CONSERVATION SCORECARD 2015-2016
1 DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE
t Conservation Voters habits, and letting the results flow New Mexico, we consider from that. the work that we do in Athe State Capitol a point of pride. The scores that you see in this We consider every bill introduced 2015-2016 Scorecard are the result that has an environmental of what we believe to be excellent impact to be our business, and process in the identification and an opportunity to make sure that analysis of the bill introduced in legislators understand what the this legislature. We hope that you’ll Scorecard Contents environmental priorities of their use this Scorecard to hold your constituents are. But that’s only elected officials accountable – look one metric that we use to define at how they voted and acted and 3 CVNM Staff and Board “success” for ourselves during the note the actions that you don’t 4 Know the Score, Take Action legislative session. understand or disagree with. Ask 5 Issue Spotlight yourself why they might have 6 Stories and Themes In the past we’ve used different cast that vote, and then (just as 7 NM State Land Office legislative outcomes to define importantly) look up their contact 8 Conservation Vote Descriptions the effectiveness of our work in info at the back of this Scorecard, 11 About the Scorecard the session, such as our “defense and ask them. 12 2015-2016 Senate Scorecard record” – our record of stopping 14 2015-2016 House Scorecard legislation slated for opposition. The overarching theme of the 2015 18 Legislative Contacts Metrics like the defense record are and 2016 sessions was a simple important to use when evaluating one: defense. The State House success. However, these metrics of Representatives became an often rely on factors out of our incubator for extractive industry control, and don’t really tell the think-tank generated bills whole story of what we do. In designed to weaken environmental the 2016 session, we made the protections, give away public decision to measure our success land and water, sacrifice public in different ways - How well did health for corporate interests and we connect community with their generally threaten the wild places lawmakers to tell their story in of New Mexico. We’ve gotten their own voices? How effectively good at stopping bad bills, but did we support the lawmakers who be assured that we’re still looking stand up for our issues? How well for ways to continue to move did we carry messages in to the proactive conservation legislation Capitol that haven’t been heard through the Capitol. there before? Thank you for being a These measurements represent a Conservation Voter! subtle but significant shift in our organizational approach to our Demis Foster advocacy work in the legislature. Executive Director We can’t simply hope to replicate identical results year over year. Rather, it’s better to focus on honing excellent practices and
2 Staff and Board
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3 Know the Score Take Action It’s never too late to say ‘thanks’! Join Conservation Voters The most important part of your (or ‘no thanks’…) New Mexico today! communication is letting them Tell your legislators that you know that you are paying close ‘Know the Score’ We take on tough fights to protect attention to how they vote or, in New Mexico, but these efforts in the case of the Governor, what One of the best ways to the Roundhouse and around the actions she takes on legislation that influence the voting records state require financial resources. affects our air, land, and water. of your elected officials is to We can only win when we work communicate regularly with them. together. Please join other Calling your legislator directly If your legislators scored well, New Mexicans in becoming and sending letters through it’s important to thank them and a Conservation Voter today! regular mail remain by far to support them. If you feel you Membership is easy: just submit the most effective ways to weren’t well-represented by your the enclosed envelope with your communicate with your legislators’ votes, it’s important to membership contribution or join legislators. Due to mass volume, hold them accountable by letting online at www.CVNM.org and e-mail is generally a less effective them know what you think about click “Donate.” method to communicate your their votes. views — but it depends on the Communicate with the individual legislator. If you don’t know who your Governor and your legislators are, visit www.CVNM.org The Governor and Lieutenant and click on the “Find your Legislators Governor can always be contacted at Legislator” link under the Whether you’re congratulating the Roundhouse. Except during the “Legislation” drop-down menu. your legislators on their score or legislative session, state legislators expressing your disappointment, should be contacted in their home be direct, courteous and polite. districts, as listed on pages 18 and 19.
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4 ISSUE SPOTLIGHT
ince their inception in 2008, rooftop solar tax credit extension In addition to presenting excellent the solar tax credits have all the way to the Governor’s opportunities for homeowners, the played a key role in creating desk. Despite broad bi-partisan growth of solar capacity is good Sabout 2,000 new jobs in the state of support for the bill, Gov. Susana for the overall price of electricity. New Mexico, spread across nearly Martinez chose to completely The simple explanation for this is 100 firms. As one of the sunniest ignore the measure – ignoring the that generation from solar panels states in the country, New Mexico benefits of solar to New Mexico’s peaks at the same time as demand: possesses outstanding potential economy, communities, health during the hottest, sunniest for generation of solar energy. By and environment. Increasing solar parts of the day. Generally, when establishing the first national limits energy will decrease the demand demand peaks above what the on carbon pollution from coal-fired and production of energy sources utility generates from baseload power plants, the Clean Power that pollute our air and have power sources like coal-fired power Plan (CPP) will spark exponential negative impacts on public health. plants, the additional power must growth and demand for renewable be generated or purchased at a energy nationwide. At the federal In the 2016 session, the bill much higher price, a cost which level, tax credits for producing introduced by Sen. Mimi Stewart, is incorporated into your power and investing in renewable energy SB 13 (and its House companion, bill. By lowering or eliminating production have recently been introduced by Rep. Sarah Maestas- the amount of additional power extended until 2020. We can expect Barnes, HB 26) would have done that needs to be purchased at the to see a nationwide uptick in two simple things: raised the cap of premium peaking rates, the price of investments in renewable energy available credits to $5 million per electricity goes down for everyone that should correspond with the year and extended the credit until on the grid whether they have solar increased demand as states begin 2021. Sadly for New Mexicans, the panels on their home or not. to reduce their carbon pollution as measure to extend the tax credit required by the CPP. That means was a casualty of a decimated state The way that the residential tax the window of opportunity for budget in 2016. credit works in New Mexico is by New Mexico to position itself as a allowing homeowners to apply for nationwide leader in clean energy Consumer-based credits such as the tax credit up to a certain overall technology development and the Solar Market Development Tax monetary cap (generally a few generation is upon us. Credit give homeowners a break million dollars). Once the available when they put solar panels on the funds have been hit, the cap is The residential and agricultural roof of their home. It’s a relatively exhausted and the tax credit isn’t solar tax credits have been an simple tax mechanism that makes available any more for that calendar unqualified success for the rooftop solar available to a more year. state of New Mexico. It is only families. Nationwide, the average in the last two years that the household income of families * https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/ solar tax credit has faltered. In installing solar is $40-$90,000 per green/report/2013/10/21/76013/solar- the 2015 legislative session, the year.* power-to-the-people-the-rise-of-rooftop- conservation community and solar-among-the-middle-class/ CVNM members and supporters banded together to get the
5 2015-2016 stories + themes
he 2015 and 2016 legislative fuel industry funded interests the community is aware of the Tsessions were each dramatic and think tanks such as the Koch issue, and willing to speak about and tumultuous in their own brothers, billionaire polluter it, our role is to help facilitate, step ways. They represented a sharp tycoons, and the American back and listen. break with the recent past as the Legislative Exchange Council State House of Representatives (ALEC). These bills come in the Working with communities changed from Democrat to form of various types of taxes to ensure that their voices are Republican control for the first and tariffs on solar installers, the ones heard in the Capitol is time since 1962, resulting in a very cleverly worded “greenwashed” key to addressing the myriad different strategy for CVNM and bills conferring generous tax environmental injustices around environmental allies in the State breaks for the oil and gas industry, the state. From the uranium Capitol. The House saw a drastic and studies to investigate seizing legacy waste issues in Western increase in anti-conservation federal lands for state or private New Mexico, to the respiratory legislation beginning in 2015 and interests. CVNM and our ally health crisis in the South Valley as a result the Senate became an organizations in the conservation of Albuquerque, to the methane important battleground to stop community were able to stop these hotspot in the Four Corners area, anti-conservation measures. This types of regionally and nationally New Mexico communities are (and trend would likely have continued coordinated measures in New have been) desperately in need in the short budget session in 2016 Mexico in 2015 and 2016. of more focus from legislators had the state budget not collapsed. in Santa Fe. Finding more ways The lack of funding meant that Despite the challenges, this to elevate community voices is both pro- and anti-conservation legislature was not without its a priority for CVNM moving bills wound up together on the positive trends and compelling forward. cutting room floor. moments. In response to the introduction of a bill that would As difficult as the outlook may The partisan division in the tie clean up funding for uranium occasionally appear, the prospects representation of conservation legacy sites to new uranium for environmental policy in the values continues to be a mining and extraction, CVNM State Capitol show clear paths disappointment in New Mexico. and the Environmental Alliance forward to success. Renewable Decades of investment in the of New Mexico worked to bring energy is starting to gain traction Republican Party by extractive organizers from the impacted as a commonly accepted benefit industry interests continue to communities to come to the for the state. We’re even seeing the pay off, as Republicans side with Capitol and share their stories occasional Republican step up to industry the overwhelming with the legislators who were help ensure that New Mexico stays majority of the time, sacrificing sponsoring the bill. At the end on track to be a national leader in protection of public health and the of a long day of meetings, the renewable energy. But the most environment. advocates were able to secure important advantage that we have commitments from both co- is the fact that conservation values Additionally, we’re beginning to sponsors that the bill would not span all corners of the state, and see bills aimed at suppressing the move in 2016. This represents a all demographics. Conservation spread of renewable energy in the model approach for dealing with is a New Mexico value, and we’re state that are fairly transparently legislation that has environmental proud to carry that message to the coordinated by national level fossil impacts on communities. Where State Capitol.
