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HB270 • 2026

CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Cynthia Borrego, Representative Art De La Cruz, Representative Tara L. Lujan, Representative Javier Martínez, Senator Michael Padilla, Representative Patricia Roybal Caballero
Last action
Official status
[4] not prntd-HRC [5] w/drn-prntd-ref- HLVMC/HCEDC-HLVMC- ref HLVMC/HTPWC-HLVMC [7] DP-HTPWC- DP [9] PASSED/H (41-25) [13] STBTC-STBTC [16] DP [17] PASSED/S (25-13) SGND BY GOV (Mar. 4) Ch. 30.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS.

What This Bill Does

  • CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-18 New Mexico Legislature

    STBTC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-02-18 New Mexico Legislature

    Passed in the Senate - Y:25 N:13

  3. 2026-02-15 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to STBTC - Referrals: STBTC

  4. 2026-02-14 New Mexico Legislature

    Passed in the House of Representatives - Y:41 N:25

  5. 2026-02-12 New Mexico Legislature

    HTPWC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  6. 2026-02-11 New Mexico Legislature

    HLVMC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  7. 2026-02-05 New Mexico Legislature

    Referred to: HLVMC/HTPWC

  8. 2026-02-03 New Mexico Legislature

    Withdrawn from committee or daily calendar, ordered printed and referred to

  9. 2026-02-03 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HLVMC - Referrals: HLVMC/HCEDC

  10. 2026-02-02 New Mexico Legislature

    Not Printed

  11. New Mexico Legislature

    Signed by Governor - Chapter 30 - Mar. 4

Official Summary Text

CONTRIBUTIONS TO APPRENTICE & TRAINING PGMS.

Current Bill Text

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AN ACT
RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS; REQUIRING CONTRIBUTIONS TO
APPRENTICE AND TRAINING PROGRAMS OR TO THE PUBLIC WORKS
APPRENTICE AND TRAINING FUND FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION
PROJECTS; PROVIDING FOR A CONTRIBUTION RATE OF ZERO FOR
NON-APPRENTICESHIP TRADE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN
PROJECTS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. Section 13-4D-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1992,
Chapter 74, Section 4, as amended) is amended to read:
"13-4D-4. ADMINISTRATION.--
A. The Public Works Apprentice and Training Act
shall be administered by the workforce solutions department.
The department shall collect employers' contributions in
accordance with that act, review employers' compliance
statements, review certified payroll reports to verify
training contributions, investigate allegations of and impose
penalties for employer noncompliance and disburse funds as
provided in Section 13-4D-5 NMSA 1978.
B. Public works construction projects shall not be
constructed unless an employer agrees to make contributions
to approved apprentice and training programs in New Mexico in
which the employer is a participant or to the public works
apprentice and training fund administered by the workforce
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solutions department. Contributions shall be made in the
same manner and in the same amount as apprentice and training
contributions required pursuant to wage rate determinations
made by the department.
C. In establishing apprentice and training
contributions in wage rate determinations for street,
highway, bridge, road, utility and light engineering public
works construction projects, the workforce solutions
department shall set a contribution of zero for any trade
classification for which there is no approved apprentice and
training program.
D. The workforce solutions department shall adopt
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions
of the Public Works Apprentice and Training Act."
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.--The effective date of the
provisions of this act is July 1, 2026.