January 28, 1999
Legislative Summary The Associated Press Wednesday, Jan. 27 Introduced in the House HB270: Expands the definition of health care provider. Marquardt, Vaughn, Abeyta.
HB271: Changes the requirement for a municipal affiliated public employer's contribution to employee member's retirement plans. Russell.
HB272: Amends the Gaming Control Act to alter the members of the Gaming Control Board. Vaughn, Silva, Parsons.
HB273 GF: Commission on Higher Education. Develop, expand and support training programs at community colleges. Salazar, Kissner, Rodella, etc.
HB274: Amends the Public Health Act by clarifying the definition of "emergency" in the context of the rendering of emergency care. Kissner, Crook, Foley.
HB275: Adds a section to the Criminal Code creating several levels of offense ranging from a misdemeanor to a second-degree felony for assaulting a sports official while in the discharge of his duties. Miera, Saavedra, Abeyta.
HB276: Approval of the School Board Campaign Reporting Act, to establish financial disclosure requirements for board candidates. Stewart, Coll, Beam.
HB277: Amends the Human Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on heterosexuality, homosexuality or bisexuality, whether actual or perceived. Beam, Trujillo Knauer, Abeyta.
HB278: Amends the Workers' Compensation Act to include nonsalaried public officers as public employees, provided that the average weekly wage for a nonsalaried public officer is zero. Lujan, Picraux, Whitaker.
HB279: Creates the Native American Education Fund using all the annual gambling tax revenue collected by the state from Indian tribes and pueblos. Madalena, Miera, Salazar.
HB280: Creates an incentive for natural gas and crude oil production by lowering or exempting severance tax rates for "new wells." Whitaker, Sandel, Lujan.
HB281: Changes the severance tax for well work over projects producing natural gas, oil, and other liquid hydrocarbons removed from natural gas. Whitaker, Sandel, Sanchez.
HB282: Appropriations in fiscal year 2000 to Community Corrections Division of the Corrections Department, funding for intermediate sanction space, including halfway houses, reporting houses, residential drug treatment facilities and intensive supervision probation. Pederson, Luna, Stewart.
HB283: Increases the penalty for repeat DWI offenders. Pederson, Stewart, Garcia.
HB284: Authorizes the court to require couples with minor children to undergo counseling about custody issues during divorce proceedings. Larranaga, Russell, Marquardt.
HB285: Creates the Commission for Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United States, consisting of two legislators and four members of the New Mexico bar. Martinez, Pederson, Sanchez.
HB286: Approval of the Gang Enforcement and Prevention Act, noting criminal gangs present "a clear and present danger" to public safety. Trujillo Knauer, J.G. Taylor, Stewart.
HB287: Appropriates to Santa Fe Community College in fiscal year 2000, funding for pilot study early childhood mental development. Trujillo Knauer, Coll, Lujan.
HB288: Appropriation from the Fire Protection Fund, funding for a Search and Rescue Volunteers Retirement Act. Rodella, Luna, Gonzales.
HB289: Creates the Alcohol and Gaming Division within the Regulation and Licensing Department and specifies the division director is covered by the State Personnel Act. Coll, Garcia, Stewart.
HB290: Enacts a new section of the Liquor Control Act to provide for the excusal or recusal of administrative hearing officers. M.P.Garcia, Trujillo Knauer, Stewart.
HB291: Provides that a court would not give child visitation rights to a parent who has been convicted of murder in the first degree of the child's other parent. Dana, Mallory, Lutz.
HB292: Approves the Livestock Feed Supplier Lien Act, providing that a supplier who sells livestock feed on credit under an implied or express contract with the ability to impose a one-year lien upon the cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, horses or other specified animals that received the feed and to the produce from those animals if the debt is more than 30 days overdue. Blanton, Williams, Tripp.
HB293: Requires individual and group health insurance and HMO policies to provide coverage for prescription contraceptives. Stewart, Coll, M.J. Garcia.
HB294: Appropriations to Office of Cultural Affairs, funding an Ethnomusicology Educational Training Program. Miera, Saavedra, Sandoval.
HB295: Appropriations to Office of the State Engineer, funding for the Taos Valley Acequia Association and Rio de Chama Acequia Association. Rodella, Varela, Luna.
HB296: Expands the considerations for the court when a grandparent petitions for visitation with a child. Trujillo Knauer, J.G.Taylor, Roberts.
HB297: Amends the Mortgage Finance Authority Act. Sandoval, Chavez, Coll.
HB298: Changes the Commission on Higher Education's requirement to conduct an annual audit of higher education institutions. Coll, Sandoval, Varela.
HB299: Changes method of funding community colleges by doing away with the full-time equivalent formula and the per-student allotments. Sandoval, Varela, Wallace.
HB300: Substitutes a Pawnbroking Act for the current Pawnbrokers Act. Watchman, Sanchez, Luna.
HB301: Department of Human Services, funding housing subsidy provided in the New Mexico Works Act. Sandoval, Varela, Luna.
HB302: Modernizes the Livestock Code by repealing, adding and modifying various sections and adding to definitions of livestock. Stell, Sandel, King.
HB303: Creates the Elementary and Secondary School Voucher Act. Williams, Tripp, Pearce.
HB304: Department of Health, funding for treatment programs through Rape Crisis Centers in Taos, Farmington, Las Cruces, Albuquerque and Santa Fe for children who sexually molest other children. Trujillo Knauer, Varela, Vaughn.
