Sat Mar 8 5:02PM - 13 days, 17 hours left in session
| Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Nicole Tobiassen | 21 | Bernalillo |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SHPAC ✓ | Passed, Mar 5, with Committee Substitution | ||
| SFC | [Referred, not scheduled] | ||
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] SHPAC/SFC-SHPAC [13] DNP-CS/DP-SFC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | referred | SHPAC/SFC | ||
| 4 | sent | SHPAC | ||
| 13 | passed | SHPAC (view committee report) | DNP-CS/DP ( view committee sub) | 9-0 |
| 13 | sent | SFC |
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 Nicole Tobiassen; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to SHPAC | |
| title: '[prefiled by Nicole Tobiassen; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Quality Foster Parent Task Force' | |
| actions: 'SPREF' -> '[4] SHPAC/SFC-SHPAC' | |
| new sponsor: Nicole Tobiassen | |
| Mar 2 | scheduled for SHPAC on Mon Mar 3, 13:30 |
| Mar 4 | scheduled for SHPAC on Wed Mar 5, 13:30 |
| Mar 6 | passed SHPAC; sent to SFC |
| actions: '[4] SHPAC/SFC-SHPAC' -> '+ [13] DNP-CS/DP-SFC' |
Showing the Senate Health & Public Affairs substitution below. For the original as introduced, please refer to nmlegis.
SENATE HEALTH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL 305
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
AN ACT
RELATING TO FAMILIES; CREATING THE QUALITY FOSTER PARENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TASK FORCE; REQUIRING A FINAL REPORT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. TEMPORARY PROVISION--QUALITY FOSTER PARENT RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION TASK FORCE--CREATED--DUTIES--FINAL REPORT.--
A. The "quality foster parent recruitment and retention task force" is created. The task force shall be convened and administered by the children, youth and families department. The task force consists of the following sixteen members:
(1) one member appointed by the governor;
(2) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;
(3) one member appointed by the minority floor leader of the house of representatives;
(4) one member appointed by the senate president pro tempore;
(5) one member appointed by the minority floor leader of the senate;
(6) one member appointed by the chief justice of the supreme court;
(7) one member representing the Kevin S. settlement agreement;
(8) one member representing service providers, appointed by the secretary of children, youth and families;
(9) one member representing foster families, appointed by the secretary of children, youth and families;
(10) one young person with lived experience who has aged out of the foster care system, appointed by the secretary of children, youth and families;
(11) one member representing juvenile justice
stakeholders, appointed by the secretary of children, youth and families;
(12) one member who is a tribal member with lived experience of the effects of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978, the Indian Family Protection Act or other similar provisions of the Children's Code, appointed by the Indian affairs department;
(13) one at-large representative, appointed by the secretary of children, youth and families;
(14) one member who is a relative, a kinship caregiver or a licensed foster parent, appointed by the aging and long-term services department;
(15) one member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or expansive community, appointed by the
children, youth and families department; and
(16) one member from a rural county, appointed by the children, youth and families department.
B. The task force shall be appointed by August 1, 2025 and complete its work by July 1, 2026.
C. The task force shall collaborate with an institution of higher education to perform research that supports the task force.
D. The task force shall conduct a bold experiment relating to the quality of foster parent recruitment and retention to fix the broken system and get the children out of offices.
E. The task force shall study proven examples of successful models that work in other large rural states, including Utah Senate Bill 163 from 1998.
F. The public members of the task force shall receive per diem and mileage pursuant to the Per Diem and Mileage Act.
G. The task force shall submit its final report to the interim legislative health and human services committee, the interim legislative finance committee and the governor by July 1, 2026.
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