CVNM’s 2025 Legislative Agenda
As of February 4rd, 2025 (1st Edition)
In every session, CVNM identifies bills that impact the air we breathe, the water we drink, our public lands and treasured wildlife, and our diverse communities. We evaluate each conservation-related bill and determine our top priority bills, other bills we’ll support, and any we oppose.
We deliver this agenda individually to each legislator so they know where we stand on specific conservation policy. We track votes on all our Agenda bills, and these voting records form the basis on which we hold legislators accountable each year in our annual Conservation Scorecard.
Citizen Legislature
New Mexico is one of only a handful of states still served by a “citizen legislature,” meaning that state legislators are not monetarily compensated and generally have occupations outside of their service as public officials. Although New Mexico legislators receive a modest allowance for mileage and expenses for attending sessions and interim committee meetings, the state constitution prohibits any other compensation.
Sessions
A “legislature” in New Mexico, such as the “57th Legislature,” consists of two sessions split into two-year cycles, for which legislators convene in mid-January. In odd-numbered years, legislators convene for a “long session” of 60 days. In even-numbered years, they meet for a “short session” of 30 days, during which only budget matters and issues approved by the Governor may be considered. New Mexico legislative sessions are among the shortest in the country.
This agenda is divided into three sections:
- Priorities for New Mexico state budget appropriations
- Pro-Conservation Legislation that we support
- Anti-Conservation Legislation that we oppose
**Starred bills are high priority. Votes on these measures may be weighted on CVNM’s Conservation Scorecard.
1. Priorities for New Mexico State Budget Appropriations
As New Mexico’s legislators debate measures to meaningfully address climate change in our state, such as the Clear Horizons Act (SB 4), Community Benefit Fund (SB 48 & SB 49), Extreme Weather Resilience Fund (HB 109) and Statewide Public Health and Climate Program (HB 108), they also must address funding for environmental agencies to ensure the state has resources to address climate mitigation and adaptation, implement essential programs and enforce environmental laws. Thus, CVNM is advocating for several appropriations to be included in New Mexico’s state budget by supporting the budget requests of multiple environmental agencies.
It is not enough to minimally fund the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), Office of the State Engineer (OSE) and Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) to merely enforce current laws. State leaders must also provide agencies adequate resources to execute the policies and programs for climate action set out by Governor Lujan Grisham and legislative leadership.
Every year New Mexican’s feel the effects of drought, see changes to their rainfall and snowpack, and witness what these things are doing to our soil, forests, and community health. In light of these changes, and their impacts, we hope to see the legislature fully support the operating agency budget requests and the special appropriations that will allow our agencies’ continued work to protect New Mexico’s land, air, water, and communities, including $10M in funding to support efforts to reduce carbon emissions like the NM Innovation in Government Act (SB 83). We want to thank the legislature for including several key conservation funding opportunities in the LFC budget recommendations, such as $19M for NMTech’s Aquifer Mapping Program, $50M for the wildlife corridors fund, $1.15M for continued implementation of the 50-year Water Plan at OSE, and $10.5M to support Game & Fish in protecting species in New Mexico, including the American beaver. We look forward to seeing these items, and more in the final version of HB 2.
