HB 1 — GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS

HOUSE BILL 1 57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SPECIAL SESSION , 2025 INTRODUCED BY Nathan P.

Small and Meredith A.

Dixon and Sarah Silva and Charlotte Little This document may incorporate amendments proposed by a committee, but not yet adopted, as well as amendments that have been adopted during the current legislative session.

The document is a tool to show amendments in context and cannot be used for the purpose of adding amendments to legislation.

MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FROM LEGISLATIVE CASH BALANCES FOR NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE SECOND h g SPECIAL SESSION OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE;

MAKING AN o t h APPROPRIATION TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE COURTS FOR h e i k ENHANCED SECURITY PROTOCOLS, EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE;

h r i s MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE INCOME SUPPORT DIVISION OF THE h HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE STATE NUTRITION ASSISTANCE , t e u g BENEFITS TO THOSE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION e b l e e h ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS;

REVERTING CERTAIN BALANCES FROM n d d i = = o h CERTAIN GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS;

PROVIDING FOR TRANSFERS l ] b d i a e FROM THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING RESERVE TO THE APPROPRIATION r i = r t e w d CONTINGENCY FUND AND THE MEDICAID TRUST FUND;

PROVIDING A mTRANSFER aAUTHORITY nIF oREVENUE dAND mTRANSFERS :TO THE GENERAL FUND AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 2025 ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET APPROPRIATIONS;

bPROVIDING eTHAT dA sPORTION oOF tTHE nUNEXPENDED =BALANCE .232682.1AICOF NovemberAN 17,APPROPRIATION 2025TO (11:20am)THE sLEGISLATIVE kFINANCE mCOMMITTEE eSHALL eBE aUSED nTO eCONDUCT dAN rEVALUATION eOF l u [ A d TRANSFER AUTHORITY IF REVENUE AND TRANSFERS TO THE GENERALSTATE'S FUNDADMINISTRATION ATOF THE ENDSUPPLEMENTAL OFNUTRITION FISCALASSISTANCE YEARPROGRAM. 2025 ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO MEET APPROPRIATIONS HAFC ;

PROVIDING THAT A PORTION OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE SHALL BE USED TO CONDUCT AN EVALUATION OF THE STATE'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAFC .

The following amounts are appropriated from HB 1/a legislative cash balances for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 Page 1 for the following expenses of the second special session of the fifty-seventh legislature.

(1) for the expense of the house of representatives, thirty-two thousand dollars ($32,000) to be disbursed on vouchers signed by the speaker and the chief clerk h g of the house of representatives or the chief clerk's designee;

o t h (2) for the expense of the senate, twenty-six h e i k thousand dollars ($26,000) to be disbursed on vouchers signed h r i s by the chair of the committees' committee and the chief clerk h , t of the senate or the chief clerk's designee;

and e u g e b l (3) for the expense of the legislative council e e h n d d i service, seventeen thousand dollars ($17,000) to be disbursed = = o h l ] b d on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council i a e r i = r service or the director's designee.

t e w d m a n o B.

Following adjournment of the second special dsession mof :the fifty-seventh legislature, expenditures authorized in this section shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council service or the director's designee.

b e d s o t n = .232682.1AIC November 17, 2025 (11:20am) s k m e - 2 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d session of the fifty-seventh legislature, expenditures authorized in this section shall be disbursed on vouchers signed by the director of the legislative council service or the director's designee.

APPROPRIATION--ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE HB 1/a COURTS.--One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) is Page 2 appropriated from the general fund to the administrative office of the courts for expenditure in fiscal year 2026 for enhanced security protocols, equipment and infrastructure.

Subject to the contingencies pursuant to Subsection B of this section, beginning on the effective date of this act and each week thereafter through the week of January 19, 2026, twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund operating reserve to the h g income support division of the health care authority for o t h expenditure in each of those weeks to provide state nutrition h e i k assistance benefits to those who would have otherwise been h r i s eligible for federal supplemental nutrition assistance program h benefits in an amount not to exceed the amount that would have , t e u g been provided but for the failure of the federal government to e b l e e h provide funding for those federal benefits, less any federal n d d i = = o h funds provided for that purpose.

l ] b d i a e B.

