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• of New Mexico.
• We should know what's happening with our students in the state of New Mexico and perhaps not in the state
• But we fund them all the same in the state of New Mexico.
• of New Mexico and the United States.
• good about their educational system in the state of New Mexico.

Committees: Senate Senate Finance , Senate House Appropriations & Finance

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• of New Mexico.
• Um, it's a, that's a, uh, we've taken ownership as a state of New Mexico, and, uh, that is, you know,
• And 12 June is Women Veterans Day, uh, which New Mexico is one of the 12 states that that recognizes
• of New Mexico.
• So, in a nutshell, that is all the programs that we run in the state of New Mexico with 80 people.

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• This table provides a brief overview of the states selected in comparison to New Mexico.
• Each state, including New Mexico, mandated a new teaching method concentrated in scientifically-based
• That concludes our review of the policy components in New Mexico and its comparison to other states.
• So, New Mexico has adopted policies to support teachers and state policy recommendations.
• New Mexico, New Mexico state law already requires parental notifications of any student not academically

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• For the reasons Rico mentioned, we are a multi-state utility serving New Mexico and Texas, and we serve
• We serve a very high demand load in southeastern New Mexico.
• This is actually Allison Riley with the New Mexico Chamber of Commerce.
• It also makes New Mexico more competitive for new businesses, encourages companies to expand or settle
• It makes New Mexico much more attractive and competitive.

Committee: House House Appropriations & Finance

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• That's good news, right?
• And with a particular eye toward options the legislature has that won't create new state budgetary costs
• new programs to help mitigate these these issues.
• So the state economic blueprint, this document...
• the state.

Summary: The committee held an information hearing on California’s economy and household affordability, with the first panel focusing on inflation, housing, energy, wages, and the likely effects of new federal tariff policy. PPIC’s Sarah Bone said Californians remain deeply pessimistic about the economy, with inflation the main driver of concern; she noted prices are still about 23% higher than in January 2020, with especially large increases in food, energy, and housing costs. LAO’s Brian Euler emphasized that housing is the largest household expense and pointed to insurance, electricity, gasoline, and health care as other major cost pressures, urging the Legislature to review whether existing policies are actually reducing costs and to consider studies of why recent housing laws have not produced more units. UC Davis economist Catherine Russ warned that tariffs on China, Canada, Mexico, and potentially broader imports could raise consumer prices, disrupt supply chains, and hurt California exporters, farmers, and small businesses; she suggested monitoring prices, strengthening food assistance, and preparing transition support for affected workers and producers. Members pressed the panelists for concrete, near-term policy ideas, especially on housing and tariffs. Questions centered on whether accessory dwelling units are making a meaningful dent in affordability, how to improve implementation of pro-housing laws at the local level, and how to measure the impact of tariffs on consumers, health care, and agriculture. Panelists said ADUs help but are limited, that state laws can be undermined by local implementation and litigation, and that tariff effects may show up quickly in prices and later in hiring and investment. Several members stressed that the tariff issue is not a minor disruption for constituents and asked for more data on consumer impacts, food aid needs, and crop-specific farm losses. The second panel shifted to regional economic development and small business support. Go-Biz’s Derek Kirk described California Jobs First and the state economic blueprint as a first-in-decades, regionally informed strategy to create good-paying jobs, support key sectors, and align workforce and business development across 13 regions. The California Association for Local Economic Development’s Gerbach Sahota argued that local governments need practical tools, stable policy, and stronger partnerships with the state, while warning that prosperity is not always perceived as shared and that rural communities can be left behind. He urged the Legislature to use hearings, local input, and existing funding streams more effectively, including for recovery and infrastructure. David Fitzgerald of the Small Business Development Centers said California’s SBDC network serves hundreds of thousands of clients, many of them women and historically underrepresented entrepreneurs, and has generated billions in economic impact, capital access, revenue, and jobs. He said the biggest gaps are outreach to the state’s many self-employed businesses with no employees, better labor data on those workers, and more flexible support for direct services. Committee members then asked what small businesses need most in the face of inflation and tariff shocks, including lower licensing costs and other relief, and the discussion continued on how to better target state support to businesses and households under pressure.

