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SB79 • 2026

MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

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Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senator Heather Berghmans, Senator Carrie Hamblen, Senator Mimi Stewart, Senator Nicole Tobiassen, Representative Harlan Vincent
Last action
Official status
[1] SCC/SCONC/SFC-SCC-germane-SCONC [5] DP-SFC [14] DP API.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

What This Bill Does

  • MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-17 New Mexico Legislature

    SFC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  2. 2026-01-29 New Mexico Legislature

    SCONC: Reported by committee with Do Pass recommendation

  3. 2026-01-23 New Mexico Legislature

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

  4. 2026-01-22 New Mexico Legislature

    Sent to SCC - Referrals: SCC/SCONC/SFC

  5. New Mexico Legislature

    Action Postponed Indefinitely

Official Summary Text

MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE

Current Bill Text

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SB0079

SENATE BILL 79

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

INTRODUCED BY

Nicole Tobiassen
and
Mimi Stewart
and
Harlan Vincent

and
Heather Berghmans
and
Carrie Hamblen

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR
MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION AND MITIGATION.

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

SECTION 1.
APPROPRIATION.--Two million dollars
($2,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the
department of health for expenditure in fiscal years 2027 and
2028 for mosquito surveillance, prevention and mitigation. The
department of health may use up to one million five hundred
thousand dollars ($1,500,000) to provide grants to local
governments and state educational institutions enumerated in
Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico for
mosquito surveillance, prevention and mitigation projects. Any
unexpended balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2028
shall revert to the general fund.