Sun Mar 9 6:08AM - 13 days, 5 hours left in session

Senator Heather Berghmans (D-15) [view on nmlegis.gov]

Senator since 2025

Standing Committees

Senate Rules Member Monday, Wednesday & Friday 8:30 AM 321
Senate Tax, Business & Transportation Vice Chair Tuesday & Thursday 1:30 PM 321

Daily Schedule - fixed commitments

  Sunday (Today) Monday (Tomorrow) Tuesday (Schedules may be incomplete)
Morning Committee Meetings:
 SRC - 9:00 AM Room 321
   Role: Member
Afternoon
Sponsored Bills Being Heard in Committee:
 HCEDC - 1:30 PM Room 317
   SB175 Child Care Facility Loan Fund Changes

Bills Introduced

CS/  SB175 💲 Child Care Facility Loan Fund Changes SenatePassed 40-0
HCEDC🗓 Mon Mar 101:30 PMRoom 317 
SB236 💲 Look Twice for Motorcycle License Plate SenatePassed, Mar 4, 37-0
HTPWC[Referred, not scheduled]
HAFC
SB283 💲 CYFD & Use of Federal Benefits House🗓 Sat Mar 812:00 PMHouse Floor 
SB284 💲 Foster Children & Homeowners Insurance STBTCPassed, Feb 25, without recommendation
SJCPossibly heard, but I don't know when.
SB294 💲 Increase Child Income Tax Credit STBTCWas scheduled for Feb 27. No vote recorded. Presumed stalled.
SFC
SB508 💲 Coverage for Certain Health Care STBTC[Referred, not scheduled]
SFC

Bills Cosponsored

HB12 💲 Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Changes HousePassed, Feb 25, 41-27
SHPAC[Referred, not scheduled]
SJC
HB56 💲 Medicaid Reimbursements for Birth Centers HousePassed, Feb 21, 62-1
STBTC[Referred, not scheduled]
SFC
CS/  HB60 💲 Artificial Intelligence Act HCPACPassed, Jan 30, with Do Pass recommendation
HJCPassed, Feb 24, with Committee Substitution
HB156 💲 Increase Educational Salaries HousePassed, Mar 7, 62-1
SFC[Referred, not scheduled]
HB227 💲 Child Care Facility Qualifying Entities House🗓 Sat Mar 812:00 PMHouse Floor 
HB364 💲 Federal Benefits for CYFD Custody House🗓 Sat Mar 812:00 PMHouse Floor 
CS/  SB42 💲 Comprehensive Addiction And Recovery Pgm SRCPassed, Feb 21, with Committee Substitution
SJCPossibly heard on Mar 7; it may take 1-2 days to learn status.
*SB66 💲 Criminal Offender Employment Exemptions SHPACPassed, Feb 23, with Do Pass recommendation
SJCPossibly heard, but I don't know when.
SB83 💲 Innovation in State Government Fund SenatePassed, Mar 6, 26-14
HENRC[Referred, not scheduled]
HAFC
CS/  SB84 💲 Sharing of Certain CYFD Info SHPACPassed, Feb 26, with Committee Subst., w/o recommendation
SJC[Referred, not scheduled]
SB85 💲 Campaign Finance Changes SenatePassed, Feb 12, 42-0
HGEIC[Referred, not scheduled]
HJC
SB203 💲 Massage Therapy Licensure SHPACPossibly heard on Mar 7; it may take 1-2 days to learn status.
SJC
SB218 💲 Election Changes SRCPassed, Feb 12, with Do Pass, as amended
SJCPossibly heard, but I don't know when.
CS/  SB267 💲 Housing Application Fees STBTCPassed, Feb 13, without recommendation
SJCPassed, Mar 7, with Committee Substitution
CS/  SB279 💲 Gas-Operated Semiauto Firearms Exclusion Act SJCPassed, Mar 7, with Committee Substitution
SFC[Referred, not scheduled]
SB307 💲 Child Ombud Act SJC[Referred, not scheduled]
SFC
SB350 💲 Housing Support Needs & Stabilization STBTCPassed, Mar 4, with Do Pass recommendation
SFC[Referred, not scheduled]
CS/  SB458 💲 CYFD Secretary Nominating Committee SRCPassed, Feb 28, with Committee Substitution
SJC[Referred, not scheduled]

