"SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT DAY"
This memorial declares March 5, 2025, as "Soil and Water Conservation District Day" in the New Mexico House of Representatives to recognize the work of New Mexico's 47 soil and water conservation districts. It highlights their role in voluntary programs supporting forest thinning, wildfire recovery, water management, and habitat restoration, primarily benefiting landowners and local communities. As a ceremonial resolution, it does not create new laws or funding but formally acknowledges these districts' contributions to natural resource conservation.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 21, 2025
Signed Apr 22, 2025
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MODERATE
The bill was reformatted from a traditional House Memorial layout to a more modern, simplified structure. The substantive content of the memorial remains largely the same, with minor wording adjustments to the WHEREAS clauses. The core purpose - declaring March 5, 2025 as Soil and Water Conservation District Day - is unchanged.
TECHNICAL
Reorganized document structure from traditional multi-page format to a condensed single-document format with renumbered clauses
Minor wording adjustments to WHEREAS clauses, such as changing 'work very closely' to 'work closely' and reordering some clauses
Added page headers and footers with bill number and page numbers in the new format
Removed original page numbering and spacing from the traditional format
Floor votes · House Mar 22, 2025
How they voted
63–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 66
Mar 22, 2025
D
Democratic40
92% 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
Apr 22, 2025
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Mar 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Committee
not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jack Chatfield
RRepublican
P
Joseph Sanchez
DDemocratic
P
Nathan Small
DDemocratic
P
Rebecca Dow
RRepublican
P
Susan Herrera
DDemocratic
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