Transcript Highlights:

• So our contract is a flow-down contract.
• Our contracts, I'm assuming that's what you're wanting is.
• Our our contracts. I'm assuming that's what you're wanting is.
• You contract.
• And obviously, we have to be low to get the contract. We get the contract when we do go to work.

Committee: Senate Criminal Justice

Transcript Highlights:

• DIR contracts.
• IR contract.
• All contracts, all reported contracts are easily searchable and accessible online at contract.
• Do you use it in your contracts? We see that on our text mask contracts. Text mask contracts.
• Contracting, and I haven't actually talked directly about contracting, so I will close with contracting

Committee: House Delivery of Government Efficiency

Transcript Highlights:

• School moved locations as their operations moved locations, and because their sort of headquarters office
• So then that is the contracted third party.
• So then that is the contracted third party. They do everything.
• So Gallup contracted with that company. Gallup to Santa Rosa and Chama.
• So Gallup contracted with that company. It terminated that contract.

Bills: HB2 , SB204 , SB241 , HB34

Committee: House House Education

Summary: The committee heard House Bill 253, as substituted, which would create a framework for full-time virtual/distance learning programs in New Mexico. Sponsors and agency witnesses said the bill is intended to preserve virtual options while adding approval, reporting, and compliance requirements, including definitions for distance learning programs, annual reporting, renewal every three to five years, and a pause on new programs while existing ones are grandfathered for a period. They also said the bill addresses budget concerns by limiting enrollment growth units and excluding distance-learning students from certain funding calculations, including rural population units, to prevent unexpected losses in the state equalization guarantee. Public testimony was sharply divided. Supporters included district superintendents and education officials who said the bill is needed to protect school funding, improve accountability, and gather basic data that the state currently lacks. Opponents included parents, students, teachers, charter-school representatives, and business and advocacy voices who argued virtual education has been lifesaving for medically fragile, bullied, rural, neurodivergent, and working students, and that the bill’s caps, geographic limits, and approval authority would reduce school choice and could eliminate some programs. Several witnesses stressed that virtual charter schools such as Pecos Cyber Academy and New Mexico Connections would not be affected, while others said the bill still reaches too broadly. Committee members raised extensive questions about the 10% enrollment cap, the adjacent-district requirement, the denial-and-appeal process, the treatment of charter schools versus district programs, and the effect on rural or small districts. Witnesses explained that the bill is meant to be temporary, with an interim study in 2026 to develop longer-term policy, but some members said they remained concerned about overreach and unintended consequences. No final vote or action on the bill was shown in the transcript excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• </c><00:30:06.920><c> employment,</c> Well, a 1099 is for contract employment, Well, a 1099 is for contract
• We have a a location in Casper. state. We have a a location in Casper.
• On page two, line 10, where it says may contract with a person, if they were going to contract with um
• </c> two, line 10, where it says may contract two, line 10, where it says may contract with<01:23:06.120
• </c><01:28:42.040><c> with</c> the commission could contract with the commission could contract with

Committee: Joint Select Committee on Gaming

Transcript Highlights:

• They probably can't sign a contract.
• I had a teammate who she got a lot of brand partnerships and contracts.
• Chasson: It's specific to that contract.
• On line 12, we're going to say that the school officer is employed and contracted by a...
• We're also going to be locating Rep. Phelps. Rep.

Committee: House Education

Summary: The committee first took up HB 987, which would move the Louisiana Geological Survey under the LSU Energy Institute to streamline energy-related programs. The author and members described it as an efficiency measure, and the committee reported the bill favorably without objection. Members then heard HB 513 on name, image, and likeness rules for intercollegiate and interscholastic athletes. The bill was presented as a product of a task force and was supported by the Attorney General’s office, coaches, and a student athlete, who emphasized the need for guardrails, education, and protections against exploitation by agents or third parties. Questions focused on high school enforcement, parental consent, and what students may legally do; the committee ultimately reported the bill favorably. The committee also considered HCR 26, which asks BESE to incorporate the science of human growth and development, including prenatal development, into science or health standards and to provide instructional materials. Supporters said it would improve science education and show fetal development more clearly, while opponents raised concerns about medical accuracy, political influence, and lack of safeguards. An amendment requiring parental consent for instruction was offered but failed on a roll call vote, and the resolution was then reported favorably. Later, the committee reported HB 608 favorably as amended to protect confidentiality of documents tied to intercollegiate athletics revenue-sharing, while preserving public disclosure of overall institutional spending. It also advanced HB 380, creating a pilot program to expand CDL workforce training through a community college and school partnership, and HB 392, which would require suicide hotline information on school websites, student ID cards, and, through amendment, visible signs in schools. The committee then reported HB 476 as amended, requiring Safe Haven law flyers in school restrooms, and began discussion of HB 682 to authorize veterans as school resource officers, with amendments addressing qualifications and training.

