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SB138 • 2026

REPEAL RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

REPEAL RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

Housing
Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senator Angel M. Charley, Senator Linda M. López, Senator Shannon D. Pinto, Senator Harold Pope
Last action
Official status
[3] SCC/SHPAC/SJC-SCC API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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REPEAL RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

REPEAL RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

What This Bill Does

  • REPEAL RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-26 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SJC

  2. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

REPEAL RENT CONTROL PROHIBITION

Current Bill Text

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SB0138

SENATE BILL 138

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

INTRODUCED BY

Linda M. López
and
Harold Pope
and
Shannon D. Pinto

and
Angel M. Charley

AN ACT

REPEALING THE PROHIBITION ON POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND HOME
RULE MUNICIPALITIES FROM ENACTING RENT CONTROL FOR PRIVATELY
OWNED REAL PROPERTY.

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

SECTION 1.
REPEAL.--Section 47-8A-1 NMSA 1978 (being Laws
1991, Chapter 23, Section 1) is repealed.

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