We have been very busy at the Roundhouse and the pace will only become more accelerated and intense as time goes along.  When the session started, there were estimates that there would be 2000 bills introduced.  While the final number remains unknown, as of Thursday, February 12th, there have been 578 bills introduced in the Senate and 757 in the House.  The final day to bring forward new bills is February 19th and no new capital outlay requests may come in after 5PM on February 16th.

During the Legislative Session, I will be providing brief updates on important issues facing the 49th Session of the New Mexico Legislature.  Also, I will provide information on Legislation I have introduced.

To date, I have introduced four pieces of legislation:

On Tuesday, January 20, 2009, Governor Bill Richardson gave his State of the State address in the House of Representatives, initiating the 60-day Legislative Session that will end at noon, March 21, 2009.  This session faces huge challenges -- the most serious of which are huge projected shortfalls in the remaining portion of the 2009 budget, which ends on June 30, 2009 and the 2010 budget that begins on July 1, 2009.  Early projections of the two shortfalls total about $900,000 million, but some in both parties believe it will be substantially greater.