HJM020: Requests that Health Policy Commission, working with the Health Information Alliance, review relevant laws and make recommendations. Marquardt, Hawkins, Abeyta.
HJM021: Requests that the Health Policy Commission, in cooperation with all affected state agencies and departments, develop a system of standardized health data collection and maintenance. Marquardt, Abeyta, Hawkins.
HJM022: Requests the Legislature to assure quality assurance in Medicaid Managed Care. Sandoval, Wallace, Townsend.
HJM023: Requests the Legislature to direct the appropriate interim committee to study the feasibility of providing grants to upgrade water system facilities. Rodella, Luna, Lujan.
HJM024: Acknowledges the importance of acequias to state's water history and requests the Legislature, along with water-focused executive agencies, to appoint or include members of acequias to any task or study group. Rodella, Gonzales, Varela.
HJR006: Constitutional amendment, authorizing a limited daily salary of $200 to legislators during sessions and interim committee meetings. Rios, M.H.Garcia, M.P.Garcia.
HJR007: Constitutional amendment, permitting the carrying of concealed weapons. Pederson.
HM0004: Requests the U.S. Senate to ratify the United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women and to support the Convention's continuing goals. Trujillo Knauer, Irwin, Beam.
HCOR161: Funding to plan, design and construct training center linking emergency medical services and public buildings in the town of Bernalillo in Sandoval County. Madalena.
HCOR162: Appropriation to Commission on Higher Education, funding for campus facilities of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Coll, Madalena, Salazar.
HCOR163: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding educational library materials for at-risk Native American children in Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia counties in Albuquerque. Madalena.
HCOR164: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding for equipment for at-risk Native American children in Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval and Valencia counties in Albuquerque. Madalena.
HCOR165: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding to match nonstate money to continue constructing, equipping and furnishing math, science and technology building at Santa Fe Indian School. Madalena.
HCOR166: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding to plan, design, construct and inspect water system improvements in San Miguel in Doña Ana counties. Taylor.
HCOR167: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for school improvements in Roosevelt County. Urioste.
HCOR168: Appropriation to state Agency on Aging, funding to for La Casa Senior Center in Clovis in Curry County. Urioste.
HCOR169: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department, funding for reconstruction on Mesquite Street from Las Cruces Avenue to Munson Senior Center, including drainage improvements in Doña Ana County. Rios.
HCOR170: Appropriation to Department of Finance and Administration Local Government Division, funding for countywide public safety radio system, including purchase of equipment and upgrade of current system in Doña Ana County. Rios.
HCOR171: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding to construct a Model Regional Food Bank Facility with two satellite warehouses to service seven counties in southern New Mexico. Rios.
HCOR172: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for land and park improvements in Bernalillo County. Hobbs.
HCOR173: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding to acquire land for Carrizozo, Capitan, Corona and Ruidoso Downs Solid Waste Transfer Station in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR174: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding to plan and design Carrizozo, Capitan, Corona and Ruidoso Downs Solid Waste Transfer Station in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR175: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding to plan, design, construct and acquire land for new Carrizozo Wastewater Treatment Facility in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR176: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding to plan, design and construct new Municipal Building or renovate existing building in Carrizozo in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR177: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding to redesign entrance to Hondo School campus in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR178: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding to remodel gymnasium and construct additional locker rooms for Hondo Valley Schools in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR179: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for Hondo Valley Schools in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR180: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding to renovate and improve existing building to comply with 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, for a community health clinic on the Hondo School campus in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR181: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding to renovate and expand Capitan Rodeo Arena in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR182: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding to purchase property adjacent to county fairgrounds for parking and future expansion in Capitan in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR183: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding to replace and improve livestock facilities for Capitan Fairgrounds in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR184: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding for Capitan water system improvements in Lincoln County. Williams.
HCOR185: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding to purchase and install new 30,000-gallon water storage tank for La Sacatosa Community in San Miguel County. Vigil.
HCOR186: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding to rehabilitate the Ribera Water System in San Miguel County. Vigil.
HCOR187: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for Taos Sheriff's Department. Gonzales.
HCOR188: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding for sewer lines at Santa Ana Pueblo in Sandoval County. Madalena, Begaye, Watchman.
HCOR189: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding for multipurpose educational facility at Sana Ana Pueblo in Sandoval County. Madalena, Begaye, Watchman.
HCOR190: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding for Regional Juvenile Detention Center at Tesuque Pueblo in Santa Fe County. Madalena, Begaye, Watchman.
HCOR191: Appropriation to state Highway and Transportation Department, funding for roads in Doña Ana County. Taylor.
HCOR191: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding for wastewater collection system, including connection to Las Cruces sewer system for treatment in Doña Ana County. Taylor.
HCOR193: Appropriation to Department of Environment, funding for San Miguel Water System in Doña Ana County. Taylor.
HCOR194: Appropriation to DFA Local Government Division, funding for facilities to comply with 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act in Las Cruces. Taylor.
HCOR195: Appropriation to New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs, funding for youth center for the Jicarilla Apache Tribe in Rio Arriba County. Townsend.
HCOR196: Appropriation to Department of Public Education, funding for schools and parks in Bernalillo County.
Passed HB1: The House and Senate concurred in the provisions of the Legislative Feed Bill.
HCOR: House Capital Outlay Requests.
