Climate & Energy Bills – 2023
350 Santa Fe Priority Climate & Energy Bills
The 2023 session is now closed and our thanks go to everyone who participated in supporting, testifying and encouraging the passage of the legislative items we have prioritized. Many organizations played a key role in getting bills passed.
Eventually, you will see which bills the Governor has signed.
Priority Legislation Scorecard
Many pieces didn’t make it. There is much work still to do. Here’s a summary of how our supported bills fared.
Final Legislative Score: 8 Wins – 14 Losses
Final Executive Score: 2 Wins – 20 Losses
Important legislation we supported that PASSED
The bills that the Governor vetoed are shown with VETOED.
HB 547 Public Peace, health, Safety & Welfare – the final tax package sent to the governor, includes a suite of climate-protecting tax credits from:
HB 412 Electric Vehicle Tax Credit VETOED
SB 22 Electric Vehicle & Charging Unit Tax Credits VETOED
HB 32 Energy Storage System Income Tax Credit VETOED
SB 173 Geothermal Energy Generation Tax Credit Act VETOED
SB 45 Geothermal Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Tax Credit VETOED
HB 2 General Appropriations Act 2023 – that included a) increases in agency appropriations and b) $400 k for NM Tech for geothermal work.
HB 365 Geothermal Center & Fund VETOED
HB 95 makes the Renewable Energy Office in the State Land Office permanent
Important legislation we supported that DIDN’T pass
SB 520 Clean Future Act
HB 426 Clean Fuels Standards
HB 188 Economic Transition Division – though some funds may be directed toward related uses from the $50 million appropriation for advanced energy technology and energy transition in HB2.
SB 74 Energy Generation Facility Requirements
HJR 4/SJR 6 Environmental Rights GA (the Green Amendment)
SB 8 Geothermal Resource Development Act that included:
SB 169 Climate Investment Center & Fund (Green Bank/Fund)
HJR 8 Legislative Salaries, CA
HJR 2 Legislative Session Changes, CA
SB 165 Local Choice Energy Act
SB 77 New Home-Build Renewable Requirements
SB 418 Oil and Gas Act Changes
HB 42 / SB 5 Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act
SB 266 Retail Distributed Generation
What You Can Still Do
You can always click on the committee link against each bill below for more information on committee chairs and members. Drill down to find email addresses and in the cases where our supported bills passed you might send a thank you note.
General webcasts of the hearings should be available for anyone to review.
Priority Legislation Details
Column Headings:
- Bill ID links go to the nmlegis.gov page for details on the legislation.
- Current Location shows which committee is holding hearings
- Hearing Scheduled shows dates and place of hearings
| Bill ID | Titles | Sponsors | Last Location | Hearing Scheduled |
| SB 520 | Clean Future Act ♣ | Sen. Mimi Stewart | Tabled in SCONC | |
| HB 188 | Economic Transition Division
(prev. part of ‘climate omnibus’ bill) |
Rep. Angelica Rubio
Rep. Kristina Ortez Rep. Linda Serrato Rep. Anthony Allison Rep. D. Wonda Johnson |
Incorporated in HB 2
2/3/23 passed HGEIC |
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| HB 412 | Electric Vehicle Tax Credit
(mirrors SB 22) |
Rep.Yanira Gurrola et al | Incorporated into HB 547
2/16/23 passed HENRC |
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| HJR 4 | Environmental Rights Act (Green Amendment) CA | Rep. Joanne J. Ferrary
Sen.Antoinette Sedillo Lopez Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero |
HENRC | |
| SJR 6 | Environmental Rights Act (Green Amendment) CA | Sen. Antoinette Sedillo Lopez
Sen. Harold Pope Sen. Shannon D. Pinto Rep. Joanne J. Ferrary Rep. Tara L. Lujan |
SRC | |
| SB 22 | EV & Charging Unit Tax Credit | Sen. Bill Tallman | Incorporated into HB 547 | |
| HB 2 | General Appropriations Act 2023
(Support for NMED, EMNRD, OSE/ISC Staffing) |
Rep. Nathan P. Small
Rep. Meredith A. Dixon |
3/15/23 passed House (concurred)
3/12/23 passed Senate w/amend. 3/12/23 passed SFC 2/16/23 passed House 2/15/23 passed HAFC |
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| HB 365 | Geothermal Center and Fund ☥
(mirrors SB 8) |
Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero
Rep. Joanne J. Ferrary Rep. Tara L. Lujan Rep. Debra M. Sariñana |
3/17/23 passed House (concurred)
3/16/ passed Senate w/amend 3/15/23 passed SFC 3/9/23 passed SCONC 3/1/23 passed House 2/24/23 passed HAFC 2/14/23 passed HENRC
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| SB 173 | Geothermal Energy Generation Tax Credit Act | Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino
Sen. Ron Griggs Sen. Pat Woods Sen. Mimi Stewart |
Incorporated into HB 547 | |
| SB 45 | Geothermal Ground-Coupled Heat Pump Tax Credit | Sen. William Soules
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Incorporated into HB 547 | |
| SB 8 | Geothermal Resource Development Act | Sen. Gerald Ortiz y Pino
Sen. Pat Woods Sen. Ron Griggs Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero |
House Calendar
3/16/23 passed 3/9/23 passed Senate 3/8/23 passed SFC 1/26/23 passed SCONC
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| HB 42 | Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act | Rep. Liz Thomson
Rep. Kristina Ortez |
HAFC
1/25/23 passed HHHC |
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| SB 5 | Public Health and Climate Resiliency Act | Rep. Liz Stefanics
Rep. Liz Thomson |
SFC
1/25/23 passed SHPAC |
Supported legislation we also want passed.
