February 4, 1999
Legislative Summary The Associated Press Introduced in the Senate since Jan. 28 SB01: Emergency bill authorizes various capital outlay projects throughout the state. Fidel, Aragon, Jennings.
SB02: Fiscal year 2000 funding for the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government.
SB03: Appropriation for public school support in fiscal year 2000, funding for various departments and programs. Altamirano, Aragon, Fidel.
SB04: Appropriation to the Highway and Transportation Department for fiscal year 2000, funding for employees and operations. Maes, Eisenstadt, Maloof.
SB05: Fiscal year 2000 appropriation for the courts. Jennings.
SB06: Appropriation for fiscal year 2000 for the State Fair Commission, funding for 42 permanent and 13 temporary full-time employees. Robinson.
SB07: The Department of Game and Fish Appropriation Act, funding to run the Department of Game and Fish for fiscal year 2000. Macias.
SB08: Approval to prevent water supply contamination and eliminate potential dangers by having State Engineer require property owners to seal abandoned water wells located on their property. Smith.
SB09: Requires gaming revenues and gaming tax receipts transferred to the Public School Capital Outlay Fund to be kept in separate sub-accounts. Kidd, Smith.
SB10: Allows restaurants serving alcohol to hire minors older than 19 years of age. Smith.
SB11: Gross receipts from providing child care services may be deducted from gross receipts for day care provided by licensed providers for children under the age of fifteen. Smith.
SB12: For the Lottery Oversight Committee. Deletes ex-officio members of the Gaming Board and requires five members to be appointed by the governor for staggered terms with advice and consent of the Senate. Smith, Kidd.
SB13: Designates scholarship funds emanating from the Lottery Act as "Legislative Success Scholarships" and places all revenues raised for scholarships in an identically-named fund. Jennings, Ingle, Sanchez.
SB14: Designates scholarship funds emanating from the Lottery Act as "Legislative Success Scholarships" and places all revenues raised for scholarships in an identically-named fund. Sanchez, Jennings.
SB15: After January 1, 2000, requires both public and private school buses to carry safety belts for each passenger. Fidel, Altamirano, Maloof.
SB16: Effective July 1, 1999, transfers the state Parks Division and its related funds and personnel to the Department of Tourism. Smith, Garcia.
SB17: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, funding for ethnomusicology education training for the Hispanic Cultural Center. Romero.
SB18: Requires that the Department of Education compile and publish a manual prescribing detailed rules for a uniform system of accrual basis accounting and budgeting of funds for all public school and school districts. Romero.
SB19: Substitutes language allowing school boards to "establish employment eligibility criteria for all school district employees." Romero.
SB20: Requires school board elections to comply with provisions of the Campaign Reporting and Financial Disclosure Acts. Romero.
SB21: Provides for the payment of taxes by the assignment by taxpayer of moneys owed to the taxpayer by the state. Romero.
SB22: Remove Department of Public Education control over local school board budgets. Romero.
SB23: Department of Public Education, funding for eight technology support full-time positions at alternative schools statewide. Romero.
SB24: Department of Health, provide services to New Mexicans eligible for developmentally disabled elderly Medicaid waiver programs. Jennings, Stockard, Aragon, etc.
SB25: Amends residency requirements in election law, re-defining residency as the community where an individual physically resides. Romero.
SB26: Establishes the Student Attendance Oversight Task Force to recommend incentives to improve the graduation rate and school attendance. Romero.
SB27: Children, Youth and Families Department, funding for training, leadership opportunities, affordable housing and community revitalization through the Youth Build Program's offering of construction, leadership and architectural design training and work experience to high-risk youth in Bernalillo County. Romero.
SB28: Allows local school districts with enrollments of more than 35,000 students to hire campus police officers. Romero.
SB29: For the Public Regulation Commission Review Committee, enacts a new section of the New Mexico Insurance Code regulating viatical settlements. Macias.
SB30: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, approval to create and operate an Energy Technologies Center in Doña Ana County. Garcia.
SB31: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, increases funding for women's sports activities, Doña Ana County. Garcia, Nava.
SB32: Children, Youth and Families Department, funds for child-care services for needy families in Doña Ana County. Garcia, Maloof.
SB33: Human Services Department, for use in fiscal year 2000 for services to 1,000 persons eligible for the Medicaid Waiver Program for the Disabled and Elderly, statewide. Garcia.
SB34: A reorganization bill that creates the Parks and Wildlife Department by merging the state Parks Division of the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and the Department of Game and Fish. McKibben, Leavell.
SB35: State Department of Public Education, provide before- and after-school programs to needy families, statewide. Garcia.
SB36: For the Welfare Reform Oversight Committee, calls for immediate provision of child care assistance after application approval. Garcia.
SB37: State school busses that have completed their 12-year life shall be donated to the Public Transportation Programs Bureau. Garcia.
SB38: Amends a section of the Educational Retirement Act, regarding the purchase of service credit for military service. Garcia, Altamirano, Fidel.