Vote Record

Senate Rules
2025-01-27 SB5 💲 Game Commission Reform Yes
SB85 💲 Campaign Finance Changes Yes
2025-01-31 SJM1 💲 Forest Restoration & Economic Development Yes
SB109 💲 PRC & Supporting Agency Yes
SB135 💲 Reimbursement for Certain Legislators Yes
SB124 💲 Superintendent of Insurance Subpoenas Yes
2025-02-05 CS/  SJR1 💲 Legislative Salaries Commission, CA Yes
2025-02-07 SJR7 💲 Regent Nominating Committees, CA Yes
CS/  SB19 💲 Boards of Regents Training Requirements Yes
2025-02-10 SB237 💲 MLK Commission Activities Yes
2025-02-12 SB218 💲 Election Changes Yes
SB16 💲 Non-Major Party Voters in Primary Elections Yes
SB283 💲 CYFD & Use of Federal Benefits Yes
2025-02-14 SM2 💲 Wildfire Study Group Yes
SJR2 💲 Public Employees Retiree Health Care Funds Yes
2025-02-17 SJM2 💲 Frontier Areas Task Force Yes
SB299 💲 Notice of Vacant Legislative Office Yes
SJR6 💲 Early Childhood Trust Fund, CA Yes
SJR3 💲 State Education Board, CA Yes
SJR11 💲 School Elections Timing, CA Yes
2025-02-19 SB417 💲 Confirmatory Adoptions Yes
SB167 💲 Early Childhood Trust Fund Yes
SB319 💲 Minimum Car Insurance Amounts Yes
2025-02-21 SB456 💲 Permanent Courts & Justice Committee Yes
CS/  SB254 💲 Cybersecurity Act & Office Changes Yes
CS/  SB42 💲 Comprehensive Addiction And Recovery Pgm Yes
2025-02-24 SB248 💲 Lobbyist Regulation & Expenditure Reports Yes
CS/  SB507 💲 Firearm Licenses & Transfers Yes
SB505 💲 Law Enforcement Use of Body Cameras Yes
2025-02-26 SJM3 💲 Higher Ed Bilingual Ed Faculties & Degree Yes
2025-02-28 CS/  SB458 💲 CYFD Secretary Nominating Committee Yes
SB274 💲 Board of Finance Approval for Land Sales Yes
SM16   Opposition to Eminent Domain for Transmission Yes
SM14   Mt Taylor Cultural & Environmental Integrity Yes
2025-03-03 SJR15 💲 Appointed State Board of Education, CA Yes
HB193 💲 Study Public Education System Yes
HJR2 💲 Eliminate Pocket Vetoes, CA Yes
SM9 💲 Continue & Improve 520 Language Yes
2025-03-05 SB514 💲 Severance Tax Bonding Capacity Allocations Yes
SM3 💲 Beaver Population & Management Plan Yes
HB181 💲 State Trust Program Accountability Plan Yes
SM19 💲 New Mexico Meat, Cheese & Produce in Schools Yes
2025-03-07 SM13   "Citizen Science Day" Yes
CS/  *HB308 💲 Remove Mrgcd From Local Election Act Yes