| Bill ID | Titles | Sponsors | Last Location | Hearing Scheduled |
| HB 426 | Clean Fuel Standards♦ | Rep. Kristina Ortez
Sen. Mimi Stewart Rep. Christine Chandler Sen. Katy M. Duhigg Sen. Carrie Hamblen |
House Calendar
3/4/23 passed HGEIC 3/23/23 passed HENRC
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| SB 169 | Climate Investment Center & Fund (Green Bank/Fund) | Sen. Liz Stefanics
Rep. Kristina Ortez
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Incorporated into SB 8
2/9/23 passed SCONC |
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| SB 74 | Energy Generation Facility Requirements* | Sen. Bill Soules | STBTC
1/27/23 passed SCONC |
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| HB 32 | Energy Storage System Income Tax Credit* | Rep. Debra Sariñana | Incorporated into HB 547
1/27/23 passed HENRC |
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| HB 1 | Feed Bill
(Modern. Legi: Paid Staff – study funded in HB 1) |
Rep. Gail Chasey | 1/20/23 Chaptered | |
| HJR 8 | Legislative Salaries, CA
(Modern. Leg: Paid Legislators) |
Rep. Angelica Rubio
Rep. Joy Garratt Rep. Debra M. Sariñana Rep. Kristina Ortez Rep. Susan K. Herrera |
SFC
3/10/23 passed SRC 3/4/23 passed House 3/3/23 passed HJC 2/27/23 House returned to committee 2/15/23 passed HJC 2/6/23 passed HGEIC |
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| HJR 2 | Legislative Session Changes, CA
(Modern. Leg: 2×60 day sessions) |
Rep. Natalie Figueroa
Rep. Linda Serrato Rep. Kristina Ortez |
House Calendar
2/13/23 passed HJC 2/6/23 passed HGEIC |
Sunday, March 12, 2023 |
| SB 165 | Local Choice Energy Act | Sen. Carrie Hamblin | SJC
2/9/23 passed SCONC |
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| SB 77 | New Home Build Renewable Requirements* | Sen. Bill Soules | House Calendar
passed 3/8/23 HCPAC passed 3/2/23 HENRC 2/22/23/passed Senate 2/20/23 passed STBTC 2/2/23 passed SCONC |
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| SB 418 | Oil and Gas Act Changes
(aka New Mexico Oil and Gas Justice and Reform Act) |
Sen. Leo Jaramillo | SJC
2/28/23 passed SCONC |
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| HB 95 | Renewable Energy Office In State Land Office* | Rep. Tara Lujan | 3/18/23 Chaptered
3/9/23 passed Senate 3/6/23 passed SHPAC 2/28/23 passed SCONC 2/17/23 passed House 2/15/23 passed HENRC 2/6/23 passed HENRC 1/31/23 passed HGEIC |
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| SB 266 | Retail Distributed Generation | Sen. Liz Stefanics
Rep. Andrea Romero |
STBTC
2/16/23 passed SCONC |
* support added 2/7/23
☥ support added 2/10/23 – House mirror of Senate bill.
♦ support added 3/1/23
♣ support added 3/7/23
Key to Committee Abbreviations.