2. Pro-Conservation Legislation we support
House Bills
HB 11: Paid Family and Medical Leave Act (Chandler/Stewart/Serrato/Roybal Caballero) This bill creates a statewide insurance system that employers and employees pay into, minimally. It would allow New Mexicans to take extended leave for illness, new children, or to care for a sick family member. New Mexicans deserve good jobs and to know they can come back to work, even after a tragedy, prolonged illness, or choosing to expand their family. This bill will help employers by preventing turnover and help New Mexicans by giving them the dignity of time off with the stability of continued employment. SUPPORT
HB 13: Distribution System and Electrification Plans (Hochman-Vigil) This legislation helps customers electrify buildings by allowing utilities to propose programs subject to Public Regulation Commission (PRC) review and approval that help customers adopt efficient electric appliances such as heat pumps. This legislation establishes a virtual power plant rulemaking at the PRC, which could save utility customers’ money by taking advantage of integrating distributed energy resources such as car batteries and rooftop solar instead of investing in more costly alternatives. This bill supports our state’s electrification goals as we work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per Governor Lujan Grisham’s 2019 climate executive order. SUPPORT
HB 27: Librarian Protection Act (Cates/Pope/Anaya/Johnson) This bill puts protective measures into place for librarians to ensure the prohibition of banning books in public libraries and school libraries. Political activists have used complaints and misinformation to remove access to scientific knowledge in an effort to bolster their disinformation campaigns. By requiring that all libraries have a written process for removing material from their shelves, we are supporting equitable access to information for all community members. Our tax-payer dollars should not be funding any library that uses partisan and political frameworks to decrease access to information. SUPPORT
HB 32: Electric or Alt Fuel School Busses (Sariñana/Soules/Gurrola/Lujan) This bill allows schools to choose to replace diesel school buses with alternative fuel or electric buses. The Public Education Department would also be required to provide funding for non-diesel buses. Additionally, HB 32 would allow schools to increase revenue by selling energy produced through vehicle-to-grid agreements with local electric utilities. This bill is in line with the Governor’s 2019 climate executive order and would help reduce children’s exposure to diesel air pollution. SUPPORT
HB 35: Children’s Health Protection Zones (Sariñana/Ferrary) This bill establishes a one-mile setback from schools for new oil and gas facilities. The goal is to protect the health and well-being of children who attend schools near active and unplugged oil and gas production sites and thus are at greater risk of negative health impacts from air pollution. For context, currently over 34,000 children attend schools within one-mile of active and unplugged oil and gas production sites, and over 80 schools in southeastern and northwestern New Mexico are within one mile of active oil and gas wells. SUPPORT
HB 51: Energy Storage System Income Tax Credit (Sariñana) Presently New Mexico has 50,000 solar systems on homes and businesses, but only 1% have energy storage. Storage can capture energy for future use which is essential for the renewable energy transition. HB 51 would provide an incentive to jump start the energy storage piece of the renewable energy industry and enhance the resilience of homes and businesses during power grid outages, ensuring a more reliable supply of electricity. SUPPORT
HB 60: Artificial Intelligence Act (Chandler/Romero/Sariñana/Trujillo) This legislation creates the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act, a comprehensive attempt to put guardrails on the development and usage of AI systems to protect New Mexicans. It requires disclosure of the use of AI, documentation of AI systems being used, disclosure of ways that AI can discriminate against people (algorithmic discrimination), incidents where that may have happened, and risk management policies. AI is still a brand-new technology, affecting our lives more and more each day in unexpected ways. The Artificial Intelligence Act would be an excellent step to help protect New Mexicans from the dangers of this technology while also enjoying the benefits. SUPPORT
HB 75: County & Tribal Health Councils Funding (Thomson/Hernandez/Johnson/Stefanics) New Mexico has a centralized public health system with NMDOH responsible for public health, rather than each county having individual public health authority. This bill appropriates $43M from the general fund to the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) for fiscal year 2026 to fund and support county and tribal health councils statewide. County and tribal health councils are essential on-the-ground support systems for NMDOH through community engagement, public health intervention and prevention efforts, and reducing health disparities. As the impacts of climate change increase, county and tribal health councils will be essential pieces of the public health system to protect and improve the health and well-being of New Mexicans. SUPPORT
HB 88: Electric Vehicle Charging Station Zoning Act (Hochman-Vigil) This bill would make it easier and faster to approve new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with a quicker administrative review process for installation permits. By streamlining the approval process, HB 88 supports our state’s goals to promote electrification and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in line with Governor Lujan Grisham’s 2019 climate executive order. SUPPORT
