Category: Legislative Updates

Legislative Update #2 This is our second Legislative Report for the 2021 legislative session. Due to the fact the first week of the session was largely cancelled due to potential violence, we did not send a report last week. As we stated in Update 1, this is a 60-day, which means there are no limitations on what legislators can propose.…

2020 Session Update #5 February 17, 2020 The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature is now nearing conclusion with adjournment scheduled for noon on Thursday. 30-day sessions are limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor which tends to reduce the number of bills introduced. As stated in last week’s update, there are…

2020 Session Update #4 February 10, 2020 The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature has passed the midway point. There are only ten (10) days remaining. As we have stated previously, 30-day sessions are limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor which reduces the number of bills considerably. Even with this constraint,…

2020 Session Update #3 February 3, 2020   The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature is nearing the end of its second week. 30-day sessions are limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor which reduces the number of bills considerably. As we have stated previously, bills must be determined to be germane…

2020 Legislative Session Update #2 January 27, 2020   The 2020 session of the New Mexico Legislature convened Tuesday. Since this is a 30-day session limited to adoption of a state budget and items specifically requested by the Governor, there are additional steps legislation must go through prior to consideration. Bills must be determined to be germane to the session…

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…

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…

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…

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…