Rio Grande Foundation Liberty, Opportunity, Prosperity New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico 2013 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Rio Grande Foundation Freedom Index examines legislation based on its impact on economic freedom and government growth. Numerical values are placed on each bill according to free market principles, regulations, taxation, government transparency, and other metrics. Legislators that vote against a bill that has a negative value gains the positive equivalent of that bill. Likewise, legislators who vote against a bill that has a positive value loses the value associated with that bill. Each legislator’s House or Senate floor votes is tallied from each relevant bill’s numerical value and determines the legislator’s overall index score. The results allow us to see whether a certain legislator, in total, supported or opposed economic freedom and to what degree. How do the Albuquerque legislators compare with the rest of the state? Top bills the House voted on Index Representative Rank (-8) HB 168 (-6) HB 460 (-7) SB 416 (70 total) Score (30-39 (34-33 (37-32 FAILED) PASSED) PASSED) N. Gentry (R) (30) 48 3 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO T. Anderson (R) (29) 47 4 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO M. Youngblood (R) (68) 36 11 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO V V J. Smith (R) (22) 35 12 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO V J. Hall (R) (28) 32 15 Votedo NO Voted NO Voted NO W. Rehm (R) (31) 26 22 Votedo NO Voted NO Voted NO V V Powdrell-Culbert (R) (44) 25 24 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO A. Baldonado (R) (08) 24 25 Voted NO Votedo NO Votedo NO K. Fajardo (R) (07) 22 26 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO L. Larranaga (R) (27) 21 27 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO T. Lewis (R) (60) 21 27 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO P. Pacheco (R) (23) 18 29 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO J. Harper (R) (57) 13 30 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO J. White (R) (20) 12 31 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO Ch. Trujillo (D) (25) -24 36 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES M. Stewart (D) (21) -28 37 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES H. Saavedra (D) (10) -30 38 Voted NO Voted YES Voted YES ➡ The House members had 44 bills impact their J. Madalena (D) (65) -38 45 Voted YES Voted NO Voted YES Freedom index score. Albuquerque New Mexico Freedom Index contains 30 legislative districts. M.P. Garcia (D) (14) -39 46 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES ➡ HB 168 establishes the state-run health E. Thomson (D) (24) -39 46 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES insurance exchange. The bill granted significant powers A. Maestas (D) (16) -40 48 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES to the board in running the exchange, picking winners G. Chasey (D) (18) -40 48 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES and losers. The bill did not pass (30 to 39). SB 221 was P. R. Caballero (D) (13) -42 51 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES the health insurance exchange bill that did pass (61-7), E. Kane (D) (15) -42 51 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES which limited the power of the board to control the plans offered on the exchange. R. Miera (D) (11) -46 54 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES ➡ HB 460 significantly increases regulation over G. Louis (D) (26) -49 57 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES charter schools that would severely restrict the number W. K. Martinez (D) (69) -53 63 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES of effective educational programs available to parents S. Stapleton (D) (19) -56 64 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES and students in the state. E. Sandoval (D) (17) -58 65 Voted YES ABSENT Voted YES ➡ SB 416 raises the state minimum wage to from E. Chavez (D) (12) -64 69 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES $7.50 to $8.50. Rio Grande Foundation Liberty, Opportunity, Prosperity New Mexico Albuquerque New Mexico 2013 SENATE The Rio Grande Foundation Freedom Index examines legislation based on its impact on economic freedom and government growth. Numerical values are placed on each bill according to free market principles, regulations, taxation, government transparency, and other metrics. Legislators that vote against a bill that has a negative value gains the positive equivalent of that bill. Likewise, legislators who vote against a bill that has a positive value loses the value associated with that bill. Each legislator’s House or Senate floor votes is tallied from each relevant bill’s numerical value and determines the legislator’s overall index score. The results allow us to see whether a certain legislator, in total, supported or