Legislative Update #9, March 17, 2019 The 2019 session concluded at noon Saturday March 16th and we are providing a short report with more details to follow in the coming days. The pace of activity during the final week got very hectic and your LJC team was in the capitol working until late Friday. We are pleased to report that…
Read More
Legislative Update #8, March 10, 2019 The 2019 session is moving into the final few days and our legislators are working extremely long hours. The session concludes at noon on Saturday March 16th. The pace of activity has been so hectic over the past week we can barely track the action. We are grateful that there is no SORNA bill…
Read More
Legislative Update #7, March 3, 2019 The 2019 session is moving into the final two weeks and the pace of activity is horrendous. We are pleased to report that we had another exhibit in the capitol on Tuesday which is our last exhibit for this session. The attendance was lower than last week, but we estimate we engaged with at…
Read More
Legislative Update #6, February 24, 2019 The 2019 session is moving into the final three weeks and there are 658 bills pending in the House and 636 pending in the Senate. We are pleased to report that we had a great exhibit in the capitol on Thursday and we will be back again on Tuesday for another full day. We…
Read More
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 More2018 Session Update #1 January 18, 2018 The 2018 session of the New Mexico Legislature got underway on Tuesday, so this is your first update for the session. Keep in mind that this is a 30-day session is limited to budget matters and items specifically requested by the governor. This means any legislation not accompanied by an executive message is…
Read More