SB39 GF: For the Welfare Reform Oversight Committee, funding for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 on the New Mexico Head Start Program. Garcia.
SB40: Authorizes the issuance of state highway bonds not to exceed $143 million for the design, acquisition of right-of-way and four-lane construction of U.S. Highway 87 from Raton to Clayton. Lyons.
SB41 GF: Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division, funding to assist qualified rural public transportation programs to meet match requirements for federal public transportation grants. Garcia.
SB42: For the Welfare Reform Oversight Committee, requires licenses for child-care providers receiving block grant funding. Garcia.
SB43 GF: For the Indian Affairs Committee, funding in fiscal year 2000 on tribal tourism education for the public or tribal members. Howes, etc.
SB44: Higher Education Institutions, to fund dental education career ladder program, statewide. Wilson.
SB45: Provides for personal and corporate income tax credits for improvements in agricultural irrigation systems or water management methods leading to improved conservation. Wilson.
SB46: Authorizes the New Mexico Finance Authority to make loans from the Public Project Revolving Fund to qualified entities for public projects. Leavell, Altamirano.
SB47: Enacts the Personal Protection Act, which permits people to carry concealed pistols but only with a license issued by the Department of Public Safety after extensive background checks and extensive training. Robinson, Vernon, Lyons, etc.
SB48: Adds offenses to the Racketeering Act. Robinson.
SB49: DFA Local Government Division, funding for studying the feasibility of constructing a special events center in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Romero.
SB50 GF: Specifies the purpose of the Bilingual Multicultural Education Act is to promote literacy in two languages among other goals and appropriates money to implement programs. Garcia, Nava, etc.
SB51: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, approval to sponsor statewide holistic programs providing healthy youth activities that develop civic responsibility and leadership in Doña Ana County. Garcia, Nava, Lopez.
SB52: Provides that a state park would not be closed nor undergo a transfer of management to any public or private entity without the express approval of the Legislature. Eisenstadt, Sanchez.
SB53: Referred to as the Privatization Act, this bill provides safeguards to ensure that privatization of governmental services is implemented appropriately and for the benefit of taxpayers. Aragon.
SB54: Provides that DFA's Financial Control Division would set standards for the accounting methods and procedures for all state agencies but would no longer control those methods and procedures. Aragon.
SB55 GF: Requires state school board approval before school districts can adopt a year-round schedule, funding to the Department of Public Education for distribution to year-round schools. Nava.
SB56 GF: Economic Development Department, funding to contract for business incubation services, statewide. Rodriguez, Maes.
SB57: Santa Fe Community College, funding to conduct first year of two-year pilot program at Santa Fe Community College and the Bernalillo Public Schools to study early childhood mental development. Eisenstadt, Cisneros, Lopez.
SB58 GF: Funding for a Cooperative Fire Prevention Program in the Rio Grande Bosque, Valencia County. Feldman, etc.
SB59 GF: DFA Local Government Division, funding to support statewide mentor programs for children in low-income single parent families, statewide. Feldman, Altamirano, Fidel.
SB60: Would require municipalities and counties to report annually to DFA's Local Government Division on the issuance of industrial revenue bonds. Cisneros, Campos, Aragon.
SB61 GF: Children, Youth and Families Department, funding to contract for services and programs for Medicaid-ineligible youth, statewide. Feldman, Garcia, Lopez.
SB62 GF: State Department of Public Education, funding to plan and develop a school-district-owned teacher housing program in the Santa Fe Public School District. Maes, Rodriguez.
SB63: Increases sentences for those convicted of hate crimes, which are defined as felonies or misdemeanors committed against a person because of his perceived race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation or disability. Eisenstadt, McSorley, Garcia, etc.
SB64 GF: New Mexico State University Alliance for Minority Participation, funding for programs. Nava, Garcia.
SB65: Increases the penalty for impersonating a public officer to a fourth-degree felony. Lopez, Stockard.
SB66: Appropriation to Commission on Higher Education for fiscal year 2000 to review the cost model of the funding formula, causing it to reflect the cost of technology for extended learning. Eisenstadt, Rodarte.
SB67 GF: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, for expenditure in fiscal year 2000 and 2001 to establish the Institute of Public Service. Eisenstadt, Rodarte, Lopez.
SB68: Provides a deduction for gross receipts of an independent contractor derived from commissions received for services in selling tangible personal property that is not owned by the contractor. Cisneros, Campos, Romero, Kidd.
SB69: Sets higher education coordination and excellence goals for the Commission on Higher Education. Eisenstadt, Rodarte, etc.
SB70: Adds podiatrists to that group of health care providers who may deduct certain percentages of Medicare payments from their gross receipts. Kidd, Cisneros.
SB71: State Engineer's Office, funding to assist the Taos Valley Acequia and Rio de Chama Acequia Associations in developing pilot regional acequia geographic information system. Cisneros, Feldman, etc.
SB72 GF: Department of Environment, funding in fiscal year 2000 and 2001 to initiate the New Mexico Rivers Information System, statewide. Cisneros, Feldman, etc.
