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Committee roll calls: summary of votes from Senate Health and Public Affairs meeting
Summary
The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee recorded roll-call recommendations and outcomes on several bills, including unanimous consent items and due-pass recommendations on multiple measures. This roundup lists each bill, the committee’s action, and basic details from the hearing record.
The Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee logged the following formal actions and roll-call outcomes during the meeting.
- Committee substitute for House Bill 618 (clarifying DOI role on agency projects): Due-pass recommendation by voice/roll call, 9–0. Motion made by the chair; second by Senator Scott. (Consent agenda item.)
- House Bill 468 (retiring of state flags): Due-pass recommendation, 9–0. Motion made by the chair; second by Senator Scott. (Consent agenda item.)
- Committee substitute for House Bill 78 (prohibit discrimination against 340B entities): Due-pass recommendation, 5–3. (Full hearing and testimony summarized in a separate article.)
- House Bill 336 (certain retirees returning to work): Due-pass recommendation, 7–0 with 3 excused. Bill clarifies return-to-work rules for retired law-enforcement personnel at the New Mexico Livestock Board; proponents said it remedies an omission in last year’s return-to-work statute.
- Senate Bill 498 (designate lowrider as official state vehicle): Due-pass recommendation, 8–0. (Hearing included cultural testimony and technical questions.)
- House Bill 554 (residential home building authorization; statewide ADU/multifamily accommodation): Motion for due-pass failed, 3–6. (Extensive committee questioning focused on state preemption of local zoning and HOAs.)
- Senate Bill 512 (update reimbursement methodology for surprise billing / reimbursement rates): Due-pass recommendation, 7–2. Committee sponsors described the bill as an update to surprise-billing payment methodology and urged fairer payment practices.
These roll-call results reflect the committee’s recommendations to the full Senate; a due-pass recommendation is not final adoption by the Senate, but it signals which measures the committee will report forward.
