The #Firearms In Unfair Practices Act is trending. Failed #NMLeg would have amended the Unfair Practices Act to sue gun sellers who advertise guns or other products as being legal in New Mexico or the US when they’re not, or sell illegal guns.
#GunControl
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1570098

New Mexico House Minority Whip Greg Nibert, R-Roswell, recently sent a letter to the NM Secretary of State asking her to reconsider her position that several laws are exempt from the state's referendum process. #NMleg #NMpol https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/nibert-asks-secretary-of-state-to-reconsider-referendum-petitions/article_fc588504-3187-11ee-8871-a3fb9242d984.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3EIrhk6k_CCZixv3ie0kIi5SuIxEFz5LjeG_KbWT8bPgzm3GuHyAlNSVU

New Mexico House Minority Whip Greg Nibert, R-Roswell, recently sent a letter to the NM Secretary of State asking her to reconsider her position that several laws are exempt from the state's referendum process. #NMleg #NMpol https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/nibert-asks-secretary-of-state-to-reconsider-referendum-petitions/article_fc588504-3187-11ee-8871-a3fb9242d984.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3EIrhk6k_CCZixv3ie0kIi5SuIxEFz5LjeG_KbWT8bPgzm3GuHyAlNSVU

Signed #NMLeg trending: Declares February 17, 2023 as "Soil and Water Conservation District Day", each year, soil and water conservation districts in NM work with leaders in agriculture, environment, and education to drive programs benefiting everyone
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1568555

The longest-serving current New Mexico senator will run for reelection in 2024, despite some recent speculation that he might not do so. #nmleg #nmpol https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/ingle-plans-to-run-for-reelection-to-nm-senate/article_9b766ee8-e9c7-11ed-8a1f-93d61f537ffc.html

Front End License Plates are trending! #NMLeg aimed to require front end license plates in New Mexico. Currently they are not required. The bill died, but had it passed, residents would have had until 2027 to install a front license plate on their car.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1516170

Larry Marker, Roswell man who mounted write-in campaign for New Mexico Public Lands Commissioner last week declared he will seek the Republican nomination for the Senate District 27 seat now held by Sen. Stuart Ingle (R-Portales).

Ingle, the former New Mexico Senate Minority Leader has been in the Legislature since 1985 where he currently represents parts of Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lea and Roosevelt counties. #nmleg #nmpol

The Refusal Of End-of-life Options Act is trending. #NMLeg allows #healthcare providers to refuse, for reasons of conscience, to participate in medical aid in dying in any way.
#RightToDie
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1575940

"We got the hell beat out of us," state Rep. Candy Ezzell, R-Roswell, on how she felt the recent 60-day legislative session went for her and her party. #nmpol #nmleg

More on Ezzell's declaration that she will run in 2024 for the New Mexico Senate seat now held by Cliff Pirtle. #NMleg #NMpol https://www.rdrnews.com/news/local/ezzell-to-run-to-replace-pirtle-in-2024/article_b80d7986-def3-11ed-9de9-23fdab71a0c5.html

The New Mexico #VotingRights Act is trending. Signed #NMLeg establishes automatic voter registration, restores the right to vote for individuals who are no longer incarcerated for a felony conviction, creates a permanent absentee voter list, and more.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1549048

#BornAlive legislation trending. Passed #NMLeg states any infant who is born alive, including one born during the course of an #abortion, shall be treated as a legal person with the right to medically appropriate and reasonable care and treatment.
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1550268

Excellent news: Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed New Mexico's "Second Chance" bill into law last night, prohibiting life sentences without a possibility of parole for people convicted as juveniles. #nmleg

It allows them, after serving required lengths of time based on their convictions, the right to make a case for parole. An important step for sentencing reform.

Clearly the governor reads my editorials! (Joke)

https://www.abqjournal.com/2583062/governor-signs-bill-ending-juvenile-life-sentences-in-new-mexico.html

#NewMexico #juvenilejustice #sentencing

Editorial from the #DemingHeadlight on #felonymurder:

"...felony murder has been used as a net to convict and confine people peripherally involved in fatal crimes throughout the United States. A task force created by the Minnesota legislature recently found that charges of aiding and abetting felony murder disproportionately targeted Black and Brown defendants, as well as younger people: 63 percent of them under the age of 25 and 9 percent under 18."

https://www.demingheadlight.com/2023/03/17/re-examine-felony-murder-doctrine/

#nmleg #justice

RT @NMT4HC
HB 400 passed the Senate by a vote of 24-15. This win is a testament to the power of our communities who came together to fight for improving access to affordable healthcare. THANK YOU to everyone across the state that called, emailed, & came to the Roundhouse. #nmleg

Today the NM legislature passed a bill prohibiting life without the possibility of parole for children. #nmleg

One thing unaddressed by most of the coverage is that some are sentenced for “felony murder” because someone died during the course of a different felony. I wrote about such case last year.

https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/news/local/courts/2022/08/27/new-mexico-darcy-morrison-convicted-felony-murder-seeks-new-sentence-second-chance-juvenile-justice/65459672007/

#juvenilejustice

#Reparations legislation is trending. Proposed #NMLeg would make missing or murdered Indigenous people or their dependents eligible for economic relief.
#MMIW
https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1570108

@BramMeehan The NM news feed in Twitter is well established and I still peek over there (#nmleg and #nmpol are useful). Would love to see that network migrate.

Support the Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act: HB 42 and SB 5

Send letters of support for the bill to members of the Senate Finance Committee through this link:
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/protect-public-health-in-new-mexico/

For more information on the bill, please see https://nmephn.org/news-item/support-the-new-mexico-public-health-act/

#NM #NewMexico #Climate #PublicHealth #NMPol #NMLeg

Wednesday's edition of the #DemingHeadlight is PACKED, and there's breaking news on DemingHeadlight.com, too. In this issue: A strange story from #ColumbusNM, #NewMexico Special Auditor orders exam of #DemingNM utilities, the #ForestService is sued to prevent aerial shooting of feral cattle in the #Gila wilderness, high school sports, and #NMleg updates from the state Legislature. I love this paper. #localnews #newspapers