SB73: State Department of Public Education, funding to recruit and assist qualified New Mexico teachers who wish to become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Lopez, Cisneros, Nava, etc.
SB74: Approval and funding for teachers taking the examination to become certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to have their salaries increased by 20 percent and be reimbursed for the examination expense if they pass and become certified. Payne, Nava, Cisneros, Vernon.
SB75: Provides that the municipal, magistrate or metropolitan court would have concurrent jurisdiction over the following misdemeanors when the alleged offender is a juvenile: assault, battery, criminal trespass, graffiti, shoplifting, possession of one ounce or less of marijuana, possession of alcohol by a minor. Stockard, Duran.
SB76: Amends the Uniform Commercial Code to eliminate the need for a debtor to sign a continuation statement. Stockard, Kidd.
SB77: Expands the courts' criminal definition of "sex offense." Stockard, M.J.Garcia.
SB78 GF: Funding for the Department of Public Education to set up a database measuring housing costs, cost-of-living and other factors that affect teacher recruitment and retention. Lopez.
SB79: State Department of Public Education, funding for the University of New Mexico provision of leadership training in educational administration, statewide. Lopez, Maloof, Campos.
SB80: Provides that funding shall not be provided from the Public Project Revolving Fund unless money sufficient to avoid any negative impact on the fund's capacity to finance future projects is contemporaneously pledged. Lopez, Garcia.
SB82: State Department of Public Education, funding to provide high school education programs for at-risk teen-age parents, statewide. Nava, Garcia, Howes.
SB83: Nursing Board, funding to contract statewide study of need for additional nurses and the types of education and training. Howes, Garcia, etc.
SB84: Provides for ground water recharge, storage and recovery in order to reduce the rate at which ground water levels decline, promote conservation of water and lead to more economical uses of resources. Feldman, etc.
SB85: State Department of Public Education, funding to continue and expand public high school student and teacher participation in the New Mexico Advanced Placement Program, statewide. Garcia, Howes, etc.
SB86: Specifies costs necessary to establish a 911 system, for which local governments may receive disbursements. Stockard.
SB87: Directs the Department of Game and Fish to authorize two elk permits each license year. Lyons.
SB88: For municipalities owning and operating an electric utility, removes kilowatts and kilowatt-hours as a measurement for charging customers. Lyons.
SB89: Enacts the Big Game Partnership Program regulated by the state Game Commission to promote big game propagation and maintenance on public and private lands. Lyons, Jennings, Ingle, etc.
SB90 GF: Funding for the Teacher Loan for Service Fund and implementation of an act designed to provide loans to qualified teacher candidates to address teacher shortages. Howes, Tsosie, etc.
SB91: Children, Youth and Families Department, funding for domestic violence services, statewide. Garcia, Gorham, etc.
SB92: Provides for criminal screening of applicants for the New Mexico Mounted Patrol. Stockard.
SB93: Provides for the formation of the Information Systems Management Commission to coordinate the central and individual executive agency information systems. Altamirano.
SCR01: Changes the day that the General Appropriation Bill must have received its third reading and final passage in the house of origin for the 60-day session. Jennings.
SJM01: Requests the Legislature to recognize April 30, 1598, as the official date of the first Thanksgiving celebration ever held between Indians and Europeans. Romero.
SJM02: Requests the Legislature to assure quality assurance in Medicaid Managed Care. Garcia.
SCOR01: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for landscaping on Albuquerque city streets in Bernalillo County. Romero.
SCOR02: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, for property acquisition at Third and Lead Streets in Albuquerque. Romero.
SCOR03: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for the Alvarado Transportation Center in Albuquerque. Romero.
SCOR04: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for beautification improvements on north Fourth Street between Interstate 40 and Mountain Road in Albuquerque. Romero.
SCOR05: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department for improvements on Fifth and Sixth streets in Albuquerque. Romero.
SCOR06: Appropriation to state Agency on Aging, to renovate and make additions to the existing La Amistad Senior Citizens Center, Bernalillo County. Romero.
SCOR07: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department to improve gateway areas in the Sawmill and Wells Park neighborhood in Albuquerque. Romero.
SCOR08: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division to design and renovate old Albuquerque, Bernalillo County. Romero.
SCOR09: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division to design and construct improvements to Bel-Air and Miramontes Parks in Albuquerque. Romero.
SCOR10: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, to design, construct, equip and furnish the Explora Science Center and Children's Museum in Albuquerque. Romero.
SJR01: Description not available. Lyons.
SJR02: Proposing to amend constitution to change per diem and mileage rate received by legislators. Eisenstadt.
SJR03: Proposing to amend the constitution to allow municipalities to hold run-off elections with creation of an ordinance. Rawson.
SJR04: Proposing constitutional amendment to restrict use of gasoline tax revenues solely for state Highway and Transportation Department. Lyons, Rawson, Kysar.
SJR05: Proposing provision that any elected county official be subject to recall by voters of the county for malfeasance, misfeasance or abuse of office. Rawson.
