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HAFC combines SB273 and SB274, redirects funds to FY27 and boosts Torrance County aid
Summary
The House Appropriations and Finance Committee combined Senate Bills 273 and 274 into a single substitute, scaled most relief to fiscal year 2027, added a $450,000 Torrance County prisoner-transport allocation and included a $2 million payment to the Pueblo of Zia for use of the Zia symbol; the substitute passed by voice vote.
Albuquerque — The House Appropriations and Finance Committee (HAFC) on Thursday combined Senate Bill 273 and Senate Bill 274 into a single appropriations substitute, narrowed most funding to fiscal year 2027 and approved a set of voice amendments that raise several Torrance County allocations and add a $450,000 line for prisoner transport. The committee passed the substitute as amended by voice and adjourned.
Chair Small told members the amendment would merge the two appropriations into one bill to simplify tracking and asked Adrian Avila, the Senate financial staff member, to explain the package. Avila said Senate Bill 273 was developed in response to House Bill 9 to provide two-year, bridge funding to counties affected by the loss of large detention contracts. "For Otero, it was designed specifically to help pay the bond payments that are due for the prison facility," Avila said, and the package also targeted utility and transportation costs for counties such as Cibola and Torrance.
Director Breiding told the committee the HAFC amendment…
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