To track bills it is important to understand the abbreviations used on the NM Legis. website. Below is an alphabetized summary. Good luck.
| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| * | Emergency clause. (If a bill passes by less than the required two-thirds vote, this symbol is deleted.) |
| [30] | Legislative day (as opposed to calendar day). |
| API. | Action postponed indefinitely. |
| CA | Constitutional Amendment |
| CC | Conference committee. This entry follows when the Senate and House fail to agree on amendments to a bill. |
| CS | Committee substitute. (This entry, following a DNP report, indicates the committee’s substitute bill. Succeeding entries will record the action on the committee substitute.) |
| CS/H 18 | Committee substitute for House Bill 18. |
| DEAD | Bill Has Died |
| DNP nt adptd | DO NOT PASS committee report NOT adopted. |
| DNP. | DO NOT PASS committee report adopted. |
| DP | DO PASS committee report adopted. |
| DP/a | DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted. |
| E&E | The final authoritative version of a bill passed by both houses of the legislature. The preparation is performed by the house of introduction and incorporates all amendments adopted and agreed to by both houses. |
| FAILED/H (or/S) | Failed passage in House (sometimes followed by announced vote – FAILED/H (22-48)). |
| FL/ | Floor substitute. (A bill or committee substitute may be substituted on final passage by any legislator. Succeeding entries will record the action on the floor substitute.) |
| fl/a | Floor amendment adopted. (fl/aaa – three floor amendments adopted.) |
| germane | Bills which fall within the purview of a 30-day session. |
| h/fld cncr | House has failed to concur in Senate amendments on a House bill. The House then sends a message requesting the Senate to recede from its amendments. |
| HAFC | Appropriations & Finance |
| HAGC | House Agriculture & Water Resources Committee |
| HAWC | Agriculture, Water & Wildlife |
| HBEC | Business & Employment |
| HBIC | House Business & Industry Committee |
| HCAL | House Calendar |
| HCAT | House Temporary Calendar |
| HCNR | House Concurrence Calendar |
| HCPAC | House Consumer & Public Affairs Committee |
| HCW | Committee of the Whole |
| HE&EC | Enrolling & Engrossing |
| HEC | Education |
| HEEC | House Enrolling & Engrossing Committee |
| HEENC | Energy, Environment & Natural Resources |
| HENRC | House Energy & Natural Resources Committee |
| HGEIC | Government, Elections & Indian Affairs |
| HGUAC | House Government & Urban Affairs |
| HHC | Health |
| HHGAC | House Health & Government Affairs Committee |
| HHGIC | House Health, Government & Indian Affairs Committee |
| HHHC | HOUSE HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES |
| HINT | House Intro |
| HJC | Judiciary |
| HLC | House Labor & Human Resources Committee |
| HLEDC | HOUSE LABOR & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT |
| HLELC | HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ELECTIONS, LAND GRANTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS |
| HPREF | House Pre-file |
| HPSC | Printing & Supplies |
| HRC | Rules & Order of Business |
| HRPAC | Regulatory & Public Affairs |
| HSCAC | Safety & Civil Affairs |
| HSIVC | HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT, INDIAN & VETERANS’ AFFAIRS |
| HTBL | House Table |
| HTC | House Transportation Committee |
| HTPWC | Transportation & Public Works |
| HTRC | House Taxation & Revenue Committee |
| HVEC | House Voters & Elections Committee |
| HWMC | Ways & Means |
| HXPSC | House Printing & Supplies Committee |
| HXRC | HOUSE RULES & ORDER OF BUSINESS |
| HZLM | In Limbo (House) |
| m/rcnsr adptd | Motion to reconsider previous action adopted. |
| OCER | Certificate |
| PASS | Passed |
| PASSED/S (or/H) | Passed Senate (always followed by announced vote – PASSED/S (39-0)). |
| PCA | Constitutional Amendment |
| PCH | Chaptered |
| PKVT | Pocket Veto |
| PSGN | Signed |
| PVET | Vetoed |
| QSUB | Substituted |
| rcld frm/h | Bill recalled from the House for further consideration by the Senate. |
| s/cncrd | Senate has concurred in House amendments on a Senate bill. |
| s/fld recede | This procedure could follow if the Senate refuses to recede from its amendments. |
| SCAL | Senate Calendar |
| SCC | Committees’ Committee |
| SCNR | Senate Concurrence Calendar |
| SCONC | Conservation |
| SCORC | Corporations & Transportation |
| SCS/H 18 | Senate committee substitute for House Bill 18. (CS, preceded by the initial of the opposite house, indicates a substitute for a bill made by the other house. The listing, however, will continue under the original bill entry.) |
| SCW | Committee of the Whole |
| SEC | Education |
| SFC | Finance |
| SGC | Senate Select Gaming Committee |
| SGND(C.A.2). | Constitutional amendment and its number. |
| SGND(Mar.4)Ch.9. | Signed by the Governor, date and chapter number. |
| SGND. | Signed by one or both houses. (For legislation not requiring Governor’s signature.) |
| SIAC | Indian & Cultural Affairs |
| SINT | Senate Intro |
| SJC | Judiciary |
| SPAC | Public Affairs |
| SPREF | Senate Pre-file |
| SRC | Rules |
| STBL | Senate Table |
| SWMC | Senate Ways & Means Committee |
| SZLM | In Limbo (Senate) |
| T | On the Speaker’s table by rule (temporary calendar). (This entry appears only on House action. By House Rule 11-20-1, legislation, except that on the Consent Calendar, is placed on the Speaker’s table for one calendar day before being placed on the House Calendar for action by the House.) |
| tbld | Tabled temporarily by motion. |
| TBLD INDEF. | Tabled indefinitely. |
| VETO(Mar.7). | Vetoed by the Governor and date. |
| w/drn | Withdrawn from committee or daily calendar for subsequent action. |
| w/o rec | WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION committee report adopted. |