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HB300 • 2026

CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES

CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Martha Garcia, Representative Joseph Franklin Hernandez, Representative D. Wonda Johnson, Representative Charlotte Little
Last action
Official status
[5] HAAWC/HAFC-HAAWC- DP-HAFC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES

CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES

What This Bill Does

  • CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 New Mexico Legislature

    HAAWC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-02-03 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HAAWC - Referrals: HAAWC/HAFC

  3. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

CARE & MANAGEMENT OF HORSES

Current Bill Text

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HB0300

HOUSE BILL 300

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

INTRODUCED BY

Martha Garcia
and
Joseph Franklin Hernandez

and
Charlotte Little
and
D. Wonda Johnson

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF FREE-
ROAMING AND DOMESTIC HORSES.

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

SECTION 1.
APPROPRIATION.--Three hundred thousand dollars
($300,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
department of finance and administration for the northwest New
Mexico council of governments for expenditure in fiscal years
2027 through 2029 for the care and management of free-roaming
and domestic horses on tribal land located in Cibola county, to
include creating and implementing a herd management plan;
treating mares with fertility control vaccines; humanely
relocating up to sixty excess free-roaming horses; and holding
veterinary clinics to treat domestic horses, including gelding
and vaccinations. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end
of fiscal year 2029 shall revert to the general fund.

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