Senate Tax, Business & Transportation
2025-02-05 SB24 💲 Apprentice & Training Program Contributions Yes
SB51 💲 Southern NM Communication Infrastructure Yes
SB9 💲 Pipeline Safety Act Violations Civil Penalty Yes
2025-02-06 SB72 💲 Nonprofit Condo Assoc. Remote Business Yes
SB73 💲 Require Bicycle Stops for Safety Yes
SB79 💲 Unleaded Aviation Fuel Grant Program Yes
SB36 💲 Sensitive Personal Information Nondisclosure Yes
CS/  SB59 💲 Public Works Minimum Wage Definitions Yes
SB69 💲 Right to Repair Consumer Electronics Act Yes
2025-02-07 SB65 💲 Consumer Solar Protection Act Yes
*SB81 💲 NM Property Insurance Pgm. Assoc. Board Yes
2025-02-11 SB91 💲 Private Collection of Speeding Camera Fines Yes
SB219 💲 Medical Psilocybin Act Yes
SB92 💲 Horse Racing & Jockey Insurance Fund Yes
SB123 💲 Regional Transit District Law Enforcement Yes
SB126 💲 Increase Rural Service Fund Allocations Yes
SB112 💲 Higher Ed Housing Facility Property Tax Yes
2025-02-13 SB152 💲 County Petition for Cannabis License Pause Yes
SB265 💲 Motor Vehicle & Boat Violation Penalties No
CS/  SB137 💲 Rename Enhanced 911 Act Yes
SB225 💲 Increase Various Penalties Yes
SB143 💲 Create Utility Oversight Fund Yes
SB128 💲 Certain Characters on License Plates Yes
CS/  SB267 💲 Housing Application Fees Yes
CS/  SB175 💲 Child Care Facility Loan Fund Changes Yes
2025-02-18 CS/  SB159 💲 Independent Theater Beer & Wine Licenses Yes
SB241 💲 Hwy Construction Auto Speed Enforcement Yes
SB170 💲 NMFA Definitions, Funds & Rates Yes
CS/  SB180 💲 Self-Service Storage Rental Changes Yes
SB179 💲 Electronic Disclosure for Rental Agreements Yes
CS/  SB169 💲 Strategic Economic Development Site Readiness Yes
SB158 💲 Reporting of Economic Development Incentives Yes
SB194 💲 Notice of Termination of Franchises Yes
SB164 💲 Wireless Consumer Infrastructure Changes Yes
SB162 💲 Severance Tax Permanent Fund Investments Yes
CS/  SB20 💲 Increase Cigarette & Tobacco Products Taxes Yes
*SB31 💲 Zero-Interest Natural Disaster Loans Yes
2025-02-20 SB221 💲 Additional Unfair Insurance Claims Practice Yes
SB39 💲 Add Classes to Prior Authorization Drugs Yes
SB213 💲 Yielding to Transit Buses Yes
SB199 💲 Administration of Local DWI Grant Program Yes
SB227 💲 Funds in State Reserve Yes
SB202 💲 Standardize State Investment Fund Language Yes
SB186 💲 Multifamily Housing Valuation Yes
SB215 💲 Coverage for Certain Insurance Risks Yes
2025-02-21 SB226 💲 Truck Tractor Max Speed Limit Yes
2025-02-25 SB284 💲 Foster Children & Homeowners Insurance Yes
SB236 💲 Look Twice for Motorcycle License Plate Yes
SB252 💲 Social Work Telehealth Services Yes
CS/  SB249 💲 Health Care Provider Gross Receipts Yes
SB206 💲 Procurement Changes Yes
SB7 💲 Storm Water Service as Municipal Utility Yes
SB259 💲 Professional Fundraiser Requirements Yes
CS/  SB376 💲 State Employee Health Benefit Contributions Yes
2025-02-27 SB357 💲 Essential Services Development Act Yes
SB297 💲 Health Care Authority Market Assessments Yes
SB239 💲 Homeowner Assoc. Lot Owner Remedy Yes
SB420 💲 Community Privacy & Safety Act Yes
SB369 💲 400th Anniversary of Winemaking in America Yes
CS/  SB287 💲 Recreational Vehicle Manufacture & Dealer Act Yes
SB41 💲 Turquoise Alert System Yes
SB290 💲 Raise Marriage License Fees Yes
SB233 💲 Distributed Generation Written Statement Yes
2025-03-01 SB100 💲 Indebtedness Limit of Arroyo Flood Control Yes
SB355 💲 Public Finance Accountability Act Yes
SB303 💲 Gaming Machine Standards Yes
SB302 💲 Gaming Control Board Access Background Checks Yes
SB327 💲 Lowrider Capital License Plate Yes
2025-03-04 SB445 💲 Water Gross Receipts 6-Year Limit Yes
CS/  *HB47 💲 Veteran Property Tax Exemptions Yes
CS/  SB353 💲 Search & Rescue Emergency Responses Yes
SB350 💲 Housing Support Needs & Stabilization Yes
SB45 💲 County Health Care Assistance Fund Use Yes
SB370 💲 Obgyn Medicaid Reimbursement Rates Yes
SB351 💲 Correctional Reentry Workforce Program Yes
2025-03-06 SB348 💲 Payments in Lieu of Taxes for Property No
CS/  SB168 💲 Travel Insurance Act Yes
SB230 💲 Maximum Notary Fees Yes
CS/  *SB383 💲 Flood Recovery Bonds & Gross Receipts Yes
SB364 💲 Law Enforcement Qualifications Yes
HB6 💲 IRB Project Minimum Wage Yes
2025-03-08 CS/  HB66 💲 Workers' Compensation Changes Yes
SB377 💲 NM United License Plate Yes
SB460 💲 Film Loans to Certain Projects Yes
SB318 💲 Firearms in Unfair Practices Act Yes
SB352 💲 Certain Photos as Confidential Yes
SB52 💲 Public Office Travel Reimbursement Yes
CS/  SB118 💲 Organ Donor License Box & Registry Yes
SB422 💲 Affordable Housing Organization Support Yes
SB408 💲 State Architectural And Engineering Contracts Yes
SB413 💲 Investment in NM Private Equity Yes