Each weekly appropriation made by this section r i = r t e w d is contingent on:

m(1) athe nexpenditure oof dthe mbalance :of the HB 1/a money transferred by Subsection A of Section 7 of Chapter 2 Page 3 of Laws 2025 (1st S.S.);

b e d s o t n = .232682.1AIC November 17, 2025 (11:20am) s k m e - 3 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d (1) the expenditure of the balance of the money transferred by Subsection A of Section 7 of Chapter 2 of Laws 2025 (1st S.S.);

forty-six million three hundred sixty-five h g thousand three hundred sixteen dollars ($46,365,316) of the o unexpended balance of the appropriation to the human services t h h e department for the medical assistance program in the other i k h r category as provided in Laws 2022, Chapter 54, Section 4;

i s h B.

twenty-one million three hundred thirty-nine , t e u g thousand three hundred ninety-one dollars ($21,339,391) of the e b l e e h unexpended balances of appropriations made from the generalHB n1/a dgeneral d i = = o h fund to the department of health for the developmentalPage l4 ]developmental b d i a e disabilities support program for fiscal years 2019 through 2021 r i = r t e w d and scheduled to revert pursuant to Item 131 of Section 5 of mChapter a210 nof oLaws d2023; m :

b e d s o t n = .232682.1AIC November 17, 2025 (11:20am) s k m e - 4 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d Chapter 210 of Laws 2023;

one million three hundred seventy-eight thousand two hundred four dollars ($1,378,204) of the unexpended balance h of the appropriation to the health care authority department g o for the Epi Duran regional recovery center as provided in Laws t h h e 2024, Chapter 69, Section 5.

iHB k1/a h r SECTION 5.

TRANSFERS--GENERAL FUND OPERATING RESERVE TO iPage s5 h APPROPRIATION CONTINGENCY FUND AND MEDICAID TRUST FUND.-- , t e u g A.

Thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is e b l e e h transferred from the general fund operating reserve to the n d d i = = o h appropriation contingency fund.

l ] b d i a e B.

If, on January 23, 2026, the total amount of rreversions ito =the rgeneral tfund eoperating wreserve dmade reversionspursuant to Section 4 of this act exceeds one hundred thirty- seven million dollars ($137,000,000), the generalexcess fundamount operatingshall reservebe madetransferred pursuantfrom mthe ageneral nfund ooperating dreserve mto :the medicaid trust fund.

b e d s o t n = .232682.1AIC November 17, 2025 (11:20am) s k m e - 5 - e a n e d r e l u [ A d to Section 4 of this act exceeds one hundred thirty-seven million dollars ($137,000,000), the excess amount shall be transferred from the general fund operating reserve to the medicaid trust fund.

TRANSFER AUTHORITY.--If revenue and transfers to the general fund at the end of fiscal year 2025 are not sufficient to meet appropriations, the governor, with state board of finance approval, may transfer to the appropriation account of the general fund the amount necessary to meet that fiscal year's obligations from the HB 1/a general fund operating reserve;

provided that the total Page 6 amount transferred pursuant to this section shall not exceed sixty million dollars h g ($60,000,000).

o t h HAFC SECTION 7.

A PORTION OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCE OF AN h e i k APPROPRIATION TO THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO EVALUATE h r i s THE STATE'S ADMINISTRATION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION h , t ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.--Fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of the e u g e b l unexpended balance of the appropriation to the legislative e e h n d d i finance committee in the other costs category as provided in = = o h l ] b d Subsection A of Section 5 of Chapter 1 of Laws 2025 shall be i a e r i = r expended in fiscal year 2026 to conduct, in coordination with t e w d m a n o the health care authority, a program evaluation of the state's dadministration mof :the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including issuance of benefits to recipients.