Public Hearing - Senator Jesse A. Lujan - February 18, 2026 9AM PT.2

General Government Operations and Appropriations · February 18, 2026

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Opening, scheduling, and housekeeping

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Hearing convened; chair/committee staff announced this is not the final hearing, will be properly noticed and continued because the bill author, Sen. William Parkinson, needed to leave for a family medical matter; return hearing to be scheduled and public testimony preserved for those who left. Committee asked testifiers to identify themselves for the record.

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A lengthy public hearing on Bill 242-38, which would change eligibility for a political-status plebiscite from an ancestry-based “native inhabitant” definition to all registered voters (minimum 30-day residency), drew overwhelmingly opposed testimony and extended debate; the committee recessed the hearing to continue at a later date.

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