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• But members, I want to tell you about Del Rio Texas. Texas.
• In Del Rio, Texas, they've been doing that for years.
• As I was reminded in Del Rio when I was a House member, and we had a committee hearing in Del Rio. and
• You can see it just west of Del Rio.
• One last thing about Del Rio, a little-known fact, the actress Jessica Alba was in Del Rio for a period

Bills: SJR 12, SCR 39, SB 7, SB 8, SB 27, SB 29, SB 125, SB 241, SB 371, SB 396, SB 406, SB 464, SB 568, SB 578, SB 608, SB 617, SB 660, SB 689, SB 693, SB 707, SB 731, SB 732, SB 763, SB 779, SB 836, SB 854, SB 857, SB 875, SB 878, SB 879, SB 906, SB 920, SB 921, SB 922, SB 942, SB 965, SB 985, SB 996, SB 1029, SB 1035, SB 1036, SB 1059, SB 1084, SB 1098, SB 1101, SB 1185, SB 1188, SB 1321, SB 1332, SB 1366, SB 1388, SB 1396, SB 1453, SB 1484, SB 1494, SB 1536, SB 1563, SB 1596, SB 1610, SB 1619, SB 1737, SB 1738, SB 1741, SB 1816, SB 1822, SB 1841, SB 1939, SB 2155, SB 2188, SB 2230

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

Summary: In this meeting, significant discussions revolved around the passage and modification of various Senate Bills, including SB1388, which pertains to family support services under the Health and Human Services Commission. Senator Kolkhorst advocated for the bill, emphasizing its focus on pro-life, family-centered care. The committee passed the bill after thorough examination, showcasing a collaborative effort among the members to ensure its alignment with successful past initiatives. In another session, Senator Hughes presented SB942, aimed at retroactive child support linked to prenatal care, which sparked a constructive dialogue reflecting bipartisan support for maternal and child welfare.

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• Next up, we're going to have updates from the San Miguel del Vado Land Grant Merced. Mr.
• Romero is the President of San Miguel del Vado, and Mr. Gallegos is the Secretary.
• It's the first land grant under the Spanish colony east of the Rio Pecos.
• San Miguel del Valle.
• San Joaquin del Rio Chama, all the way from Abiquiu to Ceolla, U.S. Forest, almost 500,000 acres.

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• I represent the Sierra Club's Rio Grande Chapter.
• about the devastation that took place during the Hermit's Peak-Calf Canyon Fire, the Black Fire, the Rio
• In the Rio Chama main stem, there were eight. And in the Rio Ojo Caliente, there were... Thank you.
• Eight, and the Rio Ojo Caliente, there were eight as well. And in the Rio Santa Cruz, it was 18.

Bills: SB154, SB187, SB193, SM3

Keywords: insurance, wildfire, flood damage, natural disasters, property coverage, water projects, appropriation, New Mexico, finance authority, infrastructure, New Mexico Finance Authority, funding, SB193, acequia, community ditch, irrigation works construction fund, water infrastructure, ditch infrastructure, irrigation, New Mexico water law

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• If you were to look from Del Rio, which is north of us, Ms.
• Richardson, along the border, the Rio Grande, and follow that line along the Rio Grande all the way down
• 40 miles are the only area along the River Vega as we along the river banks that is not paved from Del
• Rio all the way to Brownsville.
• Rio Eagle Pass.

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• As you know, my hometown is in Eagle Pass, and it's a growing, thriving community in the middle Rio Grande
• If you were to look from Del Rio, which is north of us, Ms.
• Richardson, along the border, the Rio Grande, and follow that line along the Rio Grande all the way down
• That is not paved from Del Rio all the way to Brownsville.
• Rio, Eagle Pass.

Bills: HB 1026, SCR37

Keywords: transportation, Farm-to-Market Road, highway designation, Texas Transportation Commission, state highway system, SCR 37, Senate Concurrent Resolution, Panama Canal, Texas ports, port infrastructure, maritime trade, shipping lanes, supply chain resilience, global commerce, exports, LNG, liquefied natural gas, crude oil, refined petroleum, agriculture

Transcript Highlights:

• But members, I want to tell you about Del Rio, Texas. Texas.
• In Del Rio, Texas, they've been doing that for years.
• As I was reminded in Del Rio when I was a House member, we had a committee hearing in Del Rio, and we
• That beautiful town and that beautiful scenery can be seen just west of Del Rio.
• One last thing about Del Rio: a little-known fact is that the actress Jessica Alba was in Del Rio for

