New Mexico 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 95 — ADDITIONAL SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

Last action — Signed

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic) on March 05, 2026.

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Advancing 52% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

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Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

28 added · 1 removed

Plain-language change summary

The updated version of Bill HB 95 now includes provisions for adding one more judgeship in both the First Judicial District and the Second Judicial District. Specifically, the First Judicial District will have a total of eleven judges, while the Second Judicial District will have thirty-one judges. This change is important because it aims to address the growing caseloads in these districts, which can help ensure that cases are handled more efficiently and fairly.

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57TH LEGISLATURE -STATEOFNEWMEXICO- SECOND SESSION, 2026
AN ACT RELATING TO COURTS;
CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT;
CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1.
Section 34-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:
"34-6-4.
JUDGES--FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be eleven district judges in the first judicial district." SECTION 2.
Section 34-6-5 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968, Chapter 69, Section 8, as amended) is amended to read:
"34-6-5.
JUDGES--SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be thirty-one district judges in the second judicial district." HB 95/a Page 1 25
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Action History

  1. Signed

  2. House concurred in Senate amendments

  3. passed Senate

  4. DO PASS committee report adopted

  5. DO PASS, as amended, committee report adopted

  6. Sent to Senate Judiciary Committee & Senate Finance Committee

  7. passed House

  8. floor substitute adopted (1 amendment)

  9. DO PASS committee report adopted

  10. DO PASS committee report adopted

  11. Sent to House Government, Elections and Indian Affairs Committee & House Judiciary Committee

  12. Sent to House Pre-file

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 111 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

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Not signed on (111)

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Who sponsors HB 95?
HB 95 is sponsored by Dayan Hochman-Vigil (Democrat).
What is the current status of HB 95?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 16, 2026. Enacted.
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