2.10.2015 Senate Committee Schedule
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION, 2015
SENATE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
FINANCE COMMITTEE – Senator John Arthur Smith, Chairman
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 – Room 322
1:30
(355) Public Defender Department (Jorgensen/Miner)
(264) Administrative Office of the District Attorneys (Jorgensen/Frazier)
Henry Valdez, Director
(251-265) District Attorneys (Jorgensen/Frazier)
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 – Room 322
1:30 p.m.
Water Litigation Update
Hector Balderas, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General
Amy Haas, Acting Director, Interstate Stream Commission
Celina Jones, Administrative Office of the Courts
Jonas Armstrong, Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Finance Committee
3:00 p.m.
(550) State Engineer/Interstate Stream Commission (Armstrong/Veseth)
Water Adjudication Reform and Progress
Arizona Water Settlement Act Implementation
Thursday, February 12, 2015 – Room 322
1:30 p.m.
(770) Corrections Department (Chenier/Smith)
Gregg Marcantel, Secretary Designate
(790) Department of Public Safety (Chenier/Smith)
Greg Fouratt, Secretary Designate
Monday, February 16, 2015 – Room 322
3:00 p.m.
(667) Department of Environment (Armstrong/Veseth)
Ryan Flynn, Secretary
4:00 p.m.
Update on Racing Regulation, Enforcement, and Proposed Legislation
Clint Elkins, Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Finance Committee
Vince Mares, Executive Director, State Racing Commission
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 – Room 322
1:30 p.m.
(805) Department of Transportation (Jorgensen/Martinez)
Tom Church, Secretary
Major Investment Projects
State Transportation Infrastructure Plan
Pavement Condition and Highway Maintenance
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE – Senator Peter Wirth, Chairman
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 – 1:30 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 311
SB 94 INDUSTRIAL HEMP FARMING ACT (McSORLEY)
SB 211 ANIMAL RESCUE STERILIZATION DEPOSIT WAIVER (CANDELARIA)
SB 7 HYDROGEN FUEL PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT (CISNEROS/TRUJILLO, CA)
SB 242 RENEWABLE ENERGY TAX CREDIT CHANGES (GRIEGO)
SB 391 EXTEND SOLAR MARKET DEVELOPMENT TAX CREDIT (STEWART)
SB 279 SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TAX CREDITS (WIRTH/TRUJILLO, CA)
SB 280 WATER HARVESTING INCOME TAX CREDIT (WIRTH)
SB 76 AGRITOURISM LIABILITY LIMITATIONS ACT (COTTER)
Thursday, February 12, 2015 – 1:30 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 311
Presentation
Juan Sanchez, Chairman, New Mexico Land Grant Council
SB 213 LAND GRANT BOARD COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPROVAL (CANDELARIA)
SB 260 ELECTION OF WATER TRUST BOARD CHAIR (CANDELARIA)
SB 172 LAND GRANTS INTO COLONIAS INFRASTRUCTURE ACT (CISNEROS/GONZALES)
SB 199 LAND GRANT-MERCED PROJECT FINANCE ACT (ORTIZ y PINO)
SB 112 DEFINE AGRICULTURAL USE FOR PROPERTY TAX (CISNEROS/GONZALES)
SB 330 AGRICULTURAL USE OF LAND FOR TAXES (WIRTH)
SB 226 USE OF PUBLIC WATER & LANDOWNER PROTECTION (MARTINEZ)
EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Senator John M. Sapien, Chairman
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 311
SB 86 CHILD CARE TEACHER RETENTION (RODRIGUEZ)
SB 91 TEACHER LICENSURE LEVELS & ADVANCEMENT (MOORES)
SB 129 SCHOOL DISTRICT LIENS ON SOME SCHOOL BUSES (STEWART)
SB 130 PUBLIC SCHOOL LEASE PURCHASE ACT DEFINITIONS (STEWART)
SB 157 HIGH SCHOOL WORK FORCE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM (PAPEN/MARTINEZ, K.)
*SB 161 SCIENCE EARLY EDUCATION PILOT PROGRAM (PAPEN/MARTINEZ, K.)