Bills: SJR12, SCR39, SB7, SB8, SB27, SB29, SB125, SB241, SB371, SB396, SB406, SB464, SB568, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB660, SB689, SB693, SB707, SB731, SB732, SB763, SB779, SB836, SB854, SB857, SB875, SB878, SB879, SB906, SB920, SB921, SB922, SB942, SB965, SB985, SB996, SB1029, SB1035, SB1036, SB1059, SB1084, SB1098, SB1101, SB1185, SB1188, SB1321, SB1332, SB1366, SB1388, SB1396, SB1453, SB1484, SB1494, SB1536, SB1563, SB1596, SB1610, SB1619, SB1737, SB1738, SB1741, SB1816, SB1822, SB1841, SB1939, SB2155, SB2188, SB2230, SJR36, SJR12, SJR81, SJR50, SCR22, SCR12, SCR39, SB765, SB62, SB666, SB888, SB687, SB847, SB1248, SB504, SB857, SB305, SB296, SB284, SB241, SB304, SB1023, SB204, SB609, SB670, SB850, SB854, SB413, SB1346, SB1033, SB1220, SB1073, SB810, SB1539, SB447, SB406, SB985, SB1119, SB1505, SB1215, SB1302, SB583, SB673, SB681, SB1172, SB608, SB955, SB957, SB1120, SB541, SB1737, SB266, SB1415, SB125, SB53, SB1352, SB785, SB1450, SB1502, SB1566, SB414, SB1062, SB578, SB711, SB746, SB942, SB1404, SB1448, SB1738, SB507, SB689, SB1026, SB1349, SB1355, SB1433, SB1434, SB1596, SB1403, SB763, SB667, SB1059, SB617, SB1567, SB310, SB311, SB505, SB1209, SB1210, SB1470, SB264, SB1029, SB1358, SB1364, SB1569, SB1376, SB1228, SB519, SB878, SB1350, SB462, SB827, SB1585, SB1396, SB920, SB1484, SB1273, SB1741, SB7, SB927, SB1227, SB1229, SB1353, SB1366, SB1464, SB1709, SB1729, SB1733, SB1744, SB1772, SB1816, SB1841, SB2188, SB1147, SB879, SB1008, SB1536, SB2016, SB1453, SB1173, SB1163, SB996, SB27, SB568, SB1370, SB1321, SB1101, SB906, SB860, SB1563, SB993, SB693, SB1610, SB1537, SB836, SB1332, SB1307, SB963, SB493, SB922, SB984, SB1084, SB619, SB1098, SB1122, SB455, SB522, SB1057, SB1239, SB1254, SB1255, SB1259, SB1341, SB1664, SB1877, SB464, SB1277, SB32, SB732, SB660, SB731, SB921, SB268, SB1822, SB1188, SB1939, SB1589, SB397, SB1388, SB2230, SB1058, SB1036, SB1267, SB2112, SB1930, SB532, SB1035, SB2155, SB508, SB29, SB292, SB291, SB901, SB1333, SB1436, SB1494, SB964, SB779, SB1378, SB2312, SB1719, SB1386, SB287, SB2143, SB1245, SB261, SB1247, SB1948, SB2406, SB2407, SB1882, SB1197, SB1814, SB618, SB38, SB393, SB2065, SB1371, SB1394, SB1365, SB2243, SB2226, SB2039, SB1919, SB1895, SB1598, SB1493, SB1810, SB1791, SB1706, SB1644, SB1238, SB783, SB458, SB22, SB651, SB897, SB7, SB125, SB578, SB608, SB617, SB763, SB836, SB878, SB906, SB920, SB942, SB985, SB1084, SB1366, SB1388, SB1563, SB1737, SB1738, SB1816, SB1939, SB406, SB689, SR327, SR346, SR351, SR352

Keywords: parental rights, education, constitutional amendment, school choice, child education, border security, southern border, federal immigration policy, illegal immigration, cartels, transnational cartels, fentanyl, drug trafficking, human trafficking, Operation Lone Star, Texas border, National Guard, state guard, border wall, border barriers

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• Rio de Chama Land Grant.
• on the Upper Rio Grande, and the vice chair of the New Mexico Acequias Association.
• Rick Martinez, Rio Chama Acequia Association.
• I am the president of the Acequia del Medio de Vaya Penaesco.
• Also, I am the secretary of the Rio Sanabara Regional Acequia Association.

