| House Bills |
| HM102 |
Rehm |
THE CREATION OF A TASK FORCE TO STUDY AND MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE PROBLEM OF
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS. |
| HB124 |
Trujillo |
ALLOW REMOVAL OF PARTIALLY CONSUMED WINE
Passed House (63-1) and Senate (37-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson March 29, 2007 . |
| HB126 * |
Martinez |
INTERLOCKS FOR CERTAIN OUT-OF-STATE DRIVERS. Mandates ignition interlocks for convicted offenders moving to New Mexico. Includes $1.2 million dollars for MVD to implement.
Passed the House of Representatives (67-0) and Senate (35-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 2, 2007 |
| HB266 |
Gonzales |
LIQUOR TAX DISTRIBUTION TO LOCAL DWI FUND. Increases the distribution of the alcohol excise tax to counties for expenditure on reducing DWI. This bill will change the distribution to provide an additional $3.1 million dollars of the liquor excise tax to address local DWI efforts, according to the Legislative Fiscal Impact Report.
Passed the House of Representatives (51-0) and Senate (35-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 2, 2007 |
| HB1052 |
McCoy |
DRIVER EDUCATION SCHOOL LICENSE EXPIRATIONS
Allows the Department of Transportation Traffic Safety Bureau to have different expiration dates for annual licenses.
Passed House (60-0) and Senate (36-0).
Signed by Governor Richardson April 2, 2007 |
| HB1103 |
Varela |
REPEAL DWI PROGRAM FUND (DWI Reallocation) Reallocates money that existed in an old DWI state agency fund. $600,000 will be reallocated to be expended on law enforcement equipment, SID overtime for sales to minors and to persons who are intoxicated, and a study of the effectiveness of DWI Court. *Please note that there has been some confusion regarding this bill. It DOES NOT take funding from the counties, it is a reallocation of old state agency monies that need to be expended.
Passed House (63-0) and Senate (41-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 3, 2007 |
| Senate Bills |
SB121 |
Cararro |
Prevention of Wrong Way Highway Traffic Study
Appropriation of $1,000 to fund a pilot project to assess ways to prevent wrong-way traffic on highway off-ramps.
Passed Senate (34-3) and House (45-7)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 2, 2007. |
| SB 321 |
Wirth |
PEDESTRIAN RIGHT OF WAY IN CROSSWALKS
Requires drivers to yield to pedestrians whenever a pedestrian is in a crosswalk. (under the old law, drivers were only required to yield to pedestrians when they were "upon the half of the roadway in which the vehicle is travelling or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger). This law applies only when there is no traffic-control device in place, or in operation.
Signed by Governor Richardson March 30, 2007.
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| SB365 |
Sanchez |
CONSISTENT TRAFFIC FINES ( will require that penalty ordinances adopted by local authorities for redlight running or speeding not exceed $100 and that 1/3 of the amount assessed be distributed to the AOC)
Passed Senate (35-1) and House (53-10)
Vetoed by Governor Richardson |
| SB397 |
Lopez |
CHILD HELMET SAFTEY ACT (will prohibit parents or guardians from knowingly permitting minors to operate or be a passenger on a bicycle, skates, scooter or skateboard on public rights of way without helmets.)
Passed Senate (23-12) and House (35-18)
Signed by Governor Richardson March 29, 2007 |
| SB437 * |
Griego |
INTERLOCKS FOR CERTAIN OUT OF STATE DRIVERS. Mandates ignition interlocks for convicted offenders moving to New Mexico.
Passed Senate (26-6) and House (62-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson |
| SB440 * |
Grubesic |
DWI CHEMICAL TEST TIME LIMITS ("Day Case Fix")
(Senate Judiciary Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 440) Passed Senate (38-1) Passed senate (58-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 2, 2007 |
| SB591 |
McSorley |
INTERLOCK PROGRAM CONFIDENTIALITY
(Would allow court, probation and parole authorities to determine indigency. Provides for confidentiality of certain interlock information.)
Unanimously passed the Senate (38-0) and House (48-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 2, 2007 |
| SB861 |
Payne |
TRAFFIC CAMERA & SIGNAL WARNING SIGNS (would require counties or municipalities to install warning signs where camera monitors are in use.)
Passed the Senate (41-0) and House (38-22)
Signed by Governor Richardson April 6, 2007
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| SB 905 |
Griego |
MOTOR VEHICLE CODE AMENDMENTS
Passed the Senate (29-0) and House (60-0)
Signed by Governor Richardson |
| SB1158 |
Grubesic |
DRIVER EDUCATION LICENSE EXPIRATION DATES
Passed the Senate (32-0) and House (61-0)
Pocket veto (Note: The House version 1052 of this bill was signed April 2) |
| * Governor Richardson's Bill |
