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NM Legislature day 25 recap: Final Friday

Sierra County Sentinel 14 Feb 2026
Lawmakers celebrated Black leaders and their contributions to New Mexico Friday as part of African American Day at the Roundhouse ... .
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NM environment officials issue nearly $16 million fines to Los Alamos National Lab over legacy waste

Sierra County Sentinel 14 Feb 2026
Hazardous waste from activities dating from the 1940s to the 1990s is scattered across the canyons around lab property and poses threats to New Mexicans and a neighboring Pueblo’s drinking water, state environment authorities say ... .
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New Mexico state, teachers’ unions criticize state Senate axing 1% pay raise in budget

Sierra County Sentinel 14 Feb 2026
The House’s version of House Bill 2, the state ...
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NM Legislature day 24 recap: Connectivity issues; representative announces retirement

Sierra County Sentinel 13 Feb 2026
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and a flock of cabinet secretaries on Thursday celebrated at the Roundhouse the expansion of broadband access to 90% of New Mexico’s population ... .
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NM Legislature day 23 recap: Requiring insurance to pay for wheelchairs; TIME magazine honors NM Gov

Sierra County Sentinel 12 Feb 2026
Advocates on Wednesday marked Disability Rights Awareness Day in the Roundhouse rotunda and championed House Bill 38, which they say would make New Mexico the first state in the nation to require insurers to pay for wheelchairs that can be ... .
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Troubled southern New Mexico water utility settles with state for arsenic violations

Sierra County Sentinel 12 Feb 2026
The settlement comes more than two years after state investigators found the utility had bypassed its arsenic treatment plants starting in 2023 and sent drinking water with arsenic levels violating state and federal limits to its customers ... .
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New Mexico Senate rejects bill to codify state’s emissions goals

Sierra County Sentinel 12 Feb 2026
In a 19-23 vote following just over an hour of debate, Senate Bill 18 failed to clear the floor, dashing the hopes of lead sponsor Senate President Pro Tempore Mimi Stewart (D-Albuquerque) to enshrine emission reduction goals into state law ... .
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New Mexico state workers union rallies for 6% raise for public safety jobs

Sierra County Sentinel 11 Feb 2026
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NM Legislature day 22 recap: Public safety; microgrid oversight

Sierra County Sentinel 11 Feb 2026
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez took a break Tuesday from the ongoing trial in his agency’s lawsuit against Facebook’s parent company Meta to advocate for greater access to before- and after-school programs ... .
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Revised proposal to pay for universal child care costs heads to Senate Floor

Sierra County Sentinel 11 Feb 2026
New Mexico lawmakers moved one step closer this week to enacting universal child care, as legislation advanced that would use $1 billion from the state’s early child education trust fund to pay for the program over the next five years ... .
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NM Legislature day 21 recap: Faith leaders back gun bill; medical malpractice reform talks continue

Sierra County Sentinel 10 Feb 2026
Christian ministers stood outside the steps of the Roundhouse on Monday and called on lawmakers to pass a measure that would further regulate New Mexico's gun stores and would ban the sale of certain types of firearms ... .
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New Mexico case against Meta tied to child exploitation opens in Santa Fe courtroom

Sierra County Sentinel 10 Feb 2026
Attorneys for New Mexico and Meta made opening statements Monday in the state’s trial accusing the social media giant of failing to protect children on Facebook and Instagram from sexual exploitation ... .
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Clear Horizons Act, setting emissions goals, heads to New Mexico Senate floor

Sierra County Sentinel 09 Feb 2026
The Clear Horizons Act, to codify emissions goals, move to the New Mexico Senate floor following committee vote ... .
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Weekend wrap: New Mexico Senate advances bill limiting gun sales; produced water proposal fails

Sierra County Sentinel 09 Feb 2026
Senators met until just nearly 7 p.m. Saturday, advancing a new measure to limit some gun sales. Meanwhile, a bill Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham supports that would loosen restrictions on the use of oil and wastewater was tabled in the ... .
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Environmental groups condemn legislation expanding New Mexico oil and gas wastewater use

Sierra County Sentinel 07 Feb 2026
Specifically, House Bill 207 would require the state’s Water Quality Control Commission to adopt rules and issue permits by the end of 2026 that would expand where oil and gas wastewater can be used ... .

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