🟥HB 114 -  Would make the firearms industry an easy target for litigation that could put them out of business.

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 26, 2024 - 1:30 PM - Room 309

To send an email, copy the contact info for this committee below:
 christine.chandler@nmlegis.gov , andrea@andrearomero.com , bill.rehm@nmlegis.gov ,  eliseo.alcon@nmlegis.gov ,  gail@gailchasey.com ,  RYAN@LANEFORLIBERTY.COM , javier.martinez@nmlegis.gov ,  matthew.mcqueen@nmlegis.gov , jared.hembree@nmlegis.gov , Andrea.Reeb@nmlegis.gov ,  reena.szczepanski@nmlegis.gov 

To speak during the live Zoom hearing:
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US Meeting ID: 813 1901 9085

🟥SB 69 - Requires a 14-day waiting period for firearm purchases.

SENATE HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Friday, January 26, 2024 1:00 or 1/2 HR after floor session 311

To send an email, copy the contact info for this committee below:
jortizyp@msn.com ,  bill.tallman@nmlegis.gov , gregg.schmedes@nmlegis.gov ,  martin.hickey@nmlegis.gov,  antonio.maestas@nmlegis.gov, steven.mccutcheon@nmlegis.gov ,  brenda.mckenna@nmlegis.gov ,  a.sedillolopez@nmlegis.gov , greg.nibert@nmlegis.gov 

To speak during the live Zoom hearing:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81287336647 
Via telephone +1 719 359 4580,
Written comment, SHPAC.Zoom@nmlegis.gov

🟥SB 5 - Makes 100 feet of all polling places, and 50 feet within a voting drobox gun-free zones under penalty.

SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Friday, January 26, 2024 1:30 PM or 1/2 hour after floor session 3.21

To send an email, copy the contact info for this committee below:
 joseph.cervantes@nmlegis.gov ,  katy.duhigg@nmlegis.gov , cliff.pirtle@nmlegis.gov ,  greg.baca@nmlegis.gov ,  daniel.ivey-soto@nmlegis.gov , mark.moores@nmlegis.gov , BILL@BILLONEILL4NM.COM , mimi.stewart@nmlegis.gov , peter.wirth@nmlegis.gov 

To speak during the live Zoom hearing:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81502543362
Meeting ID: 815 0254
3362, Zoom Call: 1-253-205-0468.

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Daily Session Calendar

Composition of the NM Legislature

There are currently 45 Democrats and 25 Republicans in the House of Representatives.

There are currently 27 Democrats and 15 Republicans in the Senate.

Legislative Recap and Highlights

🔴On Saturday, HB 41, the Clean Transportation Fuels Standard would raise the cost of electricity and gas prices by up to .50 a gallon passed the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources committee on a 7-4 party-line vote.
• 🔴On Wednesday, HB 41 passed the House Judiciary Committee on a 7-4 party-line vote. It now heads to the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources committee.

🔴On Tuesday, HB 27, which seeks to expand the State Red Flag Gun Confiscation Law, passed in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on a 4-2 party-line vote. It now heads to the House Judiciary Committee.

🔴On Tuesday, HB 114, a bill that threatens to drive out NM firearm retailers and manufacturers by making it easier to sue them, passed in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on a 4-2 party-line vote. It now heads to the House Judiciary Committee.

🟢On Tuesday, SB 26, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Crystal R. Diamond, Pat Woods & Siah Correa Hemphill, that makes an appropriation to the board of regents of NMSU for the NM Dept of Agriculture's existing livestock Mexican wolf compensation program, passed unanimously in the Senate Conservation Committee.

🟢On Tuesday, SB 27, which seeks appropriation to the NM Department of Agriculture to fund and provide rootstock or vines for new vineyards in NM passed unanimously in the Senate Conservation Committee.

🔴On Wednesday, SB 5, which makes 100 feet of all polling places, and 50 feet within a voting dropbox a gun-free zone under penalty, passed in the Senate Rules Committee on a 7-4 party-line vote. It now heads to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate Republican Leader Greg Baca, a member of the Senate Rules Committee released the following statement in response: 
“This unnecessary bill is predicated on anecdotes and it’s clear that the real intent is to roll back the Second Amendment one chip at a time. With legislation like this, Senate Democrats continue to target law-abiding citizens instead of going after the criminals who have no regard for the law. Given the rampant crime and violence gripping our streets, the right of our people to defend themselves is more important than ever and we continue our steadfast fight to uphold that right.”

