STATE OF NEW MEXICO
FIFTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION, 2023
SENATE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2023
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Senator George Muñoz, Chair
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 9:00 a.m. or call of the Chair – Room 322
9:00 a.m.
WATER OVERSIGHT SUB-COMMITTEE – ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
1:30 p.m. — FULL COMMITTEE HEARING
(770) Corrections Department (Rabin/Jimenez) (
231-243) District Courts (Gray/Semiglia)
(244) Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court (Gray/Semiglia)
(394) State Treasurer (Faubion/Miller)
FISCAL ORIENTATION – HOW THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES
AND TRUST FUNDS WORK
Ismael Torres, Chief Economist, LFC
* SB 6 HERMITS PEAK-CALF CANYON FIRE RECOVERY FUNDS (CAMPOS/CASTELLANO)
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Meeting ID: 830 077 3732
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Sonya Snyder, Finance Committee Secretary – Room 325, (505) 986-4363
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Senator Elizabeth “Liz” Stefanics, Chair
Thursday February 2, 2023 – 9:00 am – Room 311
SB 156 STATEWIDE ANTI-LITTER CAMPAIGN (STEINBORN)
SB 167 STRATEGIC WATER RESERVE (STEFANICS/WIRTH)
SB 21 PROHIBIT PRESCRIBED BURNING DURING SPRING (GRIGGS)
SB 77 NEW HOME BUILD RENEWABLE REQUIREMENTS (SOULES)
SB 94 TRANSFER RIO GRANDE TRAIL ADMINISTRATION (STEINBORN/DIAMOND)
SB 195 WATER PROTECTION PERMANENT FUND (CAMPOS)
SB 200 REGIONAL WATER PROJECT PROCUREMENT (INGLE/MUÑOZ)
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Meeting ID: 773 988 1331 To provide written comments, please email SCONC.Zoom@nmlegis.gov
Miquela Gonzales, Conservation Committee Secretary, Room 328, (505) 986-4871
EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Senator William P. Soules, Chair
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 9:00 a.m. – Room 311
SB 108 CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAM UNIT (BRANDT)
SB 109 EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS (BRANDT)
SB 113 EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY SCHOLARSHIP (ORTIZ y PINO)
SB 120 OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR MILITARY CHILDREN (POPE)
SB 131 PUBLIC SCHOOL FUNDING CHANGES (STEWART/BRANDT)
SB 37 REQUIRE 30-MINUTE RECESS FOR SOME GRADES (NEVILLE)
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Meeting ID: 605 708 7163
Mary Ann Roberts-Stensrud, Education Committee Secretary – Room 328, (505) 986-4832
HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chair
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 1:30 pm or 1/2 hr. after floor session – Room 311
SB 99 RENT CONTROL PROHIBITIONS (LOPEZ/ROYBAL CABALLERO)
SB 111 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LICENSING FEES (SOULES)
SB 117 PRESCRIBING PSYCHOLOGIST PRACTICE ACT (SOULES)
SB 18 RENAME FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT (SEDILLO LOPEZ)
SB 110 CHIROPRACTIC BOARD CHANGES (TALLMAN)
* SB 123 REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION AGAINST RELEASE (LOPEZ/DIXON)
SB 124 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETURNING TO WORK (PADILLA)
SB 126 CHILD SEX ABUSE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (DUHIGG/HEMPHILL)
SB 128 CHILD PROTECTIVE CUSTODY PROCEDURES (DUHIGG/LOPEZ)
SB 130 NO SMOKING IN RACINOS (LOPEZ/HICKEY)
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Cecilia Flores, Health and Public Affairs Committee Secretary – Room 300, (505) 986-4481
INDIAN, RURAL AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Senator Shannon Pinto, Chair
Thursday, February 2 2023 – 9:30 am – Room 303
DOT PRESENTATION
SB 270 NATIONAL HISTORY DAY PROGRAM SCHOOLS (HEMPHILL)
SB 155 USE OF TELECOMM FUND FOR BROADBAND (PADILLA/SARIÑANA)
SB 25 FEDERAL INFRASTRUCTURE MATCHING FUND (MUÑOZ)
SB 214 RURAL LIBRARIES ENDOWMENT FUND (ORTIZ y PINO/HERRERA)
SB 258 SAN MIGUEL LIBRARY SERVICES (STEFANICS/CAMPOS)
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Meeting ID: 433 043 7643
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Julio Salazar, Indian, Rural and Cultural Affairs Committee Secretary Room 301,
(505) 986-4837
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Joseph Cervantes, Chair
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 2:00 pm or 1/2 hour after floor session – Room 321
LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FORCE IN NEW MEXICO
Professor Gipson Rankin, UNM Law Professor
Michael Avery, Professor Emeritus, Suffolk University Law School
Steve Hebbe, NM Chief’s Association
Tim Johnson, Chief, NM State Police
John Allen, Sheriff, Bernalillo County
SB 63 APPOINTED EXECUTIVE OFFICE FINALISTS LISTS (TALLMAN)
SB 170 INCREASE JUROR COMPENSATION (SOULES)
SB 199 LIVESTOCK LARCENY SEPARATE OFFENSES (WOODS/DIAMOND)
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Meeting ID 361 636 5786
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Emily E Garcia, Judiciary Committee Secretary – Room 319, (505) 986-4485
RULES COMMITTEE
Senator Katy M. Duhigg, Chair
Wednesday, February 1, 2023 – 9:00 am – Room 321
SB 42 CAMPAIGN FINANCE REPORTING CHANGES (WIRTH/DUHIGG)
SB 44 PROHIBIT FIREARMS AT POLLING PLACES (WIRTH)
SJM 2 STATE EMPLOYEE EVALUATION TASK FORCE (MUÑOZ)
SJR 1 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CA (NEVILLE)
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Meeting ID: 339 642 2464
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Pat Oliver-Wright, Rules Committee Secretary, Room 320, (505) 986-474
TAX, BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Senator Benny Shendo Jr., Chair
Thursday, February 1, 2023 – 1:30 p.m. – Room 321
SB 22 ELECTRIC VEHICLE & CHARGING UNIT TAX CREDITS (TALLMAN)
* SB 10 ADDITIONAL 2021 INCOME TAX REBATES (SHENDO/CHANDLER)
SB 41 LOCAL TELECOMM CARRIER CHANGES (PADILLA)
SB 45 GEOTHERMAL GROUND-COUPLED HEAT PUMP CREDIT (SOULES)
SB 46 WRONGFUL FORECLOSURE PROTECTION ACT (DUHIGG)
SB 48 CITY OR COUNTY MANDATORY VEHICLE INSPECTIONS (WIRTH/SZCZEPANSKI)
SB 204 EMPLOYEE LEASING BENEFIT PROGRAMS (MUÑOZ)
* SB 71/a ORGAN DONATION DISCRIMINATION (BRANDT/JONES)
SB 38 TAX CODE CHANGES (SHARER)
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Meeting ID:401 128 9295.
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Rebecca Martinez, Tax, Business, and Transportation Committee Secretary – Room 323, (505) 986-4265
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