HB 91: Public Utility Rate Structure (Ortez/Roybal Caballero) This bill would allow investor-owned utilities to provide New Mexico’s most vulnerable residents with lower electric and gas bills. Over 20 states, including neighboring Arizona and Colorado, have implemented low-income utility rate programs to reduce energy burdens. This matters because New Mexicans below the federal poverty level living, for example, in Socorro, De Baca, Mora, Taos and Rio Arriba Counties pay on average 26% or more of their income on energy bills. SUPPORT
HB 92/SB 108: Water Quality Construction Projects Funding (Ortez/Sariñana/Dow) The funding for this bill would go to the River Stewardship Program – a successful program focused on grants to communities, acequias, and tribes for infrastructure projects to improve water quality, and habitat/riparian restoration. Providing more funding for this program helps support wildlife, recreation, drinking water quality, protecting water supply, and so much more. SUPPORT
HB 93: Advanced Grid Technology Plans (Ortez) This legislation would allow utilities to take advantage of technologies that increase capacity on existing transmission lines. This legislation would also allow utilities to receive cost recovery in the same way they would if they were establishing new transmission capacity. HB 93 supports our state’s electrification goals as we work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per Governor Lujan Grisham’s 2019 climate executive order. SUPPORT
HB 108: Statewide Public Health and Climate Program (Ortez/Stefanics/Szczepanski) New Mexico is getting hotter and the frequency and intensity of our extreme weather events is increasing. HB 108 is key to protecting the health of New Mexicans, which is increasingly at risk from climate change. These include heat waves, wildfires, poor air quality, severe storms, flooding, water contamination, water scarcity, drought, agricultural disruption, and more disease-spreading insects like mosquitoes. With HB 108, the New Mexico Department of Health would be better equipped to track the health impacts linked to climate change among those most at risk like our children, communities of color, older adults, people with disabilities, people who are unhoused, and families earning low incomes. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
HB 109: Extreme Weather Resilience Fund (Ortez/Stefanics/Szczepanski) This legislation would establish the Extreme Weather Resilience Fund at $12 million to assist and enable local and tribal nations to prepare for and respond to public health risks related to climate change. At least 50% of the fund would be dedicated to small communities like Mora, Ruidoso, Gallup, and Roswell. Grants from the fund would be up to $1 million with no match required, and these grants could be used to leverage federal or other funds. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
HB 120: Accessibility of State Agencies (Lujan/Cates) This bill would require state agencies to update their website, mobile application and physical facilities to be in compliance with the “digital and physical accessibility standards.” It would also create the Office of Accessibility to carry out and implement the accessibility act and create an appropriation to fund this act. Our state Government should act on behalf of the people, but that cannot happen if large portions of the population can’t communicate with the government because of lack of accessibility. SUPPORT
HB 126: Soil & Water Conservation Districts Funding (Chatfield) Soil & water conservation districts work all over the state to help support and protect water resources, land, and agriculture. They have been underfunded in recent years, and need this special appropriation to help support their regular functioning. SUPPORT
HB 128: NMFA Local Solar Access Fund (Szczepanski/Roybal Caballero) This bill would establish a grant fund at the New Mexico Finance Authority to provide planning and implementation grants for solar and storage projects aimed at powering public buildings such as community centers, libraries, schools, and fire stations. It would also support infrastructure projects, including water systems, wastewater management, and street lighting. Grants would be available to tribes, counties, municipalities, school districts, and land grants. SUPPORT
HB 148: Autonomous Vehicle Act (Hochman-Vigil) This legislation would amend the New Mexico motor vehicle code to add a new Act focused on regulating autonomous (“self-driving”) vehicles. It would mandate that, until 2036, self-driving vehicles shall not be operated on public highways in New Mexico unless a human operator is physically present behind the steering wheel of the vehicle and has the ability at all times to take immediate control of the vehicle. It also sets some safety requirement standards for these vehicles. Self-driving vehicles are still a very new technology with a poor safety record, and until the technology matures this common sense legislation will help save New Mexican lives. SUPPORT
HB 175: Forest & Watershed Buffer Projects (Vincent/Ortez/Terrazas/Dow) As we have been seeing over the past few years, including this summer in Ruidoso, wildfires in the state are getting worse and more frequent, with continued detriment to our communities. The amendments in this bill to the Forest & Restoration Act would allow for more areas and more communities to be included that can access the funding for buffer and restoration projects, increasing protections for homes and businesses from wildfires. SUPPORT