6 New Mexico State Land Office: Aubrey Dunn and the Politics of Pollution
tate trust lands were gas captured from state lands. granted to New Mexico Requiring the industry to capture by the federal government a higher percentage of that gas around the time it was (instead of burning or wasting Sgranted statehood. The New it) will result in more taxable gas, Mexico State Land Office is in helping the state dig out of its charge of managing budget hole. the rules represented “federal 9 million acres of state trust overreach and intrusion” into lands to provide a stable source The rules would also have state affairs. Dunn isn’t trying to of funding for education, the effect of preventing more protect New Mexico, he’s trying hospitals and other important methane gas and carbon to protect the profit margins of public institutions in the state dioxide from reaching the wealthy oil and gas developers. of New Mexico. In this respect, atmosphere and contributing Dunn’s opposition to this the state trust lands are like any to global warming. Methane common sense regulation other public land: they’re here is currently responsible for of the oil and gas industry is for our shared benefit. The Land approximately one quarter of particularly offensive given Office’s website confirms as the global warming that the his comments on the potential much, saying “The Land Office world is currently experiencing. necessity of gas tax increases seeks to optimize revenues while This is because methane is an on everyday New Mexicans protecting the health of the land atmospheric “super pollutant,” in order to address the state’s for future generations.” trapping heat in the atmosphere budget crisis. Aubrey Dunn is 80 times more efficiently than saying that we should impose an Given the mandate and past carbon dioxide . This is a crucial additional tax burden on nearly practice of the Land Office, the part of these rules. Climate every single person in the state role of the land office in the change has already begun to hit of New Mexico, rather than management of state trust lands New Mexico, and we can expect require the oil and gas industry is relatively simple: get the most those impacts to intensify in to clean up its act. These are not value out in a way that doesn’t the coming years unless drastic the words of someone who is degrade the land or preclude action is taken to curb emissions looking out for the best interests other uses down the line. of methane and carbon dioxide. of New Mexicans.
In January 2016, the Bureau of Given the role of the Land The state trust lands are ours, and Land Management proposed Office, and the important role have considerable value beyond new rules that would require these methane rules will play in our ability to extract mineral producers of oil and gas to New Mexico, it was baffling and profit for public institutions. New take measures to minimize frustrating to hear State Land Mexicans deserve to have our the amount of natural gas that Commissioner Aubrey Dunn state trust lands administered they burn off (“flare”) or simply come out in opposition to these carefully, responsibly, and in release (“vent”) in to the air. This rules in April. Commissioner a politically neutral manner. rule (and EPA’s complementary Dunn “strenuously objected” Aubrey Dunn isn’t doing that, rule) would have obvious to the rules, but not out of any and is instead indicating that he’s benefits. It would help the state’s concern for the wellbeing of more interested in protecting oil budget shortfall by directing state trust lands or beneficiaries. and gas shareholders than New more money in to state coffers. Instead, Dunn fell back on Mexicans. The state currently collects a Republican party talking points severance tax of 3.75% on oil and to defend his position, saying that Grade: F 7 SB 421 (Ingle) AIR QUALITY Conservation 2015 Limit Local Gov’t & Zoning Commissions HB 186 (McQueen) would have removed municipal or Pesticide Application Notices would Vote Descriptions county governments’ authority to have required notice of pesticide regulate mining and agricultural application in public buildings or on operations in addition to oil and gas public grounds, except those used for ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE activities. commercial agriculture. HB 366 (Gentry) Conservation vote: Oppose Conservation Vote: Support Oil & Gas State Preemption would Outcome: SB 421 died in the Senate Conservation Outcome: HB 186 died in the House Energy, have invalidated any county and Committee. Environment and Natural Resources Committee. municipality ordinance relating to oil and gas laws. WATER EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT Conservation Vote: Oppose SB 455 (Cervantes/Rue) HB 299 (Larrañaga) Outcome: HB 366 passed the House (37-28) and New Mexico Unit Reports to Legislature Public-Private Partnership Act was died in the Senate Conservation Committee. • SB 455 required that the Interstate a sweeping measure that would Stream Commission (ISC) provide a privatize public entities that are HB 445 (Scott) written report to the Legislature by most appropriately developed and Reduce Renewable Portfolio Standards November 1, 2015 that demonstrates maintained by public entities such as sought to weaken the state’s renewable the NM CAP Entity has the technical, water and sewage systems. portfolio standard by removing the legal and financial capacity to design, Conservation Vote: Oppose requirement that utilities produce 20% build, operate and maintain the Gila Outcome: HB 299 passed the House (38-27) and of their energy from renewable sources River diversion project (“NM Unit”) died in the Senate Judiciary Committee. by the year 2020. under the Arizona Water Settlements Conservation Vote: Oppose Act (AWSA). HB 340 (Brown) Outcome: HB 445 passed the House (33-32) and • SB 542 would have required public Change Certain Voter ID Requirements died in the Senate Conservation Committee. participation, greater transparency would have likely disenfranchised and accountability from the voters, especially minority and SB 94 (McSorley) Interstate Stream Commission in elderly voters who are often most Industrial Hemp Farming Act its expenditures of AWSA federal disproportionately impacted by the This bill would provide for licensing funding. A Senate Conservation effects of pollution and environmental of the growing, selling and processing Committee substitute for SB 455 was injustice. of industrial hemp in New Mexico. offered which included provisions of Conservation Vote: Oppose Conservation vote: Support SB 542. Outcome: HB 340 passed the House (37-29) and Outcome: SB 94 passed the Senate (33-8) and Conservation Vote: Support died in the Senate Rules Committee. passed the House (54-12) but was vetoed by the Outcome: The Conservation Committee Substitute Governor on April 10, 2015. for SB 455 died in Senate Judiciary Committee. SB 219 (Cotter) Expiration of Rules Under SB 219, all SB 391 (Stewart) HB 87 (Ezzell) rules on the books (except taxation Extend Solar Market Development Tax Water Quality Control Commission Meetings rules) would have been repealed Credit would extend the existing would have provided the Water unless state agencies chose to retain 10% tax credit for the installation Quality Control Commission with them, potentially depriving New of commercial, residential and overly broad authority to decide the Mexicans of their fundamental right agricultural solar systems, which is set location of public hearings that they to express support or opposition to to expire December 31, 2016. conduct. the wholesale repeal of rules that Conservation vote: Support Conservation Vote: Oppose govern critical functions of state Outcome: SB 391 passed the Senate (37-5) and Outcome: HB 87 passed the House (43-21) and died government. passed the House (39-24) but was pocket vetoed by in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Conservation Vote: Oppose the Governor. Outcome: SB 219 died in the Senate Rules Committee.