Transcript Highlights:

• WE HAVE 21 REGIONAL DETENTION CENTERS THROUGHOUT FLORIDA STAFFED BY DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES AND IN CONTRACT
• IN DETENTION RECEIVE EDUCATION FROM THE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH THE DETENTION FACILITY IS LOCATED
• THIS WILL BE A JUVENILE ASSESSMENT CENTER AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT IS WE ARE CO LOCATING THE
• WE HAVE THREE OTHERS EXCUSE ME, TWO OTHER LOCATIONS WE FEEL THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT THE SAME PROGRAM
• A CONTRACT WAS NEGOTIATED AND SIGNED END OF THE LION'S SHARE OF THE WORK ON THE PARKING GARAGE IS WE

Transcript Highlights:

• Turnout at a particular location will determine how long it takes to count.
• Currently, if you want to just change your emergency contract, the contacts that we have have.
• We have 14 early voting locations and 44 election day votes. 108 locations with over six million volunteers
• In this past election, finding both workers and locations has become increasingly difficult.
• Contracts with a couple of paper. And that's where we print the majority. I'm sorry?

Committee: House Elections

Transcript Highlights:

• So that's usually your location.
• But if there's contract oversight, the agency and the OIG go after the MCOs on that contract oversight
• And that's part of our model is to have that contract, provide that contract oversight.
• And when we went out to those locations, we did verify that they did have separate, distinct locations
• You're having to deal with providers, contracts...

Committee: Senate Health & Human Services

Transcript Highlights:

• So I'm thinking maybe Curry County has one of these 287(g) contracts with ICE. ...of these 287(g) contracts
• or do direct contracts with other entities.
• There's locations in Moriarty, Sunland Park, Las Cruces, Alamogordo, Gallup, almost a couple dozen locations
• So in theory, ...contract portion.
• Madam Chair, Representative, because the ICE contract for Cibola is only for civil detention—the contracted

Bills: SB100

Committee: House House Judiciary

Keywords: burglary, aggravated burglary, dwelling, criminal law, property rights

Transcript Highlights:

• a reminder, anyone present wishing to testify before the committee, please register at the kiosk located
• House Bill 3228 states that the contract between the landowner and wind or solar company must include
• And so what we're just trying to do is put some added teeth to the initial contract between the landowner
• I'm going to rely on prior banking experience to say that I think most of those contracts would say a
• So there is a tail on that, for lack of a better term, on the rest of that original contract.

Bills: HB246 , HB796 , HB 1056 , HB1544 , HB1846 , HB2001 , HB2618 , HB2625 , HB2869 , HB2898 , HB3069 , HB3114 , HB3157 , HB3228 , HJR98 , HB246

Committee: House State Affairs

Keywords: federal directives, state authority, Tenth Amendment, government enforcement, local governance, gold standard, legal tender, currency, transactional currency, financial transactions, electronic payment systems, state finance, regulatory compliance, electric trucks, charging infrastructure, advisory council, transportation, sustainability, criminal penalties, official information

Transcript Highlights:

• Seeing none in either location, we'll go to any questions. I see none in either location.
• It's always location, location, location.
• I, you know, I think the location is fine.
• It's always location, location, location.
• I, you know, I think the location is fine.

Bills: SB211 , SB131 , SB183 , SB222 , SB246 , SB254

Committee: Senate Senate Health & Public Affairs

Keywords: appropriation, local government, Las Vegas, Rodriguez Park, public facilities, zoning reform, building regulations, residential apartments, commercial use, multigenerational housing, local government authority, healthcare, urgent care, emergency services, feasibility study, medical facilities, physician training, medical residency, New Mexico, massage therapy

Transcript Highlights:

• Madam Chair, members, entities contracted with the state statute allows entities contracted with the
• The amendments to the bill add that a screening agency or an evaluation agency can be contracted to serve
• to make efforts on an annual basis to enter a memorandum of understanding with each Indian tribe located
• within the area of impact of the stored water if the recovery well location is a groundwater savings
• facility or within one mile of specified locations.

