LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORTS

HB0164

HOUSE BILL 164

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026

INTRODUCED BY

Sarah Silva
and
Jeff Steinborn
and
Joseph Franklin Hernandez

AN ACT

RELATING TO LOBBYING; REQUIRING A LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORT ON
THE LEGISLATION LOBBIED AND POSITION TAKEN BY A LOBBYIST AND
LOBBYIST'S EMPLOYER; PRESERVING LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORTS FOR
AT LEAST TEN YEARS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

SECTION 1
. A new section of the Lobbyist Regulation Act

is enacted to read:

"[
NEW MATERIAL
] LOBBYING ACTIVITY REPORT.--

A. A lobbyist or lobbyist's employer that is
required to file an expenditure report pursuant to Section
2-11-6 NMSA 1978 or registration statement pursuant to Section
2-11-3 NMSA 1978 shall file a lobbying activity report or
reports with the secretary of state that discloses the
lobbyist's or lobbyist's employer's lobbying activity on
legislation that has been introduced, including any lobbying on
the development of legislation prior to its introduction in a
legislative session, and that identifies the:

(1) specific legislation lobbied;

(2) lobbyist's and lobbyist's employer's
support, opposition or other position taken on the legislation
and whether the support, opposition or other position changed;
and

(3) name of the lobbyist's employer that
lobbied on the legislation, either directly or through the
registered lobbyist.

B. If a lobbyist or lobbyist's employer commences
lobbying on legislation after the adjournment of a legislative
session, a lobbying activity report shall be filed prior to the
end of the time period in which the governor may act on
legislation.

C. A lobbyist or lobbyist's employer is only
required to report lobbying activity on a piece of legislation
one time unless the lobbyist's or lobbyist's employer's
position on the legislation has changed, in which case the
lobbying activity for each change in position shall be
reported.

D. The lobbying activity report shall be filed in a
format as prescribed by rule of the secretary of state within
forty-eight hours of commencement of the lobbying activity.

E. The lobbying activity reported for each specific
piece of legislation shall be included or linked on the
legislature's website for that specific piece of legislation."

SECTION 2.
Section 2-11-7 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1977,
Chapter 261, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

"2-11-7. REGISTRATION, [
AND
] EXPENDITURE
AND LOBBYING
ACTIVITY
REPORT--PRESERVATION AS PUBLIC RECORD--ONLINE
REPORTS.--

A. Each registration, [
and
] expenditure
and
lobbying activity
report as required by the Lobbyist Regulation
Act shall be archived and accessible on the secretary of
state's lobbyist disclosure website for a period of at least
ten years from the date of filing as a public record, open to
public inspection at any reasonable time. Unless an action or
prosecution is pending that requires preserving the report, it
may be destroyed ten years after the date of filing.

B. Lobbyist [
registrations and
]
registration
,
expenditure
and lobbying activity
reports shall be kept and
maintained on the secretary of state's lobbyist disclosure
website and shall be available in searchable and downloadable
formats.

C. With respect to the secretary of state's
lobbyist disclosure website, all items in the records shall be
easily searchable, sortable and downloadable by the public to
the extent technically practicable.

D. The secretary of state shall ensure that
contributions reported by persons pursuant to the Lobbyist
Regulation Act are reported in a manner that is nonduplicative
and as consistent as practicable with the reporting
requirements of the Campaign Reporting Act. To the extent
possible, the electronic reporting system used for registration
and reporting required by the Lobbyist Regulation Act shall be
integrated with the electronic reporting system used for
compliance with the Campaign Reporting Act.

E. Reporting individuals under the Campaign
Reporting Act shall receive automatic electronic notice of the
contributions to them reported by lobbyists and lobbyists'
employers within twenty-four hours of the filing of each
expenditure report."

SECTION 3.
EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is January 1, 2027.

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