8 WILDLIFE & HABITAT SB 253 (Moores/Steinborn) HB 564 (Wooley) CONSERVATION Prohibit & Define Coyote Killing Contest Right to Farm and Operations as Nuisance HB 154 (Steinborn) prohibited contests for the purposes would have weakened a citizen’s Local Gov’t Review of Business Leases of coyote killing. It would have had right to legally respond when they sought to provide needed oversight no effect on hunting for fur or even have been impacted by the effects and transparency for state land trophies. of pollution caused by agricultural business leases by requiring that Conservation Vote: Support operations. the affected local government(s) Outcome: SB 253 passed the Senate 27-13, then Conservation Vote: Oppose review them and make appropriate died in the House Agriculture, Water and Wildlife Outcome: HB 564 passed the House (35-29) and recommendations before the Committee. died in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Commissioner of Public Lands can finalize them. HM 74 (Roch) SB 677 (McSorley) Conservation Vote: Support Protect State Land from Chicken Listing Private Right of Action afforded Outcome: HB 154 died in the House Business and represented an attempt to prevent the landowners or other affected parties Employment Committee. listing of the Lesser Prairie Chicken a private right of action to pursue from listing under the Endangered enforcement of environmental laws HB 291/SB 483 (Herrell, Sharer) Species Act (ESA) in order to protect against violators or agencies who are NM Federal Land Management Study revenues from state trust lands. failing to enforce existing law. Commission HB 291 and SB 483 Conservation Vote: Oppose Conservation Vote: Support would have created a 17-member Outcome: HM 74 passed the House (31-22). Outcome: SB 677 died in the Senate Conservation commission to study the possibility Memorials and resolutions do not require action by Committee. of transferring federal public lands the Governor. to state control. HB 291 and SB 483 SB 467 (Wirth) attempted to violate the Constitution ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Change Interstate Stream Commission by promoting the transfer of federal HB 188 (Smith/Sapien) Members would have depoliticized public lands to state control. Sand & Gravel Mining Violation Penalties water planning and management Conservation Vote: Oppose would have strengthened penalties in New Mexico by limiting the Outcome: HB 291 died in the House Judiciary for violation of county ordinances number of appointments from the Committee. SB 483 died in the Senate Conservation regulating the mining of sand, gravel Governor’s office to the Interstate Committee. and related materials. Currently, Stream Commission to four members these are some of the more poorly- and by requiring that no single HB 468 (Roch) regulated and least-enforced political party have more than four State Sovereignty Over State Trust Wildlife extractive industries. members. Additionally, the bill attempted to unconstitutionally Conservation Vote: Support required professional qualifications of remove the federal government’s Outcome: HB 188 died in the House Energy, appointees in water resources fields ability to protect the Lesser Prairie Environment and Natural Resources Committee. and representation by a variety of Chicken under the Endangered water users across the state. Species Act or any other treaty or HB 494/SB 610 (Louis, Shendo) Conservation Vote: Support regulation. Community Health Study Fund & Uranium Outcome: Passed Senate (28-13) – died on House Conservation Vote: Oppose Mining There is currently no process Calendar. Outcome: HB 468 died in the House Judiciary in place to study the impacts that Committee. uranium contamination has had on the quality of health over time. HB 494 and SB 610 began to address this by creating a community health study fund, paid for by fines assessed to companies directly responsible for contamination. Conservation Vote: Support Outcome: HB 494 died in the House Health Committee. SB 610 died in the Senate Conservation Committee. 9 HB 285/SB 34 (Gentry; Kernan) Conservation Vote: Oppose Conservation 2016 Tax Rate Differential For Certain Oil Outcome: HJR 8 was defeated in the House These bills would have extended a Judiciary Committee (8-3). Vote Descriptions reduction in the severance tax to oil and other liquid hydrocarbons HJR 9: (Bandy/Tripp) Energy & Climate Change removed from natural gas produced Convention of States HB 26/SB 13 (Maestas Barnes/ Stewart) from a recovery project that involved HJR 9 sought to amend the Solar Market Development Tax Credit the application of anthropogenic Constitution of the United States Changes has helped many New (human produced) carbon dioxide. to impose certain restraints on the Mexicans invest in solar energy, Conservation Vote: Oppose federal government. By limiting the improving the environment and Outcome: HB 285 passed the House (59-7) but died power and jurisdiction of the federal public health by reducing the in the Senate Finance Committee. SB 34 died in the government, one possibility was demand for coal-fired electricity. Senate Finance Committee. that the state may have revoked the Conservation Vote: Support federal jurisdiction over public lands, Outcome: HB 26 died in the House Ways and Means Hazardous Waste and thus gained control to manage, Committee. SB 13 died in the Senate Corporations SB 76 (Neville) develop or sell public lands. and Transportation Committee. Lead in Sale of Recycled Metals Act Conservation Vote: Oppose This bill adds lead and lead-based Outcome: HJR 9 passed the House (36-27), but HB 107 (Strickler) products (such as lead-acid batteries) died in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Reduced Tax Rate For Certain Oil & Gas to the products regulated by the Wells would have given a tax break to Recycled Metals Act. It helps to ensure Water operators of oil and gas wells that are that lead is disposed of in a way that SB 248: (Morales) late in their production life cycles and minimizes its environmental impact. Fund Grant County Water Supply From NM produce very small amounts of oil Conservation Vote: Support Unit and gas. This was a bail out of the oil Outcome: SB 76 passed the Senate (41-0) and the SB 248 would have improved and and gas industry at the expense of the House (59-0). The bill was signed by the Governor augmented water supplies to serve tax-paying public. on March 4, 2016. 26,000 people in central Grant Conservation Vote: Oppose County. This bill was revenue neutral Outcome: HB 107 died in the House Ways and HM 40/SM 34: (Brown/Garcia Richard; and met the long-term water supply Means Committee. Cisneros) needs of 90% of Grant County Eddy-Lea Energy Alliance Storage Facility population at a fraction of the cost of HB 175/SB 104 (D. M. Gallegos/Dodge; These memorials authorize the Eddy- the Gila River diversion project. C. Sanchez) Lea Energy Alliance to construct a Conservation Vote: Support Renewable Energy Tax Credit Eligibility consolidated interim storage facility Outcome: SB 248 died in the Senate Finance HB 175 and SB 104 would have for the storage of spent nuclear fuel Committee. encouraged an increase in the rods from commercial (for-profit) production of renewable energy. nuclear power generation plants. HB 111: (Townsend) This bill made important changes to Conservation Vote: Oppose Crop Dusting Tanks as Above Ground and extended the state version of the Outcome: HM 40 passed the House (50-17). SM Storage HB 111 would have exempted Production Tax Credit. 34 passed the Senate (27-10). Memorials and above ground tanks used to store CVNM Position: Support resolutions do not require action by the Governor airplane fuel from environmental Outcome: HB 175 died in the House Ways and protection laws if each tank was less Means Committee. SB 104 died in the Senate Good Government than 10,000 gallons. Corporations and Transportation Committee. HJR 8 (Bandy/Ca. Trujillo) Appointment Conservation Vote: Oppose of PRC Members, CA Outcome: HB 111 died in the Senate Judiciary HJR 8 called for a constitutional Committee. amendment to replace the elected Public Regulation Commission (PRC) with a commission appointed by the governor, with certain safeguards in place to prevent overly-political appointment. 10 About the Scorecard
Conservation Voters New Mexico’s 2015- only public indication of a legislator’s position Wherever possible, the votes included in the 2016 Conservation Scorecard provides on a measure. In all cases, the actual vote Scorecard were taken on the floor of the House objective, non-partisan information included in the Scorecard is detailed in the vote or Senate, where every legislator’s position about the conservation voting records of description. can be represented. However, some of the all members of the 51st Legislature of the most important actions are taken in legislative State of New Mexico. Scorecards are a clear We encourage you to read the descriptions committees on measures that never reach the and comprehensive way for you to see how you of each vote to determine how well your floor. In these cases, CVNM has presented the are being represented on issues that matter to legislators represented you on the issues and relevant committee votes, and the positions of you. bills that are most important to you. legislators who do not serve on those particular committees are not indicated. Vote Selection CVNM Priority Votes Each vote was selected solely on the basis Let’s face it: not all votes are equal. Some votes If the sponsor of a measure does not serve on of the conservation values embodied in the are more critical than others, either because a committee for which a vote is being scored, legislation. In preparing this Scorecard, we of the issues at stake or the personal courage their sponsorship is considered representative sought input from legislative and conservation required of legislators who take the pro- of their position, and is recorded with a ‘+’ or leaders; however, responsibility for the conservation position. Here, we try to represent ‘-’, as appropriate. If a legislator was excused final set of selected votes rests entirely with the most critical measures by classifying them from the vote included in the Scorecard, but Conservation Voters New Mexico (CVNM). as “priority” votes, with this symbol : ! . The previously cast a vote on the measure—in value of these priority votes is doubled in the committee, for example—their prior position Thousands of votes are taken during a Scorecard. is recorded in the Scorecard, as long as the vote legislative session in New Mexico. Many is substantially the same. of these votes represent overwhelming Recording the Votes agreement on non-controversial issues or If a legislator voted in support of the pro- amendments. To provide better insight into conservation position, his or her vote is the various positions of our legislators, CVNM recorded on the chart as ‘+’; votes against tends to select measures that illustrate the the conservation position are indicated with key debates and fierce disagreement over ‘-’. If a legislator was excused from voting, conservation policy in the state. this is noted by an ‘e’, and the vote does not count positively or negatively towards their CVNM selected the most critical votes on final score. If a legislator was not excused each issue. In some cases, a vote on an from voting but chose not to vote, they are amendment to a bill or a procedural motion recorded as ‘absent’ (a). Unexcused absenses was more important than voting on the bill are calculated in the legislator’s score as an itself. In others, a procedural motion is the anti-conservation vote.
