[Nmtriblibs] FW: NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 17

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From: Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423 at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:04 PM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 17

NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 17                                        February 13, 2024

FLOOR ACTION

HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILLS 2 & 3/aa, the GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2024, was debated and passed. The House concurred in the Senate amendments.

The webcast is at https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20240209/-1/74749

Floor debate begins at 12:23 pm. Voting begins at 1:54:15. The bill passed on a 31-10 vote. It now goes to the Governor, who can line-item veto individual amounts. She has twenty days from the end of the session, March 6th, to act on bills.

The text of the bill is at https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0002FC1.pdf


COMMITTEE HEARINGS

HB 308, the GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS bill by Representative Derrick J. Lente, was heard in the Senate Finance Committee today (Tuesday).

The webcast is at https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20240209/-1/74764

Presentation of HB 308 begins at 9:35 am. There is no public comment. Committee discussion begins at 9:35:45. The do-pass motion is at 9:36:30. The Committee votes a "do pass" recommendation on an 8-0 vote. The bill now goes to the Senate floor.

HB 134/aaa, the Tribal Education Trust Fund, was heard by the Senate Finance Committee, by Rep. Derrick Lente, with Rep. Anthony Allison, Charlotte Little, Patricia Roybal Caballero and D. Wonda Johnson as co-sponsors. It was presented at 9:37:50 am, Public comment began at 9:38:30. Committee discussion begins at 9:40. The "do-pass" motion is at 9:42:35. The Committee votes a "do pass" recommendation on a 10-0 vote. The bill now goes to the Senate floor.

SB 275, the CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS bill by Senator Nancy Rodriguez was scheduled to be heard in the Senate Finance Committee, but they were not able to get to it. It will be heard sometime tomorrow (Wednesday).  The projects selected to be in the bill were posted as a 248-page amendment to the original bill. The text for the amended bill is at: https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/Committee_Subs_And_Amendments/SB0275FC1%20228265%20.pdf

Attached is a spreadsheet showing the library-related projects that are now in SB 275.

Forty two of the fifty six projects submitted by legislators, requesting $13,451,200, received $6,989,000 in capital outlay funding. Some projects were funded at the amounts originally requested; other projects received as little as ten percent of the original request; a few projects got slightly more than the original request. The total amount allocated for these forty two projects is 52 % of the amount originally requested.


Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair
NMLA Legislation Committee
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