Keywords: 996, all

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• Speaker. city of Del Rio, but before we do, we want to take the time to recognize an honorable man from
• the city of Del Rio, from Valverde County, who contributed his adult livelihood to the betterment of
• Today we honor the life and legacy of former Del Rio fire. Chief Joe Harrington.
• He began volunteering for the fire department in Del Rio in 1970. 74, one year before I was born.
• Recognizing April 2nd, 2025 as Val Verde County Del Rio Day at the State Capitol.

Bills: HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392, HB195, HB 13, HB143, HB135, HJR1, HJR2, HB9, HB22, HB908, HB1392

Keywords: constitutional amendment, property tax, ad valorem tax, tax exemption, tangible personal property, income-producing property, business personal property, equipment exemption, machinery, local government finance, school district revenue, county taxes, Texas Constitution, Article VIII, tax relief, commercial property, death tax, inheritance tax, estate tax, property transfer

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• It is Rio Bravo Roadway, Dennis Chavez Boulevard.
• It goes from 118th Street through Coors up to the Rio Grande.
• You all had mentioned that the Rio Bravo Bridge project has been suspended.
• So, yeah, it's a Bernalillo County project that's extending or widening Paseo del Norte from where it
• It's widening of Paseo del Norte from Eagle Ranch West. Thank you, Jerry. From Eagle Ranch.

Keywords: 996, all

Summary: The committee first took up HB 322, which would create a transportation trust fund and transportation program fund. The sponsor offered and the committee adopted an amendment striking the section that would have imposed a 1% gross receipts tax on electricity sales. After a recap of the bill’s remaining provisions, including a $400 million seed amount and future transfers from motor vehicle excise tax revenue, the committee heard brief support from Associated Contractors of New Mexico and the Asphalt Pavement Association and no opposition. The amended bill then passed on a roll-call vote. The committee then heard HB 270, a public works/apprenticeship bill that would require contributions to approved apprenticeship and training programs or to the Public Works Apprentice and Training Fund for public works construction projects, while eliminating an exemption for certain road, highway, utility, and maintenance work. Supporters, including union carpenters, electrical workers, the building trades council, and apprenticeship advocates, argued the bill would expand training, help address labor shortages, and provide a return on public investment. Opponents from utility contractors, highway contractors, and Associated Contractors of New Mexico said they already operate federally approved in-house training programs, warned the bill would raise project costs, and argued some trades have no accessible approved programs. Members questioned how the bill would interact with existing in-house programs, whether rural contractors and nonunion firms would be affected, and whether the state-approved fund and federal highway training requirements could conflict. A proposed amendment to exempt projects of $50 million or less was introduced but tabled. After extensive debate, the committee voted 6-5 to pass HB 270. The meeting also included discussion of a prior procedural error in which HB 270 had been heard before being properly assigned, which the chair said rendered that earlier action void. At the end of the meeting, the committee received a brief New Mexico Department of Transportation District 3 presentation on district projects, budget, and construction status.

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• My district is composed of Rio, Santa Fe, Sandoval, and Taos Counties.
• Next up, we have with us the San Joaquin del Rio de Chama land grant.
• I'm the Secretary for the San Joaquin de Rio de Chama Land Grant.
• Hard and Española and Rio Arriba have the same problems.
• They're small towns; Chama's small, and Rio Arriba's a small rural community.

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• She just moved from San Antonio, bought a house in Del Rio, and came down there with no friends or family
• , and no social life in Del Rio.
• Rio with attorneys in our office.
• Besides our district attorney, our local tried and true grew up in Del Rio and came back.
• Young 20-somethings don't want to come to Del Rio or Kenney County when they're.

Bills: HB173, HB184, HB484, HB678, HB 1211, HB1507, HB1705, HB1868, HB2290, HB2851, HB2856, HB3041, HB3204, HB173, HB184

Keywords: foreign donations, higher education, public institutions, national security, funding, prohibition, Texas law, healthcare, insurance, affordability, access, public health, foreign influence, education policy, student loan repayment, prosecuting attorneys, border prosecution unit, financial assistance, tobacco, cigarettes

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• And representing La Unión del Pueblo Entero. Thank you.
• I'm a community organizer with La Unión del Pueblo Entero.
• I represent myself and La Unión del Perontero.
• Thank you. today from the Rio Grande Valley, where I am part of La Unión del Pueblo Entero in the area
• My name is Stephanie Dominguez and I'm from the Rio Grande Valley.

