HB 1 New Mexico House · 2025 Second Special Session

GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS

This bill allocates funds for New Mexico's 2025 special legislative session and fiscal year 2026 operations. It provides $105,000 for House expenses, $70,000 for Senate expenses, and $65,000 for legislative services, with unspent balances reverting to state funds. Major allocations include $1 million for court behavioral health pilots, $5.56 million for educational TV/radio, and $17.3 million for Medicaid premium assistance (pending House Bill 2). All funds must be spent by 2027 or return to state reserves.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Nov 2025

Committee Review

Nov 2025

House Passage

Nov 2025

Senate Passage

Nov 2025

Signed into Law

Nov 2025

Introduced Nov 10, 2025 Signed Nov 13, 2025

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introduced version → Final Version · 5 edits

MODERATE

The bill was significantly rewritten to clarify its purpose and structure. It now explicitly authorizes funding for the second special session of the legislature, provides security funding for the courts, and establishes a new weekly appropriation mechanism for nutrition assistance benefits. The bill also details specific fund reversion amounts from various state programs back to the general fund operating reserve.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include a transfer authority provision if revenue is insufficient at the end of fiscal year 2025, and it now includes an evaluation requirement for the state's administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

FISCAL

The total appropriation amount for nutrition assistance was reduced from twenty million dollars to a weekly contingent appropriation, with specific conditions tied to federal funding availability.

Specific fund reversion amounts were detailed, totaling over 159 million dollars from various state programs back to the general fund operating reserve.

TIMELINE

A new effective date of January 19, 2026 was established for the nutrition assistance appropriations.

REQUIREMENT

New requirements were added to evaluate the state's administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program using unexpended legislative finance committee funds.

ENFORCEMENT

New provisions were added requiring that weekly appropriations be contingent on specific expenditures and federal funding conditions.

Floor votes · Senate Jan 22, 2025 · House Jan 21, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Jan 22, 2025

D Democratic24

24 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican16

16 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Nov 13, 2025

Signed into law

Signed

executive

Nov 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

passed Senate

upper

Nov 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

passed House

lower

Nov 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted

lower

Nov 10, 2025

Introduced

Sent to House Appropriations & Finance Committee

lower

Jan 22, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (40-0)

senate

Jan 21, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (62-1-3)

house

4 primary · 0 co-sponsors