SB127 Passes House Judiciary in Wee Hours Vote;
House Floor Vote is TODAY!


Senate Bill 127, the Animal Indemnity bill sponsored by Senator Peter Wirth, passed the House Judiciary Committee in a 12:30 a.m. vote of 12 to 1 on Friday.

SB127 goes next to the House floor for a vote TODAY. Animal advocates are urged to contact their state representatives to ask for their votes in favor of SB127, the Animal Indemnity bill.

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Animal Cruelty Bill Passes Senate Conservation

Sponsored by Rep. Al Park, House Bill 159, the Animal Cruelty bill, passed the Senate Conservation Committee with a 4 to 1 vote on Tuesday.

HB159 will be heard next in the Senate Judiciary Committee, possibly TODAY! If your senator is on this committee, please call TODAY to ask for a vote in favor of HB159 (the legislature IS in session on Saturday). If your senator is not on this committee, your opportunity to ask that he or she support HB159 will be when, or if, the bill reaches a Senate floor vote.

Senate Judiciary Committee Members:



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S/N License Plate Bill Passes Senate Unanimously


Sponsored by Senator Mary Jane García, Senate Bill 185, the Spay/Neuter License Plate bill, was withdrawn from the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday because there is no appropriation in the bill.

SB185 was then passed unanimously on the Senate floor on Friday! It will next go to the House Transportation and Public Works Committee and the Taxation and Revenue Committee.

If your representative serves on the House Transportation and Public Works Committee, please ask him/her for their vote in favor of SB185.


House Transportation and Public Works Committee

Title Name Phone and Email
Representative Roberto "Bobby" J. Gonzales - (D) 505-986-4425
roberto.gonzales@nmlegis.gov
Representative Patricia A. Lundstrom - (D) 505-986-4435
patricia.lundstrom@nmlegis.gov
Representative Elias Barela - (D) 505-986-4235
elias@barelalaw.com
Representative Richard J. Berry - (R) 505-986-4452
richard.berry@nmlegis.gov
Representative Ernest H. Chavez - (D) 505-986-4235
ernestc1531@aol.com
Representative Nathan P. Cote - (D) 505-986-4248
ncote@zianet.com
Representative Anna M. Crook - (R) 505-986-4454
anna.crook@nmlegis.gov
Representative Nora Espinoza - (R) 505-986-4221
noralee@cableone.net
Representative Dianne Miller Hamilton - (R) 505-986-4221
dianne38john4132@zianet.com
Representative Rodolpho "Rudy" S. Martinez - (D) 505-986-4233
rudy_s_martinez@msn.com
Representative Jane E. Powdrell-Culbert - (R) 505-986-4467
jpandp@comcast.net
Representative Henry Kiki Saavedra - (D) 505-986-4316
no email
Representative Jack E. Thomas - (D) 505-986-4255
jpkthomas@prodigy.net

 

 

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