🟢On Wednesday, SB 93 , an appropriation for research and development of chile harvesting solutions and marketing of chile grown in NM passed the Senate Education Committee with unanimous support. It now heads to the Senate Finance Committee.

🔴On Wednesday, HB 124,HB 124, which would create a bipartisan committee of legislators that would prevent current and future governors and their unelected appointees from abusing the administrative rule process to seize law and mandate-making ability without the approval of the elected legislature, did not pass the House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee with a final vote of 5-4.

🔴On Thursday, HB 137, the semiautomatic rifle ban, HB 127, which raises the minimum age to purchase or possess a firearm to 21 years old, and HB 129, which adds a 14-day waiting period to a firearm purchase all passed in the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee on a party-line vote of 4-2. They now head to the House Judiciary Committee.

NM House Republicans held a press conference regarding HJR 8, which intends to limit the governor’s powers and restore checks and balances in state government.

The core message is that because of just “one person’s” unchecked power, New Mexicans have had to suffer intensely. No single person should have unilateral power that affects millions of people without the oversight and participation of the legislative branch.  This resolution aims to end the governor’s abuse of unnecessary, unconstitutional, and destructive emergency powers.

NM HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT CHECKS AND BALANCES, CALL ON DEMOCRATS TO UPHOLD OATH TO PROTECT CONSTITUTION
Via: NM House Republicans

Today, New Mexico House Republicans held a press conference to explain their Joint Resolution that would create a Constitutional Amendment aimed to reign in executive emergency powers. If passed, an emergency order issued by the Governor would terminate after 90 days unless the Governor calls the Legislature back into special session to address the circumstances of the emergency, requiring a 3/5ths vote of the Legislature to extend, restrict, or suspend the emergency. Without action by the Legislature, an emergency order would expire after 90 days.

House Republican Leader Ryan Lane stated, “This is not a political issue. This is meant to provide proper checks and balances for the executive branch by the Legislature, making sure that elected representatives of the people are weighing in on executive orders that affect millions of New Mexicans.”

A common theme among Republican Members was reminding New Mexicans of the extensive COVID lockdowns that decimated our economy and barred kids from attending school, which will have negative lifetime affects on an entire generation of New Mexico kids. Rep. Rod Montoya said, “When we were seeing small improvements in education, we threw all that out the window and caused avoidable harm to our students, who may never catch up or recover.” 

Discussing the economic impacts, Rep. Jason Harper stated, “We still feel the effects of out-of-control inflation at the grocery store and at the gas pump, causing devastating financial stress for families struggling to pay their rent or mortgages and put food on the table.” Rep. Gail Armstrong followed, discussing the impact on businesses. “New Mexico business owners were put in an impossible situation. The attack on the business community throughout the state shattered the American Dream for so many New Mexicans who were forced to close their doors forever,” said Rep. Armstrong.

Rep. Cathrynn Brown added, “People of faith were targeted, and places of worship were forced to close their doors. So many people in my district rely on church or temple for communion, hope, and even regular meals. It was a violation of the First Amendment right to assemble, and we must debate the authority of a unilateral executive.”

The Joint Resolution would restore the balance of power between the executive and Legislature to ensure a single person doesn’t have the sole, unfettered power to determine whether an emergency exists and how long that emergency exists.

Senate Republicans Rebuke Administration’s Efforts to Destroy New Mexico’s Oil and Gas Industries
Via: NM Senate Republicans
 
The Senate Finance Committee today heard testimony from the Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department regarding its budgetary and legislative proposals. A lengthy discussion ensued regarding the Department’s proposed legislation (House Bill 133) to amend the Oil and Gas Act and institute new regulations.
 
Following the hearing, Senator William Sharer (R-Farmington) and Senator Crystal Brantley (R-Elephant Butte) released the following statements:
 
“These oil and gas-killing regulations continue to stand on thin science and thick rhetoric,” added Senator Brantley. “Not even the federal government has instituted some of these measures and it is particularly troubling that the department refused to provide any factual numbers on how these unnecessary changes will impact New Mexico’s revenue stream. As a legislator and member of the Senate Finance Committee, I have a responsibility for the state’s budget, and I urge my colleagues to reject this and any other bill that jeopardizes our financial viability.”

“New Mexico is, quite literally, powered by our energy industry,” said Senator Sharer. “The Governor and her administration claim to ‘appreciate’ the impact of the industry on our state, but too often, they fail to recognize its impact beyond funding our state coffers. Clean, affordable, and reliable energy heats our homes, it gets us to work, and it is in every fiber of our modern society. Thanks to major investments by the industry, we are now producing the cleanest energy in the cleanest way possible. We should embrace that instead of trying to cut off the hand that feeds us.”