How to Read the Scorecard
Legislator’s 2013-14 Lifetime District Number Score Score Anti-Conservation Vote Pro-Conservation Vote
28 Smith , Joe (R) 79% 86% e - + + + e + 34 Martinez, Maria (D) 32% 20% - - + a - + -
Legislator’s Party Excused absence. Unexcused absence. Legislator did not cast a Affiliation Not calculated in the Calculated in the legislator’s vote on this measure. legislator’s score. score as an anti-conservation vote. 11 2015 2016 Energy & Energy Change Climate Hazardous Waste Good Govt. Water & Energy Change Climate Water Government Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Environmental Justice ! ! ! !! ! District Senator 2015-2016 LIFETIME SB 13 SB 104 SB 34 HB 285 SB 76 SM 34 HJR 9 SB 248 HB 111 HB 445 SB 94 SB 391 SB 421 SB 455/SB 542 HB 87 SB 219 HB 291 SB 483 SB 253 HB 188 SB 610 HB 564 SB 677 SB 467 39 Barela, Ted (R) 33% 33% + - - 19 Beffort, Sue Wilson (R) 67% 42% + - - + + + 40 Brandt, Craig (R) 43% 35% + - + - -- + 33 Burt, William (R) 50% 34% + - + + - - 8 Campos, Pete (D) 83% 70% + a + + + + 26 Candelaria, Jacob (D) 91% 88% + + + + + + - + + + 31 Cervantes, Joseph (D) 80% 76% + + + - + + + + + + + + + - - + 6 Cisneros, Carlos (D) 83% 78% + - + + + + 36 Cotter, Lee (R) 10% 6% - - + a -- - - - 39 Griego, Phil (D) n/a 50% e + + + + e - e e e 34 Griggs, Ron (R) 33% 33% a - + + - e - 27 Ingle, Stuart (R) 17% 23% + - - - + - --- - 15 Ivey-Soto, Daniel (D) 89% 75% + + - + + + e + e + 42 Kernan, Gay (R) 57% 28% - + - + + + e - 41 Leavell, Carroll (R) 33% 24% + - - + - - 11 Lopez, Linda (D) 80% 83% + a - + + + + + + 5 Martinez, Richard (D) 65% 62% + + + - + - + + + e + - - e - + 16 McSorley, Cisco (D) 100% 99% + + + + + + + 21 Moores, Mark (R) 25% 19% - - + - - + - - - + - 28 Morales, Howie (D) 100% 77% + + + + + e + 4 Munoz, George (D) 67% 50% + - + + - + 2 Neville, Steven (R) 67% 35% + - + + + - 13 O’Neill, Bill (D) 86% 93% + a + + + + + 12 Ortiz y Pino, Gerald (D) 90% 88% + - e + + + + + + + 14 Padilla, Michael (D) 86% 75% - e + + + + + + 38 Papen, Mary Kay (D) 50% 45% - - + - + + - + + 20 Payne, William (R) 30% 25% + + + - - - - - + - - - + --- 3 Pinto, John (D) 83% 71% + - + + + + 32 Pirtle, Cliff (R) 20% 16% + - - + - --- - SENATE SCORECARD SENATE
24 Rodriguez, Nancy (D) 100% 90% + + + + + + 23 Rue, Sander (R) 54% 33% - - + - - - + + + - + + 10 Ryan, John (R) 45% 34% + + + - - - + + + - - - + --- 30 Sanchez, Clemente (D) 77% 66% + - - + - + + + + + + + 29 Sanchez, Michael (D) 100% 95% + + + + + e e + + 9 Sapien, John (D) 63% 65% - - + a + + e + + 1 Sharer, William (R) 10% 17% - + - - + ------e - 22 Shendo, Jr., Benny (D) 59% 57% - - + - + + + + e - + + - - + 35 Smith, John Arthur (D) 67% 40% + - + + - + 37 Soules, Bill (D) 100% 97% + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 17 Stewart, Mimi (D) 100% 99% + + + + + + + + + + + 18 Torraco, Lisa (R) 67% 46% + - + + + - 2015-2016 12 25 Wirth, Peter (D) 100% 99% + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 7 Woods, Pat (R) 35% 31% + e + --- r - + - + - - - - + Energy & Energy Change Climate Hazardous Waste Good Govt. Water & Energy Change Climate Water Government Wildlife & Habitat Conservation Environmental Justice ! ! ! !! ! District Senator 2015-2016 LIFETIME SB 13 SB 104 SB 34 HB 285 SB 76 SM 34 HJR 9 SB 248 HB 111 HB 445 SB 94 SB 391 SB 421 SB 455/SB 542 HB 87 SB 219 HB 291 SB 483 SB 253 HB 188 SB 610 HB 564 SB 677 SB 467 39 Barela, Ted (R) 33% 33% + - - 19 Beffort, Sue Wilson (R) 67% 42% + - - + + + 40 Brandt, Craig (R) 43% 35% + - + - -- + 33 Burt, William (R) 50% 34% + - + + - - 8 Campos, Pete (D) 83% 70% + a + + + + 26 Candelaria, Jacob (D) 91% 88% + + + + + + - + + + 31 Cervantes, Joseph (D) 80% 76% + + + - + + + + + + + + + - - + 6 Cisneros, Carlos (D) 83% 78% + - + + + + 36 Cotter, Lee (R) 10% 6% - - + a -- - - - 39 Griego, Phil (D) n/a 50% e + + + + e - e e e 34 Griggs, Ron (R) 33% 33% a - + + - e - 27 Ingle, Stuart (R) 17% 23% + - - - + - --- - 15 Ivey-Soto, Daniel (D) 89% 75% + + - + + + e + e + 42 Kernan, Gay (R) 57% 28% - + - + + + e - 41 Leavell, Carroll (R) 33% 24% + - - + - - 11 Lopez, Linda (D) 80% 83% + a - + + + + + + 5 Martinez, Richard (D) 65% 62% + + + - + - + + + e + - - e - + 16 McSorley, Cisco (D) 100% 99% + + + + + + + 21 Moores, Mark (R) 25% 19% - - + - - + - - - + - SENATE100% 28 Morales, Howie (D) 100% 77% + + + + + e + 4 Munoz, George (D) 67% 50% + - + + - + 2 Neville, Steven (R) 67% 35% + - + + + - 13 O’Neill, Bill (D) 86% 93% + a + + + + + CHAMPIONS 12 Ortiz y Pino, Gerald (D) 90% 88% + - e + + + + + + + 14 Padilla, Michael (D) 86% 75% - e + + + + + + Each of the following legislators earned a 100% score in the 2015- 38 Papen, Mary Kay (D) 50% 45% - - + - + + - + + 2016 Conservation Scorecard. We applaud their commitment to 20 Payne, William (R) 30% 25% + + + - - - - - + - - - + --- protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink and the land 3 Pinto, John (D) 83% 71% + - + + + + where we live and play! 32 Pirtle, Cliff (R) 20% 16% + - - + - --- - 24 Rodriguez, Nancy (D) 100% 90% + + + + + + Senate: 23 Rue, Sander (R) 54% 33% - - + - - - + + + - + + 10 Ryan, John (R) 45% 34% + + + - - - + + + - - - + --- Cisco McSorley 30 Sanchez, Clemente (D) 77% 66% + - - + - + + + + + + + Howie Morales 29 Sanchez, Michael (D) 100% 95% + + + + + e e + + 9 Sapien, John (D) 63% 65% - - + a + + e + + Nancy Rodriguez 1 Sharer, William (R) 10% 17% - + - - + ------e - Michael Sanchez 22 Shendo, Jr., Benny (D) 59% 57% - - + - + + + + e - + + - - + 35 Smith, John Arthur (D) 67% 40% + - + + - + William Soules 37 Soules, Bill (D) 100% 97% + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Mimi Stewart 17 Stewart, Mimi (D) 100% 99% + + + + + + + + + + + 18 Torraco, Lisa (R) 67% 46% + - + + + - Peter Wirth
