The 2026 legislative session has now entered the closing stretch. No new bills can be introduced since the deadline for introduction was February 4th. There are currently 378 bills pending in the House of Representatives and 313 bills pending in the Senate. As is customary, some of the bills are not actual proposals; rather they are dummy bills introduced on…
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The 2026 legislative session is approaching the midway point. The final day that any new legislation can be introduced is Wednesday, February 4th. There are currently 292 bills pending in the House of Representatives and 218 bills pending in the Senate. The information we have remains somewhat limited since only one of the bills we are tracking has been heard…
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The 2026 legislative session has now entered the second week of the session. This is a short session scheduled to last only 30 days. There are currently 147 bills pending in the House of Representatives and 131 bills pending in the Senate. The information we have is somewhat limited since none of the bills we are tracking have been heard…
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The 2026 legislative session will be called to order today (Tuesday) at noon. This is a short session scheduled to last only 30 days. This anomaly in our state constitution restricts the agenda to budget matters as well as those items specifically requested by the governor. Forntunately, none of the horrible bills we had priortiezed last session made it to…
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The New Mexico Legislature convened for a 30-day session on January 18th. As we had anticipated, early indications are this will be a year of dueling get-tough on crime proposals from the governor as well as those seeking the office. The governor announced her proposals in advance of the session. Those priorities include: Imposing a “rebuttable presumption,” which shifts the…
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y Larry . . . NARSOL previously reported on the case of Brian Hope v. Commissioner of Indiana Department of Correction, which was favorably decided by a three-judge panel back in January. Unfortunately, the Seventh Circuit granted Indiana’s request for en banc review, and the full court has now turned that victory into a defeat. Trial Court History United States District Court…
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We apologize in that this final update took longer than we would have liked. The New Mexico Legislature adjourned on March 20th. None of the priority bills we were tracking actually made it to the finish line. HB 56: Our number one priority was to defeat HB 56, and we are happy to report that it did not pass. HB 56 is the SORNA and human trafficking proposal. The bill contained a provision that would have required registrants who simply own property located in New Mexico to register. The…
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Several House bills have crossed over into the Senate. LJC is vehemently opposed to some, most notably, House Bill 56. This is the mammoth SORNA and human trafficking overhaul. As expected, the legislation passed the House near unanimously. In addition, House Bill 74 which we reported on last week passed despite significant Republican opposition. HB 74 would restore voting rights…
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By Larry . . . NARSOL is excited to report on another win in the state of Tennessee. In fact, this is the second favorable decision in Tennessee in recent months. We previously reported on another challenge regarding retroactive application of registration requirements in Tennessee which was decided favorably. See Doe v. Rausch, 3:17-CV-504 (TNEDC). This case, Ronald Reid v.…
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Read the letter from LibJusCo Staff Attorney, Ashley Cloud, to Sheriff Manny Gonzale in regards to unlawful practices towards registrants in Bemalillo County. Gonzales Manny_Final Letter_8-16-19
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