New Mexico 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 R cosponsors

HM 38 — RESTORATION OF ROUTE 66

Last action — Signed

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) on April 22, 2025.

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  • Enacted

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  • 2 sponsors

    2 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

52 added · 70 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended version of Bill HM 38 now includes several details about the Route 66 Musical Highway that highlight its significance and history, such as its unique design and the fact that it's one of only six musical highways in the world. These additions emphasize the cultural value of the highway and the need for its restoration. This matters because it aims to draw attention to a local landmark that offers not only a musical experience but also promotes tourism and community pride in New Mexico.

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HOUSE MEMORIAL 38 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEWMEXICO - FIRST SESSION 2025 INTRODUCED BY Stefani Lord and Anthony L.
A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSIDER RESTORATION OF THE ROUTE 66 MUSICAL HIGHWAY.
Thornton 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL REQUESTING THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONSIDER RESTORATION OF THE ROUTE 66 MUSICAL HIGHWAY.
5 WHEREAS, in 2014, the National Geographic channel got permission from the New Mexico department of transportation to build one thousand three hundred feet of the "route 66 musical highway" in Tijeras canyon;
14 WHEREAS, in 2014, the National Geographic channel got permission from the New Mexico department of transportation to build one thousand three hundred feet of the "route 66 musical e t 17 highway" in Tijeras canyon;
and WHEREAS, the strip plays a short clip of "America the Beautiful";
and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, the strip plays a short clip of "America the = = 19 a l Beautiful";
and WHEREAS, Roadside America describes how the highway was heated with giant blowtorches and a special rumble strip was pressed into the hot asphalt just inside the white line marking the edge of the road;
and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, Roadside America describes how the highway was a t m m 21 heated with giant blowtorches and a special rumble strip was d r e 22 pressed into the hot asphalt just inside the white line marking c e s k 23 the edge of the road;
and WHEREAS, audio engineers designed strip patterns to produce the individual notes of a song when driven over at the proper speed;
and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, audio engineers designed strip patterns to u [ produce the individual notes of a song when driven over at the .229860.1 proper speed;
and WHEREAS, the signs for the musical highway have also been removed;
HM 38 Page 1 and WHEREAS, the signs for the musical highway have also been removed;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF e t 17 REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico w l n d 18 department of transportation be requested to consider = = 19 a l restoration of the route 66 musical highway;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that the New Mexico department of transportation be requested to consider restoration of the route 66 musical highway;
and i a e r 20 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be a t m m 21 transmitted to the secretary of transportation.
and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be transmitted to the secretary of transportation.
d r e 22 - 2 - c e s k 23 e a n b 24 u [ .229860.1
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Action History

  1. Signed

  2. passed House

  3. DO PASS committee report adopted

  4. Sent to House Transportation, Public Works & Capital Improvements Committee

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2 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (110)

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Who sponsors HM 38?
HM 38 is sponsored by Thornton, Anthony L. and Stefani Lord (Republican).
What is the current status of HM 38?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2025. Enacted.
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