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SB35 • 2026

CREATE ADDITION 1ST DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

CREATE ADDITION 1ST DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senator Linda M. Trujillo, Senator Peter Wirth
Last action
Official status
[1] SCC/SJC/SFC-SCC [5]germane-SJC [7] DP-SFC [10] DNP-CS/DP - PASSED/S (37-0) [7] HJC-HJC [9] DP 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.

CREATE ADDITION 1ST DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

CREATE ADDITION 1ST DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

What This Bill Does

  • CREATE ADDITION 1ST DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

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. 2026-02-14 New Mexico Legislature

    HJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-02-11 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to HJC - Referrals: HJC

  3. 2026-02-10 New Mexico Legislature

    Passed in the Senate - Y:37 N:0

  4. 2026-02-09 New Mexico Legislature

    SFC: Reported by committee with Do Not Pass but with a Do Pass recommendation on Committee Substitution

  5. 2026-02-05 New Mexico Legislature

    SJC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  6. 2026-01-30 New Mexico Legislature

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

  7. 2026-01-21 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SJC/SFC

  8. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

CREATE ADDITION 1ST DISTRICT JUDGESHIP

Current Bill Text

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SB0035

SENATE BILL 35

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

INTRODUCED BY

Linda M. Trujillo
and
Peter Wirth

AN ACT

RELATING TO COURTS; CREATING AN ADDITIONAL JUDGESHIP IN THE
FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.

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

SECTION 1.
Section 34-6-4 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1968,
Chapter 69, Section 7, as amended) is amended to read:

"34-6-4. JUDGES--FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT.--There shall be
[
ten
]
eleven
district judges in the first judicial district."

SECTION 2.
APPROPRIATION.--Four hundred fifty-one
thousand four hundred dollars ($451,400) is appropriated from
the general fund to the administrative office of the courts for
expenditure in fiscal year 2027 to pay the costs associated
with a new judgeship in the first judicial district, including
salaries and benefits for the judge and staff, furniture,
equipment and supplies. Any unexpended balance remaining at
the end of fiscal year 2027 shall revert to the general fund.

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