Senator Pat Woods and Senator Steven McCutcheon Introduce Legislation to Restrict Land Acquisition by the Executive
Via: NM Senate Republicans

This week, Senator Pat Woods (R-Broadview) and Senator Steven McCutcheon II (R-Carlsbad) introduced legislation to restrict the New Mexico Game and Fish Department and the New Mexico Energy and Natural Resources Department from acquiring land for the purpose of “preservation.” In 2021, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced her intention to use her administration to acquire 30% of all land types by the year 2030 as part of her radical climate change agenda. 

“We have a fundamental disagreement about what conservation means,” said Senator McCutcheon. “To the progressives, conservation means you put a fence around land and let it rot or burn. To the farmer, the rancher, and anyone who wants to see our beautiful state preserved for our children it means responsible stewardship. No bureaucrat will ever understand how to better use the land than those whose legacy is dedicated to managing it”

“These bills are the first step in ensuring accountability in state land acquisition. The voters deserve to have a say when the state plans to buy vast swaths of land. One politician should not be able to use taxpayer dollars to bolster a political agenda,” added Senator Woods. 

BALANCING MOTHERHOOD AND DREAMS: STATE REPRESENTATIVE JENIFER JONES BELIEVES IN WOMEN’S ABILITY TO RAISE A CHILD WITHOUT SACRIFCING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE
Via: NM House Republicans

Registered Nurse and State Representative Jenifer Jones announced a web-based pregnancy resource guide for expecting mothers, marking an exciting milestone for maternal health, exclusively designed for mothers-to-be. The page includes resources for adoption and foster care, medical coverage, affordable housing, nutrition, support services, childcare, and college assistance. This effort will support and empower expectant mothers throughout their pregnancy journey and through their child’s early years.

“Pregnancy can be an overwhelming period filled with uncertainties, questions, and unique challenges. Recognizing the need for reliable information and guidance, New Mexico House Republicans have developed this comprehensive website, ensuring mothers receive the support they deserve,” stated Rep. Jones. With its user-friendly interface, this virtual hub offers a wealth of helpful resources and tools for New Mexico’s expectant mothers to make informed decisions and optimize their pregnancy experience.

One of the standout features is its extensive multifaceted links to various services also incorporating a directory of registered healthcare providers specializing in prenatal and postnatal care. This allows users to browse and select services tailored to their specific needs and preferences.

House Republicans have always been committed to enhancing comprehensive care for all expectant mothers. They strive to reach a wider community and support women wherever they may be on their pregnancy journey. Regardless of demographic backgrounds or geographical locations, expectant mothers can now access reliable information and resources in one easily accessible online destination.

To explore this invaluable resource, visit www.nmhrcc.org/pregnancy-resources  today. The website is open to all expectant mothers, welcoming them to a site committed to their well-being and the well-being of their child.

GOP Bill to Watch

HB 51 - Gross receipts tax cut.
HB 111 - Funding for the completion of New Mexico’s border wall.
HB 121 - Requiring assessments and investigation into CYFD failures to provide plan of care.
HB 53 - Smokey Bear License & Plate
HB - 82 - Appropriation for the enhancement, expansion & continuing implementation of the New Mexico historic women marker program.
HB 110 - Instills penalties for abortion providers who kill a fetus with a detectable heartbeat. Requires they inform the mother of the fetus’ heartbeat.
HB 124 - Creates a bipartisan committee of legislators from both the House and Senate to ensure sufficient checks and balances are applied to administrative rules. This bipartisan committee will prevent current and future governors and their unelected appointees from abusing the administrative rule process to seize law and mandate-making ability without the approval of the elected legislature.
HB 167 - Requiring medical care for all infants who are born alive.
HM 3 - Requesting the secretary of health to convene a task force to study the prevalence, effects and lifetime fiscal impacts of prenatal substance exposure and adverse neonatal outcomes; requesting that the final results of the study be reported to the legislature.
HM 11 - Requesting PED create a work group to study ways to help schools with absent children.
HJR 8 - Limit the governor’s emergency powers to 90 days unless she gets a 3/5 approval vote from the legislature.
HR 1 - Articles of impeachment against Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.
SB 26 - (bipartisan) Makes an appropriation to the board of regents of NMSU for the NM Dept of Agriculture's existing livestock Mexican wolf compensation program.
SB 27 - Appropriation to the NM Department of Agriculture to fund and provide rootstock or vines for new vineyards in NM.
SB 37 - (bipartisan) Authorizing the NM livestock board to conduct meat inspections to ensure the safety and quality of meat for human consumption.
SB 51 - Authorizing the creation of a state meat inspection program to ensure the safety and quality of meat for human consumption.
SB 52 - Provide emergency funding to rural and frontier hospitals with fewer than thirty-five beds.
SB 83 - Requiring CYFD to conduct assessments and provide services upon failure to comply with a plan of care.
SB 93 - Appropriation for research and development of chile harvesting solutions and marketing of chile grown in NM.
SB 105 - Reducing the rates of several types of taxes and repealing other taxes.
SB 107 - A tax credit for each qualifying rural job the employer creates.
SB 117 - Increasing the amount of the special needs adopted child tax credit.
SB 112 - Allowing pregnant women in their third trimester to be issued temporary significant mobility limitation parking placards.
SB 125 - Make tax exemption on military retirement income permanent.
SB 154 - Amending the rights of sexual assault survivors. Providing more resources and avenues for police to investigate these crimes.
SM2 -Repeal the EIB’s electric vehicle mandate.
SM3 - A memorial to support Israel and condemn Hamas.

