Legislative Update #5, February 17, 2019 We have just passed the midpoint of the 2019 session which means that the period for introduction of legislation has closed. We did see the flurry of legislation we had anticipated and there are now 658 bills pending in the House and 636 pending in the Senate. This compares to 531 and 509 respectively…
Read MoreLegislative Update #4, February 10, 2019 We are now at the end of the fourth week of the 2019 session and the number of bills continues to grow. There are now 531 bills pending in the House and 509 pending in the Senate. This compares to 463 and 454 respectively just one week ago. The deadline for introduction of legislation…
Read MoreThe pace is picking up and our lawmakers have completed three weeks of the 2019 session. The number of bills has increased considerably since last week. There are now 463 bills pending in the House and 454 pending in the Senate. This compares to 377 and 372 respectively. And this number does not include many Memorials and Resolutions. We expressed…
Read MoreThe 2019 session completed its second week of work. As we stated in last week’s update, this is a sixty-day session, which means there are no limitations on the bills that can be considered. As of this writing, there are 377 bills pending in the House and 372 pending in the Senate. This number does not include Memorials and Resolutions.…
Read More2019 Session Update #1 January 20, 2019 The 2019 session of the New Mexico Legislature convened on Tuesday and we are now at the end of the first week. A new governor was sworn in on January 1st and LJC is cautiously optimistic that some progress can be made in terms of moving criminal justice forward. This is a sixty-day…
Read MoreWashington, D.C. | May 21, 2018—The National Association for Rational Sexual Offense Laws (NARSOL) demands that Sheriff Manny Gonzales stop running politically motivated newspaper advertising in which his department stokes baseless fears about so-called “non-compliant sex offenders.” In a recent, full-color insert, the sheriff’s department cautions the public not to approach “non-compliant sex offenders” because they may be armed and…
Read MoreA quick reminder that the SOMB will be meeting next week, Wednesday, April 4, at 10:00 a.m. in the CYFD conference room in the PERA Building in Santa Fe.
Read MoreThis is your final notice that LJC will be conducting elections for our board of directors on March 25th at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to be present in person if possible. The meeting will be held in room 2403 of the UNM Law School which is located at 1117 Stanford NE, Albuquerque. We are the only NARSOL affiliate that allows our supporters…
Read MoreLJC will be conducting elections for our board of directors on March 25th at 2:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to be present in person if possible. The meeting will be held in room 2403 of the UNM Law School which is located at 1117 Stanford NE, Albuquerque. It is important that you return your ballot in the postage-paid envelope sent to…
Read MoreFrom the NARSOL WEB site Those on sex offender registries targeted for telephone scams March 10, 2018 Sandy By Sandy . . . Scams offering to get someone off the registry for a fee have been around for a while. A new scam has appeared within the past few months, and as of this writing has targeted registrants in some…
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