SJR06: Providing a revised election cycle for members of the Senate. Adair, Payne.
SJR07: Proposing amendment to Article 6 of constitution to change method of selecting appellate judges. Adair.
SJR08: Description not available. Adair, Payne.
SJR09: Amending constitution to standardize term limits for local government officials. Campos, Altamirano, Adair, etc.
SB094: Adding section to Engineering and Surveying Practice Act. Stockard.
SB095: Deleting New Mexico Works Act provision that provided public assistance cash benefit level for group not living in subsidized housing or receiving housing payments. Aragon, Gorham.
SB096: Office of Indian Affairs, to provide culturally competent care and case management for Native Americans with human immunodeficiency virus. Tsosie, Garcia, Feldman.
SB097: Creating activity at public schools that qualifies as a work program under welfare reform. Altamirano.
SB098: Extends authority to enter into Joint Power Agreements to any subdivision of a tribe or pueblo. Tsosie.
SB099: Governor's Committee for Handicapped, to provide for statewide public education program on multi-chemical sensitivity. Tsosie, Cisneros, Feldman, etc.
SB100: Proclaims Anderson-Abruzzo international balloon museum as official balloon museum of New Mexico. Aragon, Altamirano, Jennings.
SB101: Extends effective date of the New Mexico Works Subsidized Employment Pilot Project by one year. Altamirano.
SB102: Increases amount of maximum annual municipal distribution from Small Cities Assistance Fund. Altamirano, Fidel, Aragon, etc.
SB103: New Mexico Institute of Mining Board of Regents, to provide mathematics, engineering and science achievement programs statewide. Altamirano, Fidel, Aragon.
SB104: Enacting Unused Merchandise Ownership Protection Act. Altamirano, Fidel, Aragon.
SB105: Excise tax exemption for vehicles with a gross weight over 26,000 lbs. acquired for lease purposes. Altamirano, Fidel.
SB106: Increases number of magistrates in the Doña Ana district to five and the number in Sierra district to two. Rawson.
SB107: Public Regulation Commission, to establish an office in each PRC district. Rawson.
SB108: Administrative Office of Courts, to support the Child Abuse and Neglect Citizen Review Board Program. Lopez, Garcia, Maes, etc.
SB109: Amending Eminent Domain Code to specify condemnor's duties. Lyons.
SB110: Directs state Board of Education to develop training framework to ensure quality teachers and principals, including evaluation and guidelines for professional development. Lopez, Maes, Feldman, etc.
SB111: Provides for more cost-effective and responsive government services through state budget process. Altamirano, Aragon.
SB112: Granting state income tax credit of up to $100 for making donations to public schools and colleges. Payne, Altamirano, etc.
SB113: State Education Department, to expand adult basic education programs and services in rural areas of the state. Rawson, Garcia, etc.
SB114: Clarifies any welfare participant must develop an Individual Responsibility Plan. Rawson.
SB115: Redefines "dependent child" to limit coverage of 18-year-olds. Rawson, Garcia, Lopez.
SB116: Authorizes municipalities to adopt curfew ordinances. Campos, Cisneros, etc.
SB117: Allows insured motorists to elect whether to combine or keep separate uninsured motorist coverage for two or more vehicles. Payne, Kysar, Kidd.
SB118: Requires Department of Game and Fish to determine the carrying capacity and population of elk on ranges. Rodarte, etc.
SB119: Requires applicants to report to Human Services Department the names of members of their household group or benefit group. Rodarte.
SB120: Implementing a dental health career program. Wilson, Feldman, Gorham, etc.
SB121: Provides for district judge in Rio Arriba County. Rodriguez, Romero, Campos.
SB122: Requires licensure for title service companies. Fidel.
SB123: Requires elected county officials in class A, B, and C counties with an annual salary of $35,000 or more to work at least 40 hours per week. Rodarte, etc.
SB124 GF: Library Division of Office of Cultural Affairs for equipment. Robinson, Eisenstadt, Cisneros.
SB125: Binds insurance companies to pay for damages incurred by clients while operating another person's automobile. Eisenstadt.
SB126: Specifies all net lottery revenues shall be deposited in the Lottery Tuition Fund. Kidd.
SB127: Allowing municipalities to impose boat storage fee. Rawson.
SB128: Repeals legislative lottery oversight committee and establishes Gaming Oversight Committee. Kidd, Smith.
SB129: Excludes from uninsured motorist coverage payment of punitive damages against an owner or operator of an uninsured vehicle. Payne, Kidd, Kysar, Leavell.
SB130: Limits uninsured motorist coverage to insured vehicle and property in the vehicle not otherwise insured. Kysar, Kidd, etc.
SB131: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, to establish new program of waste-management education and research consortium. Payne, Kidd, Kysar, Leavell.
SB132: Amends laws governing jury duty to exempt parent and primary care-giver of children under age 8. Rawson, Gorham, Boitano.
SB133: Defines legal services as relates to "unconscionable trade practices." Kidd, Stockard.
SB134: Repeals prohibition on sale of alcohol on election days. Stockard, Griego.