opposed economic freedom and to what degree. How do the Albuquerque senators compare with the rest of the state? Top bills the Senate voted on Senators Index Rank (-8) SB 221 (-6) HB 460 (-7) SB 416 (-3) HB 379 (42 total) Score (36-5) (22-17) (25-17) (32-8) PASSED PASSED PASSED PASSED M. Moores (R) (21) 14 4 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO EXCUSED S. Rue (R) (23) 6 5 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO S. Beffort (R) (19) 5 6 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO Voted YES C. Brandt (R) (40) 3 8 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO Voted YES J. Ryan (R) (10) 1 9 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO Voted YES W. Payne (R) (20) -5 13 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO Voted YES L. Torraco (R) (18) -9 14 Voted YES Voted NO Voted NO Voted YES J. Candelaria (D) (26) -18 18 Voted NO Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES C. McSorley (D) (16) -24 19 Voted NO Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES P. Griego (D) (39) -26 21 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES D. Ivey-Soto (D) (15) -27 23 EXCUSED Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES ➡ The Senators had 35 bills impact their Freedom index score. Albuquerque New Mexico Freedom Index J. Sapien (D) (09) -28 24 Voted YES EXCUSED Voted YES Voted YES contains 20 senate districts. T. Keller (D) (17) -33 26 ➡ SB 221 establishes the state-run health insurance Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES exchange. Although the bill limits the power of the M. Sanchez (D) (29) -35 27 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES board to control the plans offered on the exchange, the exchange will still be heavily controlled by federal rules. L. Lopez (D) (11) -36 29 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES By implementing a state-run exchange, the state will be held responsible for the consequences of the exchange G. Ortiz y Pino (D) (12) -38 32 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES despite significant federal control. ➡ HB 460 significantly increases regulation over B. O'Neill (D) (13) -39 34 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES charter schools that would severely restrict the number M. Padilla (D) (14) -39 34 of effective educational programs available to parents Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES and students in the state. B. Shendo (D) (22) -43 41 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES ➡ HB 379 increases the Film Production Tax Credit. C. Sanchez (D) (30) -45 42 Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES Voted YES ➡ SB 416 raises the state minimum wage to $8.50. Rio Grande Foundation Liberty, Opportunity, Prosperity New Mexico Eastern New Mexico 2013 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The Rio Grande Foundation Freedom Index examines legislation based on its impact on economic freedom and government growth. Numerical values are placed on each bill according to free market principles, regulations, taxation, government transparency, and other metrics. Legislators that vote against a bill that has a negative value gains the positive equivalent of that bill. Likewise, legislators who vote against a bill that has a positive value loses the value associated with that bill. Each legislator’s House or Senate floor votes is tallied from each relevant bill’s numerical value and determines the legislator’s overall index score. The results allow us to see whether a certain legislator, in total, supported or opposed economic freedom and to what degree. How do the Eastern legislators compare with the rest of the state? ➡ The House members had 44 bills impact their Freedom index score. Eastern New Mexico Freedom Index contains 10 legislative districts. ➡ In this region, Cathrynn Brown (R) of district 55 tied for first in the index out of all 70 representatives, scoring 50 points. ➡ HB 168 establishes the state-run health insurance exchange. The bill granted significant powers to the board in running the exchange, including the power to exclude plans. The bill did not pass. SB 221 was the health insurance exchange bill that did pass (61-7), which limited the power of the board to control the plans offered on the exchange. ➡ HB 460 significantly increases regulation over charter schools that would severely restrict the number of effective educational programs available to parents and students in the state. ➡ SB 416 raises the state minimum wage to $8.50 per hour, which would make it the fourth highest in the nation. ➡ HB 465 takes a significant step in decriminalizing marijuana possession by decreasing marijuana possession penalties. Top bills the House voted on Representative Index Score Rank (-8) HB 168 (-6) HB 460 (-7) SB 416 (+4) HB 465 (70 total) (30-39) (34-33) (37-32) (37-33) FAILED PASSED PASSED PASSED Cathrynn N. Brown (R) (55) 50 1 Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO Voted NO Donald E.