HB 287 — PERMANENT HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

HOUSE BILL 287 57TH LEGISLATURE-LEGISLATURE STATE-STATEOFNEWMEXICO- OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2026 INTRODUCED BY Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson and Javier Martínez and Joanne J.

Ferrary and Reena Szczepanski 7 9 AN ACT RELATING TO THE LEGISLATURE;

INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS THAT COMPRISE THE LEGISLATIVE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE;

ASSIGNING DUTIES;

PROVIDING FOR YEAR-ROUND STAFF;

REQUIRING PERSONS WHO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING TO COMPLY WITH LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION;

ESTABLISHING THE COMMITTEE'S POWER TO ADMINISTER OATHS AND ISSUE SUBPOENAS;

e t 17 MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

w l n d 18 = = 19 a l BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

i a e r 20 SECTION 1.

Section 2-3-14.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1985, a t m m 21 Chapter 19, Section 1) is amended to read:

d r e 22 "2-3-14.1.

STATE AGENCIES--REPORTS.-- c e s k 23 A.

No state agency shall submit or send to the e a n b 24 members of the legislature any material, other than proposed u [ legislation, in excess of five pages.

.232781.3 B.

Nothing in this section shall limit the response of any agency to a direct request of a legislator or group of legislators [nor] or the submission of the executive budget.

C.

All reports to the legislature by a state agency shall be filed in duplicate with the legislative council service, and such reports shall not be subject to the page limitations of this section.

The legislative council service shall compile a list of the reports submitted prior to each regular legislative session since the beginning of the previous regular session, listing the title and agency [and].

The legislative council service shall distribute the list [among the] to legislators during the first week of the session.

D.

Any legislator may request any report from any person who receives money from the state, including those listed pursuant to Subsection C of this section.

Upon such a request, the state agency shall furnish the report to the e t 17 legislator.

w l n d 18 E.

Compliance by a state agency with Subsection C = = 19 a l of this section shall fulfill any requirement of a state agency i a e r 20 to report to the legislature, unless the requirement is a t m m 21 specifically exempted from the requirements of this section.

d r e 22 F.

No state agency shall submit material bound c e s k 23 other than by staples unless the bulk or other qualities of the e a n b 24 material require other bindings;

provided that, in all cases, u [ the most economical method of binding and packaging shall be .232781.3 - 2 - used.

G.

For the purposes of this section, "state agency" means any agency, division or instrumentality of the state, but does not include political subdivisions and educational institutions or any of the legislature's [divsions] divisions, instrumentalities or committees." SECTION 2.

Section 2-13-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1989, Chapter 349, Section 1) is amended to read:

"2-13-1.

CREATION OF COMMITTEE--MEMBERS--APPOINTMENT-- TERMS.-- A.

There is created a permanent joint [interim] committee of the legislature to be called the "legislative health and human services committee".

The committee shall be composed of [eight] twelve members.

[The legislative council shall appoint four] Six members from the house of representatives [and four] shall be appointed by the speaker of e t 17 the house of representatives.

Six members from the senate [At w l n d 18 the time of making the appointment, the legislative council = = 19 a l shall designate the chairman and vice chairman of the i a e r 20 committee] shall be appointed by the committees' committee of a t m m 21 the senate or, if the senate appointments are made in the d r e 22 interim, by the president pro tempore of the senate after c e s k 23 consultation with and agreement of a majority of the members of e a n b 24 the committees' committee.

Members shall be appointed so as to u [ give the two major political parties in each house the same .232781.3 - 3 - proportionate representation on the committee as prevails in each house;

provided that in no event shall either of such parties have less than one member from each house on the committee.

[Members may be removed from the committee by the legislative council, at the request of the committee chairman, for nonattendance according to council policy.] Vacancies on the committee, however caused, may be filled [by the legislative council, or the council may reduce the size of the committee by not making replacement appointments and in such case need not readjust party representation] for the unexpired term by appointment from the house of representatives or senate by the respective appointing authority that makes the original appointments and subject to the same recommendations;