2007 Bill Tracker

Following are the bills introduced in the 2007 Legislative Session that New Mexico Voices for Children is tracking. Those items listed as"Level 1" are issues on which New Mexico Voices for Children is the primary organization doing the work. Those listed as "Level 2" are issues which New Mexico Voices for Children supports, but other organizations are doing the primary work.

Abbreviations

Updated 3/23/07
Legislation	Bill #	Sponsor	Activity	Final Outcome
BILLS PASSED AND SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR
Clean Indoor Air Act	HB283	Rep. Al Park	HHGAC-DP/HBIC-DP/HJC-DP; Passed House 64-0; SPAC/SJC	PASSED & SIGNED
Level 1
Minimum Wage	HB759	Ben Lujan	HLC-DP-HBIC	PASSED 2 yr phase-in; No indexing; Preemption till 2010
	SB324	Sen. Ben Altimirano	SPAC/SFC-DP Passed Senate 35-7; HLC-DP amended to match HB759/HBIC-DP; Passed House 39-29
Working Families Tax Credit	HB436	Rep. Ben Lujan	HBIC-DP/HTRC-Temporarily tabled - amended to allow all eligible EITCrecipients to received the WFTC; Passed House 70-0/ Passed SCORC;	PASSED at 8% in addition to LICTR
	SB317	Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino	SCORC-DP amended to allow all elibible EITC recipients to receive the WFTC/ Passed SFC; Amended to be the Senate's Omnibus tax bill; contains the Working Families Tax Credit at 7.5%
	SB1156	Sen. John Arthur Smith	SCORC/SFC
	SB1185	Sen. Tim Jennings	SCORC/SFC
	SB482	Sen. Clinton Harden	SCORC/SPAC/SFC
Increase PIT exemption for Low Income Families	HB1254	Rep. Edward Sandoval	HBIC-DP/HTRC-DP	$10.9m PASSED
Mandatory Combined Reporting	HB535	Rep. Peter Wirth	HBIC-temporarily tabled/HTRC	FAILED
Tax Expenditure Reporting	HB235	Rep. Brian Moore for LFC	HHGAC-DP/HTRC-DP then referred to HAFC-DP; Passed House 65-0;SCORC/SFC	PASSED Gov. may need encouragement to sign it.
Disclosure of tax information	HB667	Rep. Roberto Gonzales	HTRC-DP/HJC-DP; Passed House 57-0; SCORC/SJC	PASSED
TRD and DOL to exchange wage and tax incentive information	HB697	Rep. Brian Moore	HLC-DP/HTRC-DP	Time ran ut
OPPOSE TABOR	SJR 17	Sen. Kent Cravens	SRC/SJC	Defeated
	HJR 9	Rep. Tom Taylor	HHGAC/HVEC/HAFC Temp. Tabled	Defeated
UI Reform	HB247	Rep. Mimi Stewart	HBIC-DP/HAFC-DP Passed House (68-0); SCORC/SJC	PASSED
Child care expansion ($18.2M)	SB103	Sen. Linda Lopez	Gov. budget has $2.7M to 165% FPL SPAC-DP/SFC	$2.5M for expansion to 165% FPL; $2M for licensed provider rate increases; $600,000 for TTAPS and TEACH
	HM232	Rep. Rhonda King	HHGAC-DP/HAFC - HB 2 has $3M for an increase in eligibility and another $2M for a provider rate increase.
Full funding of Medicaid			Governor's budget has $69M in base; $16M for adults to 100%; $4M for SCI expansion	$76m total new funding
Mental health care for Native American students ($500,000)	HB27	Rep. Ray Begaye	HHGAC-DP/HAFC - NOT funded in HB2	Not funded
Native American Youth Suicide Prevention ($100,000)	HB29	Rep. Ray Begay	HHGAC-DP/HAFC - funded at $50,000 in house version of HB 2	Funded at $50,000
Level 2
Pre-K funding	In HB2		Only $1M in house version of HB 2	$6M new
Predatory Lending	HB887	Rep. Al Park	Car title only - HBIC/HTRC/HJC
	SB393	Sen. Bernadette Sanchez	SJC-DPa/SCORC-CS	Compromise bill HB92 PASSED
	HB92	Rep. Patty Lundstrom	HBIC-Unanimous DP/HJC--CS/DPa amended good bill Passed House (70-0) / SCORC/SJC
Housing Trust Fund ($15M)	SB282	Sen. Nancy Rodriguez	SPAC-DP/SFC Only $2M in HB 2	PASSED
Funding to increase School Based Health Centers
Child Helmet Law	SB397	Sen. Linda Lopez	SPAC-DP/SJC-DP; Passed Senate (23-12) HCPAC/SJC	PASSED
Marriage Equality	HB603	Rep. Mimi Stewart	HCPAC-DP/HJC-DPa	SPECIAL SESSION
OPPOSE Definition of marriage	HJR2	Rep. Gloria Vaughn	HCPAC/HJC	DEFEATED
	HB395	Rep. Nora Espinoza