25 Wirth, Peter (D) 100% 99% + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + 13 7 Woods, Pat (R) 35% 31% + e + --- r - + - + - - - - + 14 60 9Adkins, David (R) 29 lo,Eie e D 0 76% 90% Alcon, Eliseo Lee (D) 6 7Amtog eoa D 9 86% 89% Armstrong, (D) Deborah 17 Bloao lno()1%16% 12% Baldonado, Alonzo (R) 8 Bandy, Paul (R) 3 5Brown, (R) Cathrynn 55 8Chasey, (D) Gail 18 lhhshlig,Sao R 2 14% 12% Clahchischilliage, Sharon (R) 4 56 Cook, Zachary (R) Cook, Zachary 56 3Codr adl()1%13% 10% Crowder, (R) Randal 53 0Dines, Jim(R) 20 3Dodge, George (D) 63 7Egolf, Brian(D) 47 9 Espinoza, Nora (R) 59 8Ezl,CnySec R %20% 5% Ezzell, (R) CandySpence 58 Fajardo, Kelly (R) 7 1Gallegos, David (R) 61 2 algs oen()8%67% 82% Gallegos, Doreen (D) 52 3Gri ihr,Sehne()9%85% 94% Garcia Richard, Stephanie (D) 43 4Garcia, Miguel(D) 14 0Gentry, Nate (R) 30 4Gmz elun()6%61% 62% Gomez, (D) Bealquin 34 2 ozls oet Bby D 0 73% 70% Gonzales, Roberto “Bobby” (D) 42 8Hall, Jimmie(R) 28 8Hmlo,Dan ilr()na30% n/a Hamilton, Miller(R) Dianne 38 7Harper, Jason(R) 57 51 32 Irwin, Dona (D) Dona Irwin, 32 4James, Conrad (R) 24 ono,D od D 0%100% 100% Johnson, D. Wonda (D) 5 27 Larrañaga, Larry (R) Larrañaga, Larry 27 1LcuaTn,Iai D 0 0 + + + + - + + + 90% 90% Lechuga-Tena, Idalia (D) 21 3Little, (R) Rick, 53 6Lus eree()10 100% 100% Louis, Georgene (D) 2015-201626 HOUSE SCORECARD District Lewis,(R) Tim Herrell, Yvette(R) Representative 0%94% 100% 0%96% 100% 1 21% 11% 4 20% 14% 0 29% 10% 0 12% 10% 7 50% 47% 3 8 + + + + + + + + + + a - e + + 98% 93% 7 12% 17% 9 9 - - + + - - - - + - + - + - + 19% 29% 3 15% 13% 0 13% 10% 2 38% 32% 7 24% 17% 7 28% 17% %15% 5% %18% 6% %19% 6% %1%--+-+------+ - + - - 16% 8% %28% 6% %26% 6% 2015-2016
LIFETIME 2015
HB 26 ! ! Energy & Climate Change HB 107
- + + + + - + - + - + HB 175 + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + e e - a - - - - e - + e - e e e - e e e e e - - + - - - - - + - - - + - - - - + - + - + + + + + + + + - + - + + + + + + + + + - - - + - - - - - + - - - + ------+ ------+ - - - + - - - - - + - - - + - - - - - + - - - + ------+ ------+ - - - + - - - - - a - - + + - - - - - + - - + + + + a + + + - - + + + + + + - + - - + + + + + + - + ------+ - - + + - - - - - e - - - + - - - - - + - - + + + e - + - + - - + ------+ ------+ - - + + - - - - - + - HB 285
SB 76 Hazardous Waste
HM 40
HJR 8/ 18 Effective Government HJR 9
HB 111 Water 2016
HB 366 ! ! Energy & Climate Change HB 445
SB 94
SB 391
HB 87 Water
HB 186 Air Quality + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - - + + - + e - + + + + + + - - - - e e e ! e ------e ------e ------e ------HB 299 Effective Government HB 340
HB 154 Habitat & Wildlife HB 291 ! ! Conservation e + + e + + + + + + + e + + - - e e e e - - e - - e - - HB 291
HB 468
HB 468
SB 253 - + + + + + + + + e e ------HM 74
HB 188 Environmental Justice HB 188 + + + + - - HB 494 + + + + + + + ------HB 564 60 1LcuaTn,Iai D 0 0 + + + + - 100% 100% + + + 90% Louis, Georgene (D) 26 90% Little, (R) Rick, 53 100% 100% Lechuga-Tena, Idalia (D) 21 (R) Larrañaga, Larry 27 Johnson,D. Wonda (D) 5 James, Conrad (R) 24 (D) Dona Irwin, 30% 32 n/a 51 Harper, Jason(R) 61% 57 Hamilton, Miller(R) Dianne 62% 73% 38 Hall, Jimmie(R) 70% 28 Gonzales, Roberto “Bobby” (D) 42 Gomez, (D) Bealquin 67% 34 85% Gentry, Nate (R) 82% 30 94% Garcia, Miguel(D) 14 Garcia Richard, Stephanie (D) 20% 43 Gallegos, Doreen (D) 5% 52 Gallegos, David (R) 61 Fajardo, Kelly (R) 7 Ezzell, (R) CandySpence 58 13% Espinoza, Nora (R) 59 10% Egolf, Brian(D) 47 Dodge, George (D) 63 Dines, Jim(R) 14% 20 Crowder, (R) Randal 12% 53 (R) Cook, Zachary 56 Clahchischilliage, Sharon (R) 16% 4 Chasey, (D) Gail 12% 18 76% 86% Brown, (R) Cathrynn 90% 55 89% Bandy, Paul (R) 3 Baldonado, Alonzo (R) 8 Armstrong, (D) Deborah 17 Alcon, Eliseo Lee (D) 6 Adkins, David (R) 29 District Lewis,(R) Tim Herrell, Yvette(R) Representative 0%96% 100% 94% 100% 1 21% 11% 9 9 - - + + 28% 17% - - - - 24% + 17% + 38% - 32% + + + 15% 13% + - + + + - + + + 19% + 29% + a - 12% e 17% + + 98% 93% 50% 47% 12% 10% 29% 10% 20% 14% 0 13% 10%
%1%--+-+------26% - 6% - - - - 28% - 6% + - + - - 16% 8% 19% 6% 18% 6% 15% 5% 2015-2016
LIFETIME
HB 26 ! ! Energy & Climate Change HB 107
- + + + + - + - + - + HB 175 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + + + + + + - e e e - e e e e e e - a - - - - e - + e + + + + + + + + e + e - - + - - - - - + - - + + - - - - + - - - + - - + + - - + + + - e - - - - - + - - - - + + - - - - e + - + ------+ - - - + ------+ - - - + - - - - + ------+ - - + - + ------+ ------+ - + - + + - - + + - + + - - + + - + + + + - - + + - - - + - + - + + - + - - a - + - + ------+ - - - + + - - - - - + - - - - - a - - - - + ------+ + - - + - + - - + + - + - + + - - - + - + + - + + - - + + + + - - + + + - + - + - - HB 285
SB 76 Hazardous Waste
HM 40
HJR 8/ 18 Effective Government HJR 9
HB 111 Water
HB 366 ! ! Energy & Climate Change HB 445
SB 94
SB 391
HB 87 Water
HB 186 Air Quality - + + - e - - - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + - - - - e e e ! - - e e ------e ------e ------HB 299 Effective Government HB 340
HB 154 Habitat & Wildlife HB 291 ! ! Conservation + + + + + e + + e + + e + + - - e e e e - - e e - - - - HB 291
HB 468
HB 468
SB 253 + + + - + + + + + e e ------HM 74
