Sat Mar 8 4:59PM - 13 days, 18 hours left in session
| Sponsor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sen. Leo Jaramillo | 5 | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval & Santa Fe |
| Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| SHPAC ✓ | Passed, Feb 23, with Do Pass recommendation | ||
| STBTC | [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: [2] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC [9] DP-STBTC
| Legis Day | Action | Details | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | referred | SHPAC/STBTC | ||
| 2 | sent | SHPAC | ||
| 9 | passed | SHPAC (view committee report) | DP | 10-0 |
| 9 | sent | STBTC |
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 23 | filed: [Prefiled by Leo Jaramillo; not yet on nmlegis] |
| [new] | |
| sent to SHPAC | |
| title: '[prefiled by Leo Jaramillo; Not Yet on Nmlegis]' -> 'Off-Highway Vehicle Tires & Sizes' | |
| actions: 'SPREF' -> '[2] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC' | |
| new sponsor: Leo Jaramillo | |
| Feb 22 | scheduled for SHPAC on Sun Feb 23, 13:00 |
| Feb 24 | passed SHPAC; sent to STBTC |
| actions: '[2] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC' -> '[2] SHPAC/STBTC-SHPAC [9] DP-STBTC' |
SENATE BILL 96
57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Leo Jaramillo
AN ACT
RELATING TO OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES; AMENDING SECTION 66-3-1001.1 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 2005, CHAPTER 325, SECTION 1, AS AMENDED); AMENDING DEFINITIONS CONCERNING TIRES AND VEHICLE SIZE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 66-3-1001.1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2005, Chapter 325, Section 1, as amended) is amended to read:
"66-3-1001.1. DEFINITIONS.--As used in the Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Act:
A. "board" means the off-highway motor vehicle advisory board;
B. "department" means the department of game and fish;
C. "division" means the motor vehicle division of the taxation and revenue department;
D. "fund" means the trail safety fund;
E. "off-highway motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed by the manufacturer for operation exclusively off the highway or road and includes:
(1) "all-terrain vehicle", which means a motor vehicle fifty inches or less in width, having an unladen dry weight of one thousand pounds or less, traveling on three or more [low-pressure] non-highway tires and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebar-type steering control;
(2) "off-highway motorcycle", which means a motor vehicle traveling on not more than two tires and having a seat designed to be straddled by the operator and that has handlebar-type steering control;
(3) "snowmobile", which means a motor vehicle designed for travel on snow or ice and steered and supported in whole or in part by skis, belts, cleats, runners or low-pressure tires;
(4) "recreational off-highway vehicle", which means a motor vehicle designed for travel on four or more non-highway tires, for recreational use by one or more persons, and having:
(a) a steering wheel for steering control;
(b) non-straddle seating;
(c) maximum speed capability greater than thirty-five miles per hour;
(d) [gross vehicle] unladen dry weight [rating] of no greater than [one thousand seven hundred fifty] three thousand five hundred pounds;
(e) less than eighty inches in overall width, exclusive of accessories; and
[(f) engine displacement of less than one thousand cubic centimeters; and
(g)] (f) identification by means of a seventeen-character vehicle identification number; or
(5) by rule of the department, any other vehicles that may enter the market that fit the general profile of vehicles operated off the highway for recreational purposes;
F. "staging area" means a parking lot, trailhead or other location to or from which an off-highway motor vehicle is transported so that it may be placed into operation or removed from operation; and
G. "unpaved public roadway" means a dirt graveled street or road that is constructed, signed and maintained for regular passenger-car use by the general public."
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