SB 201 SCHOOL BUS FUEL GROSS RECEIPTS (SAPIEN)
*SB43 TRANSFER ADOLESCENT TREATMENT ACT TO UNM (ORTIZ y PINO)
SB 105 COUNTY GROSS RECEIPTS FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS (MARTINEZ)
INDIAN AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Senator John Pinto, Chairman
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 303
SB 287 NATIVE AMERICAN SELF-HELP HOME BUILDING (SHENDO)
SB 324 NMHU NATIVE AMERICAN SOCIAL WORK INSTITUTE (SHENDO)
Thursday, February 12, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 303
SB450 MUSEUM & MONUMENT BOARD & DIRECTOR (BURT)
SB463 DISTRIBUTION FOR ALCOHOL DETOX & TREATMENT (MUÑOZ)
PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chairman
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 – 1:30 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 321
*SB 191 SAFETY NET FUND PAYMENTS TO LOCAL HOSPITALS (NEVILLE)
SB 21 COLLECTION & DISPOSAL OF UNUSED DRUGS (PADILLA)
SB 55 CLARIFY DEFINITION OF MEDICAID FRAUD (PAPEN)
SB 120 CRIMINAL OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT ACT ELIGIBILITY (O’NEILL/BALDONADO)
SB 137 PREVENTION OF BIRTHS AMONG ADOLESCENTS (LOPEZ)
SB 139 FOSTER-CARE COVERAGE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE (PADILLA)
SB 147 INVESTIGATE CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS (STEWART)
SB 151 SEX OFFENDER PAROLE CONDITIONS (STEWART)
SB 152 HEALTH SECURITY ACT (MORALES)
*SB 154 EXPAND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT (BEFFORT)
SB 189 GOOD SAMARITAN LIABILITY (BEFFORT)
SB 368 VETERANS’ CEMETERY FUND CHANGES (MUÑOZ)
Thursday, February 12, 2015 – 1:30 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 321
SB 6 DENTAL THERAPIST LICENSURE & REGULATION (SHENDO/ROCH)
SB 66 SCHOOL GRADE PROMOTION & RETENTION (KERNAN)
SB 169 RETIREE HEALTH CARE CONTRIBUTION RATES (KERNAN)
SB 176 LICENSURE OF FREESTANDING BIRTH CENTERS (RODRIGUEZ)
SB 200 SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY ACT CHANGES (SANCHEZ, C.)
SB 216 MEDICAID WAIVER PROGRAMS ANNUAL REPORTING (SOULES)
SB 218 FREE PARKING FOR CERTAIN VETERANS (SOULES)
SB 256 SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE ACT CHANGES (ORTIZ y PINO)
SB 314 NO PRISONERS WITH SOME COMMUNICATION DEVICES (IVEY-SOTO/PACHECO)
SB 345 REPORTS REGARDING FIREARMS & LICENSES (IVEY-SOTO/GENTRY)
SB 356 TAX ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS OFFICE ACT (CANDELARIA)
SB 367 OPTOMETRIST PRESCRIBING POWERS (SANCHEZ, M.)
RULES COMMITTEE – Senator Linda M. Lopez, Chairman
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 321
CLAUDE AUSTIN APPOINTMENT (WOODS)
New Mexico Lottery Authority
AMY BAILEY APPOINTMENT (TORRACO)
New Mexico Lottery Authority
PAUL GUERIN APPOINTMENT (O’NEILL)
New Mexico Lottery Authority
JOHN KUBIAK APPOINTMENT (RYAN)
New Mexico Lottery Authority
GAYLA McCULLOCH REAPPOINTMENT (NEVILLE)
State Racing Commission
TOM CHURCH REAPPOINTMENT GRIEGO)
Department of Transportation
SB 71 LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR NM-PRODUCED LIQUOR SALES (SOULES)
SB 202 PUBLIC EDUCATION DATA ADVISORY COUNCIL (SAPIEN)
SCR 1 BILINGUAL INTERPRETATION SERVICES (SOULES)
SJM 3 BASIC HEALTH PROGRAM TASK FORCE (ORTIZ y PINO)
SJM 7 GOVERNMENT COOPERATION ON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS (GRIEGO)
SJR 2 USE, REGULATION, SALE & TAX OF MARIJUANA, CA (ORTIZ y PINO)
SM 4 DEVELOP STRATEGIES FOR SIDS PREVENTION (ORTIZ y PINO)
SM 5 STUDY FAMILY-WORK SUPPORT PROGRAMS (CANDELARIA)