HB 188 Environmental Justice HB 188 + + + + - - HB 494 + + + + + + + ------HB 564 15 16 udto,Ptii D 7 64% 67% Lundstrom, Patricia (D) 9 5Mdln,JmsRgr()10 78% 100% JamesRoger(D) Madalena, 65 6Mets noi Me D 5 83% 95% Maestas, Antonio “Moe” (D) 16 5MetsBre,Srh()3%3%+-+e+----+-+e- e + - + - - - - + e + - + 38% 36% (R) Maestas-Barnes, Sarah 15 1Me,Sehne()10 100% 100% Maez, Stephanie (D) 21 1Mrie,Jve D 6 5 + + + + + + + + + + - + + + 95% 96% Javier (D) Martinez, 11 9Mrie,W e D 9 84% 89% Martinez, W. Ken (D) 69 3McCamley, Bill(D) 33 37 0MQen ate D 2 1 + - + + + + + + + + - + + + 91% 92% Matthew McQueen, (D) 50 Montoya, Rod(R) 1 6Nunez, Andy (R) 36 3 Pacheco, Paul (R) 23 4Pwrl-ubr,Jn R 1 17% 11% Powdrell-Culbert, Jane(R) 44 31 67 Roch, Dennis (R) Roch, Dennis 67 41 Rodella, Debbie (D) Rodella,Debbie 41 0Rmr,G nrs()9%90% 94% Romero, G.Andres (D) 10 3Rya aalr,Ptii D 0%100% 100% Roybal Caballero, Patricia (D) 13 2Rioa arco()7%67% 75% Ruiloba, Patricio (D) 12 0Salazar, Nick(D) 40 70 62 Scott, Larry (R) Scott, Larry 62 22 Smith, James(R) Smith, 22 9 tpeo,Sey ilas()8%72% 80% Stapleton,Williams Sheryl (D) 19 5Steinborn, Jeff(D) 35 Strickler, James(R) 2 4Twsn,Jms()1%1%--+-+-----+--- - - + - - - - - + - + - - 14% 13% Townsend, James(R) 54 9Tripp, (R) Don 49 6Trujillo, Carl(D) 46 5Tuil,Crsie()9%87% 94% Trujillo, Christine(D) 25 5Trujillo, Jim(D) 45 8Vrl,Lcao“uk”()8%87% 80% Varela, Luciano “Lucky” (D) 48 6Wooley, (R) Bob 66 8Yuglo,Mnc R %4% 0% Youngblood, (R) Monica 68 9Zmemn on()1%14% 11% John(R) Zimmerman, 39 2015-2016 HOUSE SCORECARD District McMillan, Terry(R) Rehm, William “Bill”(R) Rehm, Salazar, Tomás(D) Representative 0%9%++++++++++++++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 98% 100% 0 74% 80% 5 14% 15% 7 28% 37% 8 24% 28% 9 70% 89% 0 65% 60% 3 77% 93% 3 4 - - - + - - - - - + - + - - 14% 13% 4 21% 24% 1 28% 11% 2 62% 72% 2 65% 82% 0 21% 10% %10% 6% %25% 9% %29% 6% %1%--+-+------+ - + - - 14% 8% 2015-2016
LIFETIME 2015
HB 26 ! ! Energy & Climate Change HB 107
HB 175 e + + e + + e + + + + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + e - + - + + + + + + + + + + - + + + + + + + e - e - - a + + + + + a e - - a + ------e ------+ - - - + - - - - - + - - + - + - - - + - + - - - + - - - - - + - - a + - - - - - e - - + + + - - - - + - + + + + + + + - + - + + + + + + + + + - - + - + + + e - + - e e e e e + e - + - + + + e + + + + + - - + + - - - - - + - + + + + e + + - a - - - + - - - - - + - + + + + + + + - - + - + + + + + + e + + - + + + + + + + - a - e e e e e + + + + - - a + - - - - - + ------e - - - + - - - - - + - HB 285
SB 76 Hazardous Waste
HM 40
HJR 8/18 Effective Government HJR 9
HB 111 Water 2016 + + + + + + HB 366 ! ! Energy and Climate HB 445
SB 94
SB 391
HB 87 Water
HB 186 Air Quality + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + + + + a e e e e ! + ------e - - e ------HB 299 Effective Government HB 340
HB 154 Habitat & Wildlife HB 291 ! ! Conservation e + + e + + e - + e - + HB 291
- HB 468
HB 468
+ + + + SB 253 + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + + + + + + e e e + ------+ ------HM 74
HB 188 Environmental Justice HB 188 + + + e - - a - - - - - HB 494 + + + + + + + + + + + + a e e e e - - - - - HB 564 0MQen ate D 2 1 + - + + + + + + + - + + e + + + + - + + + + + - - - + + - + + + - 91% + - 92% + + 84% + e 95% Matthew McQueen, (D) 89% + 50 96% - 100% 37 McCamley, Bill(D) 100% + 33 Martinez, W. Ken (D) 38% 69 Javier (D) Martinez, 36% 83% 11 Maez, Stephanie (D) 64% 95% 21 78% (R) Maestas-Barnes, Sarah 67% 15 100% Maestas, Antonio “Moe” (D) 16 JamesRoger(D) Madalena, 65 Lundstrom, Patricia (D) 9 4Twsn,Jms()1%1%--+-+-----+--- - - + - - - - 14% 11% 4% - 0% + John(R) Zimmerman, - 87% 39 Youngblood, (R) Monica + 87% 80% 68 Wooley, (R) 94% Bob - 66 Varela, Luciano “Lucky” (D) - 48 Trujillo, Jim(D) 14% 45 Trujillo, Christine (D) 13% 25 Trujillo, Carl (D) 46 Tripp, (R) Don 49 Townsend, James(R) 54 Strickler, James(R) 72% 2 Steinborn, Jeff(D) 80% 35 Stapleton,Williams Sheryl (D) 19 James(R) Smith, 67% 22 75% (R) Scott, Larry 62 90% 70 Salazar, Nick(D) 94% 100% 40 Ruiloba,Patricio (D) 100% 12 Roybal Caballero, Patricia (D) 13 Romero, G.Andres (D) 10 (D) Rodella,Debbie 17% 41 (R) Roch,Dennis 11% 67 31 Powdrell-Culbert, Jane(R) 44 Pacheco, Paul (R) 23 Nunez, Andy(R) 36 Montoya, Rod(R) 1 District McMillan, Terry(R) Salazar, Tomás(D) William “Bill”(R) Rehm, Representative 0%9%++++++++++++++ + + + + + + + + + + + + + 98% 100% 0 74% 80% 5 14% 15% 3 4 - - - + - - 21% - 10% - 65% 82% 62% - 72% 28% + 11% - + - 21% - 24% 14% 13% 65% 60% 70% 89% 24% 28% 28% 37% 3 77% 93% %1%--+-+------+ - + - - 14% 8% 25% 9% 10% 6% %29% 6% 2015-2016
LIFETIME
HB 26 ! ! Energy & Climate Change HB 107
HB 175 e + + e + + e + + + + + + + + + + + + + - a + + + + + a e - - a + + - + - + - + - + + + - + - + - + + e e + + - + - + e + + + - + + e + + - - + - - a + + - + - - + + - + - + + - + + + + - + + - - - + + - + + - - - + - a - e - - e - - + + e - - - e - e + - + + + - e + + + + + - - + - - + + + - - + - + - - - - - + - + - + - - + - - - - - + - - e - - e - - e + - - e + - + e + + - + + - + + e - + e + - + + + + - + + + e + - - + + + + e - + + + + + - - + + + a + - a + - e + - + + - - + + + - - + - - - - - + - - + - - + - - - - - + ------e - + - - - - + + - - HB 285
SB 76 Hazardous Waste
HM 40
HJR 8/18 Effective Government HJR 9
HB 111 Water + + + + + + HB 366 ! ! Energy and Climate HB 445
SB 94
SB 391
HB 87 Water
HB 186 Air Quality + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + a e e e e ! - - + - e - - e ------HB 299 Effective Government HB 340
HB 154 Habitat & Wildlife HB 291 ! ! Conservation e + e + + + e - e + - + HB 291
- HB 468
HB 468
+ + + + SB 253 + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + e + + + + e e e + ------+ ------HM 74
