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{{/_source.additionalInfo}}This category will house articles relating to the 2025 NM Legislative Session.
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, the House of Representatives passed vital legislation to prohibit state-funded entities from detaining individuals for civil immigration violations in federal mass deportation efforts, by a vote of 35-25.
HB 9 bans state agencies, local governments, commissions, school districts, colleges, universities, and any other state taxpayer-funded bodies from continuing or entering into new contracts to facilitate civil detention of immigrants. The bill would not interfere with law enforcement's authority to detain individuals for investigatory purposes.
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, the House of Representatives passed vital legislation to support volunteer firefighters and better protect our communities from increasing wildfire threats.
House Bill 191, which passed unanimously, increases resources for wildfire preparation and response. The bill creates a sustainable funding source to support wildfire control and suppression efforts including forest thinning, firefighting equipment and supplies, firefighter wages, emergency response and recovery efforts, and environmental rehabilitation.
Educator raises would help recruit and retain the best and the brightest
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, House Bill 156, which would significantly raise teacher salaries, passed the House floor with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 62-1.
HB 156 would raise minimum salaries for public school teachers. Minimum salaries for level one teachers would increase to $55,000, $65,000 for level 2 teachers, and $75,000 for level 3 teachers.
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, the House of Representatives passed two bills to protect New Mexico's environment and facilitate our transition to clean energy.
House Bill 140, which passed unanimously, would close a loophole to improve New Mexico's regulatory authority over hazardous wastes that impact communities throughout the state. The bill would update New Mexico's Hazardous Waste Act to clarify that the state can take corrective action with the U.S. Department of Defense to address this toxic waste.
Legislation expands access to prevention and rehabilitation services for children in state care and enhances accountability for serious crime
Santa Fe, N.M. – Legislation to expand programs for at-risk youth and to address juvenile violence in New Mexico is now headed to the House Floor after passing the House Judiciary Committee today by a vote of 7-4. House Bill 255 would expand services offered to young people and enhance accountability for certain juvenile offenders to better prevent and address juvenile crime.
Santa Fe, NM — This evening, the clearly unconstitutional and highly controversial Senate Bill 279 passed inSenate Judiciary Committee by a (5-4) vote.
Senate Republican Leader Bill Sharer issued the following statement on behalf of the Senate Republicans:
"Today, the Second Amendment rights of every New Mexican were infringed upon. This unconstitutional proposal represents the worst intentions of the radical progressive wing that has hijacked the Democrat Party: to target law-abiding citizens while promoting soft-on-crime policies that do little to deter criminals as they continue to terrorize our communities. The Democrats know this bill will do absolutely nothing to stop the violence we witness on a consistent basis; rather, it disarms New Mexicans from protecting themselves and their families from armed and dangerous criminals. New Mexicans, remember this atrocity when you go to the voting booths."
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, the House of Representatives passed two bills to protect New Mexico’s environment and facilitate our transition to clean energy.
House Bill 140, which passed unanimously, would close a loophole to improve New Mexico’s regulatory authority over hazardous wastes that impact communities throughout the state. The bill would update New Mexico’s Hazardous Waste Act to clarify that the state can take corrective action with the U.S. Department of Defense to address this toxic waste.
House Bill 15 would incentivize New Mexico alumni working in healthcare to return to the state
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, the House passed key legislation to recruit healthcare professionals who graduated from New Mexico colleges and universities to return to the state, by a vote of 39-21.
House Bill 15 would create the Health Care Strategic Recruitment Program to strengthen New Mexico's healthcare workforce, particularly in high-demand fields. The program would recruit alumni of New Mexico higher education institutions, who graduated within the past 10 years with a degree or certificate in healthcare but have since moved away, to return and provide critical healthcare services in the state.
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