Summary: The committee heard a long series of Senate bills, mostly on third-read consent, covering education, public safety, health, courts, labor, and water. Several bills were briefly explained and then pulled from consent for further discussion, including measures on public records review standards (SB 1078), sexually explicit materials in schools/libraries (SB 1435 and SB 1567), burial costs in death cases (SB 1135), military flags in HOAs/COAs (SB 1184), court-ordered treatment guardianship (SB 1243), standardized state hiring (SB 1665), released-time religious instruction (SB 1741), firearm safety instruction in schools (SB 1424), student participation in extracurriculars after certain convictions (SB 1475), Celebrate Freedom Week (SB 1572), federal scholarship-granting organizations/vouchers (SB 1142), immigration-related arrest notifications (SB 1055), defamation standards (SB 1099), peace officer certification for military police veterans (SB 1107), mandatory reporting of child abuse/neglect directly to DCS (SB 1127), attorney licensing and discipline issues (SB 1148 and SB 1039), concealed weapons on college campuses (SB 1068), and firearm muffling devices/silencers (SB 1069). Members also raised constitutional, policy, and school-safety concerns on several of these bills, while supporters emphasized alternative pathways for students, veterans, and workers, and tighter reporting or licensing rules. Other bills were described without extended debate, including claims against the state for unpaid contracted services (SB 1097), workers’ compensation death benefits for surviving spouses who remarry (SB 1136), burial expense increases (SB 1135), state agency web pages for internal guidance (SB 1586), court-ordered treatment procedures and service of process in mental health cases (SB 1113), medical examiner authorization (SB 1123), tribal MOUs with DCS (SB 1125), controlled-substance scheduling conformity with federal classifications (SB 1188), EMT personal information protections (SB 1193), mammography notice updates (SB 1318), assisted-living referral disclosures (SB 1477), accommodation school GED instruction for 11th graders and students over 16 (SB 1166), credit enhancement board continuation (SB 1422), school district and charter school obligations related to religious release time (SB 1741), school firearm safety instruction (SB 1424), and school civics/freedom-week instruction (SB 1572). The committee also heard bills on CPA certification pathways (SB 1181), insurance adjuster licensing (SB 1415), county voter-registration rules online (SB 1040), campaign address privacy (SB 1259), federal land acquisition notification (SB 1281), water supply/demand assessments (SB 1202), environmental compatibility for power plants and small modular reactors (SB 1418), and groundwater recovery rules (SB 1785). The meeting ended with announcements and a brief recognition of Rep. Stephanie Hamilton with an “Affordability Award.” No final votes are shown in the transcript excerpt; instead, many bills were either left on consent, pulled for later discussion, or flagged for closed caucus. The chair then asked guests to leave so members could hold a closed caucus.

Transcript Highlights:

• What I've asked for were contracts and expenditures, data integrity, and the automatically categorized
• What I've asked for were contracts and expenditures, data integrity, and the automatically categorized
• You can be a snowbird, but you only have one location. ...you only have one location that you pay taxes
• Whether they might interpret it as authorizing internet access for devices located elsewhere that are
• And if we need to spell out all locations in bank or separately by location or as the group, then I'm

Committee: House House Federalism, Military Affairs & Elections Committee of Reference

Summary: The Committee on Federal and Military Affairs and Elections met with all members present and began with an extended presentation on an investigative referral packet concerning alleged voter registration anomalies from March 2023 to the present. The presenter described multiple examples of registrations tied to out-of-state residents, deceased individuals, temporary residents, and registrations allegedly generated through Service Arizona, MVD, Access, county recorders, and third-party/NGO channels. The committee also discussed a Secretary of State email about party-preference changes, discrepancies between county and state counts, and a proposed criminal referral to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice. Members asked questions about whether the issues were glitches or intentional, and several members said the examples reflected serious problems with voter-roll maintenance and automatic voter registration. A roll call was taken on whether members wished to sign onto the referral; some declined, while others agreed, and the committee said the referral would be transmitted after the meeting. The committee then considered Senate Bill 1259, which would allow certain protected individuals to use an alternate mailing address when filing candidate and financial disclosure paperwork. The sponsor said it closes a confidentiality loophole for people whose addresses are protected for safety reasons. Members raised concerns about how the bill interacts with in-district residency requirements, but the bill passed on a 6-1 vote. Senate Bill 1281, dealing with state land procedures for covered federal designations and notification of legislative leaders about land takings, drew opposition from the Sierra Club’s Grand Canyon Chapter, which argued the bill was unnecessary, unfunded, and insufficiently protective of tribal consultation; it passed 4-3. Senate Bill 1037, concerning election equipment security and internet connectivity, prompted debate over whether the bill could be read to permit internet-connected election equipment and over a hostile strike-everything amendment that would have expanded voter-registration and election-administration programs, including ERIC participation and new funding. The amendment failed, and the underlying bill also failed on a 3-3-1 vote. Finally, the committee heard Senate Bill 1040, which would require county recorders to provide public online access to voter registration rolls and prohibit fees for downloading them. Staff explained that the bill would replace the current chairperson-request process with public access, while still excluding sensitive information such as Social Security numbers. Members debated how much information would be public and whether the bill adequately defined “voter registration rolls.” The bill passed on a 4-3 vote. The chair closed by asking members to look into school app data-sharing contracts and offered to show unredacted materials privately, then noted that dinner had been provided.