Bills: HB232

Keywords: disaster recovery, natural disaster, weather disaster, emergency relief, flood relief, hurricane relief, storm damage, wildfire, tornado, hail, windstorm, extreme heat, ice storm, snowstorm, property damage, personal injury, temporary housing, relocation assistance, lost wages, state emergency management

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• 1750, mainly from people from the Arisco land grant in the old town of Albuquerque, and we crossed the Rio
• I represent the northern part of Rio Rancho, so I do not have land grants in my area, but I definitely
• I represent several land grants in my district, which includes Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and
• I think you touched on one of the questions I had, Madam Chair, which was the Rio Costilla.
• I'm just going to talk about one disaster: this is the 2024 flooding in the Rio Chama and Rioso.

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• Del Mayor Deborah Garns to testify. for you today.
• I'm Deborah Garns, Mayor of the City of Rio Dell.
• The estimated damages in Rio Del were well in excess of $5.4 million.
• del provides a very good example of why we may want to be thinking about a state program however the
• I'm wrong about this, but ma'am, the mayor of Rio Del, I think you're being used as window dressing to

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• I use, you know, we had a company that was going to do solar manufacturing in Mesa del Sol.
• Is that in Rio Rancho? Mr. Chairman, Senator, it is about two miles west of Rio Rancho.
• But you brought that, you brought that in, not City of Rio Rancho.
• Or is that something through Sandoval County, City of Rio Rancho?
• So that particular two-mile stretch would be not as hard to do as the Paseo del Volcán area, where...

Keywords: 996, all

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• It says it's completed, and then Mesa del Sol.
• It's on Rio Bravo and New Mexico 500 from 118th to Rio Grande.
• New Mexico 346 bridge over the Rio Grande, again in the Vegeta area.
• We're looking to rehab the bridge over the Rio Grande.
• However, the Mesa del Sol has a private or P3 funding mechanism on it.

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• At the time, ground zero for illegal migration was in the RGV, the Rio Grande Valley.
• Rio sector, Del Rio and Eagle Pass in 2021 and 2022.
• We've moved our focus to Del Rio and Eagle Pass and we hit that area very hard with TMD building the
• Rio down to the valley and from San Antonio southbound.
• They pulled public- in, and they brought people in from far west Texas, all the way into the Rio Grande

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• My name is Stephanie Dominguez, and I am a community activist from the Rio Grande.
• I serve as the President and Executive Director for La Unión del Pueblo Entero Lupe.
• Like La Unión del Pueblo Lupe, we depend on resources from the community to survive.
• So, Marco Lopez, you're testifying on behalf of La Unión del Pueblo.
• Rio, Eagle Pass, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Bills: HB256, HCR19, HB256, HB1308, HB1554, HB1743, HB2308, HB2351, HB2858, HB3676, HB3784, HB4312, HB4552, HB4823, HB4852, HB5007, HB5010, HB5520, HB5524, HCR19

Keywords: severe weather, adaptation plan, vulnerability assessment, environmental protection, state agencies, federal agents, transparency, law enforcement, identification, public trust, immigration enforcement, HCR 19, Texas concurrent resolution, federal immigration enforcement, masked agents, facial coverings, visible identification, uniforms, badges, name tags

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• When they get down to Del Med, a couple things. that are special that happen.
• Rio Grande Valley. I've been there 11 years come July 1st.
• So, anyway, we're...the Rio Grande Valley is home to... 1.5 million people.
• Rio Grande Valley.
• On the health and well-being of the Rio Grande Valley, so thank you.

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• My name is Stephanie Dominguez, and I am a community activist from the Rio Grande Valley.
• My name is Tania Chavez, and I am a resident of the Rio Grande Valley and work in San Juan, Texas.
• I serve as the president and executive director for La Union del Pueblotero Lupe.
• So Marco Lopez, you're testifying on behalf of Law Union del Pueblo, and you are against the bill.
• Rio, Eagle Pass, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Bills: HB 256, HB 1308, HB 1554, HB 1743, HB 2308, HB 2351, HB 2858, HB 3676, HB 3784, HB 4312, HB 4552, HB 4823, HB 4852, HB 5007, HB 5010, HB 5520, HB 5524, HCR 19

Keywords: E-verify, employment verification, illegal employment, state contracts, government entities, license suspension, immigration compliance, state grant funding, E-Verify, compliance, penalties, immigration, government contracts, employee status, state contractors, E-verify program, legally present, employment practices, legal services, public money