2025 LETTERS & PUBLIC COMMENTS TO COMMITEES

NMBC is actively engaging with legislators and participating in the lawmaking process in Santa Fe.

We’re sending letters and public comments to legislators ahead of committee hearings, sharing our informed views on each bill in hopes of influencing their decisions. You can read each letter we’ve sent below:

2025 NM House Bills:

HB 8 Criminal Competency and Treatment; NMBC Opposes
HB 11 Paid Family and Medical Leave Act; NMBC Opposes
HB 12 Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Changes; NMBC Opposes
HB 16 Fentanyl Trafficking Sentences; NMBC Supports
HB 34 Oil Conservation Protect Health & Environment; NMBC Opposes
HB 35 Children’s Health Protection Zones; NMBC Opposes
HB 50 Penalties for Vehicle Thefts; NMBC Supports
HB 83 Permitless Carry of Firearms; NMBC Supports
HB 86 Human Trafficking Changes; NMBC Supports
HB 91 Public Utility Rate Structure; NMBC Opposes
HB 98 Automatic Expungement of Eviction Records; NMBC Opposes
HB 102 Violent Felonies for Meritorious Deduction; NMBC Support
HB 103 Battery on a Peace Officer Penalty; NMBC Supports
HB 104 Crimes Against Peace Officer Definitions; NMBC Supports
HB 106 DWI Blood Testing; NMBC Supports
HB 130 Public Banking Act; NMBC Opposes
HB 170 Require Voter I.D.; NMBC Supports
HB 186 State-Administered Health Coverage Plan; NMBC Opposes
HB 212 Per- & Poly-Fluoroalkyl Protection Act; NMBC Opposes
HB 246 Increase Minimum Wage; NMBC Opposes
HB 248 Carrying a Firearm While Trafficking; NMBC Supports
HB 257 Oil and Gas Well Transfer Rulemaking; NMBC Opposes
HB 259 Oil and Gas Act Violation Penalties; NMBC Opposes
HB 270 Zero Emission Vehicle Rules; NMBC Supports
HB 273 Certain Natural Gas as Renewable Energy; NMBC Opposes
HB 274 Trafficking Fentanyl as 1st Degree Felony; NMBC Supports
HB 278 Voluntary Manslaughter Exclusions; NMBC Supports
HB 280 Additional Violent Felonies; NMBC Supports
HB 293 Eliminate Social Security Tax; NMBC Supports
HB 327 Certain Natural Gas as Renewable Energy; NMBC Opposes
HB 32Repeal Clean Fuel Standards; NMBC Supports
HJR3 Environmental Rights, CA; NMBC Supports
HJR 9 Denial of Bail, CA; NMBC Supports

2025 NM Senate Bills:

SB 4 Clear Horizons & Greenhouse Gas Emissions; NMBC Opposes
SB 17 Parole & Parole Board Changes; NMBC Supports
SB 23 Oil & Gas Royalty Rate Changes; NMBC Opposes
SB 99 No Fuel Less-Than-Zero Carbon Intensity; NMBC Opposes
SB 141 $100,000 GRT Deduction; NMBC Opposes
SB 156 Low Income Utility Users; NMBC Opposes
SB 216 Rent Control and Certain Entities; NMBC Opposes
SB 218 Election Changes; NMBC Opposes
SB 279 Gas-Operated SemiAuto Firearms Exclusion Act; NMBC Opposes
SB 318 Firearms in Unfair Practices Act; NMBC Opposes
HB 328 Repeal Clean Fuel Standards; NMBC Support
SJR 4 Environmental Rights, CA; NMBC Opposes

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