Democrat Anti 2A Bills

HB 27 - Seeks to expand the State Red Flag Gun Confiscation Law. It empowers law enforcement officers and unspecified licensed healthcare professionals to petition for extreme risk protective orders. Immediate firearm surrender is required upon service of these orders.
HB 114 -  Would make the firearms industry an easy target for litigation that could put them out of business.
HB 129 - Adds a 14-day waiting period to a firearm purchase.
HB 127 - Raises the minimum age to purchase or possess a firearm to 21 years old.
HB 137 - Semiautomatic rifle ban.
SB 5 - Makes 100 feet of all polling places, and 50 feet within a voting drobox gun-free zones under penalty.
SB 69 - Requires a 14-day waiting period for firearm purchases.
SB 90 - Imposing an additional tax on firearms and ammunition.
SJR 12 - Amends the NM constitution to allow municipalities and counties to regulate firearms in a manner that is more restrictive than state law.
SB 204 - Would ban carrying a firearm at a park or playground.

GOP Pro-2A Bills

HB 81 - (bipartisan) Tax credit for those who purchase a secure gun storage box equal to the amount of the gun storage.
HB 79 - Provides a partial gross receipts tax reduction for the sale of firearms and ammunition.
HB 78 - Constitutional carry bill.
HB 58 - Eliminate the background check requirement for firearm purchases.

GOP Crime Bills

HJR 3 - Remove the requirements that only courts of record may deny bail and that only prosecuting authorities may request a hearing to determine whether bail is denied, to allow courts to deny bail for all types of criminal offenses
HB 44 - Establishing a pre-trial presumption that a defendant has proven dangerous by clear and convincing evidence and no release conditions will protect the safety of the community.
HB 46 - Penalty for a felon in possession of a firearm is five years imprisonment.
HB 47 - Creating a crime of unlawfully carrying a firearm while trafficking controlled substances.
HB 56 - Clarifying that trespassing includes persons who knowingly enter without prior permission or remain on the lands of another knowing that the owner or lawful occupant did not provide permission; increasing the penalty for trespass in certain circumstances.
HB 57 - Chemical castration for sex offenders.
HB 60 - Makes necrophilia a crime.
HB 61 - Increasing the penalty for aggravated battery upon a peace officer.
HB 63 - Requiring the department of health to develop, maintain and oversee a cannabis school use prevention resource program;
HB 64 - Clarifying cannabis packaging requirements pertaining to children's safety.
HB 65 - Removing limitations on what may constitute reasonable suspicion of a crime involving cannabis
HB 69 - Creating the crime of organized residential theft; prescribing penalties.
HB 77 - Reinstate the death penalty
HB 80 - Relating to CYFD. Creating the crimes of assault and aggravated assault against a public service worker and battery and aggravated battery against a public service worker
HB 96 - Increasing the penalty for resisting, evading or obstructing an officer to a fourth degree felony.
HB 106 - Adding the exposure to the use of fentanyl as evidence of abuse of a child
HB 152 - Prohibiting driving with controlled substances or
Metabolites in the blood
HB 155 - Providing three strikes for violent felons for the purposes of life imprisonment; eliminating the possibility of parole. Providing that certain convictions incurred by a defendant before the age of eighteen shall constitute violent felonies
SB 66 - Increasing the penalty of making a shooting threat to a fourth degree felony
SB 73 - Reinstating the death penalty for murdering a peace officer
SJR 11 - Allow conditions for denial of bail and for pretrial detention. Remove the requirement that bail denial be made only by a court of record and remove the limitation of bail denial to defendants charged with a felony
SB 107 - Increasing the amount of the rural job tax credit; making the credit refundable and removing transferability
SB 122 - Establishing a rebuttable presumption that no release conditions will reasonably protect the safety of any other person or the community if a defendant is likely to pose a threat to the safety of others if released pending trial

