HB 1 — FEED BILL

HOUSE BILL 1 57 TH LEGISLATUR- STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSIO, 2025 INTRODUCED BY Reena Szczepanski 6 8 10 AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT;

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE EXPENSE OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, FIRST SESSION, 2025, AND FOR OTHER LEGISLATIVE EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE, THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE, THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE, THE SENATE RULES COMMITTEE, THE HOUSE CHIEF CLERK'S e t 17 OFFICE, THE SENATE CHIEF CLERK'S OFFICE AND OTHER EXPENSES OF w l n d 18 THE LEGISLATURE;

= = 19 a l i a e r 20 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

a t m m 21 SECTION 1.

SESSION EXPENSES.-- d r e 22 A.

There is appropriated from the general fund for c e s k 23 the expense of the legislative department of the state of New e a n b 24 Mexico for the first session of the fifty-seventh legislature u [ for per diem and mileage of its members, for salaries of .229865.2 employees and for other expenses of the legislature, eleven million four hundred forty-seven thousand eight hundred dollars ($11,447,800) or so much thereof as may be necessary for such purposes.

HB 1/ec Page 1 (3) mileage traveled by members of the senate going to and returning from the seat of government by the usually traveled route, one round trip.

e t 17 (5) salaries and employee benefits of senate w l n d 18 employees .

= = 19 a l (6) salaries and employee benefits of house of i a e r 20 representatives employeesemployees. .

a t m m 21 (7) for expense of the senate not itemized d r e 22 above, two hundred twenty thousand four hundred dollars c e s k 23 ($220,400).

No part of this item may be transferred to e a n b 24 salaries or employee benefits;

u [ (8) for expense of the house of .229865.2 - 2 - representatives not itemized above, five hundred six thousand two hundred dollars ($506,200).

(8) for expense of the house of representatives not itemized above, five hundred six thousand two hundred dollars ($506,200).

No part of this item may be transferred to salaries or employee benefits;

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Following adjournment of the session, expenditures e t 17 authorized pursuant to Paragraphs (1) through (8) of Subsection w l n d 18 B of this section shall be disbursed upon vouchers signed by = = 19 a l the director of the legislative council service or the i a e r 20 director's designee.

a t m m 21 D.

Under the printing contracts entered into for d r e 22 the first session of the fifty-seventh legislature, the chair c e s k 23 of the committees' committee of the senate, subject to the e a n b 24 approval of the committee, and the speaker of the house of u [ representatives are authorized and directed to provide for the .229865.2 - 3 - printing of all bills, resolutions, joint resolutions, memorials and joint memorials introduced in the senate or house, the printing of the bill locator and the printing of all necessary stationery required for use in the respective houses.

The orders for printing, stationery and supplies shall be approved by the chair of the committees' committee in the senate or by the HB 1/ec Page 3 speaker of the house.

The billroom personnel shall supply a complete file of bills, resolutions, joint resolutions, e t 17 memorials, joint memorials and other printed distribution w l n d 18 materials to the following:

= = 19 a l A.

upon request, one copy to each member of the i a e r 20 house of representatives and the senate;

a t m m 21 B.

upon written request, one copy to each county d r e 22 clerk, district judge, radio or television station and c e s k 23 newspaper and to the general library of each state-supported e a n b 24 institution of higher learning;

and u [ C.

upon written request, one copy to each state .229865.2 - 4 - department, commission, board, institution or agency, each elected state official, each incorporated municipality, each district attorney, each ex-governor, each member of the New Mexico congressional delegation and each school district in the state.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SERVICE.--There is appropriated from the general fund to the legislative council service for expenditure in fiscal year 2026, to be disbursed HB 1/ec Page 4 upon vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council service or the director's designee, the following:

LEGISLATURE.--There is appropriated from the general fund, unless otherwise indicated, for the expense of e t 17 the legislative department, not provided for in Section 1 of w l n d 18 this act, for expenditure in fiscal year 2026, unless otherwise = = 19 a l indicated, to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director i a e r 20 of the legislative council service or the director's designee, a t m m 21 the following:

d r e 22 A.

for travel expenses of legislators other than c e s k 23 New Mexico legislative council members, on legislative council e a n b 24 business, for committee travel, staff and other necessary u [ expenses for other interim committees and for other necessary .229865.2 - 5 - legislative expenses, four million dollars ($4,000,000);

for pre-session expenditures and for necessary contracts, supplies and personnel for interim session HB 1/ec Page 5 preparation, five hundred ten thousand dollars ($510,000);

e t 17 F.

for the interim duties of the senate rules w l n d 18 committee, thirty-five thousand dollars ($35,000);

= = 19 a l G.

for the contractual services of the capitol i a e r 20 buildings planning commission, two hundred fifty-seven thousand a t m m 21 five hundred dollars ($257,500);

d r e 22 H.

for legislative district staff, including c e s k 23 salaries and benefits, information technology equipment and e a n b 24 software, furniture, supplies, office space and other necessary u [ support, fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000).

Any .229865.2 - 6 - unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2026 from the appropriation in this subsection shall revert to the general fund;

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for expenditure in fiscal years 2025 and 2026 from legislative cash balances for the New Mexico legislature's support of the legislative clerks and secretaries section of the national conference of state legislatures to perform such functions as are necessary to prepare for the 2025 annual e t 17 meeting to be held in Santa Fe, one hundred thousand dollars w l n d 18 ($100,000).