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Senate Committee Schedule: February 6, 2015

2.6.2015 Senate Committee Schedule

 

STATE OF NEW MEXICO

FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION, 2015

 

 

SENATE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS

Friday, February 6, 2015

 

 

FINANCE COMMITTEE – Senator John Arthur Smith, Chairman

Monday, February 9, 2015 – Room 322

1:30 p.m.

(205-218) Unified Court Budget and State Judicial Agencies     (Sanchez/Frazier)

Barbara Vigil, Chief Justice

Arthur Pepin, Director, Administrative Office of the Courts

(231-243) District Courts     (Sanchez/Frazier)

(244) Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court     (Sanchez/Frazier)

 

Tuesday, February 10, 2015 – Room 322

1:30 p.m.

(355) Public Defender Department     (Jorgenson/Miner)

(264) Administrative Office of the District Attorneys     (Jorgenson/Frazier)

Henry Valdez, Director

(251-265) District Attorneys     (Jorgenson/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     (Jorgenson/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)

 

CORPORATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE – Senator Phil A. Griego, Chairman

Friday, February 6, 2015 – 2:00 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 311

SB 122     FORECLOSURE OF VACANT & ABANDONED PROPERTY     (NEVILLE)

SB 239     TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS     (GRIEGO)

SB 296     EMPLOYER RECORDS & WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS COSTS     (RUE)

SB 300     ALCOHOL SALES AT MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES     (CANDELARIA/MAESTAS)

SB 306     GAMING MACHINES AT RACE TRACKS     (PAPEN)

SB 355     PURCHASE OF LOTTERY TICKETS WITH CARD     (SMITH)

 

EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Senator John M. Sapien, Chairman

Friday, February 6, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 311

SB 126     LEVEL 3-B SCHOOL ADMIN LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS     (STEWART)

SB 153     STREAMLINE TEACHER ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSURE     (BEFFORT)

*SB  43     TRANSFER ADOLESCENT TREATMENT ACT TO UNM     (ORTIZ y PINO)

SB 98     NMSU ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION     (CISNEROS/GONZALES)

SB 331     LAS CRUCES SCHOOL JUVENILE PROBATION & PAROLE     (CERVANTES)

SB 361     EXPAND SCHOOL EQUIVALENCY FOR INCARCERATED     (TORRACO)

 

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)

 

JUDICIARY COMMITTEE – Senator Richard C. Martinez, Chairman

Friday, February 6, 2015 – 2:00 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 321

Presentation

Gregg Marcantel, Secretary, Department of Corrections

Tony Ortiz, Executive Director, New Mexico Sentencing Commission

New Mexico Prison Forecast and a Profile of Inmates in the New Mexico Prison System

SB 193     PRC JURISDICTION OVER LOCAL PHONE CARRIERS     (PADILLA/M-BARNES)

SB 311     SELF-STORAGE NOTIFICATIONS, SALES & LATE FEES     (TORRACO)

 

PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE – Senator Gerald Ortiz y Pino, Chairman

Friday, February 6, 2015 – 1:30 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 326

SB 27     FORECLOSURE PROCESS TASK FORCE       (PADILLA)

SB 28     PRE-PURCHASE HOMEBUYER EDUCATION PROGRAM     (PADILLA)

SB 32     LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT ENTITIES     (PADILLA)

SB 39     MEDICAID INFANT HOME VISITING SERVICES     (ORTIZ y PINO)

SB 42     MEDICAID FOR CERTAIN INCARCERATED PERSONS     (ORTIZ y PINO)

SB 49     TRANSFER REGIONAL HOUSING AUTHORITY OVERSIGHT     (PAPEN)

SB 90     REMOVAL FROM OFFICE FOR FELONY CONVICTION     (MOORES)

SB 116     STATEWIDE PERINATAL COLLABORATIVE     (RODRIGUEZ)

SB 117     SUNSET COUNTY GROSS RECEIPTS TO SAFETY POOL     (RODRIGUEZ)

*SB 191     SAFETY NET FUND PAYMENTS TO LOCAL HOSPITALS     (NEVILLE)

SB 119     HATE CRIMES AGAINST HOMELESS PEOPLE     (O’NEILL)

SB 265     LIQUOR TAX PROCEEDS FOR HOMELESS     (MUÑOZ)

 

RULES COMMITTEE – Senator Linda M. Lopez, Chairman

Friday, February 6, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 321

AUSTIN WELBORN     APPOINTMENT     (RODRIGUEZ)

Commission for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Persons

JERRY STAGNER     REAPPOINTMENT     (SMITH)

Spaceport Authority

DAVID BUCHHOLTZ     REAPPOINTMENT     (MOORES)

Spaceport Authority

RALPH RAMOS     REAPPOINTMENT     (CERVANTES)

State Game Commission

SB 13     VOTER REGISTRATION & INSURANCE EXCHANGE     (CANDELARIA)

SB 58     CAMPAIGN PUBLIC FINANCING CHANGES     (WIRTH)

SB 95     REORGANIZE DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY     (RUE)

SB 68     DIVISION OF CONSERVANCY DISTRICT DISTRICTS     (PADILLA)

SB 194     REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPOSING & CHANGING RULES     (IVEY-SOTO)

SJR 1     INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, CA     (O’NEILL/TRUJILLO, CA)

SM 2     COLLEGE STUDENTS AS 3RD GRADE READING MENTORS     (LOPEZ)

SM 3     REMOVE MARRIAGE PENALTY FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE     (ORTIZ y PINO)