Senate Committee Schedule: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

State of New Mexico FIFTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE FIRST SESSION, 2021 SENATE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS Wednesday, March 10, 2021

FINANCE COMMITTEE – Senator George Muñoz, Chairman Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – 1:00 p.m. or 1/2 hour after floor session or Call of the Chair – Virtual Zoom Meeting

DISCUSSION ITEMS:

     SPREADSHEETS FOR C/HB 2 GENERAL APPROPRIATION ACT OF 2021

          Propst/Abbey/Sallee

     C/HJR 1 PERMANENT FUND FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD, CA

          MAESTAS/MARTÍNEZ

HB 157 MINING ACT FORFEITURE FUND (SMALL)

SB 229 HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING ACT (HAMBLEN/RUBIO)

All agenda items not heard will generally be rolled over to the next meeting but not necessarily the order listed above.

For public participation email SFC@nmlegis.gov. Sponsors and Experts have 15 minutes to present the bill followed by 10 minutes each for Proponents and Opponents.  Send written comments to SenFinComm@nmlegis.gov with your Name, Entity Represented, Bill #, For or Against and a limit of 300 words or less. All Committee Members have access to written comments. The deadline is 12 hours prior to meeting time. You will be contacted by our Zoom Operator with the virtual meeting instructions. 

CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – Senator Elizabeth Stefanics, Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Thursday, March 11, 2021 – 9:00 a.m. – Virtual Zoom Meeting

HB 76     EIB PERMIT DENIAL FOR POOR COMPLIANCE     (CHANDLER)

All agenda items not heard will be rolled over to the next meeting but not necessarily in the order listed above.

For spoken public comment register at https://forms.gle/5pgx2bgxGyHEDeCS8 by Wednesday, March 10 at 5:00 p.m. Submit written comment any time by emailing SCONC@nmlegis.gov with your Name, Entity Represented, Bill #, For or Against. You will be contacted by our Zoom Operator with the virtual meeting instructions.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Senator William Soules, Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – 8:30 a.m. – Virtual Zoom Meeting

PRESENTATION

     Impact Bills (SB 41 & HB 6) Differences/Similarities

          Stewart/Lundstrom

HB 6     STATE EQUALIZATION GUARANTEE DISTRIBUTIONS     (LUNDSTROM)

*C/HB 232     PUBLIC SCHOOL VENTILATION IMPROVEMENT ACT     (STAPLETON)

C/HB 128     SCHOOL PERSONNEL BACKGROUND & TRAINING     (SARIÑANA)

*HB 217     PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LOTTERY SCHOLARSHIPS     (CADENA)

HB 221     K-2ND GRADE ASSESSMENT CHANGES     (GARRATT/POPE)

HB 163     SCHOOL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CLASSES     (MADRID)

HEALTH & PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – 1/2 hour after floor session – Virtual Zoom Meeting

HB 23     MED SCHOOL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS     (GALLEGOS)

HB 152     CHIROPRACTIC BOARD CHANGES     (BARRERAS)

HB 112     HEALTH BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN NON-CITIZENS     (MARTÍNEZ)

HB 22     GROW YOUR OWN TEACHERS ACT SCHOLARSHIPS     (GARRATT/PADILLA)

C/HB 147     DIETITIAN NUTRITIONIST LICENSURE     (BASH)

SB 329     AMBULANCE SERVICES     (CAMPOS)

SB 323     HEALTH CARE WORKERS PROTECTION ACT (SCHMEDES/DOW)

SB 343     CRIME OF RACING ON HIGHWAYS OR STREETS (PADILLA)

SB 344     CRIME OF VEHICULAR MANSLAUGHTER (HICKEY)

SB 345     PER DIEM & MILEAGE ACT CHANGES (GONZALES)

SB 355     PARENTING COORDINATORS (SEDILLO LOPEZ)

SB 342     MEDICAID WAIVER WAGE ACT (STEFANICS)

SB 351     GLOBAL HOSPITAL BUDGETS TASK FORCE (ORTIZ y PINO)

INDIAN, RURAL & CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Senator Shannon Pinto, Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Thursday, March 11, 2021 – 10:00 a.m. – Virtual Zoom Meeting