Transcript Highlights:

• Can we grow our own through locating promising high school kids so that we're not...
• Can we grow our own through locating promising high school kids so that we're not...
• But note that the whole, I mean, there are rural places within quite urban locations.
• And these are both technical experts that we can contract with.
• This grant alone is about 700 contracts a year, is what we're estimating.

Summary: The Rural Health Transformation Committee met to receive an extensive briefing from the Department of Health and Human Services on North Dakota’s federal Rural Health Transformation award. HHS leaders Pat Traynor, Donna Auckland, Jonathan Ollum, and Krista Freming described the $198.9 million award, the tight federal timelines for obligating and liquidating funds, and the need for rapid procurement, CMS approval, and technical assistance. They outlined broad funding priorities including connect tech/data, care closer to home, workforce recruitment and retention, and a “Make North Dakota Healthy Again” prevention initiative focused on chronic disease, movement, nutrition, behavioral health, and community connection. They also emphasized that the program cannot fund new buildings or supplant existing funding, and that sustainability will be a key requirement for all projects. The department previewed likely first-round grant opportunities, including recruitment and retention incentives, technical assistance and equipment grants for rural providers, financial analysis support for rural hospitals, and exploration of a unified electronic health record option. Freming also reviewed four policy bills tied to the award: a presidential fitness test, nutrition continuing medical education, the Physician Assistant Compact, and pharmacist scope-of-practice changes, explaining that these policy actions affect future scoring and funding. HHS said it will work with tribes, local public health, hospitals, medical and pharmacy associations, and other partners, and will use a website, listserv, listening sessions, and committee updates to communicate opportunities. Committee members raised concerns about how the money will reach rural residents, whether newspapers and existing local communication networks will be used, how “rural” and “frontier” will be defined, how faith communities might participate in behavioral health efforts, and how HHS will avoid CMS delays and supplanting issues. HHS responded that the focus will be on where the patient lives and on rural community need, that local public health units and existing structures will be part of outreach, and that technical assistance and template applications will help speed approvals. The committee approved the December 4, 2025 minutes, then recessed into divisions for further work on the appropriations bill and the four policy bills, with the full committee set to reconvene the next morning.

Transcript Highlights:

• I am located in Rosemont, California. I'm a former family child care educator on a military base.
• There are other counties that share a TFAP contract, for example, Orange, Del Norte.
• There are other counties that share a TFAP contract, for example, Orange, Del Nort.
• , amend the contract.
• We cannot treat legal services as a passion. most of our detention centers are located.

Committee: Senate Human Services

Summary: The committee adopted the consent calendar and then heard several bills on child care, aging, child welfare, food access, and youth services. SB 1200 by Sen. Menjivar would redefine infant and toddler age categories in child care licensing to allow providers to serve children beginning at 18 months in the toddler category, with supporters saying it would increase capacity and help family child care businesses stay open; it passed 4-0 to Appropriations. SB 971 by Sen. Choi would authorize counties to offer optional adult education and technology training programs for adults 55 and older through local partnerships; supporters said it would reduce isolation and improve digital literacy, and it passed 4-0 to the floor. SB 1234 by Sen. Alvarado-Gil would require fentanyl to be included in court-ordered drug testing in dependency cases, with testimony from an angel family and law enforcement about child deaths and exposure risks; it passed 4-0 to the floor. The committee also heard SB 1109 by Sen. Alvarado-Gil, which would require additional state review for short-term residential therapeutic programs in very small rural counties or facilities with repeated serious citations. The author and county officials from Alpine County argued that rural counties lack the hospitals, schools, and 24-hour emergency response needed to safely support these placements, while providers opposed the bill as overly broad and potentially destabilizing to STRTP capacity. After the author accepted committee amendments, members voted 4-0 to send the bill to Appropriations as amended. SB 961 by Sen. Ashby would require students applying for financial aid to be notified that they may also be eligible for CalFresh; student and advocacy witnesses described widespread food insecurity on campuses, and the bill passed 4-0 to Appropriations. The committee then heard SB 1099 by Sen. Gomez Reyes, which clarifies local governments’ authority to provide state or local public benefits to all residents under PRWORA-related exemptions; supporters said it would reduce legal uncertainty for local safety-net services, and the bill was voted 2-0 with the remaining members absent, leaving it on call. SB 1190 by Sen. Grove would create a licensing and regulatory framework for youth transport companies that move minors to out-of-state residential facilities; survivors testified about traumatic transports, supporters called for basic guardrails, and the bill passed 4-0 to Public Safety. Finally, SB 1325 by Sen. Jones would create a narrow pathway for Feeding San Diego to participate in CalFood, with supporters saying it would expand hunger relief in San Diego County and opponents warning it could divert limited food bank resources; the discussion focused on broader funding concerns, and no final vote was recorded in the excerpt.