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• I am an LPCC in the state of New Mexico and a certified cognitive therapist.
• So if a small state like that can do it, New Mexico can do some of these things as well.
• Many states, and New Mexico is one of them, also have pharmacy deserts.
• based on the judicial districts in the state of New Mexico for a new behavioral health care system in
• the state of New Mexico.

Committee: House Legislative Health & Human Services Committee

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• It doesn't necessarily mean tomorrow in New Mexico, right?
• New Mexico, unfortunately, New Mexico is one of the last states to close our books on the previous fiscal
• That is in terms of its rank and overall growth for New Mexico.
• Construction is holding up well in New Mexico.
• That could be a significant loss to revenues in New Mexico.

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• Our ADAs and our state police detective units know our communities.
• Notably, neighboring New York State already has a statute on the books to prudently regulate manufacture
• They have made new codes for OCC dispatch to log every assault, with quick response from the MBTA police
• I think you can now follow the states of California, New Jersey, and New York in support of Marjorie
• Other states, including Maine, Nebraska, North Carolina, and New Mexico, have all significantly reformed

Committee: Joint Joint Committee on the Judiciary

Summary: The hearing covered a wide range of Judiciary Committee bills, with much of the testimony focused on criminal justice, public safety, and civil asset forfeiture reform. Several lawmakers and advocates supported bills to increase penalties or create new offenses related to assaults on sports officials, assaults on transit workers, reckless discharge of firearms, fires and explosives, pill press machines, and drug-induced homicide. Testifiers described rising harassment and violence against youth sports officials and transit workers, as well as the fentanyl overdose crisis and the need for stronger tools to prosecute dealers whose conduct leads to death. Supporters of the sports-official and transit-worker bills emphasized declining referee availability and repeated assaults on commuter rail and MBTA workers. District attorneys also backed bills on reckless firearm discharge and fires/explosives, saying current law does not adequately address dangerous conduct that endangers bystanders. The committee also heard testimony on several proposals related to youth diversion and prison mitigation. Supporters of the youth court justice fund bill said youth courts are peer-led diversion programs with strong compliance and low recidivism, and argued for a stable funding source rather than annual earmarks. A representative from Bridgewater supported a prison mitigation fund for municipalities that host state prisons, saying the costs of public safety and emergency services are not fully covered. On gun policy, testimony split between supporters of a bill to ban in-state manufacture of assault-style rifles for civilian sale and opponents or skeptics of other firearm-related measures, including a bill on collateralizing firearms and a bill to increase penalties for drug trafficking combined with illegal firearm offenses. A major portion of the hearing was devoted to civil asset forfeiture reform. Advocates from the ACLU, CPCS, the Boston Bar Association, the Institute for Justice, and others supported bills to increase the burden of proof, improve transparency and reporting, require counsel, and limit or eliminate the current practice of directing forfeiture proceeds to law enforcement. They argued the current system creates perverse incentives, lacks adequate due process, and is insufficiently transparent. District Attorney Paul Tucker defended current forfeiture practices, saying his office has reporting and oversight, uses the funds for investigations and community programs, and warned that reducing forfeiture revenue would hinder crime fighting. No votes or final committee actions were taken during the hearing; the chairs repeatedly thanked witnesses and indicated the bills would remain under consideration.

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• will be led today by Senator Angel Charley, and the Salute to the New Mexico flag to be led today by
• State with a blessing: In body, mind, and spirit, may New Mexico be well this day, and may we be strong
• Today is Eastern New Mexico University Day at the legislature, and there's a reception.
• Kerry, New Mexico, Tootin' Kerry tonight.
• Also, I want you to notice that Eastern New Mexico alumni have put out some peanuts.

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• of New Mexico.
• Joe Guillen with New Mexico School Boards.
• of New Mexico.
• of New Mexico.
• of New Mexico.

