Legislative Report #1

This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition.    

The New Mexico Legislature convened for its regular 2026 session at noon last Tuesday and surprised many observers with an unusually quick start – at least on the Senate side, where they held a very rare first-Friday-of-the-session floor session in which they passed three bills and sent them on to the House for action, much earlier than bills typically start crossing over from one chamber to another.  We’ll see if they can keep up that pace as the session moves forward. 

The Disability Coalition’s first legislative report of the 2025 session is attached.  It includes information on the legislative and executive budget recommendations as well as bills of interest to the disability community.  You can find copies of all bills – and plenty of other legislative information – on the legislative website at nmlegis.gov. 

Legislative Report #2

This message is from Ellen Pinnes and The Disability Coalition.        

The Disability Coalition’s second legislative report of the 2026 session is attached to bring you up to date on what’s going on at the Roundhouse.  So far 463 bills – plus memorials and resolutions – have been introduced in the two chambers.  The deadline to introduce bills is coming up on Wednesday, so expect a flurry of new ones before the window closes.  

Several of the bills we’re tracking in the report are set for hearing in House and Senate committees today, as listed at the top of the report.  To keep track of what’s coming up later in the week, check the committee agendas under the “What’s Happening” tab on the Legislature’s website at nmlegis.gov.

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