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SB225 • 2026

TRIBAL LIAISON PROGRAM

TRIBAL LIAISON PROGRAM

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senator Shannon D. Pinto
Last action
Official status
[7] SCC/SIRC/SFC-SCC-germane-SIRC [10] DP-SFC 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.

TRIBAL LIAISON PROGRAM

TRIBAL LIAISON PROGRAM

What This Bill Does

  • TRIBAL LIAISON PROGRAM

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

    SIRC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-02-04 New Mexico Legislature

    SCC: Reported by committee to fall within the purview of a 30 day session

  3. 2026-02-03 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SIRC/SFC

  4. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

TRIBAL LIAISON PROGRAM

Current Bill Text

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SB0225

SENATE BILL 225

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

INTRODUCED BY

Shannon D. Pinto

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT DIVISION OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION TO FUND A TRIBAL
LIAISON PROGRAM IN EACH COUNTY.

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

SECTION 1.
APPROPRIATION.--Thirty-three million dollars
($33,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
local government division of the department of finance and
administration for expenditure in fiscal year 2027 for tribal
liaison programs in county clerk offices that choose to
participate in the program to aid the county's Native American
population and ensure equal access to all phases of the
electoral process by providing voter education and awareness,
translation services and voter registration drives, all on a
nonpartisan basis. Any unexpended balance remaining at the end
of fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.

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