UPDATED: What has the governor signed into law in the 2024 legislative session?

No longer bills waiting to be signed. The following measures that passed during the 2024 legislative session have been signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham:

The state budget. HB2 and 3 is the state's $10.21 billion budget, which Lujan Grisham signed Wednesday, March 6.

Living expense stipends for workforce training. HB303 creates a workforce training economic support pilot program so people enrolled in accredited workforce training programs could get stipends for costs and living expenses.

Changes to income tax. HB252 adds a slew of tax credits and changes to the tax package.

Money for capital outlay projects. SB275 sets aside money for capital outlay projects throughout New Mexico.

New deadlines for capital outlay projects. SB246 is the annual Capital Outlay Reauthorization, which extends deadlines and makes administrative changes on outstanding capital outlay projects statewide.

General bond obligations. HB308 authorizes the issuance of general obligation bond capacity of roughly $290 million.

Lottery scholarship eligibility changes. Some eligibility requirements for lottery and opportunity scholarships have been changed with SB239. Among the changes, the lottery scholarship can cover summer semesters and the opportunity scholarship will no longer count high schoolers' dual credits toward credit-hour caps.

Money for college financial aid. SB159 creates a trust fund to cover tuition and financial aid programs for students at higher education institutions in the state.

More meat inspections. SB37 lets the New Mexico Livestock Board conduct inspections of meat-producing and processing plants in the state.

Reducing tax fees. SB148 removes administrative costs and fees withheld by the Taxation and Revenue Department for administering local government revenues by the 2029 fiscal year.

Smokey Bear license plates. HB251 allows the Department of Transportation to issue Smokey Bear license plates.

Guarding elections against AI images. HB182 amends the Campaign Reporting Act so that materially deceptive synthetic images, visuals and audio made using artificial intelligence needs a disclaimer.

Changes to capital outlay program. With HB253, the state will create a new capital development and reserve fund to be used for capital projects less than $5 million and for planning and designing more expensive projects.

Money for geothermal projects. HB91 creates funds for geothermal projects. The funds will be used to study proposed geothermal projects.

New clean fuel standards. HB41 allows for a clean transportation fuel standard to reduce carbon intensity emissions.

Keeping people in custody for multiple felony arrests. With SB271, if someone is on release for one felony charge and is arrested for another felony charge, they can be held without bond until the judge on the prior felony case has a chance to review their conditions of release.

Updating state fire retirement. SB128 adds a definition for "state fire member" to the Public Employees Retirement Act for non-volunteer firefighters.

More prison time for attempted murder. SB96 increases the prison time for attempted murder in the second degree from three to a maximum of nine years. The penalty for second degree felony resulting in a death would also increase to 18 years.

No guns near polling places. SB5 prohibits guns within 100 feet of polling places. There are exemptions for law enforcement personnel and concealed carry permit holders.

Making cannabis contraband. HB239 adds cannabis to the list of prohibited contraband in places of imprisonment.

Bringing public safety employees out of retirement. HB236 allows certain public employees who retired by December 2023 to return to work on a limited basis.

Trying to retain more law enforcement officers. HB193 changes the Law Enforcement Retention Fund in an attempt to better recruit and retain law enforcement officers.

Waiting period for gun purchases. The governor signed HB129, which requires a seven-day waiting period for gun purchases, with a few exceptions.

Making sure behavioral health facility patients can reach their families. SB142 does not allow residential behavioral health facilities to admit patients without trying to get family contact information for patients, so that patients can notify their family of admission.

Training for school board members. SB137 requires 10 hours of training for new school board members, prohibits new school boards from terminating superintendents shortly after the board's appointment, and requires school board candidates to report $1,000 or greater campaign contributions.

Making it easier for people with cancer or autoimmune diseases to get treatment. SB135 says that patients with cancer or autoimmune diseases would no longer need prior authorization from their insurance provider to be approved for treatment or prescription medications.

