Sat Mar 8 4:43PM - 13 days, 18 hours left in session
| Sponsors | ||
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Kathleen Cates | 44 | Bernalillo & Sandoval |
| Sen. Harold Pope | 23 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. D. Wonda Johnson | 5 | McKinley & San Juan |
| Rep. Cristina Parajón | 25 | Bernalillo |
| Rep. Marianna Anaya | 18 | Bernalillo |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| House | 🗓 Sat Mar 8 | 12:00 PM | House Floor |
This is the official nmlegis action history. I'm doing my best to translate the LONG/WEIRD-STRING to something less gibberishy. And before you ask, no, the "Legis Day" number has no mapping to the real world.
Actions: HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC [2] DP-HEC [7] DP
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | prefile | H | ||
| 1 | referred | HCPAC/HEC | ||
| 1 | sent | HCPAC | ||
| 2 | passed | HCPAC (view committee report) | DP | 4-2; nays: Block, Lord |
| 2 | sent | HEC | ||
| 7 | passed | HEC (view committee report) | DP | 7-4; nays: Baca, Chatfield, Mirabal Moya, Vincent |
This table shows bill actions detected on Ed's system, using heuristics that may not be 100% accurate and which may not reflect the "official" nmlegis chronology. It is probably more than you care to know.
| Jan 21 | referred to HCPAC/HEC; sent to HCPAC |
| Jan 23 | new sponsor: Harold Pope |
| scheduled for HCPAC on Tue Jan 28, 13:30 | |
| Jan 24 | new sponsor: Marianna Anaya |
| Jan 28 | new sponsor: D. Wonda Johnson |
| Jan 29 | passed HCPAC; sent to HEC |
| actions: 'HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC' -> 'HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC [2] DP-HEC' | |
| Feb 3 | sponsor: D. Wonda Johnson: 4 -> 3 |
| new sponsor: Cristina Parajón | |
| sponsor: Marianna Anaya: 3 -> 5 | |
| Feb 11 | scheduled for HEC on Mon Feb 17, 08:30 |
| Feb 18 | passed HEC; sent to Speaker's Table |
| actions: 'HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC [2] DP-HEC' -> 'HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC [2] DP-HEC [7] DP-T' | |
| on House calendar for Wed Feb 19, 10:30 | |
| Feb 19 | actions: 'HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC [2] DP-HEC [7] DP-T' -> 'HPREF [1] HCPAC/HEC-HCPAC [2] DP-HEC [7] DP' |
| on House calendar for Thu Feb 20, 10:30 | |
| Feb 20 | on House calendar for Fri Feb 21, 10:30 |
| Feb 21 | on House calendar for Sat Feb 22, 12:30 |
| Feb 22 | on House calendar for Mon Feb 24, 10:30 |
| Feb 24 | on House calendar for Tue Feb 25, 10:38 |
| Feb 25 | on House calendar for Wed Feb 26, 10:30 |
| Feb 26 | on House calendar for Thu Feb 27, 10:30 |
| Feb 27 | on House calendar for Fri Feb 28, 10:30 |
| Feb 28 | on House calendar for Sat Mar 1, 13:00 |
| Mar 2 | on House calendar for Mon Mar 3, 10:30 |
| Mar 3 | on House calendar for Tue Mar 4, 10:30 |
| Mar 4 | on House calendar for Wed Mar 5, 10:30 |
| Mar 5 | on House calendar for Thu Mar 6, 10:30 |
| Mar 6 | on House calendar for Fri Mar 7, 10:30 |
| Mar 7 | on House calendar for Sat Mar 8, 12:00 |
HOUSE BILL 27
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Kathleen Cates and Harold Pope and D. Wonda Johnson
and Cristina Parajón and Marianna Anaya
AN ACT
RELATING TO LIBRARIES; ENACTING THE LIBRARIAN PROTECTION ACT; PROSCRIBING THE BANNING OF LIBRARY MATERIALS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. [NEW MATERIAL] SHORT TITLE.--This act may be cited as the "Librarian Protection Act".
SECTION 2. [NEW MATERIAL] DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Librarian Protection Act:
A. "ban" means the act of removing or prohibiting the addition of materials from a public library not in accordance with an established and approved collection development policy;
B. "challenge" means an attempt to remove or restrict materials from a public library; and
C. "public library" means a New Mexico organization that offers basic library services that are available to the general public.
SECTION 3. [NEW MATERIAL] PUBLIC LIBRARIES--PROHIBITING BOOK BANNING.--
A. A public library shall not be eligible to receive state funds unless the library:
(1) adopts a written policy that complies with the American library association's library bill of rights, as adopted in 2019, including the requirement that library materials not be proscribed or removed because of partisan or doctrinal disapproval of the material's content or based on the author's race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation or political or religious views; or
(2) adopts a written policy prohibiting the practice of banning books or other library materials within the library or library system on the basis of partisan or doctrinal disapproval of the material's content or based on the author's race, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation or political or religious views pursuant to rules promulgated by the state librarian.
B. A political subdivision of the state shall not reduce funding for a public library due to the library's compliance with the provisions of Subsection A of this section.
C. The provisions of Subsection A of this section are not intended to curtail the right of individuals to challenge library materials as part of an approved library collection development policy following established library materials challenge procedures.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the provisions of this act is July 1, 2025.
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