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

     Bilingual Multicultural Education Advisory Council:

          Viridiana Cisneros (Co-chair)

          Dr. Susana Ibarra-Johnson (Co-chair)

          Adrian Sandoval (Member)

          Dr. Berlinda Begay (Member)

UPDATE ON INDIAN EDUCATION IN SANTA FE:

     Mission, Vision, Student Demographics, Impact Of Covid-19 and New Initiatives

          Santa Fe Indian School

     Mr. Gary Lujan

          Institute of American Indian Arts

     Felipe J. Estudillo Colón, Laguna Pueblo

          Associate Professor of Museum Studies & Interim Academic Dean

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE – Senator Joseph Cervantes, Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – 1/2 hour after floor session – Virtual Zoom Meeting

C/SB 48     ELECTION CHANGES     (WOODS)

SB 119     PSYCHOLOGY INTERJURISDICTIONAL COMPACT     (ORTIZ y PINO)

SB 230     INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN STATE AGENCIES     (LOPEZ/ROYBAL CABALLERO)

SJR 4     REVIEW OF SALARIES EVERY TWO YEARS     (IVEY-SOTO)

C/HB 4     NM CIVIL RIGHTS ACT     (LOUIS)

HB 57     PRESCRIBED BURNING ACT     (McQUEEN)

C/SB 53     PROCUREMENT CHANGES     (O’NEILL)

SB 257     DELINQUENCY PLACEMENTS     (PADILLA/ANDERSON)

SB 278     STATE INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ACT     (SHENDO)

SB 325     DEPT. OF TRANS COLLECTION OF DAMAGES     (SHENDO)

For public participation send an email to SJC@nmlegis.gov with your Name, Entity Represented, Bill #, For or Against and indicate if you wish to speak. Written comments are limited to 300 words or less.  The deadline to respond is Wednesday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. You will be contacted by our Zoom Operator with the virtual meeting instructions.

RULES COMMITTEE – Senator Daniel A. Ivey-Soto, Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 – 9:00 a.m. – Virtual Zoom Meeting

FORTNER, JACKIE (JACK)     APPOINTMENT     (NEVILLE)

              University of New Mexico Board of Regents

FONG GEEN KO, RANDY     APPOINTMENT     (SEDILLO LOPEZ)

       University of New Mexico Board of Regents (Student Regent)

PAYNE, WILLIAM HOLLAND     APPOINTMENT     (WIRTH)

                 University of New Mexico Board of Regents

ARMIJO, JERRY ANTHONY     REAPPOINTMENT     (MUÑOZ)

         New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Board of Regents

LEPRE, DAVID A.     APPOINTMENT     (INGLE)

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Board of Regents

ESPINOZA, VERONICA     REAPPOINTMENT     (HEMPHILL)

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Board of Regents (Student Regent)

TAX, BUSINESS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE – Senator Benny Shendo Jr., Chair Meetings may be viewed via Webcast at www.nmlegis.gov

Thursday, March 11, 2021 – 1:30 p.m. or 15 minutes after floor session – Virtual Zoom Meeting

C/HB 291     TAX CHANGES     (MARTÍNEZ)

C/HB 15     SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TAX CREDIT     (ORTEZ)

*C/HB 206     UTILITY AFFORDABILITY & RELIEF ACT     (ORTEZ)

HB 90     TAX PENALTIES & REMEDIES     (CHANDLER)

C/HB 98     OMNIBUS TAX BILL     (MARTÍNEZ)

HB 240     “CONTRACTING HOSPITAL” DEFINITION     (FAJARDO/BACA)

SB 91     LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RETAIL BUSINESSES     (GRIGGS)

*SB 198     PAID SICK LEAVE     (LOPEZ)

SB 306     CONTINUATION OF NORTHERN NM AMTRAK SVC.     (CAMPOS)

SB 413     REGIONAL BROADBAND FRANCHISE ACT     (MUÑOZ)

For public participation send an email to SCORC@nmlegis.gov with your Name, Entity Represented, Bill #, For or Against and indicate if you wish to speak. The deadline to respond is Thursday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m. You will be contacted by our Zoom Operator with the virtual meeting instructions.

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