Every day that the 2023 NM Legislature is in session, we’ll be updating the list of legislation we’re following–the good, the bad, and the ugly. Note that this list isn’t meant to be exhaustive in any of the issue area categories outlined below–we’re simply giving you a quick reference to the bills we’re tracking most closely New legislation is being added all the time, so please return for new bills and updates to bills’ progression (or tabling) through committees and to the House and Senate chambers.
? – Bill we support; actively moving through session
? – Bill we oppose; actively moving through session
? – Bill we support; alive and awaiting scheduling in committee or chamber floor
? – Bill we oppose, alive and awaiting scheduling in committee or chamber floor
❤️ – Bill we support; tabled or defeated
? – Bill we oppose; tabled or defeated
✔️ – ? Signed into Law: Bill We supported
Our Progressive Democracy Bill Priorities
House Government Elections & Indian Affairs Committee – PASSED
House Judiciary Committee – PASSED
House Floor – PASSED
Senate Rules Committee – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – PASSED
Senate Floor – PASSED
House Concurrence Calendar – PASSED
? Governor’s Signature – TBD
Senate Rules Committee – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – PASSED
Senate Floor – PASSED
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee – PASSED
House Judiciary Committee – PASSED
House Floor – PASSED
? Governor’s Signature – TBD
❤️ HB217: 16- And 17-Year-Olds As Qualified Electors
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee – Tie Vote then TABLED
Election Bills We Oppose
? *HB86: Voter Education and Elections Taskforce
House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee – Rolled on Thursday, February 2, 2023; Now TBD
Reproductive Justice & Gender Equity Bill Priorities
✔️? HB7: Reproductive & Gender Affirming Healthcare
House Health & Human Services Committee – PASSED
House Judiciary Committee – PASSED
House Floor – PASSED
Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – PASSED
Senate Floor – PASSED
House Concurrence Calendar – PASSED
? Governor Signed March 16, 2023
?SB13: Reproductive Health Provider Protections
Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – PASSED
Senate Floor Calendar – PASSED
House Judiciary Committee – PASSED
? House Floor – PASSED
? Governor’s Signature – TBD
❤️ HB133: Recruit Sexual Assault Service Providers
House Health & Human Services Committee – PASSED
House Appropriations & Finance Committee – TBD
❤️ SB126: Child Sex Abuse Statute of Limitations
Senate Health & Public Affairs – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – TBD
? HB207: Expand Human Rights Scope
House Government Elections & Indian Affairs Committee – PASSED
House Judiciary Committee – PASSED
House Floor – PASSED
Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – PASSED
? Senate Floor – PASSED
? Governor’s Signature – TBD
❤️ HB43: Affirmative Consent Policy in Schools
House Education Committee – PASSED
House Judiciary Committee – PASSED
House Floor – PASSED
Senate Education Committee – PASSED
Senate Judiciary Committee – TBD
? HB134: Menstrual Products in School Bathrooms
House Education Committee – PASSED
House Appropriations & Finance Committee – PASSED
House Calendar – PASSED
Senate Education Committee – PASSED
Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee – PASSED
? Senate Floor – PASSED
? Governor’s Signature – TBD
Energy & Environmental Justice Bill Priorities
❤️ SB5: Public Health & Climate (Mirror Bill: HB42)
Senate Health & Public Affairs Committee – PASSED
Senate Finance Committee – TBD
❤️ HB42: Public Health & Climate (Mirror Bill: SB5)
House Health & Human Services Committee – PASSED
House Appropriations & Finance Committee – TABLED
❤️ HB188: Economic Transition Division
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee – PASSED
House Appropriations & Finance Committee – Unlikely to Move
? SB9: Create Legacy Permanent Fund: Land of Enchantment Fund
Senate Conservation Committee – PASSED
Senate Finance Committee – PASSED
Senate Floor – PASSED
House Energy Environment & Natural Resources Committee – PASSED
House Finance & Appropriations – PASSED
? House Floor – PASSED
? SB30: State Purchase of Electric Vehicles
Senate Tax Business, and Transportation – PASSED
Senate Finance Committee – TBD
? SB22: Electric Vehicle & Charging Unit Tax Credit
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee – amended – Held for possible inclusion in omnibus tax bill
? HB32/a: Energy Storage Unite Income Tax Credit
House Energy & Natural Resources Committee – PASSED
House Taxation & Reserve Committee – Temporarily(?) Tabled
? SB8/a: Geothermal Resources Development
Senate Conservation Committee – PASSED
? Senate Finance Committee – Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 1:30 pm or 30 min post floor session.
? SB173: Geothermal Energy Generation Tax Credit
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee – TBD
? SB45: Geothermal Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Credit
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee – Held for possible inclusion in omnibus tax bill
Energy & Environment Bills We Oppose
? HB174: Underground Injection Fund
House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee – PASSED
House Appropriations & Finance Committee – TBD
Criminal Punishment Bills We Oppose
? HB128: Chemical Castration of Some Sex Offenders
House Health & Human Services Committee – TBD
? Rep. Rehm’s Tough on Crime Bills We Oppose
House Consumer & Public Affairs – ALL TABLED
? HB57: Tort Immunity For Shoplifter Apprehension – TABLED
? HB58: Additional Violent Felonies – TABLED
? HB59: Unlawful Firearms While Trafficking – TABLED