SB135: Expands definition of second-degree felony for sexual assault to include sexual penetration of a child ages 13-18. McSorley.
SB136: Judicial Nominating Commissioner's Term Act, setting six-year terms for appointments and limiting activities of those appointed to judicial nominating commissions and committees. McSorley.
SB137: Increases penalty of homicide by vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs after prior DWI convictions. McSorley, Eisenstadt.
SB138 GF: Western New Mexico University Board of Regents, to fund Nursing-OTA Programs, Curry County. Altamirano, Smith.
SB139 GF: Western New Mexico University Board of Regents, to fund recurring Child Development Center Program, Curry County. Altamirano, Smith.
SB140: Provides formula by which districts would receive priority for grant assistance. Nava, Lopez.
SB141: Prohibits discharge or discipline of employee without just cause without defining "just cause." Cisneros, Aragon, Altamirano.
SB143: Environment Department, for pilot project using reverse osmosis water treatment technology, Alamogordo. Duran, Kidd, Ingle, Rawson, etc.
SB144 GF: Health Department, services for people with developmental disabilities, Doña Ana County. Rawson.
SB145 GF: Education Department, for Public Service Learning Program. Howes, Nava, etc.
SB146: Authorizes digital signature for filing documents with government agencies. Eisenstadt, Payne.
SB147: Increases allowable maximum tax rate which local school district may impose under Public School Capital Improvements Act. Nava, Lopez.
SB148: Changing Workers' Compensation benefit payments. Kidd, Leavell.
SB149: Allowing child day care services at home to be deducted from gross receipts tax. Rawson, Feldman, Lopez.
SB150: Provides for New Mexico residents to transport into or out of the state any reasonable amount of alcoholic beverages for private use. Maes.
SB151: Changes Advisory Board of New Mexico Respiratory Care Practitioners to New Mexico Respiratory Care Board. Maes, Lopez, Cisneros.
SB152 GF: Tourism Department, to support tourism, cultural heritage education and economic development effort in Four Corners area. Howes, Stockard, Tsosie, etc.
SB153 GF: DFA Local Government Division, to fund study of introducing natural gas to Cordova through Vadito in Rio Arriba and Taos counties. Rodarte, Fidel, Cisneros, etc.
SB15: Requiring vehicle registration stickers to be displayed on vehicle window, not license plate. Rawson.
SB155: Making it illegal to release election results before closing of polls on Election Day. Rawson, Duran.
SB156 GF: Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents, for Learning Education Program. Nava, Ingle, etc.
SB157: Allows Native American individuals to "opt in" to state managed care organization. Tsosie, etc.
SB158: Changes method for calculating program costs to include National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification. Howes, Nava, etc.
SB159: Requires persons convicted of criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 to undergo chemical treatment upon parole. Adair.
SB160 GF: Adding magistrate in Truth or Consequences, Sierra District. Smith, Rawson.
SB161 GF: Children, Youth and Families Department, increases reimbursement for child care. Feldman, Rawson, Lopez, etc.
SB162: Revises makeup of Commission for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons. Wilson.
SB163: Revises deadlines and information required in annual accountability reports for public, post-secondary institutions. Robinson.
SB164: Limits terms of school superintendents to two years. Rodarte, Altamirano, Cisneros, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB165 GF: Health Department, expands Women, Infants and Children Farmers' Market Nutrition Program. Ingle, Robinson, Jennings, etc.
SB166 GF: Health Department, provides maternal and child health services. Lopez, etc.
SB167 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs to improve Shiprock Detention Center, San Juan County. Pinto, Howes.
SB168 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, day care services for 90 children in Tohatchi, McKinley County. Pinto, Tsosie, Howes, etc.
SB169 GF: Education Department, for Reading Recovery Programs. Eisenstadt, Romero, Cisneros, etc.
SB170 GF: Office of Cultural Affairs, for Hispanic Folklore Dance Workshops at annual International Mariachi Conference, Doña Ana County. Garcia, Nava, Aragon, etc.
SB171: Creating joint interim legislative committee that will function until the first day of December 1999. Eisenstadt, Payne, Feldman, etc.
SB172: Authorizes Administrative Office of the Courts to approve probate court to have concurrent jurisdiction over dispute resolution hearings in domestic relations cases. Smith.
SB173: Orders Department of Finance and Administration to develop alternative education program for students age 14-18 who have dropped out or are likely to. Romero, Pinto, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB174: Adds factors to consider when determining whether grandparents should have visitation privileges. Lopez, Eisenstadt, Feldman, Sanchez.
SB175 GF: Creates Education Works Act, allowing up to 400 welfare recipients to attend post-secondary school while receiving benefits. Lopez, Rodarte, Romero.
SB176 GF: Allows alternative schools approved by Education Department to be eligible for size adjustment programs.
SB177: Exempts persons 70 years of age or older from jury duty at person's option. Leavell, McKibben, Kidd, etc.