Oversight of New Mexico hospital mergers. SB15 allows the Office of Superintendent of Insurance to decide whether proposed mergers, consolidations or ownership changes of New Mexico hospitals would be detrimental to health care in New Mexico. There is an exception for state and university-run facilities.

Tightening regulations on cannabis. SB6 updates the Cannabis Regulation Act to tighten regulations on the industry. The bill was signed March 1.

Mandating assistance for charter schools. HB207 changes the Public School Capital Outlay Fund to make assistance to charter schools from public school capital outlay mandatory.

Trying to protect life and health insurance policy holders when an insurer becomes insolvent. HB181 makes changes to the Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Act. The law expands membership and coverage, changes the method for assessing long-term care insurer insolvencies, increases the number of directors, adds rate increase powers and repeals a health maintenance organization section on the replacement coverage for insolvency.

Getting local pharmacies better reimbursement rates. HB165 allows independent and local pharmacies to reap the same reimbursement rates as corporate pharmacies from Medicaid managed care organizations.

Trauma-informed policies at higher education institutions. HB151 requires higher education institutions funded with state money to use trauma-informed policies and responses to sexual violence and train students on affirmative consent.

Getting data about expensive medications. HB33 requires drug manufacturers selling certain high cost drugs to report specific data points to the Office of the Superintendent of Insurance. The data is meant to guide future policies to reduce prescription drug prices.

Changing the Health Care Authority Department. SB14 redirects specific functions from other agencies to the Health Care Authority Department and changes the functions of the department. The Health Care Authority is a new state agency launching in July that merges the New Mexico Human Services Department, the State Employee Benefits team, the Developmental Disabilities Supports Division, the Division of Health Improvement and the Health Care Affordability Fund.

Increasing Medicaid reimbursements for hospitals. SB17 increases Medicaid payments to hospitals, benefiting rural facilities. Hospitals will pay an assessment into a state fund that will be used to increase Medicaid reimbursement.

Subsidizing rural hospitals. SB161 creates a subsidy program for some rural hospitals to help recover revenue losses.

Trying to reduce health care premiums. HB7 was signed by Gov. Lujan Grisham Friday, March 1. The bill redirects health insurance premium surtax revenues from the general fund to the health care affordability fund, which funds programs to reduce health care premiums for certain communities.

Criminal history checks for adult protective services workers. SB241 requires employees and volunteers with the Aging and Long-Term Services Department working in adult protective services, the long-term care ombudsman program and consumer and elder rights to undergo criminal history records checks.

Changing how gross receipts tax increments are determined. SB236 makes changes to the procedure for determining gross receipts tax increments paying for metropolitan redevelopment area projects, including allowing new, approved construction in determining the gross receipts tax base.

Collecting more data on children's health. SB230 broadens the list of instances when confidential information on children can be shared.

Financing for affordable housing. SB216 amends the Finance Authority Act to provide financing for affordable housing projects and amends the local government planning fund to provide financing for developing affordable housing plans and flood maps.

Updated regulations for pro boxing and other pro sports. SB176 amends the Professional Athletic Competition Act to add fighter weight classes and increase annual licensing fees for almost a dozen license types. The bill also increases required insurance coverage for licensed fighters from $1,000 to $2,500.

$10 million for conservation. SB169 appropriates $10 million from the general fund for the state land and water conservation fund.

Legislators increase their retirement pay. SB165 increases pension payments for future retirees from the New Mexico State Legislature.

Background checks for people working with CYFD. SB152 requires background checks for certain people working with the the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department and Early Childhood Education and Care Department.

More money for local emergency medical services. SB151 appropriates $22 million from the general fund and distributes 10% of the health insurance premium tax to the emergency medical services fund. The fund helps municipalities and counties establish and enhance local emergency medical services.

Allowing prescribing psychologists to do more. SB127 gives licensed psychologists with the correct certification the ability to prescribe and administer injections for psychotropic drugs and intramuscular and subcutaneous injections. The bill also changes the structure of the Board of Psychologist Examiners.

