2.2.2021 Alert

Green Amendment, Fusion Voting, Repeal Abortion Ban

Good Morning New Mexico Advocates:

We have two new hearings tomorrow, Wednesday, and one reminder for Senate Conservation this morning at 9 a.m.

NEW: Weds., Feb. 3, 9.am., the Senate Rules Committee is scheduled to hear SJR 3 Environmental Rights, aka the Green Amendment (click the link in the bill title for talking points), and the Fusion Voting bill, SB 100 Major & Minor Party Ballot Nominations. SB 100 is on our Priority list, not our Transformational list, so we don’t have extensive talking points. Brief description: With fusion voting, a candidate can appear on the ballot as the nominee for more than one party — for instance, Democratic and Working Families parties — allowing a voter to support both the candidate and party platform of their choice. Voters have the option to vote for the party line that best represents their values. Fusion voting means two parties are working to get a candidate elected instead of one.

Instructions to offer public comment are below – please note the deadline is today at 4 p.m. Or you can watch the hearing at nmlegis.gov by going to Webcast at the top menu bar and finding the committee. Please call and email committee members before the hearing and ask them to support the bill. Committee contact info is also below.

For Public Participation send an email to SRC@nmlegis.gov with Name, Entity Represented, Bill #, For or Against, and email address by 4:00p.m. on Tuesday, February 2. You will be contacted by our Zoom operator with virtual meeting instructions.

Senate Rules Committee (SRC)

NEW: Weds., Feb. 3, 1:30 p.m., the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to hear SB 10 Repeal Abortion Ban (click the link in the bill title for speaking points), one of our Transformational bills. They’re also scheduled to hear one of our Priority bills, SB 75 State Agency Disclosure of Sensitive Info, which prohibits state agencies from disclosing sensitive personal information such as a person’s status as a recipient of public assistance or as a crime victim, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, immigration status, national origin or religion, and social security number or tax ID number.

Special instructions to offer public comment or written comment for this hearing are below – please note the deadline is today at 5 p.m. Or you can watch the hearing at nmlegis.gov by going to Webcast at the top menu bar and finding the committee. Please call and email committee members before the hearing and ask them to support the bill. Committee contact info is also below.

From Senate Judiciary: Due to high public interest we are implementing the following rules:
1) 15-minute time limit for all Proponents; 2) 15-minute time limit for all Opponents. For public participation send an email to SJC@nmlegis.gov with Name, Entity Representing, Bill Number, For or Against and indicate if you wish to speak. If you wish to provide written comments, keep them to 300 words or less. Deadline to respond is by Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 5 PM. All committee members will have access to your written comments. You will be contacted by our Zoom Operator with virtual meeting instructions.

Senate Judiciary Committee (SJC)

Reminder: TODAY, Tues., Feb. 2, 9 a.m., Senate Conservation Committee is scheduled to hear SB 112 Sustainable Economy Task Force, SB 86 Use of Water for Oil & Gas Operations (amends Produced Water Act), and SB 83 Local Choice Energy Act. These bills are 4th, 5th, and 6th (as listed above) on the agenda, and they’ve all been carried over from previous hearings, so we don’t know if the committee will get to them all on Tuesday. We just have to wait and see.

The deadline to participate in the hearing has passed, but you can watch the hearing at nmlegis.gov, under Webcasts in the top menu bar. Please use the contact info below to call and email committee members right away.

Senate Conservation Committee (SCONC)

That’s all for today. Thank you for your advocacy!

In solidarity and hope,

Roxanne and Paul

%d bloggers like this: