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Senate Passes Legislation on Issues Ranging from Health Care Delivery and Funding, Career and Technical Education, to the Promotion of Agritourism in New Mexico
Following a Senate Lobo victory at the 2023 Hoops 4 Hope Charity Basketball Game benefitting the UNM Comprehensive Cancer Center on Thursday night, the New Mexico Senate convened for two floor sessions on March 10, 2023. The Senate passed a total of 17 pieces of legislation on issues ranging from health care delivery and funding, career and technical education, to the promotion of Agritourism in New Mexico.
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Legislation Protecting the Privacy of Patients and Providers and Ensuring No One is Criminalized for Safe and Legal Health Care Passes Senate
Today, Senate Bill 13: the Reproductive & Gender-Affirming Health Care Protection Act, legislation designed to prevent discrimination related to abortion and gender-affirming care, protect the privacy of patients and providers, and ensure no one is criminalized for safe and legal health care, passed the Senate.
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Senate Floor Actions for March 9
Today, the New Mexico senate: passed legislation supporting geothermal energy research & development, unanimously advanced a measure increasing funding for senior programs, and recognized the critical need to shore up acequia disaster response and hazard mitigation. Below is a summary of these measures and a complete list of all the additional legislation passed today on the senate floor.
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House Bill 4, the Voting Rights Act, Passes Senate
For Immediate Release Contact: Chris Nordstrum(415) 601-1992Chris.Nordstrum@nmlegis.gov Santa Fe, NM – As voting rights are assailed and rolled back across the country, New Mexico continues to enhance and expand voter…