Committee backs bill to let New Mexico sawmills grade structural lumber in state
A bill to create an in‑state structural wood grading certificate advanced after testimony that small sawmills cannot afford out‑of‑state graders; the program would license graders, link training to community colleges, and aim to expand local market use of fire‑threat timber.
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Senator Gabe Gonzales presented Senate Bill 240, the Structural Wood Grading Act, to the Senate Conservation Committee; the committee gave the measure a unanimous due‑pass recommendation. The bill would create an in‑state certification program for grading structural wood so lumber milled in New Mexico could be used in residential and commercial construction without bringing in nationally accredited third‑party graders from other states.
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