HB 208: Hunting & Fishing License Voter Registration (Dow/Vincent/Chatfield/Murphy/Duncan) This bill would allow voter registration when obtaining a hunting or fishing license. HB 208 would increase voter registration and accessibility, particularly in rural communities. SUPPORT
HB 212: Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Protection Act (Ferrary, Sarinana, Cates) Per- and Polyfluoroalkyls, or PFAS, are “forever chemicals,” meaning they stay in the water, materials, and human bodies forever. By implementing guidelines, banning deliberate additions of PFAS, and putting warning labels on products, the bill would help public education on what these chemicals are, and help protect people and our products from containing more harmful chemicals. SUPPORT
HB 219: Slot Canyon Riverlands State Park (Small/Steinborn/Ferrary)Access to public lands improves community health, economic prosperity, and overall enjoyment of a place. Adding another state park in Southern New Mexico, particularly such an interesting geological area such as a slot canyon, will bring positive benefits to the area and the state overall. SUPPORT
HJR 3/SJR 4: Environmental Rights, CA (Ferrary/Roybal Caballero/Hernandez/Sedillo Lopez) HJR 3 would constitutionally mandate that state and local decision-makers protect the environmental rights of all New Mexicans. This would give communities experiencing environmental injustice legal recourse to protect the air they breathe and the water they drink, and ensure that government decisions prioritize environmental protection for all. SUPPORT
Senate Bills
SB 4: Clear Horizons & Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Stewart/Ortez) New Mexico is a major oil and gas producer with a responsibility to codify net-zero emissions by 2050, which will help reduce global warming and impacts of climate change that affect all New Mexicans. For example, our warming climate has led to hotter classrooms and school buses for our students and teachers, negatively impacting their performance and mental health. In outdoor recreation, climate change threatens this $2.4 billion industry of 28,000 jobs by reducing water flows for anglers, rafters, and wildlife. In public health, heat-related illnesses and death will continue to increase, especially for our elders and most vulnerable communities. In our rural communities, farmworkers are 35 times more likely to die from heat than other workers. And, finally, oil and gas production, threatens the health of the nearly 150,000 New Mexicans living less than a mile from oil and gas facilities, strains dwindling water supplies, creates toxic oil and gas wastewater (also called produced water or industrial water) and directly contributes to air pollution and climate change. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
SB 5: Department of Game & Fish Modernization (Campos/Wirth/McQueen/Brantley/Small) This legislative package contains three main parts;
- update the Department of Game & Fish mission and ability to conserve species before they need to be listed as threatened or endangered,
- ensure all State Game Commissioners are well qualified and are a reflection of the constituencies that they are meant to represent,
- provide funding to sustain our hunting and fishing traditions while improving wildlife conditions.
The goal of these changes is to more accurately reflect the great conservation work the department already does, while bringing it into the 21st century. It would provide the funding necessary for regular function and ensure greater public involvement. All of these components are things that the public has shown broad support for. It is important that we pass this legislation with all the components if we want to achieve our goal of protecting, monitoring, and supporting consumptive and non-consumptive uses of wildlife species and their habitats. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
SB 16: Non-Major Party Voters in Primary Elections (Figueroa/Wirth/Cates/Parajon/Rubio) This legislation would allow voters who are not registered as a member of a major political party (i.e. Republicans, Democrats) to participate in the primary election process. Voters who are registered Decline To State (DTS) or who are registered with a minor party can participate in New Mexico’s primary elections by requesting to vote with a major party’s ballot. Currently, in order to vote in a primary election, these voters must change their registration to one of the major parties. This legislation will result in more participation in our democratic process – as of 2024 about 24.4% of New Mexicans were registered DTS or with a minor party. This change will also be fairer to New Mexican taxpayers whose taxes are used to run primary elections, but who are not able to participate in those elections because of their registration status. SUPPORT
SB 21: Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Act (Wirth/Ortez/Gonzales) & SB 22: Water Quality & Pollution (Wirth/Ortez/Gonzales) SB 21 would authorize New Mexico to take over pollution prevention permitting currently done by the EPA for waters protected under the federal Clean Water Act. SB 22 would authorize key components of a state permitting program for the estimated 95% of state waters no longer covered under the Clean Water Act – including streams that do not flow year-round, like many of our streams in New Mexico, and 88% of wetlands. Not only are all those waterways vulnerable to pollution, but so are our communities, farmers, and wildlife. The framework that would be created if these two bills pass through this session would allow the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) to administer a Surface Water Permitting program with control over protecting these waters from pollution. Thanks to the legislature, NMED received $7.6 million in the 2024 legislative session to support the development of such a program. Now, with these two pieces of legislation, NMED will have the legal foundation for long term protection of our sacred waterways in New Mexico. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILLS – votes on these bills may be weighted
