2.9.2015 Senate Committee Schedule
STATE OF NEW MEXICO
FIFTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION, 2015
SENATE SCHEDULE OF COMMITTEE HEARINGS
Monday, February 9, 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
Monday, February 9, 2015 – 2:00 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 311
SB 12 OBESITY & WEIGHT REDUCTION INSURANCE COVERAGE (CANDELARIA)
SB 26 INVESTMENT IN NM TECH COLLABORATIVE COMPANIES (PADILLA)
SB 56 UNITARY CORPORATION COMBINED TAX REPORTING (WIRTH)
SB 57 UNITARY CORP. RESTAURANT TAX REPORTING (WIRTH)
SB 96 VOLUNTARY DESIGNATION AS BENEFIT CORPORATION (McSORLEY)
SB 99 CYBERSECURITY DEVICE GROSS RECEIPTS (CISNEROS/GONZALES)
SB 158 PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT CLAIM EVIDENCE STANDARDS (MUÑOZ)
SB 386 PREVENT DOUBLE TAXING OF CERTAIN GAS (INGLE)
SB 428 COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES & TEXTING (GRIEGO)
EDUCATION COMMITTEE – Senator John M. Sapien, Chairman
Monday, February 9, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 311
SB 203 CERTAIN STUDENTS TESTED IN NATIVE LANGUAGE (SAPIEN)
SB 205 DELAY USE OF CERTAIN TEST IN TEACHER EVALS (SAPIEN)
SB 228 PUBLIC SCHOOL ADJUNCT INSTRUCTORS (GRIGGS)
SB 229 REMOVE REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL CLASSES (KERNAN)
SB 237 LOCAL PRODUCE IN SCHOOL LUNCHES (BEFFORT)
SB 255 VALENCIA COUNTY OFF-CAMPUS CENTER (SANCHEZ, C.)
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
Monday, February 9, 2015 – 2:00 p.m. or 1/2 hr. after session – Room 321
Presentation
Michael Stout, Chairman, Public Defender Commission
Implementation of Constitutional Amendment
Jorge Alvarado, Chief Public Defender
Status of Department
Rick Tedrow, President, New Mexico District Attorney’s Association
Henry Valdez, Director, Administrative Office of the District Attorneys
SB 16 EYEWITNESS ID ACCURACY PROCEDURES (McSORLEY)
C/SB 53 ASSISTED OUTPATIENT TREATMENT ACT (PAPEN/PACHECO)
SB 193 PRC JURISDICTION OVER LOCAL PHONE CARRIERS (PADILLA/M-BARNES)
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 66 SCHOOL GRADE PROMOTION & RETENTION (KERNAN)
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)
RULES COMMITTEE – Senator Linda M. Lopez, Chairman
Monday, February 9, 2015 – 8:30 a.m. – Room 321
JOHN McDERMOTT APPOINTMENT (WIRTH)
New Mexico Finance Authority
JERRY JONES APPOINTMENT (SHENDO)
New Mexico Finance Authority
DEBRA HUGHES APPOINTMENT (GRIEGO)
Water Trust Board
BRIAN MOORE APPOINTMENT (WOODS)
New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority
JAMES TEGNELIA APPOINTMENT (BEFFORT)
Military Base Planning Commission
SHARON NIEDERMAN APPOINTMENT (CAMPOS)
Board of the Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
SJR 1 INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, CA (O’NEILL/TRUJILLO, CA)
SB 71 LOCAL ELECTIONS FOR NM-PRODUCED LIQUOR SALES (SOULES)
SB 195 UNIFORM MILITARY & OVERSEAS VOTERS ACT (IVEY-SOTO/WOOLEY)
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)