HB 188 Environmental Justice HB 188 + + + e ------a - HB 494 + + + + + + + + + + + + e a e e e - - - - - HB 564 CHAMPIONS HOUSE Jeff Steinborn Patricia Roybal Caballero Madalena James Roger Georgene Louis D.Johnson Wonda Garcia Miguel Chasey Gail House: where we live andplay! protecting theairwe breathe, thewater we andtheland drink Scorecard.2016 Conservation We applaudtheircommitment to Each ofthefollowing legislators a100%score earned inthe2015- 100% 17 Governor Susana Martinez Office of the Governor 490 Old Santa Fe Trail, Room 400 Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-476-2200 Legislative Contact Information State Legislators During legislative sessions (January to March in odd-numbered years; January and February in even-numbered years), your state senators and representatives can be contacted at the State Capitol, Santa Fe, NM 87501 or by phone at 505-986-4300. Outside the legislative sessions, legislators can be contacted in their home districts: SENATE
Beffort, Sue Wilson (R – 19) Ingle, Stuart (R – 27) Neville, Steven P. (R – 2) Ryan, John C. (R – 10) Wirth, Peter (D – 25) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 67 Raindance Rd. 2106 W. University Dr. Box 1570 5000 Los Poblanos Lane NW 708 Paseo de Peralta Sandia Park, NM 87047 Portales, NM 88130 Aztec, NM 87410 Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, NM 87107 Santa Fe, NM 87501 505-292-7116 575-356-3088 505-327-5460 505-238-3733 505-989-8667 / 505-988-1668
Brandt, Craig W. (R – 40) Ivey-Soto, Daniel A. (D – 15) O’Neill, Bill B. (D – 13) Sanchez, Clemente (D – 30) Woods, Pat (R – 7) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 7012 Tampico Rd. NE 1420 Carlisle Blvd. NE Ste. 208 343 Sarah Ln. NW 612 Inwood Ave. 4000 C.R. M Rio Rancho, NM 87144 Albuquerque, NM 87110 Albuquerque, NM 87114 Grants, NM 87020 Broadview, NM 88112 505-503-5001 505-881-4475 505-450-9263 505-287-2515 575-357-8594
Burt, William F. (R – 33) Kernan, Gay G. (R – 42) Ortiz y Pino, Gerald (D – 12) Sanchez, Michael S. (D – 29) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] HOUSE Box 1848 928 W. Mesa Verde 400 12th St. NW 3 Bunton Rd. Alamogordo, NM 88311 Hobbs, NM 88240 Albuquerque, NM 87102 Belen, NM 87002 Adkins, David E. (R – 29) 575-434-6140 / 575-434-1414 505-629-8081 505-243-1509 505-865-5583 / 505-865-0688 [email protected] P.O. Box 92918 Campos, Pete (D – 8) Leavell, Carroll H. (R – 41) Padilla, Michael (D – 14) Sapien, John M. (D – 9) Albuquerque, NM 87199 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 505-289-3987 418 Raynolds Ave. Drawer D Box 67545 1600 W. Ella Las Vegas, NM 87701 Jal, NM 88252 Albuquerque, NM 87193 Corrales, NM 87048 Alcon, Eliseo Lee (D – 6) 505-425-0508 / 505-454-2501 575-395-3154 / 575-393-2550 505-977-6247 505-765-5662 [email protected] Box 2134 Candelaria, Jacob R. (D – 26) Lopez, Linda M. (D – 11) Papen, Mary Kay (D – 38) Sharer, William E. (R – 1) Milan, NM 87021 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 505-285-6387 3501 Atrisco Dr. NW #423 9132 Suncrest SW 904 Conway Ave. Box 203 Albuquerque, NM 87120 Albuquerque, NM 87121 Las Cruces, NM 88005 Farmington, NM 87499 Armstrong , Deborah A. (D – 17) 505-847-5079 505-831-4148 575-524-4462 505-436-0535 [email protected] 2015 Dietz Place NW Cervantes, Joseph (D – 31) Martinez, Richard C. (D – 5) Payne, William H. (R – 20) Shendo, Jr., Benny (D – 22) Albuquerque, NM 87107 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 505-795-5164 2610 S. Espina Box 762 Box 14823 Box 634 Las Cruces, NM 88001 Espanola, NM 87532 Albuquerque, NM 87191 Jemez Pueblo, NM 87024 Baldonado, Alonzo (R – 8) 575-522-3352 / 575-526-5600 505-747-2337 505-986-4702 505-883-2564 [email protected] Box 370 Cisneros, Carlos R. (D – 6) McSorley, Cisco (D – 16) Pinto, John (D – 3) Smith, John Arthur (D – 35) Los Lunas, NM 87031 [email protected] [email protected] 509 W. Morgan Ave. [email protected] 505-363-6214 Box 1129 415 Wellesley Pl. NE Gallup, NM 87301 Box 998 Questa, NM 87556 Albuquerque, NM 87106 505-371-8342 Deming, NM 88031 Bandy, Paul C. (R – 3) 505-670-5610 505-266-0588 575-546-8546 / 575-546-4979 [email protected] Pirtle, Cliff R. (R – 32) 388 C.R. 2900 Cotter, Lee S. (R – 36) Moores, Mark (R – 21) [email protected] Soules, William P. (D – 37) Aztec, NM 87410 6670 Butterfield Rdg. [email protected] 5507 Y.O. Rd. [email protected] 505-334-0865 Las Cruces, NM 88007 9641 Seligman Ave. NE Roswell, NM 88203 5054 Silver King 575-525-3200 Albuquerque, NM 87109 575-626-7046 Las Cruces, NM 88011 Brown, Cathrynn N. (R – 55) 505-681-1975 575-522-3521 [email protected] Griego, Phil A. (D – 39) Rodriguez, Nancy (D – 24) 1814 N. Guadalupe St. [email protected] Morales, Howie C. (D – 28) [email protected] Stewart, Mimi (D – 17) Carlsbad, NM 88220 Box 10 [email protected] 1838 Camino La Canada [email protected] 575-885-0624 / 575-706-4420 San Jose, NM 87565 4285 Swan St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 313 Moon St. NE 505-469-9470 Silver City, NM 88061 505-983-8913 Albuquerque, NM 87123 Chasey, Gail (D – 18) 575-574-0043 575-275-2355 [email protected] Griggs, Ron (R – 34) Rue, Sander (R – 23) 1206 Las Lomas Rd. NE [email protected] Muñoz, George K. (D – 4) [email protected] Torraco, Lisa A. (R – 18) Albuquerque, NM 87106 2704 Birdie Loop [email protected] 7500 Rancho Solano Ct. NW [email protected] 505-266-5191 / 505-246-2221 Alamogordo, NM 88310 Box 2679 Albuquerque, NM 87120 1019 2nd St. NW 575-439-1331 Gallup, NM 87305 505-899-0288 Albuquerque, NM 87102 505-722-0191 / 505-722-6570 505-244-0530 18 Clahchischilliage, Sharon (R – 4) Gentry, Nate (R -30) Little , Rick (R – 53) Pacheco, Paul A. (R – 23) Steinborn, Jeff (D – 35) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Box 585 3716 Andrew Dr. NE 305 Mesilla View 4216 Rancho Grande Pl. NW Box 562 Kirtland, NM 87417 Albuquerque, NM 87110 Chaparral, NM 88081 Albuquerque, NM 87120 Las Cruces, NM 88004 505-686-0836 / 505-258-4342 505-508-0782 575-824-4063 505-922-0850/505-263-9235 575-635-5615
