[Nmtriblibs] FW: NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 18

[Moore, Patricia, DCA]

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From: Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423 at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 8:41 AM
Subject: [EXTERNAL] NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 18

NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 18                                        February 14, 2024

COMMITTEE HEARINGS

SB 275, the CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS bill by Senator Nancy Rodriguez, was heard twice in the Senate Finance Committee. On Tuesday afternoon, the bill as amended with the list of projects was discussed, amended and passed.  On Tuesday evening, the Committee had pulled the bill back to make additional changes in language relating to highway projects. The Committee passed the amended bill. There was no discussion of individual projects in either hearing, except for the highway project discussion.


FLOOR ACTION

SB 275 is now on the Third Reading of Legislation calendar, second on today's Senate agenda. It is likely that it will be debated and passed early in the floor session. It would then go to the House, where the Appropriations and Finance Committee would likely hear it sometime today.

SB 275 appropriates $932.2 million in general funds and $73.5 million in other funds for statewide and local capital projects.  Among those projects are 42 library-related projects costing $6,989,200.


HB 134/aaa, the Tribal Education Trust Fund bill by Rep. Derrick Lente, is now on the Senate's Third Reading of Legislation calendar, seventeenth on the agenda.

HB 308, the GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS bill by Rep. Lente, is now on the Senate's Third Reading of Legislation calendar, fourteenth on the agenda.


Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair
NMLA Legislation Committee
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