New Mexico 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee 1 D cosponsors

SB 157 — CONTINUE CHILE LABOR INCENTIVE PROGRAM

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    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

42 added · 33 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 157 has been updated to clarify that the New Mexico Department of Agriculture will oversee the chile labor incentive program and requires employers to demonstrate that the funds are being used to increase workers' wages. This change emphasizes accountability by mandating that employers provide proof of payroll increases, which is important for ensuring the intended benefits of the program are actually reaching workers. Additionally, the specific funding amount and source have been maintained to ensure transparency and appropriateness of the funds allocated for this program.

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SENATE BILL 157 55TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2022 INTRODUCED BY Jeff Steinborn 6 8 10 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE STATE PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 TO THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONTINUE THE CHILE LABOR INCENTIVE PROGRAM.
SENATE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR SENATE BILL 157 55TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2022 4 6 8 10 AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FROM THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TO THE STATE PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF 2021 TO THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO CONTINUE THE CHILE LABOR INCENTIVE PROGRAM;
16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
REQUIRING THAT EMPLOYERS PROVIDE ADEQUATE PROOF THAT WORKERS RECEIVED HIGHER WAGES BECAUSE OF CHILE LABOR e t 17 INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS;
e t 17 SECTION 1.
REQUIRING REPORTS.
APPROPRIATION.--Two million two hundred w l n d 18 thousand dollars ($2,200,000) is appropriated from the = = 19 a l appropriation contingency fund, from funds allocated to the i a e r 20 state pursuant to the federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 a t m m 21 and transferred to the appropriation contingency fund during d r e 22 the second session of the fifty-fifth legislature, to the New c e s k 23 Mexico department of agriculture for expenditure in fiscal e a n b 24 years 2022 and 2023 to continue the chile labor incentive u [ program.
w l n d 18 = = 19 a l BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at .222049.1 the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the appropriation contingency fund.
i a e r 20 SECTION 1.
- 2 - 5 7 9 11 13 15 e t 17 w l n d 18 = = 19 a l i a e r 20 a t m m 21 d r e 22 c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .222049.1
APPROPRIATION.-- a t m m 21 A.
Two million two hundred thousand dollars d r e 22 ($2,200,000) is appropriated from the appropriation contingency c e s k 23 fund, from funds allocated to the state pursuant to the federal e a n b 24 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and transferred to the u [ appropriation contingency fund during the second special .222317.1 SCONC/SB 157 session of the fifty-fifth legislature, to the board of regents of New Mexico state university for expenditure in fiscal years 2022 and 2023 for the New Mexico department of agriculture to continue the chile labor incentive program initiated in the 2021 calendar year;
provided that:
(1) the appropriated money shall be used to increase the hourly wages of laborers who work in chile growing and production.
The New Mexico department of agriculture shall require recipient employers to provide payroll ledgers for the previous chile growing season and the period of application that display the laborers' names, dates and hours worked and the hourly wage that was paid and the incentive increase in the hourly wage per worker compared to the previous chile growing season;
and (2) in 2022 and 2023, by December 1 of each year, the New Mexico department of agriculture shall provide a e t 17 report to the governor and the legislative finance committee w l n d 18 regarding the employers that received chile labor incentive = = 19 program funds, how each of those employers raised regular a l i a e r 20 hourly wages for their chile workers and the recovery of funds a t m m 21 not paid to workers.
d r e 22 B.
Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining c e s k 23 at the end of fiscal year 2023 shall revert to the e a n b 24 appropriation contingency fund.
u [ - 2 - .222317.1
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Action History

  1. action postponed indefinitely

  2. DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute

  3. germane

  4. Sent to Senate Committees' Committee & Senate Conservation Committee & Senate Finance Committee

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Who sponsors SB 157?
SB 157 is sponsored by Jeff Steinborn (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 157?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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