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HB323 • 2026

ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND

ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Representative Pamelya Herndon
Last action
Official status
[5] HRDLC/HAFC-HRDLC [7] DP-HAFC API.
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.

ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND

ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND

What This Bill Does

  • ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 New Mexico Legislature

    HRDLC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-02-04 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HRDLC - Referrals: HRDLC/HAFC

  3. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND

Current Bill Text

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HB0323

HOUSE BILL 323

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

INTRODUCED BY

Pamelya Herndon

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE OFFICE OF BROADBAND ACCESS AND
EXPANSION TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME PERSONS LIVING IN LOW-POPULATION
AREAS OR ON INDIAN NATION, TRIBE OR PUEBLO LAND TO HAVE ACCESS
TO AFFORDABLE BROADBAND SERVICE.

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

SECTION 1.
APPROPRIATION.--Five million dollars
($5,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
office of broadband access and expansion for expenditure in
fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years to assist
low-income persons to have access to affordable broadband
service when those persons live in an unincorporated area or in
a city, a town or an incorporated area with a population of
twenty thousand or less as reflected in the most recent federal
decennial census; on land within the exterior boundaries of a
reservation or pueblo grant of an Indian nation, tribe or
pueblo; or on land held in trust by the United States for an
Indian nation, tribe or pueblo. Any unexpended balance
remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
general fund.

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