Sat Mar 8 5:32PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Nicholas A. Paul | 33 | Chaves, Lincoln & Otero |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| STBTC ✓ | Passed, Mar 1, with Do Pass, as amended | ||
| SJC ❓ | Was scheduled for this afternoon. There is currently no way to obtain real-time results, sorry. | ||
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: [4] STBTC/SJC-STBTC [11] DP/a-SJC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | referred | STBTC/SJC | ||
| 4 | sent | STBTC | ||
| 11 | passed | STBTC (view committee report) | DP/a | 7-0 |
| 11 | sent | SJC |
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.
| Feb 6 | filed: [Prefiled by Nicholas A. Paul; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to STBTC | |
| title: '[prefiled by Nicholas A. Paul; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Gaming Machine Standards' | |
| actions: 'SPREF' -> '[4] STBTC/SJC-STBTC' | |
| new sponsor: Nicholas A. Paul | |
| Feb 28 | scheduled for STBTC on Sat Mar 1, 15:30 |
| scheduled for STBTC on Sat Mar 1, 13:30 | |
| Mar 3 | passed STBTC; sent to SJC |
| actions: '[4] STBTC/SJC-STBTC' -> '+ [11] DP/a-SJC' | |
| Mar 7 | scheduled for SJC on Sat Mar 8, 13:30 |
SENATE BILL 303
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Nicholas A. Paul
AN ACT
RELATING TO GAMING; REQUIRING THAT GAMING MACHINES MEET THE STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS OF STATE LAWS AND RULES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 60-2E-44 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1997, Chapter 190, Section 46, as amended) is amended to read:
"60-2E-44. MACHINE SPECIFICATIONS.--To be eligible for licensure, each gaming machine shall meet all specifications established by [regulations] rules of the board and:
A. be unable to be manipulated in a manner that affects the random probability of winning plays or in any other manner determined by the board to be undesirable;
B. have at least one mechanism that accepts coins or currency;
C. be capable of having play suspended through the central system by the executive director until the executive director resets the gaming machine;
D. have electronic meters within a readily accessible locked area of the gaming machine that maintain a record of all money inserted into the machine, all cash payouts of winnings, all refunds of winnings, all credits played for additional games and all credits won by players;
E. be capable of printing out, at the request of the executive director, readings on the electronic meters of the machine;
F. for machines that do not dispense coins or tokens directly to players, be capable of printing a ticket voucher stating the value of a cash prize won by the player at the completion of each game, the date and time of day the game was played in a twenty-four-hour format showing hours and minutes, the machine serial number, the sequential number of the ticket voucher and an encrypted validation number for determining the validity of a winning ticket voucher;
G. be capable of being linked to the board's central system for the purpose of being monitored continuously as required by the board;
H. provide for a payback value for each credit wagered, determined over time, of not less than eighty percent;
I. meet the standards and specifications set by state laws [or regulations of the states of Nevada and New Jersey] and rules for gaming machines [whichever are more stringent];
J. offer only games authorized and examined by the board; and
K. display the gaming machine license issued for that machine in an easily accessible place, before and during the time that a machine is available for use."
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