SB 23: Oil & Gas Royalty Rate Changes (Muñoz/Stefanics/McQueen) This legislation would support the primary purpose of the State Land Office, to make money. The funds raised by this office support our public schools and other state institutions, but the Oil & Gas Royalty Rate has not been updated by the Legislature since the 1970s. By updating our royalty rates on the most productive parcels, we would be in line with the private market rate being charged in both Texas and New Mexico, in addition to the 25% rate on Texas’ state lands. Ultimately, the State Land Office has a legal mandate to earn money for education, and this is concrete legislation that would allow them to charge the appropriate royalty rates on new parcels to support our children across New Mexico. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
SB 33: Wildfire Prepared Act (Stefanics/Vincent/Ortez/Gonzales) In recent years we have continually seen the damage wildfires can cause in New Mexico: for example, the Hermit’s Peak/Calf Canyon, Black, and South Fork fires. This bill would help our communities be in a better position to deal with potential wildfires, and mitigate the fuels and other factors that can lead to overwhelming, ultra-destructive fires. Passing this legislation would provide a lot of help to New Mexico and the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department (EMNRD) wildfire preparedness. SUPPORT
SB 37: Strategic Water Reserve (Stefanics/Dixon/McQueen/Wirth) The Strategic Water Reserve (SWR) is a tool that the New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) can utilize to keep water in streams through subleasing from willing sellers or lessors around the state. Currently there are two primary supported beneficial uses for this – supporting compact compliance and protecting endangered species. Adding in supplementary benefit language and creating a place to hold funding will allow the ISC to more effectively utilize this program, and help keep water in streams, support aquifer recharge and benefit overall ecosystem and community health. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
SB 48: Community Benefit Fund (Stewart) & SB 49: Community Benefit Fund Transfers (Stewart) SB 48 would establish the Community Benefit Fund to invest $340 million in communities that have been disproportionately impacted by climate change, providing resources for renewable energy projects, energy efficiency upgrades, and other projects that reduce carbon pollution. SB 49 transfers these funds to different agencies for use and distribution to support communities across the state in addressing current and future impacts of climate change, supporting the health and well-being of everyone who calls New Mexico home now and in the future. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILLS – votes on these bills may be weighted
SB 83: NM Innovation in Government Act (Stewart/Berghmans) This legislation provides $10 million in funding to state agencies to support efforts to reduce carbon emissions. This funding strengthens our state’s capacity through investments in agencies and staff, enabling effective enforcement of clean energy policies and ensuring New Mexico meets its emissions and sustainability goals. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
SB 108/HB 92: Water & Wetland Improvement Projects (Stefanics/Ortez) The funding for this bill would go to the River Stewardship Program – a very successful program in New Mexico focused on grants to communities, acequias and tribes for infrastructure projects to improve water quality, and habitat/riparian restoration. Providing more funding for this program helps support wildlife, recreation, drinking water quality, protecting water supply, and so much more. SUPPORT
SB 125: School Building System Innovation Projects (Padilla) This bill sets aside $10M to be used to upgrade and repair heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and electrical systems in New Mexico public schools. When applying for the grant money, school districts must focus on replacement systems that will extend the useful life of the building, promote student health and safety, promote environmental improvement and reduce the costs of energy consumption. This legislation would be an investment in the health and education of our children, the next generation. SUPPORT
SB 156: Low-Income Utility Users (Stefanics/Ortez/Romero/Wirth) This bill provides stability and financial predictability for low-income solar system owners. While the majority of rooftop solar owners nationwide are middle and upper income, programs such as Solar For All provide opportunities for meaningful bill savings through grants, leases, or loans to get solar on roofs of low-income households. An estimated 5,000 low income households could receive residential leased or owned systems through Solar for All over the next 4 years. These systems would have 20-25 year lifetimes, generating $10,000 – $20,000 in cumulative bill savings for a low-income household. The economic savings of this program could be lost if a utility imposes rate riders to net metered solar customers. SUPPORT
