| HB 0011 | Paid Family & Medical Leave Act | Would create a fund by which employers would pay employees while on family or medical leave, paralleling the federal FMLA in conditions and adding the benefit of paid leave. | v-Chandler, Serrato, Roybal Caballero, J. Martinez; Stewart | HHHC - DP; HCEDC - DP; House Passed 38-31; STBTC - DP; SFC - failed to pass (8-3) | PP - PFLMA | LoS - PFMLA |
| HB 0047 | Veteran Property Tax Exemptions | Would provide direction to county assessors/collectors to implement the property tax exemptions allowed under the constitutional amendments approved by the voters | v-De La Cruz, A. Martinez, Terrazas; Figueroa | HGEIC - DP; HTRC - DP; House passed 62-0; STBTC - DP; SJC - DP; Senate Passed 39-0. Gov signed. | | |
| HB 0070 | Behavioral Health Medicaid Waiver Act | Would require that the Health Care Authority develop an application, apply to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services for authorization to operate a medicaid waiver program, and operate that program for persons with behavioral health disabilities. Behavioral health disabilities are defined as major mental illness, substance use disorders, disabilities related to traumatic brain injury, and more. | v-T. Lujan, Dixon, Szczepanski, Hochman-Vigil, Matthews | HHHC - DP; HAFC - DP; House Floor | | LoS - Medicaid Waiver |
| HB 0158 | Military Base Planning & Impact Act | Would create and appropriate $12 million to a grant fund to provide assistance for infrastructure projects to defense communities impacted by realignment or potential realignment of defense worker jobs or United States military facilities. Requires the military base planning commission to advise defense communities about the availability of the fund. | Sariñana, A. Martinez; Pope | HLVMC - DP; HAFC - DP; House Passed 63-0; SFC - released; Senate Passed 40-0. | | |
| HB 0159 | Energy Project Siting & Military Bases | Would require a developer of a renewable energy facility to advise the Military Base Planning Commission within ten days of submitting notice of construction or expansion to the FAA, and also within ten days of receiving approval or finding of adverse impact from the military aviation and installation assurance siting clearinghouse. | v-Sariñana, A. Martinez; Pope | HENRC - DP; HLVMC - DP; HJC - DP; House Passed 64-0; STBTC - DP; Senate Passed 41-0. | | |
| HB 0161 | State Park Day Passes for Veterans | Would make available at no charge one day-use pass and one camping pass to all (not just disabled) veterans for NM state parks. | v-Dow, A. Martinez, Lujan, Sariñana; Jay Block and 16 more | HLVMC - DP; HRDLC - DP; House Passed 59-0; SCONC - DP; Senate Passed 39-0. Gov signed. | | |
| HB 0186 | State-Administered Health Coverage Plan | AKA "Medicaid Forward"
Would allow individuals under 65 and with incomes above 133% of the FPL to apply for Medicaid. For some, the benefit would be totally funded while others would pay a small premium. | v-Szczepanski, Anaya, Gurrola, Parajón, Roybal Caballero; Jaramillo | HHHC - DP; HAFC | PP - Medicaid Forward | LoS - Medicaid Forward |
| HB 0245 | Compensation for Veterans Benefits | AKA "Claim Shark Bill"
Would enact in statute that it is a violation of NM consumer protection laws for a person to seek compensation for helping a veteran to obtain a military disability rating, unless that person is accredited by the VA. | v-Sariñana, A. Martinez; Brandt | HLVMC - DP; HJC | PP - Veterans Benefits | LoS - Veterans Benefits |
| HB 0342 | Property Tax Changes | See SB 192 | Lente | HTRC | | |
| HB 0417 | Liquor Tax Changes & Programs | AKA "AHA Bill"
Would cause the liquor excise tax to fund an Alcohol Harms Alleviation Fund and would apply a liquor excise surtax (sales tax) of 6% to be collected from the retailer (point of sale) in order to fund a Tribal Alcohol Harms Alleviation Fund. These funds would be used for education, mitigation and treatment of alcohol use disorders. Would establish both a local alcohol harms alleviation council and a tribal alcohol harms alleviation council to manage the distribution of grant funds according to formulas laid out in the bill. Requires a review of the taxes and distributions by 2032. | v-Cadena, Parajón, Ferrary, Thomson; Pinto, Sedillo Lopez and 4 more | HHHC - DP; HTRC - DP; Re-referred to HTRC for amendment where it died on tie vote. | PP - Liquor Tax Changes and Programs | LoS - Liquor Tax Changes and Programs |
| HB 0448 | Office of Housing Planning & Production | See SB 205 | Dixon, Anyanonu, Parajón, Borrego; Padilla | HGEIC - DP; HAFC - DP; House Passed 49-17; SHPAC - DP; SFC - 3/20 | | |
| HB 0460 | Repeal Liquor Taxes | Would repeal the liquor excise tax and defund the county DWI programs and other programs funded by this tax.
