HB 148 Unemployment Contribution Rate Change, Rep. Chandler, was tabled in House Appropriations. This was a great win for New Mexico Businesses. This bill was the latest attempt to place the responsibility…
New Mexico's liquor laws are about to receive a shake up with the passage of HB 255. After multiple amendments and debate the Senate approved the bill that would allow…
An excellent win for New Mexico: HB 148 Unemployment Contribution Rate Change, Rep. Chandler, was tabled Monday on a 16-3 vote in House Appropriations! This anti-business bill would cause unemployment tax rates to…
The Legislative Session hit the halfway point yesterday. Legislators crammed in the last few bills before the noon cutoff for new legislation on Thursday, to include 78 "dummy" bills, with…
Yesterday the New Mexico Senate passed SB 1 Restaurant Gross Receipt Tax Deduction with a resounding 42-0 vote. Senate Bill 1 is the first meaningful piece of Legislation to com…
Every year during the Legislative Session NMBC has carried on a practice of identifying "Legislative Heroes and Zeroes." While NMBC does not label individuals or lawmakers as “Zeroes,” we won't…
The Legislative process for public participation is excluding citizens from engaging with lawmakers - barring them from from hearing both sides of critical issues. We urge you to stand with NMBC…
So far New Mexican lawmakers have submitted 569 different pieces of legislation to the House and Senate. That number is also sure to grow before the February 18th deadline for…
The session is in full swing and legislative committees are already deliberating and moving bills along through the capitol. As of Thursday the 28th, there are 316 individual pieces of…
Former Sen. John Arthur Smith, the conservative-leaning Democrat from Deming who served the head of the Senate Finance Committee for more than a decade relinquished his position earlier this year…