Votes at a glance: House Appropriations & Finance committee actions on district attorney and DPS requests

The House Appropriations & Finance Committee recorded a series of motions adopting Legislative Finance Committee recommendations for district attorney budgets and Department of Public Safety items during the Oct. 12 hearing. Most motions were adopted by voice with no recorded opposition; where seconds were recorded committee staff noted the mover and seconder.

Motions recorded at the hearing (summary) - Administrative Office of the District Attorneys (AODA): Motion to adopt the LFC recommendation (mover: Vice Chair Dixon; seconder: Ranking Member Chatfield). Outcome: adopted (no opposition recorded). - Sixth Judicial District (Hidalgo, Luna, Grant): Motion to adopt the LFC recommendation (mover: Ranking Member Chatfield; seconder: Vice Chair Dixon). Outcome: adopted (no opposition recorded). - Fifth Judicial District (Eddy, Lea, Chaves): Motion to adopt the LFC recommendation (mover: Ranking Member Chatfield; seconder: Vice Chair Dixon). Outcome: adopted (no opposition recorded). - Twelfth Judicial District (Otero, Lincoln): Motion to adopt the LFC recommendation (mover: Vice Chair Dixon; seconder: Ranking Member Chatfield). Outcome: adopted (no opposition recorded). - Third Judicial District (Doña Ana): Motion to adopt the LFC recommendation (mover: Vice Chair Dixon; seconder: Ranking Member Chatfield). Outcome: adopted (no opposition recorded). - Sixth, Fifth, Ninth, Tenth, Eighth, Seventh, Eleventh (Divisions 1 & 2), Thirteenth, Fourth, Second, and First Judicial Districts: The committee moved and adopted the LFC recommendations for each district’s budget at the meeting; motions were typically moved by ranking or vice chair members and adopted with no opposition recorded. - Department of Public Safety (agency code 790): Committee adopted LFC recommendations for DPS line items. Committee then approved an add-on motion to add $1,614,400 in general fund revenue for officer step increases in the New Mexico State Police program (program 504). Mover: Ranking Member Chatfield; recorded second(s) and no opposition.

Notes on votes and recordkeeping: Most motions were voice adoptions with no roll-call tally recorded in the transcript. Where motion makers and seconders are recorded above, the committee reported “no opposition” at the time the chair called for objections.

Ending: The committee’s adoptions put in place the LFC’s baseline recommendations for DA and DPS items while flagging multiple items (DA recruitment, AODA licensing, DPS DNA backlog and CJIS resiliency) for follow-up in public‑safety deliberations and potential supplemental action.