This table shows a chronological list of updates for this legislator: office/phone/email updates, bills sponsored, committee role changes. It is probably way more than you want to know.

Jan 22 sponsored: SB85 Campaign Finance Changes
sponsored: HB12 Extreme Risk Firearm Protection Order Changes
Jan 23 office: '' -> '416C'
office_phone: '' -> '986-4726'
sponsored: SB66 Criminal Offender Employment Exemptions
sponsored: SB84 Sharing of Certain CYFD Info
Jan 24 session_secretary_email: '' -> 'SD15.secr@nmlegis.gov'
sponsored: SB83 Innovation in State Government Fund
Jan 28 sponsored: SB175 Child Care Facility Loan Fund Changes
Jan 29 sponsored: HB56 Medicaid Reimbursements for Birth Centers
Jan 30 sponsored: SB203 Massage Therapy Licensure
sponsored: SB218 Election Changes
Jan 31 sponsored: SB236 Look Twice for Motorcycle License Plate
Feb 3 sponsored: SB267 Housing Application Fees
Feb 4 sponsored: SB279 Gas-Operated Semiauto Firearms Exclusion Act
sponsored: SB283 CYFD & Use of Federal Benefits
sponsored: SB284 Foster Children & Homeowners Insurance
Feb 5 sponsored: SB294 Increase Child Income Tax Credit
Feb 6 sponsored: SB307 Child Ombud Act
Feb 8 service: '' -> 'Senator since 2025'
Feb 11 sponsored: HB156 Increase Educational Salaries
sponsored: SB350 Housing Support Needs & Stabilization
Feb 20 sponsored: SB508 Coverage for Certain Health Care
Feb 26 office_phone: '986-4726' -> '505-986-4726'
sponsored: SB42 Comprehensive Addiction And Recovery Pgm
sponsored: SB458 CYFD Secretary Nominating Committee
Feb 27 sponsored: HB227 Child Care Facility Qualifying Entities
sponsored: HB364 Federal Benefits for CYFD Custody
Mar 8 sponsored: HB60 Artificial Intelligence Act

Legislators: Democratic sponsorship Republican sponsorship Bipartisan sponsorship This indicates your legislator
(Highlights bills they sponsor, committees they sit in)
Bill Rows: Active -- hearings scheduled (NN) - sequence number in agenda Inactive -- no hearings scheduled
Bill Progress: Passed Failed Vote Tabled
Incomplete Data: Heard(?)
(was scheduled for hearing recently)
Heard Long Ago
(was scheduled for hearing many days ago)
(There is very little I can do about these because nmlegis.gov does not report real-time results)

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