SB178 GF: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, for Cooperative Extension Service in Doña Ana County. Rodarte, Fidel, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB179 GF: Health Department, prostate cancer detection and control program. Altamirano, Romero, etc.
SB180 GF: DFA Local Government Division, assist urban public transportation programs in meeting federal match requirements for transportation grants. Lopez, Feldman, Rodriguez, Romero.
SB181: Small business development centers. Altamirano, Eisenstadt, Cisneros.
SB182: Requires notification regarding juvenile crimes. Rodriguez.
SB183 GF: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, for Cooperative Extension Service, Union County. Smith, Lyons.
SB184 GF: Contracting for foster care services with private agencies for abused and neglected children and for increasing payment rates to foster care parents, institutions and agencies. Gorham, Adair, Stockard, Garcia, etc.
SB185 GF: Middle School Initiative Act to provide before- and after-school extracurricular activities for grades 6 through 9. Gorham, Duran, Wilson, etc.
SB186: Prohibits same-sex marriages. Rawson, Stockard, Griego, Boitano.
SB187 GF: Provides for governor to appoint a third 6th District judge. Smith, Altamirano.
SB188 GF: Office of Cultural Affairs, for Living History Program to celebrate Centennial of closing of Fort Bayard, Curry County. Altamirano, Smith.
SB189: Creates Vehicle and Apparatus Acquisition Fund. Griego, Rodarte, Lyons.
SB190: Provides for issuance of distinctive registration plates to disabled veterans for up to two vehicles. Griego, Maes, Maloof.
SB191: Partial-Birth Abortion Act, bans abortion except to save the life of the mother. Davis, Rawson, Gorham, etc.
SB192: 1999 Charter School Act. Boitano, Lopez, Romero, etc.
SB193 GF: DFA Local Government Division, creates Summer Bosque Conservation Team Program. Feldman, etc.
SB194 GF: DFA Local Government Division, temporary housing for Valencia County detainees and prisoners. Sanchez, Fidel.
SB195: Allowing municipality to provide transit service outside limits without prior approval. Lopez, Feldman, Maes, etc.
SB196 GF: Education Department. Lopez, Maes, Feldman, Nava.
SB197 GF: Health Department, for developmentally disabled persons not currently receiving services under Developmental Disabilities Medicaid Waiver Program. Feldman, Wilson, Gorham.
SB198: Amends Securities Act to clarify definitions, change exempt status of some issuers and define fees. McSorley.
SB199: Requires Legislature to set fees for state parks. Rawson, Lyons, Kidd, etc.
SB200: Shortens date by which all bills must be introduced at regular sessions of the Legislature. Boitano.
SB201: Provides for $350 credit against state income tax liability for caring for one or more dependents under age 12 in the home. Boitano, Jennings, Gorham.
SB202 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, for collection of artifacts and materials for Northern Navajo Museum and History Center in Shiprock. Pinto, Howes, Tsosie, Fidel.
SB203 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, for housing indigent Navajo veterans through Navajo Nation Veterans Housing Trust Fund, McKinley County. Pinto, Howes, Tsosie, Fidel.
SB204 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, for water rights negotiations between Navajo Nation and state, McKinley County. Pinto, Howes, Tsosie, Fidel.
SB205 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, to study effects of uranium mining on workers in northwest New Mexico, McKinley County. Pinto, Howes, Tsosie, Fidel.
SB206 GF: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, for matching funds provided by nonstate sources for housing indigent veterans living on Navajo Nation, McKinley County. Pinto, Howes, Tsosie, Fidel.
SB207 GF: Human Services Department, for Medicaid participation for handicapped and disabled individuals. Wilson, Feldman, Garcia, etc.
SB208: Creates small grant and technical assistance program designed to maintain and recover healthy riparian areas. Sanchez, Feldman, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB209 GF: DFA Local Government Division, economic education instruction. Maloof, Carraro, Smith, Eisenstadt.
SB210: Makes changes in Public Building Energy Efficiency and Water Conservation Act. Griego, Campos.
SB211: Provides for costs to be awarded to prevailing party in a civil action in court. Adair, McKibben, Stockard, etc.
SB212: Provides that punitive damages in civil action would not exceed $300,000 except in certain cases of bodily injury. Adair, McKibben, Stockard, Leavell, Duran.
SB213 GF: Education Department, for technology integration professional development for kindergarten-12th grade teachers. McSorley, Eisenstadt.
SB214: Lead Hazard Act. Feldman, Fidel, Rodriguez, etc.
SB215: Deregulates the delinquency fee insurance companies may charge certain clients for premiums more than 10 days late. Payne, Ingle.
SB216: Limits recovery of noneconomic damages arising from motor vehicle accident. Payne, Leavell, Kysar.
SB217 GF: Department of Public Safety, to combat increased drug and criminal activity, Santa Fe and Rio Arriba counties. Cisneros, Rodarte, Maes.
SB218 GF: Santa Fe Community College, for student success initiatives for teachers and students. Maes, Cisneros.
SB219: Making it illegal to require fingerprints for identification purposes, except by law enforcement personnel and background checks required by state or federal law. Jennings.