Cook, Zachary J. (R – 56) Gomez , Bealquin “Bill” (D – 34) Louis, Georgene (D – 26) Powdrell-Culbert, Jane E. (R – 44) Strickler, James R.J. (R – 2) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 1703 Sudderth Dr. #425 400 Dawson Rd Box 72123 Box 2819 2204 N. Santiago Ave. Ruidoso, NM 88345 La Mesa, NM 88044 Albuquerque, NM 87195 Corrales, NM 87048 Farmington, NM 87401 575-257-0660 / 575-937-7644 575-233-3040 505-250-7932 / 505-938-9144 505-721-9021 505-327-4190 / 505-327-9240
Crowder , Randal S. (R – 64) Gonzales, Roberto “Bobby” (D – 42) Lundstrom, Patricia A. (D – 9) Rehm, William “Bill” R. (R – 31) Townsend , James G. (R – 54) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 509 Playa Dr. 26 Lavender Lane 3406 Bluehill Ave. Box 14768 69 W. Compress Rd. Clovis, NM 88101 Ranchos De Taos, NM 87557 Gallup, NM 87301 Albuquerque, NM 87191 Artesia, NM 88210 575-763-3901 575-758-2674 / 575-751-1467 505-863-0098 / 505-722-2980 505-259-3398 575-703-0153
Dines , Jim (R – 20) Hall, Jimmie C. (R – 28) Madalena, James Roger (D – 65) Roch, Dennis J. (R – 67) Tripp, Don L. (R – 49) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 1709 Soplo Rd SE 13008 Gray Hills Rd. NE 373 Buffalo Hill Rd. Box 477 Box 1369 Albuquerque, NM 87123 Albuquerque, NM 87111 Jemez Pueblo, NM 87024 Logan, NM 88426 Socorro, NM 87801 505-400-8316 505-294-6178 575-834-7005 575-799-7796 575-835-0766 / 575-835-2465
Dodge, George (D – 63) Hamilton, Dianne Miller (R – 38) Maestas, Antonio “Moe” (D – 16) Rodella , Debbie A. (D – 41) Trujillo, Carl (D – 46) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Box 316 4132 N. Gold St. 544 61st St. NW Box 477 11 W. Gutierrez St. #3212 Santa Rosa, NM 88435 Silver City, NM 88061 Albuquerque, NM 87105 Logan, NM 88426 Santa Fe, NM 87506 575-472-3798 / 575-472-5576 575-538-9336 505-242-2279 575-799-7796 505-699-6690
Egolf, Brian F. (D – 47) Harper, Jason C. (R – 57) Maestas Barnes , Sarah (R – 15) Romero , G. Andres (D – 10) Trujillo, Christine (D – 25) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 128 Grant Ave. Ste. 301 4917 Foxmoore Ct. NE P.O. Box 10154 7411 Isleta SW 1923 Madeira Dr. NE Santa Fe, NM 87501 Rio Rancho, NM 87144 Albuquerque, NM 87184 Albuquerque, NM 87105 Albuquerque, NM 87110 505-986-9641 505-554-7970 505-847-6391 505-514-9574 505-503-8600
Espinoza, Nora (R – 59) Herrell, Yvette (R – 51) Martinez , Javier (D – 11) Roybal Caballero, Patricia (D – 13) Trujillo, Jim R. (D – 45) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 608 Golondrina Box 4338 2955 Moya Rd. NW Box 72574 1901 Morris Pl. Roswell, NM 88201 Alamogordo, NM 88311 Albuquerque, NM 87104 Albuquerque, NM 87195 Santa Fe, NM 87505 575-623-5324 575-430-2113 505-289-3939 505-710-5996 505-438-8890
Ezzell, Candy Spence (R – 58) Irwin, Dona G. (D – 32) Martinez, W. Ken (D – 69) Ruiloba , Patricio (D – 12) Varela, Luciano “Lucky” (D – 48) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Box 2125 420 S. Slate Box 730 3917 Camino Alameda SW 1709 Callejon Zenaida Roswell, NM 88202 Deming, NM 88030 Grants, NM 87020 Albuquerque, NM 87105 Santa Fe, NM 87501 575-625-0550 575-544-6003 / 575-546-9376 505-986-4776 / 505-287-8801 505-417-1749 505-982-1292
Fajardo, Kelly K. (R – 7) James, Conrad (R – 24) McCamley, Bill (D – 33) Salazar, Nick L. (D – 40) Wooley, Bob (R – 66) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Box 1076 [email protected] 1125 N. Molina 12020 Baja Drive NE Box 458 Ohkay Owingeh, NM 87566 4504 Verdre Dr. Belen, NM 87002 Albuquerque, NM 87111 Mesilla Park, NM 88048 505-852-4178 / 505-663-5849 Roswell, NM 88201 505-573-0471 505-750-7225 575-496-5731 575-627-6277 Salazar, Tomás E. (D – 70) Gallegos, David M. (R – 61) Johnson , D. Wonda (D – 5) McMillan, Terry H. (R – 37) [email protected] Youngblood, Monica (R – 68) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Box 66 [email protected] Box 998 P.O. Box 982 2001 E Lohman Ave. #282 Las Vegas, NM 87701 9832 Stone St. NW Eunice, NM 88231 Church Rock, NM 87311 Las Cruces, NM 88001 575-421-2455 Albuquerque, NM 87114 575-394-0099 575-635-0534 505-342-6250 Larrañaga, Larry A. (R – 27) Scott , Larry R. (R – 62) Gallegos, Doreen Y. (D – 52) [email protected] McQueen , Matthew (D – 50) [email protected] Zimmerman , John L. (R – 39) [email protected] 7716 Lamplighter NE [email protected] P.O. Box 1708 [email protected] Box 2915 Albuquerque, NM 87109 7 Avenida Vista Grande B7-120 Hobbs, NM 88241 6715 Pueblo Vista Mesilla Park, NM 88047 505-821-4948 Santa Fe, NM 87508 575-392-5960 Las Cruces, NM 88007 575-649-6325 / 575-527-8511 575-523-0215/ 575-649-1217 Lechuga-Tena , Idalia (D – 21) Montoya , Rod (R – 1) Smith, James E. (R – 22) Garcia, Miguel P. (D – 14) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] P.O. Box 8653 4902 Camaron Ave. Box 1783 1118 La Font Rd. SW Albuquerque, NM 87198 Farmington, NM 87402 Sandia Park, NM 87047 Albuquerque, NM 87105 505-750-7439 505-360-1510 505-934-1075 505- 877-8131 Lewis , Tim D. (R – 60) Nuñez , Andy (R – 36) Stapleton, Sheryl Williams (D – 19) Garcia Richard, Stephanie (D – 43) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Box 45793 PO Box 746 Box 25385 Box 4657 Rio Rancho, NM 87174 Hatch, NM 87937 Albuquerque, NM 87125 Los Alamos, NM 87544 575-824-4063 575-520-1654 505-265-6089 505-672-4196 / 505-500-4343 19 Conservation Voters New Mexico 200 W. De Vargas St., Suite 1 Non-Profit Org. US Postage Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501 PAID Santa Fe, NM Permit #10
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