Other Bad Dem Bills To Watch

HB 133 - Amend the Oil and Gas Act and institute new gas-killing regulations.
HB 41 - Clean Transportation Fuels Standard would raise gas prices by .50 a gallon.
HB 182 - Anti-first amendment. Creates a new broad definition of ‘materially deceptive media” and creates a crime for distributing it.
HM 8 - An anti-Israel memorial.
SJR 8 - Government power grab in the name of environmental rights.
SB 2 - Would further harm the oil and gas industry by increasing the royalty rates for oil and gas tracts of land through the New Mexico State Land Office.
SB 136 - Appropriates 1 million taxpayer dollars for the Governor, Lt. Governor, and her cabinet to purchase new electric vehicles to use throughout their term of office.
SB 147 - Adds an additional tax to liquor purchases making future purchases more expensive.
SB 158 - Creates a “constitutional revision commission” of 15 people appointed by the governor and others to study and recommend changes to the NM constitution.

In The News

NM Legislators in the media:

• Measure to increase oil and gas royalty rates making way through Roundhouse | Business | abqjournal.com
• Tempers flare at Capitol between health secretary, GOP lawmaker over op-ed | Local News | santafenewmexican.com
• Republicans push to limit emergency powers NM governors hold | News | abqjournal.com
• House Republicans sponsor bill to limit the governor's executive power (koat.com)
• https://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/opinion-targeting-law-abiding-gun-owners-doesnt-address-crime/article_0d62b856-b59a-11ee-bbaa-07391abda306.html
• https://www.abqjournal.com/news/republicans-push-to-limit-emergency-powers-nm-governors-hold/article_4705e7ca-ba38-11ee-84cf-1f7e61ce648a.html
• https://www.kob.com/new-mexico/cyfd-leaders-face-tough-questions-as-lawmakers-seek-solutions/
• https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/the-voters-are-my-bosses-how-4-n-m-lawmakers-look-at-their-job/article_4fbe00e8-b491-11ee-97d8-570a9eed7c82.html
• https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/lawmaker-calls-cyfd-an-unfixable-agency/article_93448378-b617-11ee-b936-cbb7f69752d9.html
• https://news.yahoo.com/mexico-republicans-turn-politics-version-043400836.html
• https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/legislature/senate-republicans-fire-back-at-oil-and-gas-bill/article_21b6ff4c-b6fd-11ee-8f25-537c981301a0.html
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-mexico-house-republicans-propose-legislation-for-scholarship-tax-credits/ar-AA1mQqht
• https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2804738/new-mexico-gop-democratic-gov-impeachment /
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/republican-legislator-files-bills-aimed-at-curbing-crime-in-new-mexico/ar-AA1mEVaY
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/hb-44-looks-to-adopt-rebuttable-presumption-in-nm/ar-AA1mFBgb
• New Mexico House Republicans push to limit governor's emergency powers (krqe.com)
• 2 New Mexico state Republicans file impeachment articles against Dem governor over gun control | Fox News
• State Republicans file impeachment articles against Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham - KOB.com
• New Mexico Senate Republicans announce 2024 priorities (msn.com)
• Governor, undeterred by disruptions, lays out big agenda | Legislature | New Mexico Legislative Session | santafenewmexican.com
• https://www.abqjournal.com/opinion/opinion-legislative-review-needed-to-provide-checks-and-balances/article_b0c059a8-a4fc-11ee-96b4-eb5145b447a5.html
• Lawmakers, business leaders prioritize CTE programming in Legislature | Business | abqjournal.com
• OPINION: If you have paid any attention to the news, you know CYFD's troubles | Opinion | abqjournal.com
• WARNING: Lawmaker’s bill mandates automatic death penalty for child sex crimes following Epstein files release (foxnews.com)
• NM governor unveils bills that ban assault weapons, raise age to possess a gun | News | abqjournal.com
• Republican legislator files bills aimed at curbing crime in New Mexico (msn.com)
• Republicans want to repeal New Mexico's electric vehicle requirement (yahoo.com)

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