SB220: Sanctions a benefit group if any school-age member has five or more unexcused school absences in one grading period. Jennings.
SB221 GF: Health Department, for family resource services in Doña Ana County. Garcia, Nava.
SB222 GF: Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents, additional staff for Aviation Maintenance Department in Roswell, Chaves County. Jennings, Ingle.
SB223: Increases from 3 to 9 percent compounded annual increases for retirees to participate in Retiree Health Care Act plan. McKibben.
SB224: Increases from 3 to 9 percent compounded annual increases retirees who participate in Retiree Health Care Act must pay. McKibben.
SB225: Clarifies liability of one who owns but does not manage site that is subject of voluntary environmental remediation agreement. Maes, Cisneros, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB226: Giving county clerks option to schedule precinct board members in two work shifts on Election Day. Feldman, Ingle, Romero.
SB227: Increases ceiling of civil claims filed in magistrate or metropolitan courts. Adair, Aragon.
SB228: Repeals law governing when to cancel an absentee ballot upon death of voter. Rodarte, Ingle, Feldman, etc.
SB229: Expanding Wildlife Conservation Act to protect and manage threatened as well as endangered species. Feldman, Garcia.
SB230: Expanding early childhood and family support education programs in public schools. Nava, Lopez, Eisenstadt, Garcia.
SB231: Appropriates for training for New Mexico Mounted Patrol. Aragon, Rawson, Ingle.
SB232: New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs expenditure for business and economic development plan for Mexican Springs, McKinley County. Pinto, Howes, Rodarte, etc.
SB233: Appropriates to local government division of DFA for rural addresses in Mexican Springs area, McKinley County. Pinto, Howes, Rodarte, etc.
SB234 GF: Children, Youth and Families, for counseling child victims of domestic violence in Otero, San Juan and McKinley counties. Howes, Duran, Kysar, Tsosie.
SB235: Expanding Public Employees Retirement Act to allow civilian prisoners of war to purchase service credits for period they were interned. Sanchez.
SB236: Renames Public School Capital Outlay Fund as Legislative Public School Capital Outlay Fund. Sanchez, Ingle, Jennings.
SB237: Requires public hearings before instituting proposed changes in state park visitor fees. Griego, Smith, Campos, etc.
SB238: Setting two categories of bonds where money in state's Severance Tax Bonding Fund could be pledged. Nava, Lopez, Cisneros, etc.
SB239 GF: Education Department, for Public School Capital Outlay Evaluation and Funding System. Nava, Lopez.
SB240: Provides that all gaming tax revenue go to Public School Capital Outlay Fund. Nava, Lopez, Cisneros, etc.
SB241 GF: Western New Mexico University Board of Regents, for job training in high unemployment areas defined in New Mexico Works Act, Roosevelt County. Sanchez, Smith, Altamirano.
SB242: Development of intensive early literacy reading program for students from grades K-2. Nava, Lopez, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB243 GF: Human Services Department, for services for developmentally disabled persons. Carraro, Lyons.
SB244 GF: Committee on Concerns of Handicapped, for services in connection with National Wheelchair Games. Carraro, Lyons.
SB245 GF: Education Department, teacher pay increase of $2,500. Carraro.
SB246: Creates Native American Education Fund using half of annual gambling tax revenue collected from Indian tribes and pueblos. Carraro, Pinto, Howes, etc.
SB247: Changes method of funding community colleges. Robinson.
SB248: Allowing absentee ballots to be delivered to absent voter precinct boards after Election Day. Feldman, Romero.
SB249 GF: Legislative Council Service appropriation for district office and staff for each legislator. Carraro, Aragon, Garcia, etc.
SB250: Waste water impact fee on sewage or other wastes treated at municipal facility. Aragon.
SB251: Retains provisions of scholarship fund and disposition of revenue for capital outlay provisions. Nava, Lopez.
SB252: Requires Department of Game and Fish to protect jaguars. Lyons, Smith.
SB253: Qualifying for funding under Small Cities Assistance Act. Lyons, Rodarte, Griego, etc.
SB254: Clarifying Motor Vehicle Code. Smith.
SB255: Amending Public Works Minimum Wage Act. Lyons, Vernon.
SB256: Restricts issuance of driver's license to anyone under 18. Feldman, Gorham, Howes, etc.
SB257 GF: Economic Development Department for Silver City-Grant County Economic Development Corporation to operate North American Free Trade Agreement Institute. Smith.
SB258: Allows parties to a divorce, separation or other dissolution of marriage to stipulate to a binding arbitration. McSorley.
SB259: Healthy Kids Act, requiring public middle and junior high schools to have intramural and interscholastic sports programs. Wilson, Nava, Sanchez, etc.
SB260: Stipulations on annual debt service payments for highway revenue bonds. Smith.
SB261: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, funding by Southwest Hispanic Research Institute of Art for Rio Grande-Rio Bravo Basin Program, 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Bernalillo County. Romero.
