1.18.2018 Senate Committee Schedule
State of New Mexico
FIFTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION, 2018
SENATE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS
Thursday, January 18, 2018
FINANCE COMMITTEE – Senator John Arthur Smith, Chairman
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
(218) Administrative Office of the Courts (Torres/Loredo)
Judith Nakamara, Chief Justice, Supreme Court
Artie Pepin, Director, Administrative Office of the Courts
Budget and Process Reforms
Unified Judicial Budget
Status of Judicial Retirement
(231-243) District Courts (Torres/Loredo)
(244) Metropolitan Court (Torres/Loredo)
(280) Public Defender Department Chief Public Defender, Ben Baur (Torres/Loredo)
Monday, January 22, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
(690) Children, Youth and Families Department, Monique Jacobson, Secretary (Klundt/Regensberg)
(665) Department of Health, Lynn Gallagher, Secretary (Chenier/Densmore)
Tuesday, January 23, 2018 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 322
(251-265) District Attorneys/Administrative Office of the District Attorneys (Torres/Loredo)
Rick Tedrow, 11th Judicial District Attorney, Division I & President of the District Attorney’s Association
Henry Valdez, Director, Administrative Office of the District Attorneys
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
Capital Outlay
Jonas Armstrong, Fiscal Analyst
Linda Kehoe, Consultant LFC
Quarterly Status of Outstanding Capital Fund
Review of 2017 Capital Outlay Requests
Other Capital Outlay Issues
Thursday, January 25, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
(950) Higher Education Department/I&G Funding, Barbara Damron, Secretary (Dulany/Montoya)
I&G Funding
Research and Public Service Projects and Review Process
FY19 Instruction and General Funding Formula Request
Friday, January 26, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
(370) Secretary of State, Maggie Toulouse Oliver (Romero/Miller)
(418) Tourism Department, Rebecca Lathan, Secretary (Martinez/Miner)
(419) Economic Development Department, Matthew Geisel, Secretary (Martinez/Carranco)
Monday, January 29, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
(624) Aging and Long-Term Services Department Kiki Knowles, Acting Secretary (Chenier/Densmore)
(505) Cultural Affairs Department, Veronica Gonzales, Secretary (Martinez/Miner)
(460) State Fair Commission, Dan Mourning, Executive Director (Martinez/C. Martinez)
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 322
(352) Educational Retirement Board, Jan Goodwin, Director (Hanika-Ortiz/Smith)
(366) Public Employees Retirement Association, Wayne Propst, Director (Hanika-Ortiz/Smith)
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – Senator Joseph Cervantes, Chairman
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – 9:00 a.m. – Room 311
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
PRESENTATIONS:
TX v NM and CO (RIO GRANDE COMPACT DISPUTE)
New Mexico Deputy Attorney General Tania Maestas
General Counsel for Elephant Butte Irrigation District, Samantha Barncastle-Salopek
Climate Change and Water Resources in New Mexico
UNM Dept. of Earth & Planetary Sciences, David Gutzler, Ph.D.
EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Senator William P. Soules, Chairman
Friday, January 19, 2018 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 311
JOINT SENATE & HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING
PRESENTATION:
Public School Support: Legislative Finance Committee and Executive FY19 Budget Recommendations for Public School Support
Legislative Finance Committee, Sunny Liu, Fiscal Analyst
Department of Finance and Administration, Nina Carranco, Principal Executive Budget and Policy Analyst
Public Education Department, Christopher Ruszkowski, Secretary-Designate
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chairman
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – 1/2 hour after session – Room 321
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
RULES COMMITTEE – Senator Linda M. Lopez, Chairman
Thursday, January 18, 2018 – 10:00 a.m. – Room 321
JOHN PAUL TAYLOR REAPPOINTMENT (PAPEN)
Museum Board of Regents
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