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SB254 • 2026

TRUNKED RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES

TRUNKED RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senator Jay C. Block
Last action
Official status
[7] SCC/SHPAC/SFC-SCC-germane-SHPAC [10] DP/a-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.

TRUNKED RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES

TRUNKED RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES

What This Bill Does

  • TRUNKED RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES

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. 2026-02-10 New Mexico Legislature

    SHPAC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation with amendment(s)

  2. 2026-02-05 New Mexico Legislature

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

  3. 2026-02-04 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SHPAC/SFC

  4. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

TRUNKED RADIO SUBSCRIBER FEES

Current Bill Text

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SB0254

SENATE BILL 254

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

INTRODUCED BY

Jay C. Block

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY FOR SUBSCRIBER FEES FOR THE DIGITAL TRUNKED RADIO
COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM.

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

SECTION 1.
APPROPRIATION.--Two million eight hundred
thousand dollars ($2,800,000) is appropriated from the general
fund to the department of information technology for
expenditure in fiscal year 2027 and subsequent fiscal years to
fund the payment of subscriber fees for the digital trunked
radio communications system to municipal, county and tribal
public safety agencies that provide law enforcement, fire,
medical or other emergency services. Any unexpended balance
remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the
general fund.