Food & Agriculture Policy Council

Legislation of Interest Progress as of March 17th, 2019

1) Priority: HB 328 & SB 115: Procurement of NM Grown Produce for School Meals, $350,000, Co-sponsored by Representatives and & Senator • SB 115 passed in Senate Conservation • SB 115 Next step: Senate Finance Senate Finance Committee will consider Senator Woods: $50,000 recurring to PED, recurring (SB536 budget) • HB 328: passed House Agriculture & Water Committee • HB 328: House Appropriations Tabled for consideration in “Junior” Budget Bill HB 548 Representative Nathan Small: $50,000* recurring in NMDA (HB548 budget) Representative : $50,000* recurring in NMDA (HB548 budget) Representative Paul Bandy: $100,000* recurring in NMDA (HB548 budget)

2) Priority: HB 125: Provide Food and Agriculture Experiential Learning Grants to Schools Programs, $350,000, Sponsored by Representative Candie Sweetser • Passed House Agriculture & Water Committee unanimously • Next step: House Appropriations Tabled After discussion with Representative Sweetser we decided to lay the bill to rest for this session and bolster the NM Grown Procurement for School Meals. We’ll work on the Education Program through the interim process.

3) Priority: SB 83: Creating a Pilot Program to Provide NM Grown Fresh Fruits and Vegetables to Senior Centers and Fund Nutrition Programs for Seniors, $500,000, Sponsored by Senator and Representative Gail Armstrong • (take immediate action – Senate Finance Committee to request support) • Passed Senate Public Affairs Committee o Next step: Senate Finance o (take immediate action – Senate Finance Committee to request support) Senator Stefanics committed $150,000 non-recurring to Aging and Long Tern Services to be transferred to the NM Department of Health (SB536 budget)

4) SB 84: Authorizing Growing and Use of Fruits and Vegetables for Senior Center, Sponsored by Senator Liz Stefanics • Passed Senate Public Affairs Committee • Passed Senate Conservation Committee (as amended) • Passed full Senate 2/8 • Passed House Health and Human Services Committee • Passed House State Government and India Affairs • Passed full House • Governor signed

5) Priority: HB 327: Develop Market Opportunities for Farmers, Ranchers, and Agribusiness in NM, Sponsored by Representatives Paul Bandy and Nathan Small • Passed House Commerce and Economic Development Committee • Next step: House Appropriations • Next step: Senate Finance • $45,000, recurring in NMDA (HB548 budget)

6) HB 315: Enacting the NM Agricultural Workforce Development Program Act, Sponsored by Representative Paul Bandy • Passed House Commerce and Economic Development Committee • Next step: House Appropriations • Passed House Appropriations Committee • Representative Paul Bandy: $100,000* • Passed Senate Conservation • Passed House and Senate unanimously and awaits Governor’s signature

7) HB 204 and SB 218: Healthy Soils Act, sponsored by Representative Nathan Small and Senator Liz Stefanics • Passed House Commerce & Economic Development Committee • Passed House Agriculture & Water Committee • If it passes House Appropriation Monday, March 4th, it will move to House Floor and then Senate • May have some funding committed • SB 204 passed Appropriations (unanimously) March 4; passed House March 6 (48-6, bipartisan;) included in HB2 Junior • Passed Senate Conservation • Passed Senate Finance Committee • Passed by full Senate, 34-0, March 9, 2018 • Waiting for Governor’s signature

8) SB 102 and HB 194: Frontier Communities Investment Working Group, sponsored by Senator Carlos Cisneros and Representative Rudy Martinez • HB 194 passed House Commerce & Economic Development • Passed House Corporations and Transportation Committee • May have some funding committed

9) HB 155: Local Economic Development Tax (local opinion of up to 5/8 of one percent), Representative Dow • Passed House Consumer and Public Affairs Committee • Next step House Taxation and Revenue Committee

10) HB 203: Economic Development Finance & Ag Enterprises, Representatives Nathan Small, , Melanie Stansbury, , and Anthony Allison • Passed Committees • Voted on in House 1/23/19,passed unanimously • Voted on by Senate 1/31/19, passed unanimously • Signed by Governor Lujan Grisham