Committee: Senate House Education

Summary: The committee first heard House Bill 47, the school employee insurance “80-20” bill, which would require school districts and charter schools to pay 80% of employee health insurance premiums, bringing K-12 employees into parity with other public employees. Supporters from school superintendents, school boards, charter schools, teachers, AFT, NIA, and labor groups said the bill would improve recruitment and retention, reduce the burden of rising premiums, and increase take-home pay, especially in rural districts. One amendment proposed by Senator Ramos would have expanded the bill to require a cooperative purchasing process and more insurance options, but it was opposed as a structural change not vetted for this bill and was withdrawn. The committee then approved HB 47 on a roll-call vote and sent it to the Senate floor. The committee next took up House Bill 253, the public education changes bill, which focuses on full-time virtual education and related funding issues. The sponsor and education officials said the bill preserves virtual learning options, requires districts and charters to report virtual enrollment, creates an evaluation/certification process for full-time virtual programs, and includes a temporary funding fix to address budget shortfalls caused by virtual enrollment growth. Testimony from school leaders and boards supported the compromise, noting the need to avoid a statewide loss in unit value while also addressing the Gallup-McKinley situation and other funding distortions. Several senators raised concerns about impacts on small rural districts, out-of-state students, and the treatment of full-time virtual students in rural-unit calculations, but officials said emergency supplemental funding could address shortfalls and that a broader study would be done in the interim. The committee then passed HB 253 on a roll-call vote and advanced it to the Senate floor.

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• Of our tax abatements and tax credits currently offered in the state of New Mexico and whether or not
• So it's very important for a state to have Stable revenues in New Mexico, we actually just conducted
• New Mexico is the top, the 4th most volatile state in the country when it comes to revenues, largely
• Also applies to New Mexico.
• But for us in New Mexico, reserves are pretty high on the list.

Committee: House Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee

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• And outlines the New Mexico Department of Veteran Services locations throughout our state.
• We will take them across state lines to accomplish that as long as they live in New Mexico, are New Mexico
• Throughout the state of New Mexico.
• Mexicans and for the state of New Mexico.
• Representative Duncan, I'm barred in the state of New Mexico and the state of Georgia.

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• Let's start by talking about how much physical space the state of New Mexico will cover for each of these
• Second New Mexico could adopt a cap, following the example of Massachusetts, above which the state is
• Chair's members, the overall timeline for projects in the state of New Mexico.
• And we have tried to cost estimate out what that could potentially save the state of New Mexico.
• of New Mexico.

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• I'm Brunder with the New Mexico Medical Society and Public Charter Schools of New Mexico.
• We think that we should take our time and develop a good statute for the state of New Mexico.
• There's also on New Mexico State Authority 20-20E-25A.
• And then in section, New Mexico State Statute 5831-9D, the authority shall pledge irrevocably a minimum
• The only determination that I'm aware of is that New Mexico State University actually did a study at

Committee: House House Commerce & Economic Development Committee

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• those whole states.
• In New Mexico, as you know, Medicaid is often measured state by state.
• It might surprise you if you look at some of those surveys in New Mexico.
• I can go on state by state, but we don't have the time today.
• That's about four million folks across the country, and in New Mexico, Iowa, and Idaho, they have triggers

Committee: Senate Finance Committee

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• of Oklahoma. and Oklahoma State University.
• our state faced in 2016 and 2017, the teacher walkout, ongoing construction of the state capitol building
• Thank you for your service to our country and to our state.
• He is studying at Southeastern State.
• They unveiled the new centennial art.

Bills: HB4028 , HB4075 , HB4077 , HB4074 , HB4076 , SB1221 , SB1921 , SB2118 , SB1932 , SB2134 , HCR1025 , SB1432 , HCR1024 , HCR1022 , SB1122 , HB4029 , HB4063 , HB4073 , HB4078 , SB1936 , SB44 , SB237 , SB248 , SB1360 , SB985 , SB1204 , SB1239 , SB1307 , SB2143 , SB1428 , SB1390 , SB1400 , SB1405 , SB1732 , SB1832 , SB1859 , SB1989 , SB2018 , SB1427

Keywords: tax deduction, venture capital, economic development, Oklahoma, investment, water resources, appropriations, funding, state treasury, infrastructure projects, emergency act, emergency management, disaster relief, pandemic response, state appropriations, HB4074, Health Care Workforce Training Commission, Health Care Workforce Revolving Fund, health workforce, health care workforce

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• But very few companies, producers, and Manufacturers have that here in New Mexico.
• There's a steel Company that's moving to southern New Mexico. Aluminum recycling.
• There's a prioritization for New Mexico products.
• And so for New Mexico to step up and say that we want to bring these technologies here.
• In parts of New Mexico, we have, we need to thin our forests.