VMFC strongly OPPOSES this bill. | v-John Block | HHHC - TABLED | | |
| HB 0571 | Building Housing Communities | Would create an award program that would incentivize municipalities to adopt certain affordable housing standards as promulgated by the DFA. | Dow, Romero, Henry, Johnson | HRDLC - DP; HGEIC - DP; House Passed 59-0; STBTC - DP; Senate Passed 37-0 | | |
| HJR 0001 | Session Length, Subjects, and Overrides, CA | Would establish two 45-day sessions per legislative biennium, remove the subject restrictions for bills in even-numbered years and allow for veto overrides within a biennium. | v-McQueen, Montoya, Szczepanski, Brown; Cervantes, Woods | HGEIC - DP; HJC - DP; House Passed 59-4; SRC | PP - Session Length, Subjects and Overrides | |
| HJR 0008 | Legislative Session Changes, CA | Would establish two 45-day sessions per legislative biennium, remove the subject restrictions for bills in even-numbered years and allow for veto overrides within a biennium. | Montoya, Brown, De La Cruz, Terrazas, and more | HGEIC - DP; HJC | | |
| HJR 0011 | Change Anti-Donation Clause, CA | Would repeal the anti-donation clause, thereby allowing the State to directly fund projects undertaken by third parties without a fiscal intermediary, as long as those projects are for a public purpose and are established via legislation. | v-Cates, A. Romero, Chandler, Roybal Caballero | HGEIC - DP no rec; HJC
Sponsor has pulled bill. | PP - Anti-Donation Clause | LoS - Anti-Donation Clause |
| HJR 0018 | Commission on Legislative Salaries, CA | See SJR 1 | Rubio, Garratt | HGEIC | | |
| HM 0027 | Anti-Donation Clause Interim Committee Work | Requests the Legislative Council to task an interim committee to assess how best to implement the exception to the anti-donation clause adopted by the voters. The exception pertains to services primarily for residential purposes defined as "essential services" - "infrastructure that allows internet, energy, water, wastewater or other similar services as provided by law". | Serrato, JF Hernandez, Roybal Caballero | HGEIC - DP; House Passed 40-21 | | |
| SB 0001 | Behavioral Health Trust Fund | Would allocate $1 billion to a Behavioral Health Trust Fund, the investment proceeds of which would be used to fund a Behavioral Health Program Fund which would then fund behavioral health initiatives in the state. | v-Muñoz, Stefanics, Woods, Jay Block; Hochman-Vigil and 14 more | SHPAC - DP; SFC - DP; Senate passed 37-5; HAFC - DP; House Passed 46-19; Gov signed | PP - Behavioral Health Trust Fund | LoS - Behavioral Health Trust Fund |
| SB 0002 | Public Health & Safety Initiatives | Would make appropriations to fund SB 3 | v-Shendo, Muñoz, DM Gallegos, Jay Block; Hochman-Vigil and 16 more | SHPAC - DP; SFC - DP; Senate Passed 37-4; HAFC | PP - Public Health & Safety | |
| SB 0003 | Behavioral Health Reform & Investment Act | Would task the AOC with creating regional plans to include continuation and expansion of behavioral health services that comply with behavioral health standards established by the Office of Insurance and be held to behavioral health evaluation guidelines established by LFC. | v-Wirth, Stewart, Sharer, Jay Block; Hochman-Vigil and 13 more | SHPAC - DP; SFC - DP; Senate passed 37-5; HHHC - DP; House Passed as amended 44-23; Senate has concurred with HHHC amendments; Gov signed. | PP - Behavioral Health Investment | LoS - Behavioral Health Investment |
| SB 0016 | Non-Major Party Voters in Primary Elections | Would allow for DTS voters to vote in a major party's primary without re-registering. | v-Figueroa, Wirth, Maestas; Rubio, Cates, Parajón | SRC - DP; SJC - DP; Senate Passed 27-11; HGEIC - DP; HJC - DP; House Passed 36-33. | PP - Non-Major Party Voters in Primaries | LoS - Non-Major Party Voters in Primaries |
| SB 0161 | Background Checks for DMA Employees | Would require state and federal background checks for Department of Military Affairs employees who have responsibility for youth 18 and younger participating in DMA programs. | v-Padilla, Pope | SJC - DP; SFC - DP; Senate passed 30-0; HLVMC - DP; HJC | | |
| SB 0190 | Homelessness Reduction | Creates a homelessness reduction division within the Health Care Authority which would collect data for a data integration system. Also creates an interagency homelessness reduction task force to recommend policy, regulations and resources for the implementation of a homelessness reduction plan and would be advised by a homelessness reduction advisory council. | Pope | SRC | | |
