STATE AGENCY INSECT WORKSHOP
This Senate Memorial (SM 3) requests six New Mexico state agencies - including the Department of Game and Fish, State Land Office, and Department of Agriculture - to attend a 2026 workshop on insect identification, ecology, and management. Sponsored by the Wild Friends program, UNM Museum of Southwestern Biology, and the Xerces Society, the workshop aims to educate agency staff about insects' ecological roles (like pollination and soil health) and encourage sharing public-facing materials to reduce misconceptions about insects. The memorial is non-binding and focuses on voluntary agency participation to support ecosystem awareness.
Bill status
signed
all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Jan 23, 2026
Signed Feb 14, 2026
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The bill was reformatted from a traditional legislative format to a clean, readable memorial document. The substantive content remained largely the same, with minor text adjustments to improve clarity and flow. The core request for state agencies to participate in an insect education workshop is unchanged.
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The document was reformatted from a traditional legislative format with line numbers and headers to a clean, readable memorial document format.
Minor text adjustments were made throughout the WHEREAS clauses to improve readability and flow, such as combining related sentences and removing redundant phrases.
The original header information including the bill number, legislature session, and sponsors was removed and replaced with a simple title.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2026
How they voted
24–0
Passed · 14 other
Total votes 38
Feb 13, 2026
D
Democratic22
77% Yea
R
Republican16
43% Yea
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Total actions
5
Key actions
4
Committee
2
Feb 14, 2026
Signed into law
Signed
executive
Feb 13, 2026
Upper · Passed
passed Senate
upper
Feb 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Jan 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
DO PASS committee report adopted
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
Sent to Senate Rules Committee & Senate Conservation Committee
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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