SB262: Education Department, professional development training. Lopez, Nava, Aragon, etc.
SB263: Amending Retiree Health Care Act to allow monthly premiums for retirees eligible on or after July 1, 2001 to be determined based on years of credited service. McKibben.
SB264: Authorizes counties to establish county traffic ordinances and penalty assessment programs. Macias, Rodarte.
SB265: Adds section to Insurance Code requiring health insurance policies and plans and HMO contracts to provide coverage for bone densitometry. Adair, Feldman, Eisenstadt, etc.
SB266: Health Department, for housing options for indigent persons with brain injuries. Maes, Griego, Cisneros.
SB267: Expands purpose of Business Improvement District Act. McSorley, Robinson.
SB268: Proposes income tax reductions over three-year period beginning with 1999. Wilson, Vernon, Kysar, etc.
SB270: Education Department, for media education and teacher training programs. Maloof, Nava, Altamirano.
SB271: Amends Lottery Act. Sanchez, Smith, Ingle, etc.
SB272: Allowing state agencies to accept credit card payments. Kidd.
SB273 GF: Administrative Office of the Courts, for full-time employees to operate adult misdemeanor probation programs, San Juan, McKinley counties. Stockard, Sanchez.
SB274 GF: DFA Local Government Division, for paying debt owed by Mora County to San Miguel County to house prisoners. Cisneros.
SB275 GF: Health Department, comprehensive community-based cancer patient support services in Bernalillo and Sandoval counties. Eisenstadt, Griego, Maloof.
SB276 GF: New Mexico State University Board of Regents, for Agriculture's Northern New Mexico Organic Wheat Project, Rio Arriba County. Aragon.
SB277: Redefines "school" or "college" as used in Professional Psychologist Act. Aragon.
SB278: Allows Educational Retirement Board to establish and maintain a qualified excess benefit arrangement. Fidel.
SB279: Increases threshold for public works construction projects. Fidel, Maes, Cisneros.
SB280: Cites the right, "freely and without fear of penalty or reprisal," to form, join or assist labor organizations. Rawson, Ingle, McKibben, etc.
SB281: Grants autonomy to boards and commissions and removes them from administrative attachment to Regulation and Licensing Department. Leavell.
SB282: Amends law governing the issuance of replacement driver's licenses. Rawson, Davis, Duran.
SB283: Eliminates state gross receipts tax on groceries and allows municipalities and counties to impose a local option food gross receipts tax. Aragon, Vernon, Altamirano, etc.
SB284: New section to Highway Department Organizational Act. Jennings, Garcia, Ingle, etc.
SB285: Expands oriental medicine and state regulation governing its use. Sanchez, Ingle.
SB286: Establishes minimum standards for automotive brake repair. Griego, Romero.
SB287: Modernizes Livestock Code. Ingle, Payne, Lyons, Griego.
SB288: Adds section to Gross Receipts and Compensating Tax Act. Maes, Maloof, Campos, etc.
SB289: Elementary and Secondary School Voucher Act. Davis, Payne, Vernon, etc.
SB290: Adds section to Income Tax Act. Maes, Maloof, Griego, etc.
SB291: More stringent construction code prohibition. Kysar, Maes, McKibben, Kidd.
SB292 GF: Funding various Department of Health programs for developmentally disabled. Altamirano, Lopez.
SB293 GF: Health Department, for services for developmentally disabled children and adults, Catron, Grant, Hidalgo and Luna counties. Altamirano, Smith.
SB294 GF: Commission on Higher Education, for summer institutes and assistance to state teachers. Altamirano, Nava.
SB295: Removes maximum age limit of 45 for membership in Volunteer Firefighters Retirement Act. Maes, Cisneros, Griego, etc.
SB296: Prohibits certain mail solicitations. Altamirano, Eisenstadt, Aragon.
SB297: Title Insurance Guaranty Act, to deal with problems arising in insolvency of title insurer. Aragon, Griego.
SB298 GF: Agency on Aging. Lopez, Howes, Altamirano, Maloof.
SB299: Uniform Correction or Clarification of Defamation Act. Lyons, Vernon, Kysar.
SB300: Extends provisions of New Mexico Work Act wage subsidy pilot program. Gorham, Aragon, Lopez, etc.
SB301: Limits trucks weighing 26,000 pounds or more to maximum speed of 65 mph on interstates. Vernon.
SB302: Requires commercial vehicles to drive in right-hand lane unless passing. Vernon.
SB303 GF: University of New Mexico Board of Regents, teacher recruitment and preparation program. Lopez, Gorham.
SB304: Open Access to Chiropractic Care Act. Maes, Maloof, Cisneros.
SB305: Authorizes Motor Transportation Division to establish a photo-radar speeding program for trucks over 26,000 pounds. Vernon.
SB306: Private Property Protection Act. Vernon.
SB307: Adds section to Insurance Code exempting issuance of charitable gift annuities from regulation as an insurance company. Vernon, Sanchez, Maes.
SCOR: Senate capital outlay request
SJM: Senate joint memorial