Transcript Highlights:

• Uh 14,826 contract at Mississippi State.
• That’s not contract labor.
• <00:21:03.200><c> or</c> contract or contract or what<00:21:05.280><c> exactly?
• </c> That's not contract labor. That's not contract labor. &gt;&gt; Correct.<00:21:42.400><c> Okay.
• That located throughout the district.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• Unionized shops, with the GWI that we build into a lot of our contracts, after the contracts mature over
• The mature contract that we have right now, as a starting rate, is just around $20.
• , which on average takes 460 days to get that first contract.
• And throughout that time, I've worked under our old original contract.
• Same location, same equipment, same everything.

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy

Summary: The Joint Committee on Cannabis Policy held its fourth hearing, with opening remarks from Senate Chair Adam Gómez and House Chair Dan Donahue emphasizing the committee’s broad agenda, including retail modernization, labor protections, advertising rules, sustainability, and financial resources. Testimony began with public health advocates supporting H.157/S.9 to ban cannabis billboard advertising, arguing that billboards normalize use for youth and are linked to cannabis-related harms such as psychosis, addiction, and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Witnesses cited research, family stories, and court decisions in Mississippi and Virginia upholding similar restrictions, while committee members questioned the scope of the state’s authority to regulate billboards on private property and the relevance of federal highway funding and federal cannabis law. The committee also heard testimony on H.175, a proposal to allow cannabis drive-through sales. A dispensary operator argued drive-throughs would improve access, especially for disabled customers and veterans, and said security and ID checks could be handled with cameras and staff screening. Committee members pressed him on how employees would assess impairment, whether drive-throughs could increase access for minors, and whether the industry should be treated like alcohol, with the witness responding that staff already refuse service to intoxicated customers and that education, not prohibition, is the better approach. Another bill, H.3982, would apply the bottle deposit law to carbonated hemp- or THC-infused beverages; the sponsor said the measure would standardize recycling requirements for products already sold in dispensaries and other markets, and members asked about container types and recycling compatibility. A major portion of the hearing focused on labor peace agreements, with UFCW representatives, cannabis workers, and Sen. Lydia Edwards supporting S.77/H.161. They said the bill would require cannabis businesses to remain neutral when workers seek to organize, arguing that unions improve safety, wages, benefits, and job stability in an industry they described as underregulated and prone to retaliation. Witnesses cited workplace hazards, wage theft, and the death of a worker at a Holyoke facility as examples of why stronger worker protections are needed. Committee members asked how the proposal differs from existing labor law, whether tying LPAs to licensing and renewal could create legal or administrative problems, and how other states handle similar requirements. No votes or final actions were taken during the hearing.

Transcript Highlights:

• And then the contract you have with UTSA.
• Are in all of these locations.
• He might have a contract for $10 million.
• We did, when we negotiated the contract with the vendor, we put in part of the that contract, the vendor's
• We negotiated this latest contract, we negotiated the contract with the vendor that they are paying to

Committee: House Appropriations - S/C on Article II

Transcript Highlights:

• And from an economic those locations.
• /c><00:38:54.720><c> your</c> cancelling this contract affect your cancelling this contract affect your
• <c> workers,</c><00:50:00.319><c> contract</c> um with contract workers, contract um with contract workers
• </c> and that some of these contract and that some of these contract employees<00:50:10.720><c> need<
• We have a contract that's at Archusa. We have a contract that's underway<00:55:15.119><c> there.

Committee: Joint Appropriations

Transcript Highlights:

• </c> complexity depending on what location complexity depending on what location you're<00:26:16.480>
• contract law has well-established enforcement mechanisms.
• contract law has well-established enforcement mechanisms.
• </c> they would be a party to the contract they would be a party to the contract and<00:45:39.480><c>
• </c> uh you come into the polling location uh you come into the polling location and<00:58:53.840><c>

Bills: HF2614 , HF3587 , HF3589 , HF3588

Committee: House Elections Finance and Government Operations