"EXCELLENCE IN RIO RANCHO DAY"
This bill is a ceremonial resolution, not a law. It declares February 20, 2025 as "Excellence in Rio Rancho Day" in the New Mexico House of Representatives. The resolution recognizes Rio Rancho's growth, economic progress (including median income increases), safety rankings, school district achievements, and business community. It has no policy impact or binding effect; it simply honors the city through a symbolic declaration.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Feb 12, 2025
Signed Mar 4, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill underwent significant formatting and structural reorganization while maintaining the same core purpose of declaring February 20, 2025 as 'Excellence in Rio Rancho Day'. The text was cleaned up to remove header information and consolidate repetitive content, with minor capitalization adjustments to company names throughout the WHEREAS clauses.
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Removed header information including bill title, legislature session details, and sponsor names from the top of the document
Reorganized and consolidated the WHEREAS clauses to eliminate duplicate text and improve readability
Standardized capitalization of company names (e.g., 'Aeroparts' to 'AeroParts', 'NTX' to 'NTx')
Changed 'Best Places To Live For Families' to 'Best Places to Live for Families' in Fortune magazine citation
Changed 'Best Places To Live in America' to 'Best Places to Live in America' (minor capitalization adjustment in Money magazine citation)
Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2025
How they voted
66–0
Passed
Total votes 66
Feb 20, 2025
D
Democratic40
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
4
Key actions
2
Committee
1
Mar 4, 2025
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Catherine Cullen
RRepublican
P
Josh Hernandez
RRepublican
P
Kathleen Cates
DDemocratic
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