House Bill 51: Environmental Database Act – Read the bill »

• This bill will provide a robust new tool for monitoring and public access to data regarding wildlife, habitats, environmental public health impacts, and more.
• 1/26/21: Passed the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee (7-4 vote)
• 2/5/21: Passed the House State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs Committee (4-3 vote)
• 2/16/21: Passed the House of Representatives (44-25 vote)
• 3/2/21: Passed the Senate Conservation Committee (6-2 vote)
• 3/13/21: Passed the Senate Judiciary Committee (5-0 vote)
• 3/14/21: Passed the Senate (29-12 vote)
• 4/7/21: Signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham

Senate Bill 347: Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens Act – Read the bill »

• Sets out a transition in New Mexico to selling or producing eggs only from cage-free egg-laying hens. Read the fact sheet »
• 2/25/21: Passed the Senate Conservation Committee (6-3 vote)
• Died awaiting a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Bill 312: Game & Fish & Wildlife Changes – Read the bill »

• Takes several steps toward modernizing wildlife management in New Mexico. Read a bill index/summary here »
• Stalled in the Senate Conservation Committee after two tied 4-4 votes.
• Pieces of the legislation became Senate Bill 419 (Narrow Landowner Animal Takings) – Read the bill »
• 3/6/21: SB 419 passed the Senate Conservation Committee (6-3 vote)
• 3/16/21: SB 419 was tabled (died) in the Senate Finance Committee (7-4 vote to table)

Senate Bill 385: Wild Horse Management – Read the bill »

• Overhauls current inadequate wild horse policy to protect wild horses under the state cruelty statute and provide for science-based management of wild horse range and horse herds, including on-range management and immunocontraception, and promotes collaborative efforts to protect wild horses.  Read the fact sheet »
• 2/25/21: Passed the Senate Indian, Rural, and Cultural Affairs Committee (6-0 vote)
• Died awaiting a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Bill 103: Restricting Use of Neonicotinoid Pesticides – Read the bill »

• This bill would restrict use of the dangerous pesticides that have led to such devastating declines in bee and other pollinator populations essential to our fragile ecosystems.
• 2/9/21: Passed the Senate Conservation Committee (6-3 vote)
• 3/4/21: Passed the Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Committee (7-4 vote)
• 3/8/21: Died on the Senate floor (18-20 vote)

Constitutional amendments that prioritize lethal wildlife control and prevent outlawing cruel or unethical wildlife practices:

• House Joint Resolution 5: Right to Hunt, Fish & Harvest Wildlife (Constitutional Amendment) – Read the bill »
  • 2/16/21: Tabled by the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee (died) (6-4 vote to table)
• House Joint Resolution 8: Right to Hunt and Fish (Constitutional Amendment) – Read the bill »
  • 2/16/21: Tabled by the House Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Committee (died) (6-4 vote to table)

Bills that seek to or indirectly support the financial survival of NM horse racetracks, which have gained national attention for egregious on-track injuries, abuse, illicit drugs, and related criminal activity:

• House Bill 101: NM Lottery Ed Assistance Act – Read the bill »
  • 2/8/21: Died in the House Education Committee after being withdrawn from the agenda by the sponsor
• House Bill 199: Horse Racing Advance Deposit Wagering – Read the bill »
  • 2/8/21: Passed the House Commerce & Economic Development Committee (9-0 vote; Rep. Javier Martínez excused)
  • 3/3/21: Tabled by the House Judiciary Committee (7-5 vote to table)
• Senate Bill 362: Horse Racing Advance Deposit Wagering – Read the bill »
  • Died awaiting a hearing in the Senate Tax, Business and Transportation Committee