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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Forwarded on Behalf of Joe Sabatini…. Thanks, Joe.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Joe Sabatini <jsabatini423@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 13, 2024 11:04 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 17<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">NMLA Legislative Bulletin # 17 February 13, 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">FLOOR ACTION </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS & FINANCE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR HOUSE BILLS 2 & 3/aa, the GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2024, </span><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">was
debated and passed. The House concurred in the Senate amendments. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The webcast is at
<a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20240209/-1/74749">
https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20240209/-1/74749</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The text of the bill is at
<a href="https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0002FC1.pdf">https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/bills/house/HB0002FC1.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">COMMITTEE HEARINGS</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">HB 308, the GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS bill by Representative Derrick J. Lente, was heard in the Senate Finance Committee today (Tuesday). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">The webcast is at
<a href="https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20240209/-1/74764">
https://sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00293/Harmony/en/PowerBrowser/PowerBrowserV2/20240209/-1/74764</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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:
<a href="https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/Committee_Subs_And_Amendments/SB0275FC1%20228265%20.pdf">
https://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/24%20Regular/Committee_Subs_And_Amendments/SB0275FC1%20228265%20.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Attached is a spreadsheet showing the library-related projects that are now in SB 275.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">Joe Sabatini, Co-Chair</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif">NMLA Legislation Committee</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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