January 28, 1999
Legislative Summary The Associated Press Thursday, Jan. 28 Introduced in the House HB305: Abolishes the death penalty and requires all defendants convicted of a capital felony be punished by life imprisonment. Beam, Luna, Knauer.
HB306: Approves rules and restrictions on group term life insurance for political subdivisions of the state. Parsons.
HB307: Changes the distribution of the Motor Vehicle Suspense Fund. Larranaga, Mallory, Russell.
HB308 GF: Dept. of Public Education, funding for Corrales Elementary School in Bernallillo County Russell, Macko.
HB309: Amends motor vehicle law to allow municipalities to double the amount of the fine for certain violations of the Motor Vehicle Code. Chavez, Crook, Vaughn.
HB310 GF: Alternatives to detention for juveniles. Pederson.
HB311: Changes to K-thru-6 grade school bus routes rules. Hobbs.
HB312: Amends the Delinquency Act to make it a crime for a youthful offender to retaliate against a witness. Marquardt, Vaughn, Hawkins.
HB313: Redefines the crime of fleeing and evading an officer of the law and refusing to bring a vehicle to a stop. Marquardt, Williams, Vaughn.
HB314: Amends the Insurance Code to extend coverage of unfair claims practices to third parties. Godbey, Burpo, Martinez.
HB315: Eliminates the salaries of Parole Board members and specifies instead that board-members receive per diem and mileage as provided for other nonsalaried public officials. Godbey.
HB316: Makes it a misdemeanor to publish or disseminate the name of a person who has asked for assistance to vote. Rodella, Lujan, M.H. Garcia.
HB317 GF: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, funding for holistic after-school services and programs for youth by the Cooperative Extension Service in Dona Ana County. Blanton, Vickers, Foley.
HB318: Increases the salaries of district attorneys to $85,000 a year. Vaughn, Pederson, Stewart.
HB319: Expands the definition of a resident student to include a foreign national admitted under a North Atlantic Treaty Organization visa. Marquardt, Williams, Vaughn.
HB320: Repeals the Little Davis-Bacon Act, which requires contractors on public works projects to pay, at a minimum, the prevailing wage for corresponding laborers or mechanics at other, similar projects. Marquardt, Roberts, Wallace.
HB321: When reviewing a constituent agency's decision, would require the Water Quality Control Commission to confine its review to the record that was before the constituent agency. Gubbels.
HB322: Provides that only County Clerks may mail out an application form for an absentee ballot and that they may do so only on request of the voter. Sandoval, Sanchez, Buffett.
HB323: Enacts the Personal Choice Auto Insurance Act. Larranaga, Russell, Roberts.
HB324: Makes it illegal to perform a partial birth abortion, except when necessary to save the life of the mother. Larranaga, Blanton, Macko.
HB325: Amends the Air Quality Control Act to shorten the deadlines for reviewing permit applications. Crook, M.P.Garcia, Hawkins.
HB326: Requires local school districts, at their own expense, to conduct background checks, including an FBI fingerprint search, on school volunteers who have unsupervised access to students. Marquardt, Hawkins, Williams.
HB327: Establishes that all persons have the right, without fear of penalty or reprisal, to form, join or assist labor organization or to refrain from any such activities. Marquardt, Mallory, Crook.
HB328: Redefines a "dependent child" as any child or ward attending high school or an alternative or special education program, for the purpose of determining benefit eligibility under New Mexico Works Act. Sandoval, Varela, Beam.
HB329: Gives district courts the authority to issue an ex parte written emergency order of protection when a law enforcement officer and the court find reasonable grounds to believe that a petitioner is in immediate danger of domestic abuse following an incident of domestic abuse by a household member. Stewart, Picraux, Vaughn.
HB330 GF: Commission on Higher Education, funding for summer institutes and on-going assistance to New Mexico teachers in teaching and promoting the teaching of geography in statewide. Stewart, Salazar, Garcia.
HB331: Provides penalties for hunting guides or outfitters who to register with the Game and Fish Department. Chavez, Coll, Stewart.
HB332: Allows the issuance of a general dentistry license by credential to an applicant who has maintained a uniform service practice in the U.S. military or Public Health Service for three years immediately preceding the application, or who is duly licensed by examination under the laws of another state. Abeyta, Salazar, Knauer.
HB333: Creates a task force under the Department of Health to study methods of diverting children from a life of crime. Beam, Rios, Stewart.
HB334: Enacts the "Woman's Right to Know Act" requiring voluntary informed consent as a prerequisite to abortion. Russell, Crook, Dana.
HB335 GF: Dept. of Health, funding for substance abuse and mental health treatment services to participants as provided in the New Mexico Works Act. Sandoval, Varela, Salazar.
HB336 GF: Western New Mexico University Board of Regents, funding recurring Child Development Center Program needs at the university in Roosevelt County. Herrera, Stewart, Abeyta.
HB337 GF: Dept. of Health, funding for services to eligible persons with developmental disabilities through the Dept. of Health's centralized registry waiting list. Rios, Hanosh, Martinez.
HJM25: Endorses and supports the efforts of the Economic Development Department to reach agreement with, and form a public-private partnership with Lockheed-Martin to develop and operate a spaceport. Kissner.
HJM26: Requests the President and the U.S. Congress to make the $1.4 billion of federal money now in the Abandoned Mine Land Trust Fund available to the states for use in the reclamation of abandoned properties. Mallory.
HM5: Requests the Rio Arriba Board of County Commissioners to name the Tierra Amarilla Park after Vicente Montano. Rodella.
Bills passed
HJM7: Labs partnership day (59-0).
Bills signed by the governor
HB1: Legislative Feed Bill, signed with line-item vetoes.
GF, General fund appropriation.
