No more bills could be introduced into the New Mexico Legislature for the ongoing 2024 session, as the deadline passed Wednesday.

There were 641 bills, resolutions and memorials introduced in the New Mexico House and Senate, and being considered by lawmakers for adoption before potentially moving on to the desk of Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for signing into law.

Here are the bills introduced by members of the New Mexico House of Representatives from Eddy County.

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Rep. Cathrynn Brown, Republican, District 55 – Eddy, Lea

House Bill 56: HB 56 would clarify in New Mexico law that the crime of trespassing includes people who knowingly enter the lands of others without expressed permission from landowners or designated land custodians and raised the crime from a misdemeanor to a fourth-degree felony. The bill was assigned to the House Rules and Order of Business Committee.

House Bill 146: This would create a transportation trust fund to provide matching funds the State of New Mexico could use to pursue federal grants for road projects in the state. The bill also specifies several sources of funding that would be sent to the trust fund, and how it would be distributed. This bill passed the House Transportation, Public Works and Capital Improvements Committee and was sent to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.

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House Bill 153: Brown cosponsored this bill with several other representatives from southeast New Mexico to pay for road improvements on U.S. Highway 380, which runs from Chaves County to the Texas State Line. If passed, the bill will appropriate $350 million for the work. It was being considered by the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.

House Bill 161: HB 161 would require school buses purchased after July 1, 2025 be outfitted with air conditioning and seatbelts if they are driven in areas of the state where the heat can pose a safety risk. It also required by law that drivers undergo proper training to determine the capacity of buses when children are loaded. This bill was awaiting a hearing in the House Rules and Order of Business Committee.

House Bill 208: This bill would provide $100 million to pay for stipends given to state residents attending trade schools in New Mexico and create a trade school assistance fund to carry out the funding. The bill was being considered by the House Education Committee.

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House Bill 231: HB 231 would make a $300 million appropriation for work on State Road 128 between State Roads 31 and 18, as 128 runs between Eddy and Lea counties. The bill was sent to the House Appropriations and Finance Committee for consideration.

House Bill 238: A $30 million appropriation would be made by this bill to allow the Department of Transportation and Eddy County enter into a joint agreement for road construction on State Road 31 between U.S. Highway 285 and State Road 128. This was being considered by the House Appropriations and Finance Committee.

House Bill 248: This would remove caps on social security exemptions previously set at incomes of $75,000 for married people, $150,000 for heads of households and $100,000 for single people. HB 248 was being considered by the House Commerce an Economic Development Committee.

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House Bill 249: This bill would tie tax filers’ gross income when considering social security exemptions to inflation. It was also in the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee.

Rep. Jim Townsend, Republican, District 54 – Eddy, Lea

House Bill 76: This bill was in direct opposition to a state policy that required auto dealers in New Mexico to increase the percent of electric or zero-emission vehicles in their fleets. HB 76 would block the Environmental Improvement Board from adopting the rule by amending the Air Quality Control Act. It was sent to the House Rules and Order of Business Committee.

House Bill 280: HB 280 would strip language from New Mexico’s income tax law that specified how income tax would be applied to taxpayers based on income level and marital status, leaving just a 1 percent tax for all New Mexicans. This bill was assigned to the House Commerce and Economic Development Committee.

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House Bill 281: This would remove language from state statute governing eligibility for college students to receive the lottery scholarship used to offset tuition costs, removing a definition of a “legacy student” meaning one who successfully earned three or more semesters of tuition by the end of Fiscal Year 2014.

Legacy students were allowed to get funding for up to eight semesters, while non-legacies could only receive seven. This appeared an effort to expand eligibility of the lottery program to increase the semesters potentially earned by a non-legacy student.

House Joint Resolution 14: HRJ 14 would add a ballot question for voters to decide if a program could be established to provide state funds for private or homeschooling in New Mexico. This was being considered by the House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee.

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Rep. Jimmy Mason, Republican, District 66 – Eddy, Lea and Chaves

House Bill 55: This bill would establish a pilot project for oral drug tests that could be conducted during traffic stops and would spend $650,000 to do so. The project would study technologies and determine the effectiveness of such tests in preventing driving while intoxicated. It was sent to the House Rules and Order of Business Committee.

House Bill 153: Mason also cosponsored HB 153 with Brown to pay $350 million for road improvements on U.S. Highway 380, which runs from Chaves County to the Texas State Line.

House Bill 238: Mason was listed as a cosponsor on HB 238 to make a $30 million appropriation to allow the Department of Transportation and Eddy County enter into a joint agreement for road construction on State Road 31 between U.S. Highway 285 and State Road 128.

House Joint Resolution 12: This resolution would ask Congress to call a Constitution Convention where fiscal restraints could be imposed on the federal government. The resolution as proposed argued the federal government continue to “accrue unsustainable increases in national debt” adding burden to New Mexico’s taxpayers.

Adrian Hedden can be reached at 575-628-5516, achedden@currentargus.com or @AdrianHedden on the social media platform X.