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Votes at a glance: House floor actions include housing, infrastructure and court-record bills
Summary
Monday’s House session recorded final passage on multiple bills, including measures on eviction record sealing, housing office creation, land-grant infrastructure funds, tenant credit-assistance, and several technical or code updates. Listed below are bills the House finalized on this floor day with outcomes and key details.
The House completed final passage on multiple bills during Monday’s floor session. Below are the principal items recorded on the House floor, the outcomes and short notes for each measure.
Votes and key details (selected items recorded on the House floor):
- House Judiciary Committee substitute for House Bill 253 — Passed 38-25. Seals eviction records for tenants who prevail in court; losing tenants’ records remain public for three years then sealed (see separate article).
- House Bill 330 (twice amended) — Passed 47-16. Establishes Land Grant Merced Infrastructure Fund and Acequia Infrastructure Fund within the severance tax bonding framework for infrastructure projects in land-grant and acequia communities (see separate article).
- House Bill 448 (with emergency clause) — Passed 49-17. Creates the Office of Housing Planning and Production administratively attached to DFA and includes a $2 million nonrecurring appropriation for start-up staffing and contracts (see separate article).
- House Bill 453 (as amended) — Passed 47-16. Creates a creditworthiness assistance program administered by Housing New Mexico / MFA, pairing tenant financial-literacy training with capped assistance for property managers (see separate article).
- House Bill 209 (as amended) — Passed 63-0. Creates a Sunshine Portal Fund (administrative housekeeping); final passage recorded unanimously.
- House Bill 298 — Passed 62-0. Municipal code update; final passage recorded unanimously.
- House Bill 357 — Passed 60-0. Mandates additional billing rules for Medicaid waiver participants (floor summary); final passage recorded unanimously.
- House Bill 327 (House Bill 327 appears as HB 340/HB 340-related items during intro/floor) — Several technical bills and committee substitutes read and referred; consult clerk’s record for referral details.
- House Bill 427 / House Bill 427-related water trust update (House Bill 427 appears in calendar as HB 427 context): House Bill 427 as amended (HB 4 27) — Passed 63-0. Amends the Water Project Finance Act to add real-time water monitoring to qualifying projects for the Water Trust Board.
- House Bill 192 (as amended) — Passed (vote recorded). Adds reporting requirements for Department of Information Technology to LFC for trunked radio system subscriber fees (final passage recorded on floor).
Procedure notes: several committee reports were adopted earlier in the session, with committee recommendations referred to subsequent committees as read by clerks. A number of Senate messages were entered by the clerk reporting Senate passage of companion bills; the House “concurrence” process will follow where necessary.
This list highlights floor outcomes announced during the session and is not an exhaustive list of all committee actions or bills considered in committee earlier in the day. For full roll-call records, bill texts, committee reports, and referrals, consult the House clerk’s official record.
