for private-sector employees having limited or no access to a retirement savings arrangement at work."
SJM21 Nm Energy Road Map Senate Final Passage 03/09/2017 -1 Yea Perpetuates economic planning and corporate welfare by encouraging "the development of a statewide energy road map" to "assist the state in determining how to develop ... a more viable energy future."
SJM26 Tax Incentives To Attract Retirees To Nm Senate Final Passage 03/13/2017 -1 Absent Potentially complicates an already byzantine tax architecture by requesting that state agencies "study the costs and benefits of various options for tax relief designed to attract retirees from other states."
SJR12 Fair Election Constitutional Convention Senate Final Passage 03/15/2017 -4 Yea Aids the left's campaign to restrict free speech in electioneering communications by requesting a constitutional convention to "propose an amendment to the United States constitution that would restore free and fair elections."
SM1 Informal & Family Caregivers Senate Final Passage 02/23/2017 -2 Yea Endorses further complication on the tax code by recommending that "meaningful financial assistance for informal and family caregivers through state or federal tax credits or other mechanisms be provided to ease the financial costs of caregiving."
SM23 Early Childhood Service Collaboration Senate Final Passage 03/07/2017 -2 Yea Furthers ineffective and counterproductive preschool policies by directing the Early Learning Advisory Council to "study how to increase communication, coordination and collaboration among early childhood service providers."
SM35 Nm Complete Streets Efforts Senate Final Passage 02/08/2017 -1 Yea Perpetuates social engineering and ineffective/counterproductive transportation by recognizing and congratulating "local and tribal governments, agencies and team members" committed to promoting and implementing "Complete Streets" policy.
SM119 Study Office Of Outdoor Recreation Senate Final Passage 03/18/2017 -2 Yea Perpetuates corporate welfare by asking the Tourism and Economic Development Departments "to study the cost and potential economic impact of a state office of outdoor recreation."
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