11) HB 137: Enacting the Tribal and Health Council Act, sponsored by Representative Liz Thompson • Passed State Government, Elections & Indian Affairs • Passed Health and Human Service Committee • Next step House Floor

12) SB 584: Local Options Food Receipts Tax Act, sponsored by Senators Neville and Smith • Senate Corporation and Transportation Committee • Senate Finance

13) SB 585: Food Sales and Hold Harmless Receipts, sponsored by Senators and • Senate Corporation and Transportation Committee • Senate Finance

14) SB 39: Creating the Solar Market Development Income Tax Credit: Repealing the Expired Solar Market Development Tax Credit, Senator • Goes to Senate Corporations & Transportation Committee, then Finance

15) HB 266: Forest and Watershed Restoration Act, sponsored by Representative Paul Bandy and Senator • Passed House Energy and Natural Resources Committee • Passed House State Government, Elections, and Indian Affairs Committee • Passed by full House of Representatives • Passed by Senate Conservation • Passed by Senate Finance Committee • Passed by full Senate • Waiting for Governor’s signature

16) SB 454: Enacting the Agricultural and Natural Resources Trust Fund, sponsored by Senator • Passed House and Senate. Was pulled from Senate Concurrence Calendar on the final night of the legislative session due to opposition.

17) HB 332: Relating to Property Taxes: Adding a New Use of Land Eligible for a Special Method of Valuation for Land Used Primarily for Agricultural Purposes, sponsored by Representatives Bobby Gonzales, , and Susan Herrera, and Senator Peter Wirth • Passed introduced in House Transportation Committee • Introduced in House Agriculture & Water Committee • Pulled from Committee by sponsor

18) SB 228: Enacting the Wildlife Corridors Act, sponsored by Senator Mimi Stewart • Passed by Senate Conservation Committee (as amended) • Passed Senate Finance Committee • Passed by full Senate 24-18 • Next step: House Energy, Natural Resources

19) SB 161: New Mexico Renewable Energy Transmission Authority Fund, sponsored by Senator Bill Tallman • Passed Senate Conservation • Passed Senate Finance Committee • Passed House and Senate as amended. Awaits the Governor’s signature

20) HB 210: Community Solar Act, sponsored by Representatives Patricia Roybal Caballero, and Andrea Romero, and Senator Liz Stefanics • Passed by Senate Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee • Passed by Judiciary Committee • Passed full House of Representatives 42-25 • Next step: Senator Conservation • Did not finish

21) SB 275: Increasing the Requirements of Renewable Portfolio Standards for Rural Electric Cooperatives and Public Utilities…, sponsored by Senators Mimi Stewart, Liz Stefanics, Peter Wirth, , and Representative Nathan Small • Goes to Senate Conservation Committee • Did not finish

22) HB 581: Enacting the Hemp Manufacturing Act allowing and regulating production, testing, research, manufacturing and transportation of hemp extracts and finished products. Sponsored by Representative • House Agriculture & Water Committee, passed • House Economic Development Committee, Passed • Passed full House of Representatives, 62-2,Friday, March 1st • Passed Senate Judiciary Committee • Passed by full Senate, 40-0, March 9, 2019 • Passed House Unanimously • Awaits the Governor’s signature 23) HB 459: Relating to Economic Development: Amends the Local Economic Development Act to authorize municipalities and counties to make loans to small grocery stores and food outlets in rural communities, sponsored by Representative Angelic Rubio • Died • Will work with sponsor, La Semilla Food Center and Association of Counties

24) SB 485: Soil and Water Conservation Programs, sponsored by Senator Steven Neville • Passed Senate Conservation Committee • Next step: Senate Finance Committee o Did not finish

25) HB 613: Carbon Credits, sponsor Candie Ezzell • Debated in House Agriculture, failed due to a Do Not Pass 5-3

These are bills currently moving forward to the seventh week of the NM Legislative session that the NM Food & Agriculture Policy Council and partners see of interest and/or potential priority.

For more information please contact: Pam Roy Farm to Table & the NM Food & Agriculture Policy Council 505-660-8403 [email protected]