"NM OIL & GAS DAY"
House Memorial 4, "NM OIL & GAS DAY," is a ceremonial resolution recognizing the oil and natural gas industry's economic contributions to New Mexico. It declares January 28, 2025, as "New Mexico Oil and Gas Day" in the House, citing the industry's 2024 revenue of $13 billion - funding 49% of the general fund, $2.3 billion for education, $600 million for higher education, and over 100,000 jobs. The resolution has no policy or funding changes; it is purely symbolic recognition. It was passed by the House on January 28, 2025, but not advanced further.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Signed into Law
Feb 2025
Introduced Jan 28, 2025
Signed Feb 6, 2025
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MINOR
The bill was reformatted from a House Memorial to a standard legislative format with page numbers and line numbers. The substantive content remained largely the same, though one new clause was added highlighting the oil and gas industry as the largest private sector employer in New Mexico.
TECHNICAL
The document structure was changed from a House Memorial format to a standard bill format with page numbers and line numbers added.
SCOPE
A new WHEREAS clause was added stating that the oil and natural gas industry is the largest private sector employer in New Mexico, providing more than one hundred thousand direct and indirect jobs to residents.
Floor votes · House Jan 28, 2025
How they voted
67–0
Passed
Total votes 67
Jan 28, 2025
D
Democratic41
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
Feb 6, 2025
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
not printed, not referred to committee, tabled
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
passed House
lower
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Gail Armstrong
RRepublican
P
Jon Henry
RRepublican
P
Mark Murphy
RRepublican
P
Rebecca Dow
RRepublican
P
Rod Montoya
RRepublican
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