Investing tobacco settlement money. The governor signed SB116 on Feb. 29 to remove the tobacco settlement permanent fund balance from the general fund. The law is meant to allow the settlement fund to be invested so that higher returns can be used on health campaigns.

Money for the state election fund. SB108 distributes money from the tax administration suspense fund into the state election fund until it reaches $20 million.

$250,000 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. SB106 appropriates $250,000 for a commission to plan and conduct a celebration for the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026.

Electronic driver's licenses. SB88 was signed Feb. 28 and will allow the New Mexico Department of Transportation to issue electronic driver's licenses.

Waivers for school districts that need local match funds. SB76 clarifies that a school district is eligible for waivers of the local match for projects bankrolled by the Public School Capital Outlay Council if the local match is greater than 50%.

Licensing change for some child care programs. With the passage of HB302, child care programs certified by the U.S. Department of Defense would not be required to meet additional state licensing requirements.

Veteran focused suicide prevention. The governor signed HB298 Feb. 29, requiring the Veterans Services Department to raise suicide awareness for service members and increase suicide prevention resources for veterans, active military and their families.

Making it clearer how higher education can use some state money. HB270 clarifies how higher education entities can use awards from the technology enhancement fund.

Making it easier to fund wastewater projects. HB211 amends sections of the Water Project Finance Act. Those amendments include making wastewater projects available for funding through the Water Trust Board.

Money to test out state projects. Signed Feb. 29, HB196 is meant to create a way to pay for state pilot projects and test them with a new opportunity expendable trust and government results and opportunity program fund.

Loans for water projects. HB148 allows the New Mexico Finance Authority to make loans or grants to qualifying water projects and was signed Feb. 28.

Making tax-free savings accounts available to more people with disabilities. ABLE is a program that lets people with physical and intellectual disabilities that onset before age 26 establish a tax-free savings account. HB98 raises the eligible onset age to 46 in 2026 and prevents the state from seeking estate recovery payments from an account or the beneficiary's benefits proceeds.

Shifting money to drinking water, local government planning and cultural affairs facilities. HB29 was signed Feb. 28 and is an annual bill that moves $13 million from the public project revolving fund to funds used for matching federal dollars. The drinking water state revolving loan fund gets $6 million, $2 million goes to the local government planning fund and $5 million goes to the cultural affairs facilities infrastructure fund.

The state can offer loans. HB28 allows the New Mexico Finance Authority to offer up to 100 loans from a public project revolving loan fund to schools, civic organizations, tribes and other state and local government entities. The bill was signed Feb. 28.

Money for apprentices. HB5 would create a trust fund that would transfer money every year to the public works apprentice and training fund and the Workforce Solutions Department. The bill was signed Feb. 28.

More money for housing. Gov. Lujan Grisham signed HB195, which expands a revolving fund to include housing, on Feb. 28. Builders of workforce development housing or affordable housing could qualify for financial assistance from the state.

Matching federal dollars. On Feb. 28, the governor signed HB177 to create a state fund for entities applying for federal dollars that require matching dollars to qualify.

Helping local and tribal governments build infrastructure. HB232 creates a new infrastructure division to aid local and tribal governments in applying for infrastructure dollars. The bill was signed Feb. 28.

Funding for early childhood education. SB 153 adds $95 million to the early childhood education and care program fund for fiscal year 2025, bumping the funds to a projected $250 million. Gov. Lujan Grisham signed the bill on Feb. 20.

Increasing judicial salaries. Signed by the governor Feb. 10, HB 141 increases the salary for state Supreme Court justices to $232,600 annually.

New graduation requirements. The governor signed HB 171 on Feb. 9, implementing new graduation requirements for high school students.

Money for the Legislature to operate. HB 1 appropriated money for the Legislature to operate, including expenses such as mileage reimbursements and employee salaries, and was signed by the governor Jan. 19.

This story was updated March 7.