| SB 0192 | Veteran Property Tax Exemptions | Would amend veteran property tax exemptions to conform with the constitutional amendments approved by the voters. Provides for transfers to a new primary residence, provides limits to valuation for certain property improvements, provides for penalties to report or for fraudulent claims, increases pay for valuation protest board members, and clarifies valuation revenue streams. | O'Malley, Pope | STBTC | | |
| SB 0205 | State Office of Housing Planning & Production | Would create the Office of Housing Planning & Production, attached administratively to the Department of Finance and Administration. The purpose of the Office of Housing Planning and Production is to reduce housing costs; increase statewide housing availability, including housing for low-income and homeless households; maximize resources to address statewide housing needs; address the underlying factors that are impacting housing costs and limited supply; grow local programs and capacity to address housing needs and further fair housing; identify state resources for housing; and track housing progress through goal setting and data. | Padilla, Nava, Gonzales; Dixon, Anyanonu, Parajón | SHPAC - DP; SFC | | LoS - State Office of Housing |
| SB 0216 | Rent Control & Certain Entities | Would repeal the prohibition on political subdivisions and home-rule municipalities from enacting rent control. | Lopez, Sedillo Lopez, Pope, Pinto; Roybal Caballero | SHPAC - DP; SJC | | |
| SB 0219 | Medical Psilocybin Act | Would allow the use of psilocybin in an approved setting to treat certain qualified conditions. | v-Steinborn, Hickey, Brandt; Thomson, A. Romero, and 4 more | STBTC - DP; SJC - DP; SFC - DP; Senate Passed 33-4; HHHC - DP; House Passed 56-8 | | LoS - Medical Psilocybin |
| SB 0273 | Veteran Transitional Housing | Appropriates $500,000 to DVS to fund veteran transitional housing. | v-Stefanics, Sharer, Thornton, Jay Block; Sariñana and 3 more | SIRC - DP; SFC | | |
| SB 0373 | Domestic Violence By Military Member | Would require notice to an authority at the military installation where the member is assigned if they have been involved in child abuse or neglect, or domestic abuse. Seeks MOUs with the military installations to effect this notice. Also requires communication of a domestic violence order of protection. | Sedillo Lopez | SHPAC | | |
| SB 0378 | Liquor Tax Rates | Raises the excise tax paid by wholesalers by 20% on most alcoholic products, excepting those produced by craft brewers/distillers. | Sharer | STBTC - Hold for tax package | | |
| SB 0431 | Liquor Tax Changes & Programs | See HB 417 | Sedillo Lopez, Pinto; Ferrary, Parajón, Cadena | STBTC | | |
| SB 0432 | Behavioral Health Grant Pgm & Fund | Would dedicate 2% of the liquor excise tax and 5% of the cannabis excise tax to a behavioral health grant program fund. Would also dedicate 2% of the liquor excise tax to the health care authority to increase medicaid reimbursement for new or existing programs or services for the prevention, treatment and screening of behavioral health issues. | Lanier, Woods, Brantley | SHPAC | | |
| SB 0466 | Liquor Changes | Would create another class of restaurant for serving of alcoholic beverages, would remove the three drink maximum, would remove the limit as to proximity with churches, and would create "entertainment districts" where such businesses could proliferate. Would also adjust and in some cases reduce the cost of certain liquor licenses.
VMFC OPPOSES this bill. | Maestas | STBTC - DP; SJC | | |
| SB 0497 | No Armed Services Retirement Tax Exempt Limit | Would remove the $30,000 cap on the amount of retirement income that can be exempted from state income tax. | Ramos, J. A. Sanchez, Jay Block, Thornton | STBTC - Hold for tax package | | |
| SJR 0001 | Legislative Salaries Commission, CA | Would create a commission to recommend legislator's salaries and amend the constitution to allow the state to pay legislators' salaries. | v-Figueroa, Wirth, Duhigg; Garratt, Rubio and 2 more | SRC - DP; SFC - Bill failed on tie vote | PP - Legislative Salaries | LoS - Legislative Salaries |
| SJR 0012 | Legislative Session Changes, CA | Would create two sixty day sessions, remove the limitations on the second session and allow veto overrides during both sessions. | Lopez, Pinto, Sedillo Lopez, Pope | SRC | | |
| SJR 0013 | Open Primary Elections, CA | Would amend the constitution to allow any voter, regardless of party affiliation, to choose which primary they desire to vote in. More permissive than SB 16. | Pinto | SRC | | |
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