Committee: Senate Senate Conservation

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• I'm Mandy Torres with Think New Mexico.
• According to the New Mexico Educator Vacancy Report, there are an estimated 356 vacancies in the state
• of New Mexico.
• New Mexico for the 2024-2025 year.
• of New Mexico.

Committee: House House Education

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• It states the following: Whereas, providing law enforcement assistance to federal, state, and local law
• earlier did state that the education on these alerts within the police academy and within these departments
• So, as was stated earlier by Mr.
• I represent police chiefs, so I represent all of law enforcement at the police level.
• State your name.

Committee: Senate Senate Public Safety Committee of Reference

Summary: The Public Safety Committee first considered SB 1071, which would repeal statutory protections for the Arizona Rangers. The sponsor argued the change was needed for accountability and transparency, while Rangers and several supporters said the organization provides substantial volunteer service and that the bill would undermine their work. Sheriffs from Yavapai and Navajo counties supported the bill, citing lack of access to background and training records and saying they could not fully trust or use the Rangers without clearer standards. The committee adopted a do pass recommendation on a 4-3 vote, with members noting they expected further amendment work. The committee then heard SB 1315 on interoperable communications for schools and law enforcement, followed by SB 1317 on reentry planning grants for counties. SB 1315 was supported by school safety officials and law enforcement representatives who described the need for common communication platforms during emergencies; concerns were raised about cost and information security, but the bill passed unanimously. SB 1317 would appropriate opioid settlement funds for county reentry programs; sheriffs and the Arizona Sheriffs Association supported it, citing reduced recidivism and improved jail outcomes, and it also passed unanimously. Members next took up SB 1416 and SB 1740, both related to missing and endangered children and the Turquoise Alert system. SB 1416, as amended, would strengthen reporting, photo-sharing, training, and public notification requirements for missing children cases; advocates, family members, and law enforcement all supported the compromise language, and it passed 7-0. SB 1740 would require training on the Turquoise Alert system and was discussed alongside concerns about statewide versus geographically targeted alerts; the sponsor said an amendment was being worked on, and the bill also received a do pass recommendation. Later, the committee considered SB 1493, which would require employers to pay fees and costs when a law enforcement officer wins a termination appeal and the employer refuses reinstatement. Police and sheriffs’ representatives supported the measure as a fairness issue, while chiefs’ representatives opposed it; the bill passed as amended on a 5-2 vote. The committee also passed SB 1537, renaming the Peace Officer Training Equipment Fund as the Public Safety De-escalation and Life Safety Fund, and SB 1542, which would conditionally authorize MDMA-based PTSD treatment for first responders and create related research and reimbursement provisions, after testimony about its potential therapeutic value.

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• The other states that are doing this are Washington, New Mexico, Montana, and I think Oregon.
• The other states that are doing this is Washington, New Mexico, Montana, states that are doing this is
• Washington, New Mexico, Montana, and I think Oregon.
• Democratic-led states.
• of the contract and difficulty finding a new contractor due to the new time constraints.

Bills: SB1086 , SB1193 , SB1318 , SB1345 , SB1346 , SB1451 , SB1496 , SB1611 , SB1630 , SB1631 , SB1632 , SB1672

Committees: Senate Health and Human Services , Senate Senate Health and Human Services COR

Keywords: reimbursement, healthcare, laboratory services, noncontracting providers, Arizona health care cost containment, personal identifying information, PII, privacy, confidential records, public records exemption, commercial disclosure, data privacy, licensure, certification, health professions, health care licensing, Arizona Department of Health Services, ADHS, emergency medical care technician, EMCT