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Today at the Roundhouse, Feb. 13
The Legislature has started hearing bills on the floor, with the Senate on Wednesday passing three bills to the other side of the Roundhouse: superintendent of insurance subpoenas, Boards of Regents training requirements and campaign finance changes.
Meanwhile, here’s what to watch out for on Thursday, Feb. 13.
Sports: A Republican-sponsored bill to limit participants of single-sex school sports to those of the same biological sex assigned at birth is going before the House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee in the afternoon.
Clean cars: In 2023, state officials approved rules requiring the state to have a larger stock of zero-emissions vehicles. Senate Bill 139, a bipartisan effort, looks to prohibit the state from adopting or enforcing rules that limit or don’t allow the delivery, use, lease, sale or purchase of a vehicle based on the energy source powering it. It’s first on the schedule in the Senate Conservation Committee in the morning.
Wages: The House Labor, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee is set to hear a few different wage-related bills in the afternoon, including an effort to increase the state’s minimum wage to $17 an hour starting in 2026.
The City Different: It’s Santa Fe Day and Disability Rights Awareness Day at the Capitol. A slew of other events are happening, too, including invite-only events hosted by the Coalition to End Homelessness, Cuidando Los Niños and Hispano Roundtable of New Mexico.