SB 188: Rooftop Solar Panel Installation Complaints (Woods/Stefanics/Zamora/Hamblen) This legislation would require the New Mexico Department of Justice to set up a consumer complaints section on their website dedicated to complaints lodged against rooftop solar panel installation companies. Solar energy is the cleanest and cheapest energy source that exists. Solar panel installation companies that scam or deceive customers must be held accountable for hurting New Mexicans who want to improve their lives through solar energy. SUPPORT
SJR 1: Legislative Salaries Commission, CA (Figueroa/Wirth/Garratt/Rubio/Duhigg) This resolution would amend the New Mexico State Constitution to remove the language that denies compensation (salaries) for Legislators. New Mexico is the last remaining state in the Union that does not pay legislators salaries. This resolution would give power back to the people of New Mexico by making it far easier for everyday New Mexicans to serve as Legislators, providing better representation to our communities. SUPPORT **PRIORITY BILL – votes on this bill may be weighted
SJR 4/HJR 3: Environmental Rights, CA (Sedillo Lopez/Pinto/Pope/Torres-Velasquez) SJR 4 would constitutionally mandate that state and local decision-makers protect the environmental rights of all New Mexicans. This would give communities experiencing environmental injustice legal recourse to protect the air they breathe and the water they drink, and ensure that government decisions prioritize environmental protection for all. SUPPORT
3. Anti-Conservation Legislation we oppose
House Bills
HB 44: Protect of Minors from Harmful Material (Block) This bill would censor the information minors can access online, and make information harder to access for adults. This bill would require internet sites to collect sensitive and personal information in order to verify age, while using very broad parameters to decide what is considered pornography and/or of a sexual nature. Censorship of information can never be the way we protect young people, because censorship is dangerous in itself. This bill would censor scientific, literary, artistic, and political materials/information for minors and make them much harder to access. In a time when disinformation and misinformation are rampant, we must protect the access to scientific and factual information not only for young people but for all New Mexicans. OPPOSE
HJR 6: Recall of Public Officers, CA (Lord/Block/Duncan) This resolution would amend the New Mexico State Constitution to create a California-style recall system to remove elected officials in the Executive and Legislative branches. New Mexico does not need a California-style system, which has brought chaos to that state. The resolution would also allow the petitioners who instigated the recall to immediately file another recall petition if their first effort is defeated by the voters in an election. OPPOSE
HJR 8: Legislative Session Changes, CA (Montoya/Brown/De La Cruz/Terrazas/Block) This resolution would amend the New Mexico State Constitution to reduce the length of the regular legislative session from 60 days to 45 days. New Mexico already has some of the shortest legislative session lengths in the nation. Any New Mexican who has participated in the legislative process knows that more time is needed for the critical work of governance, not less. OPPOSE
Senate Bills
SB 87: Use of Resources & Fed. Immigration Law (Brantley/Terrazas/Ramos) This bill would prevent local communities from refusing to enforce harmful federal immigration policies. At a time when the climate crisis is one of the leading causes of asylum seekers and immigration, this bill redirects New Mexico resources to aid in the persecution of people seeking a sustainable life and safety rather than making our communities truly safer. New Mexican values have always been about acceptance, community, and working together; this bill creates the opposite. OPPOSE
SB 114: Game Commission Land Acquisitions (Woods/Pettigrew) Adding more steps to go through prior to acquiring land from willing sellors, donors, grantors or other forms of land or water right gift could have consequences for those wanting to participate in this system. We do not want to limit the ability of private owners to support land or water conservation efforts of the state, especially when the land or water rights are only acquired from those who are willingly giving those rights back. Creating more steps and processes will hinder conservation efforts and disincentivize people from working with state agencies. OPPOSE
SB 131: Zero-Emission Vehicle Rules (Woods/Pettigrew/Muñoz/Armstrong/Martinez) This bill prohibits the Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) from adopting a rule that requires a manufacturer to produce or deliver for sale a certain percentage of zero-emission vehicles. This legislation is an attempt to interfere in a standard rulemaking process and could limit our ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions according to Governor Lujan Grisham’s 2019 executive order on climate. OPPOSE
SB 139: Zero-Emission Vehicle Rule Prohibition (Woods/Muñoz/Pettigrew) This bill prohibits local and state agencies from adopting a rule to restrict vehicle sales and use in the state based on fuel source. This bill prohibits agencies from adopting rules restricting new vehicles with an internal combustion engine. SB 139 also prohibits agencies from adopting rules that establish a percentage of vehicles that should be delivered, used, leased, sold or purchased based on the energy source. This legislation is an attempt to interfere in a standard rulemaking process and could limit our ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions according to Governor Lujan Grisham’s 2019 executive order on climate. OPPOSE